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April 14, 2009
Secretary's Week
April 20th-24th
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National Professional Secretaries Week and National Secretary's Day were created in 1952 through the work of Harry F. Lemurs of Young and Rubicam a public relations firm. Lemurs recognized the importance and value of the position to a company or business. His goal was to encourage more women to become secretaries. Using his skill and experience in public relations, Lemurs, promoted the values and importance of the job. In doing so, he also created the holiday in recognition of the importance of secretaries.

Today,  the title is changing and evolving. But, the recognition is equally important. There are two new terms in use today. They are "Administrative Professionals" and "Executive Admins". Both are broader terms, that encompass more positions than the original "Secretary" role. The name change recognizes and acknowledges that the role has changed significantly since 1952, and for the better at that.

Treat the one that makes your life easier.  Call today to make your reservations for lunch or stop in and pick up a gift certificate.  That's one piece of paper she will be happy to see! - Kris
Steak Diane- Ala Red Door
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For those of you that remember the Red Door Inn, my father's restaurant, their signature dish was Steak Diane. It was a center cut filet, saut�ed with butter, celery, green onions, and mushrooms. It was served with a mushroom wine sauce and flamed tableside with brandy. One of my responsibilities for the many years that I worked there was to prepare this dish tableside. It was kind of like a flaming Americana version of Benihana. I bet that I have made 10, 000 of these.
 
Since the Red Door closed 5 years ago, we recently had a customer ask if we would make this dish for him. For some reason it had never occurred to me to even try this dish as a special. Anyway, it is here all this week just like the Red Door (minus the tableside chef) -  Ray
Random Thoughts...
From starvation to abundance.
mayflowerI am an avid reader of history. Recently I read "Mayflower" by Nathaniel Philbrick. A book that debunks many of the myths about the Pilgrims and their torturous struggle with survival in the new world.  There were a couple of paragraphs that really struck me as to its' relevance in today's world.
 
"The fall 1623 marked the end of Plymouth's debilitating food shortages. For the last two planting seasons, the Pilgrims had grown crops communally --- the approach first used at Jamestown and other English settlements. But as the disastrous harvest of the previous fall had shown, something drastic needed to be done to increase the annual yield.

In April, Bradford had decided that each household should be assigned its own plot to cultivate, with the understanding that each family kept whatever it grew. The change in attitude was stunning. Families were now willing to work much harder than they had ever worked before. In previous years. the men had tended the fields while the women tended to the children at home. "the women now went willingly into the fields", "Bradford wrote, "and took their little ones with them to set corn." The pilgrims had stumbled on the power of capitalism. Although the fortunes of the colony still teetered precariously in the years ahead, the inhabitants never again starved."

While this arguably is about food, it is more about a philosophy that made our people great.  A lesson that should not be forgotten.  - Ray

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In This Issue
Steak Diane - ala Red Door
Random Thoughts
UPtown's UPcoming Events
Woman in the Basement
Playlist Theater
UPtown's UPcoming Events

Secretary's Week April 20th-24th

Playlist Theater
April 20th, Doug MacLeod
May 12th, Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks
June 3rd, Terry Evans
June 25th, Bill Kirchen

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The Woman in the Basementdeb

We would like to introduce you to Deb " the woman in the basement" Of all our 60 employees Deb is probably the least visible and the most subterranean.  She is in charge of keeping our whites white, aprons clean and the chef jackets pressed. Deb Claudnic is from LaSalle, she has worked for us part time now for 6 years. For those of you that don't know,  we have a full commercial laundry in our basement complete with a mangle for ironing table linens.  - Ray
Playlist Theater Tickets available.
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There are still tickets available for the Doug MaLeod show on Monday, April 20th. At only $12 a ticket it's a real bargain.  This is a show that music lovers will not want to miss.
 
  Tickets now on sale for  Dan Hicks and The Hot Licks on Tuesday, May 12th.

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