<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"> <font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Greetings All,<o:p></o:p></font></font></font></p> <p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"> <font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></font></font></font></p> <p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"> <font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Attached is this years&#39; invitation&nbsp;to the 8th annual Snohomish Panthers tournament.&nbsp;We are looking forward to another year of good food, lots of trophies, and great competition.&nbsp; I&#39;m sorry this is a week or so later than I had hoped, but the tournament has been growing 15-20% a year, and we were beginning to run out of space.&nbsp; That issue has been solved, so we&#39;re set to go.&nbsp; We think you&#39;ll agree that this is one of the best high school tournaments in the northwest.&nbsp; There are some changes this year:<o:p></o:p></font></font></font></p> <ul type=\"disc\"> <li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"> <font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">We are a National Individual Events Tournament of Champions bid tournament, for the NIETOC nationals in San Antonio.&nbsp; We hope this increases interp numbers.&nbsp; Bids will be given out in Humorous, Dramatic, Duo, and Oratory.<o:p></o:p></font></font></font></li> <li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"> <font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">We will be running a Supercongress on Saturday this year, and for those who didn&#39;t get them earlier, congress packets are attached.&nbsp; Coaches, please print them out for your competitors.<o:p></o:p></font></font></font></li> <li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"> <font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Our campus construction is done.&nbsp; It&#39;s beautiful and we love it.&nbsp; We think you will too.<o:p></o:p></font></font></font></li> </ul> <p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"> <font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Registration opens this weekend and closes November 7th at 5 p.m., so you have plenty of time. Please e-mail me any questions or concerns you have, and I generally respond in an hour or two.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></font></font></font></p> <p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"> <font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></font></font></font></p> <p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"> <font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">I hope to see all of you here for a great experience!<o:p></o:p></font></font></font></p> <p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"> <font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></font></font></font></p> <p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"> <font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></font></font></font></p> <p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"> <font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Bill Nicolay<o:p></o:p></font></font></font></p>