1. Volume 1, Issue 1 October 11, 2007
Miller’s
Moments
H U G O T O N E L E M E N T A R Y
S P E C I A L
P O I N T S O F
I N T E R E S T :
H e a d l i n e s
Family Next week the kids There are many im- room to help us
Night will be bringing home portant things that make a loaf of bread
some information are associated with that we will eat dur-
Making a about Family Night. living on a farm. The ing our feast. You
Farmer We would like to in- students are also don’t need to bring
Bake and vite our families to learning about the anything except the
the Hugoton Elemen- wheat production in farmer you and your
eat
tary School for a our state. During child has made over
bread
fun night of activi- our Family night, we the weekend. Please
ties and eating. would like parents, sign and return the
Our unit this week is brothers, sisters slip so we know how
dealing with the and grandparents to many to plan for.
State of Kansas and join us on October 9, We are looking for-
living on a farm. 2007 in our class- ward to having you.
M i n i C o r n b r e a d R e c i p e
I N G R E D I E N T S
2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast
1 cup warm water (110 degrees to 115 degrees)
1 cup warm milk (110 to 115 degrees F)
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons salt
1 cup cornmeal
6 cups all-purpose flour

2. P a g e 2 M i l l e r ’s M o m e n t s
I n s i d e S t o r y H e a d l i n e
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3. V o l u m e 1 , I ss u e 1 P a g e 3
I n s i d e S t o r y H e a d l i n e
One benefit of using your newsletter dar of upcoming events or a special
as a promotional tool is that you can offer that promotes a new product.
reuse content from other marketing
You can also research articles or find
materials, such as press releases,
“filler” articles by accessing the World
market studies, and reports.
Wide Web. You can write about a vari-
While your main goal of distributing a ety of topics but try to keep your arti-
newsletter might be to sell your prod- cles short.
uct or service, the key to a successful
Much of the content you put in your
newsletter is making it useful to your
newsletter can also be used for your
readers.
Caption describing picture or graphic. Web site. Microsoft Publisher offers a
A great way to add useful content to simple way to convert your newsletter
your newsletter is to develop and write to a Web publication. So, when you’re
This story can fit 150-200 words. your own articles, or include a calen- finished writing your newsletter, con-
“To catch the
I n s i d e S t o r y H e a d l i n e reader's attention,
This story can fit 100-150 customers or clients. column, a book review, a letter
words. from the president, or an edito- place an
If the newsletter is distributed
The subject matter that ap- internally, you might comment
rial. You can also profile new
interesting
employees or top customers or
pears in newsletters is virtually upon new procedures or im-
endless. You can include sto- provements to the business.
vendors. sentence or quote
ries that focus on current tech- Sales figures or earnings will from the story
nologies or innovations in your show how your business is
field. growing. here.”
You may also want to note Some newsletters include a
business or economic trends, column that is updated every
or make predictions for your issue, for instance, an advice
I n s i d e S t o r y H e a d l i n e
This story can fit 75-125 Microsoft Publisher includes age.
Caption describ-
words. thousands of clip art images ing picture or
from which you can choose graphic.
Selecting pictures or graphics
and import into your newslet-
is an important part of adding
ter. There are also several
content to your newsletter.
tools you can use to draw
Think about your article and shapes and symbols.
ask yourself if the picture sup-
Once you have chosen an im-
ports or enhances the mes-
age, place it close to the arti-
sage you’re trying to convey.
cle. Be sure to place the cap-
Avoid selecting images that
tion of the image near the im-
appear to be out of context.

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EXAMPLE.COM
Organization
This would be a good place to insert a short
paragraph about your organization. It might
H U G O T O N include the purpose of the organization, its
E L E M E N T A R Y
mission, founding date, and a brief history.
You could also include a brief list of the types
Primary Business Address
of products, services, or programs your or-
Your Address Line 2
Your Address Line 3 ganization offers, the geographic area cov-
Your Address Line 4
ered (for example, western U.S. or European
Phone: 555-555-5555
Fax: 555-555-5555 markets), and a profile of the types of cus-
E-mail: someone@example.com tomers or members served.
It would also be useful to include a contact
name for readers who want more information
about the organization.
Your business tag line here.
B a c k P a g e S t o r y H e a d l i n e
This story can fit 175-225 words. ployees.
If your newsletter is folded and mailed, If you have any prices of standard
this story will appear on the back. So, products or services, you can include a
it’s a good idea to make it easy to read listing of those here. You may want to
at a glance. refer your readers to any other forms
of communication that you’ve created
A question and answer session is a
for your organization.
good way to quickly capture the atten-
tion of readers. You can either compile You can also use this space to remind
questions that you’ve received since readers to mark their calendars for a
the last edition or you can summarize regular event, such as a breakfast
some generic questions that are fre- meeting for vendors every third Tues-
quently asked about your organization. day of the month, or a biannual charity
auction.
A listing of names and titles of manag-
ers in your organization is a good way If space is available, this is a good
to give your newsletter a personal place to insert a clip art image or some
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touch. If your organization is small, you other graphic.
may want to list the names of all em-