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An international transaction, initiated by attorney Len Waldbaum, has brought two disparate communities together: Denver, Colo., and Ferrara Italy. On visiting Ferrara recently, Len discovered that the only Torah, the holiest of the Jewish books, owned by the surviving Jewish congregation could not be used for prayer. The reason? The book had been desecrated while hidden from the Nazis and Fascists during World War 11. Len solved the problem, and at the same time brought home the message of the Holocaust. He negotiated the exchange of a "pure" Torah from his Hebrew Educational Alliance in Denver for the Italian desecrated Torah which the Denver congregation has put on display. "This is a physical reminder to us in the sanctuary that we have an unbreakable bond," said Len's wife, Roberta, an Italian professor at the University of Denver.

What would you do if you had $3.5 billion invested in the stock market and $8.6 billion more in bonds? Why, call in Bill Price of course. That's what the trustees of The Alaska Permanent Fund did when they feared a drastic drop in the market. Bill is managing partner of RCM Capital Management, San Francisco. They've helped Alaska earn 17.9 percent annual rate of return over nine and a half years. So when Bill talks, Alaska listens. His advice: While the market will not repeat its highs of the past ten years, it will still do well enough. So hang in and look to increase international investments.

Gift of Silence is the title of the 16-foot-wide acrylic-on-canvas panels created by artist JonMoscartolo for his recent one-man exhibit in South Yarmouth, Mass. Originally inspired by his mother, a clothing designer, Jon had his first solo exhibition at the Hopkins Cen- ter when he was a student. A major achieve- ment is a series of acrylic-on-canvas paintings focusing on anxiety, angst, and confrontation which he did in the eighties. "I think art is expressive," Says Jon "We can' theal the body of certain ills, but we can heal our attitude toward those ills."

Jim Linkz for the past two years president of Bucks County Community College in Pennsylvania, has been appointed to the Lower Bucks Health System Board which includes Lower Bucks Hospital. Jim and Donna live in Doylestown Pa., with children Timothy, Justin, and Elizabeth.

Michael Bisceglia of Rye, N.Y., has been elected chairman of the board of the Building Contractors Association of Westchester and the mid-Hudson Region. He is president of Bisceglia Brothers Co., a 24-year-old general-construction firm. An engineering science major, Michael also earned a civil engineering degree at Thayer. He has been president and trustee of the town of Harrison's school board and is a pretty fair golfer.

I regret to report four deaths in the class: Gerry Varty of Mountain View, Calif., of a heart attack on February 12, Frank Koory of Troy, Mich., of heart disease on Tune IS, John Rittershofer of Yonkers N.Y.,on April 10, and Bob Bunnell of Plattsburgh, N.Y., on May 6.

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