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Message from the Editor

Superintendent Halliday talks Collaboration with Area Schools - Covid - A Letter from the Editor
Spring/Summer 2020. Volume 21 Issue 2
North Star News
Important Newsletter The only newsletter in the world interested in Houlton High School Alumni, Faculty & Friends

Changes Ellen Halliday
Talks Collaboration With Area Schools
Jon A. McLaughlin '73, editor

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At the Summit Academy
The North Star News has made many advancements over In the Spring/
the past few years, going from a black and white newsletter Summer ’20 issue,
format, to a partial color magazine type layout, to the Jess Milligan’s COVID19
last issue which was full-color, designed and mailed as a name, address A Letter from the Editor
magazine. Going full color has added a substantial cost to and contact
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the production cost of the newsletter, but it is felt to be well information PAGE 1
worth it and gives the designer more flexibility. On the flip were included
side, the magazine mailing format has reduced the mailing in many places in the newsletter as the person to send
costs tremendously and helps cover much of the increased information to for the newsletter. We did not have time to
costs of full color. remove this information and replace it with a new contact.
Many of you may have sent information to her for the fall/
"... we enjoyed our tenure with winter '20 newsletter. We think we received all the materials
sent to Jess but may have missed something. If an article, a
them. They were a great team." photograph, or a piece for your class news is missing because
of the switch over, please forgive us. Resend it to us and we
will make sure to include it in our Spring ’21 issue. Although
With changes in designers, the format has also changed. For
mentioned throughout this issue of the newsletter, please
the past few years, Steve Milligan of Green Minnow Media
send all future newsletter correspondence to:
has been the graphic designer and has brought his more
formal design to the newsletter and his wife, Jess, has been Jon McLaughlin
the project manager. Due to family needs, the Milligans felt PO Box 783
they were no longer able to do the newsletter for the Alumni Houlton, ME 04730
Association and the Spring/Summer ’20 issue was their (207) 521-0157
last project with us. We were saddened to learn this, but jon@sadcaroostook.org
certainly understand the reason and wish them all the best
as we enjoyed our tenure with them. They were a great team. Lastly, a housekeeping note of importance to many.
The newsletter has been printed by The Aroostook Print If you are a snowbird and move to your second home for
Shop for most of its 20 plus years until recently when the winter/summer please notify Patty Fitzpatrick (email:
Aroostook Print Shop was sold to Printworks, a subsidiary mslittleton@pioneercable.net) that you have temporarily
of Bangor Publishing, and The Aroostook Print Shop closed. moved and give her your new address or you won’t receive
The Spring/Summer ’20 issue was printed by Creative Print the next newsletter. In its magazine status, it will not
Services (CPS) in Bangor, Maine. CPS is a full-service one- automatically be forwarded to you. Do not forget to let Patty
stop shop for print, design, and mailing. Effective with this know when you return home so you can get switched back.
issue, CPS is also the graphic designer for the North Star
I hope you continue to enjoy the newsletter as we strive to
News bringing more effective use of color coupled with CPS’s
make improvements as it is our main contact with you, our
printing system and use of glossy paper, I feel the newsletter
alums.
really pops. Plus, CPS mails the newsletter for us, saving
Patty Fitzpatrick and her “stuffing crew” several hours of
putting newsletters into envelopes, sealing them, labeling
them, and sorting for the post office.
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