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Article: Adams informing classmates of fishing adventure
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- August 4, 2009
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At this paper (and, I'm sure, in sports departments across the
nation), writers are often asked to play a variety of roles that
journalism professors never tell you about.
Readers aren't only readers, you see. Some are also callers, and
when you pick up a phone at 491 Main, you never know what will
happen next.
Over the years, we have served as the arbiter of many bets - What
number did Joe Blow wear when he played for the Mud Hens? Who was
the last boxer to knock down Slugger Sloan? What year was the
International Pickle-Eating Contest held in Smyrna? - from readers
who view us as unbiased, well-informed observers.
Sometimes, we settle arguments between spouses. Other times, we
are the ...