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Issue 1  9-1-09  “Nothing happens unless first a dream.” ~~ Carl Sandburg

Issue 2  9-8-09  “Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire.” ~~ W. B. Yeats

Issue 3  9-15-09 “A goal is a dream with a deadline.” ~~ Napoleon Hill

Issue 4  9-22-09 "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn."  ~Alvin Toffler

Issue 5  9-29-09  "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe" Abraham Lincoln

Issue 6  10-6-09  "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened" Dr. Seuss

Issue 7  10-13-09 "Imagination is more important than knowledge" Albert Einstein

Issue 8  10-20-09  "The best mirror is an old friend." ~~ George Herbert

Issue 9  10-27-09  "Dreams are the touchstones of our character." ~~ Henry David Thoreau

Issue 10  11-03-09  "People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote -- a very different thing."  ~ Walter H. Judd

Issue 11  11-10-09  FORGOTTEN ... oh well

Issue 12  11-17-09  Conscience is but a word cowards use.~Shakespeare

Issue 13  11-24-09  THANKSGIVING WEEK

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

~ John F. Kennedy

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

~Eric Hoffer

The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving.

~H.U. Westermayer

The Smoke and Scales team is grateful for Roxanne Sawchak who provided these quotes.

Issue 14  12-01-09