Page 4 - Spring Summer 2023

The North Star Gets a New Look . . .

Needs the Readers Help to Finalize the Look!

By Jon A. McLaughlin ‘73
Editor

As you know, the newsletter has become a full four-
color publication of usually 60 plus pages, a substantial
collection of news, articles and events covering the
wonderful alumni of Houlton High School. As such it has
taken on the aura of a quality magazine, something we
have been noticing and discussing in-house.

This idea was driven home to us by one of our alumni
that sent an email saying that we should rename the
publication. To him the name “newsletter” brought up
thoughts of a few pages, photocopied and stapled and
it has become much more to him. He feels it is now a
beautiful “magazine” quality piece. This cemented our
thoughts and the committee agreed with the alum and
voted to make the change. Effective with this issue, the
publication is officially titled “The North Star Magazine”.

The new name reflected the need for a makeover of a
fresh, new look. You will notice that the title banner has
a new look and new graphics for the cover photos. In
addition, the cover sports a new logo developed for the
Association. Inside are new graphics for the pages – the
triangular look taken from the cover for title blocks and
page footers.

SO HOW CAN YOU HELP US?

The Fund-Raising Committee is, by default, the
committee that oversees the publication and it made The committee decided that it would let you, the
the ultimate decision, which was voted on and approved readers, decide on this point. As a result, we are
at the April Board of Director’s meeting, to make the doing a survey to determine the outcome of the
changes. tagline. Please look at the survey on page 5 and give
us your thoughts by answering the questions either
You will note that an additional change was the by mailing the survey in, going to the website at
elimination of the tagline, “The only newsletter in the www.houltonalumni.com or emailing me directly
world interested in Houlton High School Alumni, Faculty with your choice at jon@hhsalumassoc.net. The
& Friends”. Most magazines don’t use taglines, but the deadline for submission is August 1, 2023.
committee debated this point. This was not as easy a
decision, with some folks not wanting a tagline, others
wanting the existing one kept, while still others wanting Thank you for your assistance with this survey!
a new tagline. WHAT TO DO? See Next Page!

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