High School General
The Iowa National Guard is sponsoring a "Guardsman for a Day" program for January 12 and 13th. If you are interested in participating contact Mr. Huntington.

"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. (THE ONES 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."

Reminder: The classroom phones are not for student use. They are for use
by school personnel. Students can use the phone, with permission, in the
mail room. If you see a student using a classroom phone, ask them to end
the call and explain this expectation to them. If they choose to argue,
send them to me. If a student asks to use the classroom phone, direct them
to use the student phone in the mail room. Do not give students permission
to use the classroom phone.

Any girl interested in receiving information about the Miss Iowa Teen Competition should sign up by Friday in Vicki’s office. By competing you will elarn 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.

The freshman ensemble acting group including Brandon, Jeff & Micah should meet in Mrs. DeBoer's room at 3:20 today.

The Freshman Readers Theatre group will meet at 7:15 tomorrow (Thursday) morning in the auditorium.

"The Crucible" group will meet again Friday morning at 7:30 sharp in the auditorium. Breakfast will be provided by latecomers!!!

The T.V News team will be filming on Tuesday at the AEA. Students involved in T.V. News should contact teachers to get assignments made up in advance. We will leave Buffalo Center at 7:30 AM and will stop in Thompson at the Farm Bureau office as well.

"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
This is a reminder from the Climate Culture Committee. Please turn in your Hispanic week plans to a committee member before or at our January 31 inservice.
All we need are your thoughts on a sheet of paper of what you would like to do in your classroom during Hispanic week April 2 through April 5.
Thank you,
Committee: Deb Aukes, Jeff Cook, Diane Coy, Brad Ewest, Linda Friesenborg, Dean Swenson, Dean Gerzema, Larry Hill, Chad Hinders, Barb Thomsen, Arin Anderson, Carole Kettwick, and Jeannine Tweed

The following students will be absent from your Monday (A day) classes both 3rd and 4th hours: Laurianne Miller, Brit Robertson, JoAnna Woodley, Dan Juhl, Evan Glydwell & Dana Hinz. Please give them their assignments to be completed by
Wednesday.