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Secretaries Week Wild Card: 4/23/09

The nation is observing Administrative Assistants Week (formerly Professional Secretaries Week). And Eddie Albert ("Green Acres") is observing his 97th birthday. On this day in history, in 1954, Hank Aaron hit his first home run. In the news today: White House reporters are sharpening their pens to analyze Barack Obama's first 100 days in office (which will be reached next week) here. Obama still ranks high in the polls here. Suicide bombers are still killing dozens of people in Iraq here. And the Wild Card is in play ...



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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