Thought about it some more and moved the </marquee> up in the stack. Here is the revised code.
Code:
{* $Id: today_news.tpl,v 1.10.2.1 2005/09/21 05:41:51 mclap Exp $ *}
<marquee scrollamount="1" scrolldelay="65" direction="up" width="176" height="150" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt">
{if $news_message eq ""}
{$lng.txt_no_news_available}
{else}
<B>{$news_message.send_date|date_format:$config.Appearance.date_format}</B><BR>
{$news_message.body}
</marquee>
<br /><br />
{if $usertype eq "C"}
<a href="news.php" class="SmallNote">{$lng.lbl_previous_news}</a>
{/if}
{/if}
<br /><br />
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td class="VertMenuHr"><img src="{$ImagesDir}/spacer.gif" class="Spc" alt="" /></td>
</tr>
</table>
<font style="font-size: 8px;"><br /></font>
Now the message only scrolls leaving the email box and subscribe button.
Ant ideas of how to add more than one news point would be appreciated.
Regards,
Bob