High School General
Any girl interested in receiving information about the Miss Iowa Teen competition please sign up by Friday in Vicki’s office. By competing you will learn leadership skills, work on interview skills, boost self-confidence, meet new friends, and have an opportunity to earn $30,000 in scholarships. If you have any questions you can go to www.iowapageants.com or call 817-442-8896. Mrs. Anderson has a flyer that might also answer some questions.

Wade A., Jon G., Brent G., Dustin O., Jeff O., Larry L., Travis L., Tonnes T., should see Mr. Hill today at 3:00 in his office.

The T.V. News Team will meet tonight at 5:30 in Mrs. DeBoer’s room to write stories and work on graphics.

The Choral Reading Team will meet at 7:00 a.m. Wednesday in the auditorium.

Jeff Webb, Micah Johnson and Brandon Wiedemier should be in Mrs. DeBoer’s room at 3:20 today for practice.

Junior/Seniors - On Wednesday, Jan 9 at 11:45 alumni from North Iowa High School who attend Central College in Pella will be in the auditorium to discuss their
experiences.

“Attention all seniors--Please turn in your senior pictures to either Kelly Anderson or Amanda Smith by this FRIDAY. You need two different poses for the yearbook, plus 4 other senior pictures of your choice to distribute to the area newspapers (THESE FOR THE NEWSPAPERS NEED TO BE CLOSE-UP HEADSHOTS AND VERTICAL ONES.) Needed are a total of six in all. Also, we need one baby picture--those will be returned to you. Write it down so you don't forget."

"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible." (Lord Kelvin, president,
Royal Society, 1895)

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." (Thomas Watson,
chairman of IBM, 1943)

"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home."
(Ken Olsen, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp.,
1977)

"The telephone has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a
means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us."
(Western Union internal memo, 1876)

"Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value." (Marshal
Ferdinand Foch, French commander of Allied forces during the closing months
of World War I, 1918)

"The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay
for a message sent to nobody in particular?" (David Sarnoff's associates, in
response to his urgings for investment in radio in the 1920's)

"Professor Goddard does not know the relation between action and reaction
and the need to have something better than a vacuum against which to react.
He seems to lack the basic knowledge ladled out daily in high schools." (New
York Times editorial about Robert Goddard's revolutionary rocket work, 1921)

"Who wants to hear actors talk?" (Harry M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927)

"Everything that can be invented has been invented." (Charles H. Duell,
commissioner, US Office of Patents, 1899)

Faculty
Please excuse the Intro to Business students today at 10:30 for their field trip.

A week or two before vacation, we gave out several pairs of scissors from the office that were not returned. Please return them for others to use. Thanks.