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Tim Booth sent an e-mail (via the College e-mail address: ) regarding December's Class Notes. As befits the Lutheran pastor that he is, his gracious note was one of fraternal correction because I had somehow managed to transpose his name with that of Tim Cross.

While few of us would object to being confused with an associate dean for finance administration at the Harvard Divinity School (Tim Cross) or with a Lutheran pastor in Minnesota (Tim Booth), most of us would draw the line at being given someone else's spouse and children. I hope I'm not sticking my neck way out on that presumption.

It's Tim Cross who lives in Lexington, Mass., with his wife Tanya, her daughter Yelen (8-1/2), his daughter Casey (14) and his son Nick (11).

Tim Booth lives in Edina, Minn., and works as an interim pastor in southern Minnesota for the Lutheran Church. Tim and wife Connie have been married for 23 years and have three kids: Caleb (19), Joshua (18), and Leah (13). Tim B. graduated in 1977 from Concordia Seminary in Fort Wayne, Ind. After serving in a number of different kinds of parishes, from inner city to small town to campus ministry and as senior pastor of a large suburban congregation, he now goes into congregations that are "between pastors." Tim's work involves a lot of conflict resolution, long-range planning, and mission development. He's currently working on a doctor of ministry degree at St. Paul's Seminary School of Divinity in Minneapolis-St. Paul.

Harley Kaufman, a physician in NYC, asked us to publish his e-mail address so that classmates can get in touch. Here it is: . Harley, if you receive news from classmates, please share it with me.

The Vermont Standard reported that professor and performer Fred Haas (on the saxophone and piano) joined David Newsam (guitar) for a fundraising concert in the Vaughan Recital Series last November 5 at the Hopkins Center. The Vaughan Recital Series features faculty, students, and invited artists during Wednesday midday and Sunday afternoon public concerts that are free. Fred teaches saxophone, jazz history, and other related courses at Middlebury, Dartmouth, and the Vermont Jazz Center. He composes, records, and performs professionally with a variety of nationally known artists.

Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny called Fred "a

totally world-class saxophone player." That must mean Fred plays the sax better than President Bill Clinton.

"How Do They Do That" Department: Ever wonder how the manufacturer prints dates on shiny candy bar wrappers, glass bottles, plastic containers, and pharmaceutical products? Unless you're like Rhett Butler and "frankly-don't-give-a-damn," you must have wondered about the freshness of a vending machine product or the old medication gathering dust in your medicine cabinet.

Robert Rosenblum, chief financial officer of Spectra Inc. in Hanover, has the answer. The Valley Business Journal recently highlighted Spectra, one of a couple of companies that germinated at Creare Inc., also of Hanover, an engineering firm that has served as a technology incubator.

Bunk reported that Spectra has experienced 50-percent annual growth for the past two years, a growth rate projected for the next several years. I'll pause here if anyone wants to call a stockbroker to see if Spectra's publicly owned.

Spectra apparently has cornered the market on highly efficient printheads and inkjets that can print on almost any surface. 'Now you know who to thank when, before buying that "too old" carton of milk, you decide instead to have a V-8.

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