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Thought for the Week
      Administrative Professionals' Day (AKA Secretaries' Day) is next Wednesday The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was.
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OUT & ABOUT WITH LAURA
by Laura Dunham
      The Flagstaff Area Business Association in Stratton- Eustis is gearing up for a busy summer. I spoke with the secretary, Sue Fotter, this week who said that they have obtained some 70 flags that will be going up on the streets of the town in May. "We are a looking for donations of $45 per flag for at least 25 more flags that can be given in memory of anyone," Sue said.
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Recipes from the Ridge
by Jane Wilkinson
      Marvelous Mud Season! Hey, it's the fifth season in Maine again — "Mud Season"— yuck! With two dogs in and out, I try to look the other way as far as keeping the kitchen clean. But we still have to eat, right?
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As the Ski Turns
      Congratulations to Jeanne Rose who recently gave birth to a baby girl. Jeanne's one lucky woman, her father is spending some time here helping Jeanne with the baby. He was even seen doing laundry at the laundry mat over the weekend. If he runs out of things to do, please send him our way!
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IRREDIOMS ~ A look at common idioms
Phrases, sayings & expressions, what they mean & where they came from
      Air Your Dirty Laundry in Public To talk about your private disagreements or embarrassing matters in public, usually while quarreling. Picture this: instead of hanging your freshly washed laundry on a clothesline, you hang your dirty clothes out there in the air for all the world to see. Wouldn't that be embarrassing?
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REAR VIEW
      The Nov. 17, 1976, Vol. 10, No. 3 issue of the Sugarloaf Irregular covered open season for hunting and skiing. Walter Alden checked in at Ayotte's Country Store the same day hunting season began with a 255-pound buck he bagged on Reddington Ridge.
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A Reporter's Notebook:
Instant spring
By Laura Dunham Special to the Irregular
      Special to the Irregular PHILLIPS — When I got a call this week from Peg Stinchfield of Phillips that I must come over and see her spring flowers after a long winter, I decided to make that trip on Sunday. We drove onto Sawyer Road and into Stinchfield's driveway, and I went inside her lovely home where she has lived since 1938.
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Moose Mountain
by Mark Ricketts
     
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