1. Red Stone HighlandsRed Stone Highlands permission slips are due today. Also cards for veterans, books for laundromats, Santa’s workshop and Operation Santa Claus permission slips are all due on Friday! We need 2 ushers for Friday night and Saturday night for the all class play. If interested, please report to Mrs. Bushey’s room. 2. Craft/Vendor ShowDerry Soccer is hosting a Craft/Vendor show on Sunday, November 24th at AV Germano Hall and are in need of volunteers to help from 10-2:00 or 1-5:00. Sign up in the high school office. See Mrs. Huss. 3. Dime DriveThe Interact Club is conducting a dime drive to sponsor Rotary International’s ShelterBox Project. With the money raised, we will either buy a shelter box or a shelter kit for families in need in foreign countries. If the whole high school raises $500 through this dime drive the homeroom who collected the most dimes will receive free slushie coupons. The collection will end November 22nd, please bring in as many dimes as possible to support ShelterBox. LUNCH TALKFrom Bloomberg: The rich aren’t just getting richer. They’re getting older. And, fortunately for their children, they’re set to leave plenty of money in the bank. About $36 trillion will flow from one generation to another over the next 30 years, according to a report Tuesday from wealth manager United Income. The pace of bequests has already started surging. Americans inherited $427 billion in 2016, the most recent data available, up 119% from 1989 even after adjusting for inflation. Today's Number: 30From CNN: Amazon is burning through billions to get you stuff faster. It'll spend more than $35 billion on shipping costs this year, more than twice what it spent two years ago. The company recently warned investors it'll drop an extra $1.5 billion this holiday season as it works to transition to one-day shipping for Prime members. Profits are shrinking. And yet, this may prove to be a modest undertaking compared to Amazon's future delivery ambitions. "When we have a full drone fleet you'll be able to order anything and get it in 30 minutes if you live near a hub that's serviced by drones," Amazon CEO of Worldwide Consumer Jeff Wilke told CNN Business. "That's only possible because of robotics." AND FINALLYComments are closed.
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