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Published: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 1:17 a.m. MDT
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Orchard Elementary School Principal Barry Bezzant reads the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" while sitting atop the school's roof last week in Orem. Bezzant promised his students he'd sit on the roof if they completed the challenge to read 2 million minutes during the school year. The challenge was part of the Road to Success program, which encourages every child to read or be read to twenty minutes every day.

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