Tucson Chapter Volume 16, Number 7
September 2017
www.TucsonBNC.org
The Tucson Chapter of the Brandeis National Committee Cordially Invites You To The Fall Opening Luncheon Monday, October 16, 2017, 11:00 in the Morning Featuring Vocalist
Katherine Byrnes at the Westward Look Wyndham Grand Resort and Spa $39 Per Person ($6 is tax-deductible) Choice of Herbed Chicken with Garlic, Portobello Ravioli with Greens, Grilled Veggies with Quinoa, and Flourless Chocolate Cake for Dessert Proceeds go to BNC Tucson Endowed Scholarship. Yes, I’m coming to the Fall Luncheon at $39 per person: Name(s)________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _____Chicken _____Ravioli ______Veggies List on a piece of paper the people you would like to sit with. Phone & e-mail_________________________________ Send your check made out to BNC to Soralé Fortman, 6300 E. Speedway Blvd. #1321, Tucson, AZ 85710, by October 10.
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M e m be rs h ip
P a g e
Membership VPs: Roni Bader-Tables,
[email protected] or 305-898-5754, and Pam Shaw,
[email protected] or 617-593-8300
The President’s Corner
We Wish Our Members…
Welcome to our 2017-18 season of wonderful classes, programs, and events planned for your entertainment, education, enrichment, and enjoyment. Our study group committee, under Chair Lynn Cramer, has worked diligently planning your year of courses. You should have received your Study Group Guide in the mail. It is also available on line (http:// tucsonbnc.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/16.5Jul-Study-Groups-2017-18.pdf) or go to TucsonBNC.org and click on the bulletin tab at the top. We grow by inviting friends to join us at special events, speakers, programs, and activities. For membership information contact Roni Bader-Table,
[email protected] or 305-898-5754, or Pam Shaw,
[email protected] or 617-593-8300. On Monday, October 16, we will be holding our exciting Fall Opening Luncheon. (The invitation is on page 1.) Our thanks go to our amazing Chair Davya Cohen and her hardworking committee for all the time they have spent planning this terrific day for you. Do not miss this event. I look forward to seeing you on October 16 at the Fall Opening Luncheon and during the year at all of our informative events and classes, which begin in October. My best wishes for a New Year filled with health, happiness, and peace! L’Shanah Tovah Marsha Rosenblum, President N
The officers, board, and members of the Tucson Chapter of BNC wish: Stanley Scott A speedy recovery If you know of anyone with a simchah or a sorrow, contact Sunshine chair Charlotte Hegwer,
[email protected] or 529-8484. A card will be sent and an acknowledgment will appear in the bulletin.
New Member
Help at the Book Sale A s sist ing at the Book Sale is not only a wonder f ul social experience for the men and women w ho help there, it a ls o supp or t s our chapter’s endowed scholarship for a Tucson-area student at Brandeis Universit y. The “work” is easy: restocking the tables, helping customers find the locations of books for their interests, and collecting the payments. The sign-up form will also be in the October bulletin. The Book Sale will be October 5 through 9 and October 13 through 15.
Directory Changes Please make the follow ing corrections in your Membership Directory (changes underlined):
Susan Berman Doris Coris Libby Fischer Judith Norris Connie Martin Joan Penner (not Joanne) Rhoda Steiger (Arnold) Stuart Taussig
[email protected] [email protected] (no land line phone) cell 403-7207
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Since the last bulletin, the following person has joined our chapter: Jennifer Rubin 9750 N Oracle Rd #10201, 85704 773-636-2366
[email protected]
Add her to your Membership Directory. New members are the life of our chapter. When you see new members at a Tucson Chapter event or Study Group, welcome them warmly.
Condolences
Tucson Chapter sends its condolences to Shelly Lipowich on the loss of her husband Moshe “Maury.”
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Don’t Miss the Brandeis Annual Book Sale Foothills Mall October 5 Through 9 and October 13 Through 15
The Book Depot Thanks Our Summer Helpers Meg Sivitz and Rachel Barker, our Vice-presidents for the Book Business, wish to thank their summer depot workers who hid from the heat in the air-conditioned Book Depot. Many thanks for their time go to Zelda Aaronson, Davya Cohen, Aimee Doctoroff, Natalie Freiburger, Ruth Friedman, Hal Hegwer, BJ and Marty Kass, Donna Richman, Ellen Saltonstall, Roz Stein, Susan Sussman, Terry Williams, and Roberta Zokolow.
If you haven’t received your 2017-18 Study Group Guide by now, contact Pam Shaw,
[email protected] or 617-593-8300.
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Enjoy Helping at the Book Depot
Meg Sivitz and Rachel Barker in the storage room at the Book Depot
If you love books, bargains, and bounty, check out spending time at the Book Depot, 3825 North Oracle Road. We are just south of Roger and south of the Target and the Tucson Mall. Come for a short shift before lunch at local eateries or shopping. One of our members comes to help whenever her car is serviced at the Auto Mall. Computer skills are not a requirement. Some volunteers have learned how to sell on Amazon. Other helpers sort through John Grisham and Jodi Picoult books, while others may plan with us for the fall sale. Some place price stickers on children’s books or marvel at our art and literature and help stuff them into boxes. New members make new friends. Join the fun. E-mail Meg at megaron3@ msn.com or Rachel at
[email protected] or phone 747-3224.
Buy from Amazon, Earn Money for Brandeis • • • •
Go to www.tucsonbnc.org. Click on the GO button. Buy anything from Amazon. The Tucson Chapter will benefit from all your Amazon purchases made this way.
Mission Statement Brandeis National Committee Brandeis National Committee is dedicated to providing philanthropic support to Brandeis University, a distinguished liberal arts and research university founded by the American Jewish community. Its membership is connected to the university through fund-raising and through activities that reflect the values on which the university was founded: academic excellence, social justice, nonsectarianism, and service to the community.
Social Justice/ Community Service
The Tucson chapter gives back to our community. Marilyn Lobell, our Community Service Chairman, reminds us of the organizations we are supporting this year: The Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse is in need of hotel toiletries and personal-care items. They also need NEW socks and underwear for children, teens, and women. Youth On Their Own (YOTO) is an organization that supports high school graduation of homeless youth by providing financial assistance, basic human needs, and guidance. They always need teen hygiene products and school supplies. Sister Jose Women’s Center is a program to assist homeless women. We help by donating walking shoes and sweat clothes in good condition and women’s hygiene products. Books From Mom is a program that gives new and gently used children’s books to women in prison so they can read to their visiting offspring and give them the books. Brandeis is always looking for new ways to help our community. If you have a way to help or wish to make a donation, contact Marilyn Lobell,
[email protected] or 615-0877. Nobody can help everybody, but everybody can help somebody!
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Meet Your Board Member Who negotiated the hiring of Charlton Heston, Perry Como, and Bob Hope for commercials in her past life in advertising? Who served as the Business Affairs Manager of all Creative Services for the largest advertising agency in New England? (We want that person to negotiate for us!) Born and raised in the Boston area, she attended the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Simmons College, Boston. This award-winning advertising exec morphed into a real estate mogul who landed in the top 1% of brokers nationwide and has now retired here in Tucson. She is among us as Pam Shaw, our newly elected co-VicePresident of Membership with Roni Bader-Tables. Pam had been coming to Tucson for over 16 years to Canyon Ranch to relax. On one vacation, she decided to explore the surrounding area, the Arizona Inn, the beautiful weather, the Foothills, the culture, the great Mexican food, and the Southwest flair to the community. She decided to retire here. A year and a half ago, she bought a home just down the street from Sheila Rothenberg. At a newcomer’s brunch at Shalom Tucson, Pam learned that her 30-year-old life membership in the Boston chapter of the BNC was transferable. Terri Freed, then Membership Vice-President, spoke to Pam and invited her to sit at her table for the Book & Author luncheon where she met Marilyn Sternstein, who has become a dear friend. They signed up for six Study Groups together, which proved to be a wonderful way to meet and get to know new people. They learned how to play mah jongg and canasta, all about ethnic restaurants in Tucson, the history of Jewish immigration, Arizona Jewish history, and about various local artists and their works. They had caught the Brandeis “bug.” Pam became active in the Tucson Chapter of Brandeis almost immediately. She served on the Book & Author committee, Membership Brunch group, and Study Group committee. She was elected to the board. Her favorite class was Sue Keller’s immigration course because of it rich content, fabulous videos, and themes. Study Groups proved to be a wonderful way to find new friends.
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2017–2018 Tucson Chapter Calendar
Board Meeting* Monday, September 11 Board Meeting* Monday, October 2 Book Sale, Foothills Mall Thursday–Monday, October 5–9 and Thursday-Sunday, October 13-15 Fall Opening Luncheon Monday, October 16 Board Meeting* Monday, November 6 Board Meeting* Monday, December 4 Holiday Fund Raiser Sunday, December 24 Board Meeting* Monday, January 8 University on Wheels Monday, January 8 Board Meeting* Monday, February 5 Board Meeting* Monday, March 5 Book & Author Dinner Wednesday, March 7 Book & Author Luncheon Thursday, March 8 Board Meeting* Monday, April 2 Spring Luncheon and Installation April TBD Board and Planning Meeting* Monday, May 7 *All are welcome to our open Board Meetings.
Save the dates and mark your calendar
Officers President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marsha Rosenblum VPs of the Book Business . . . . . . . Rachel Barker & Meg Sivitz Vice-Presidents of Membership . . . . . . . Roni Bader-Tables & Pam Shaw Vice-President of Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Seltzer Vice-President of Study Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lynn Cramer Recording Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara Wilder Financial Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Betty Jane Koppel Corresponding Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Davya Cohen Treasurers . . . . . . . . . Arlene Zuckerman & Marilyn Sternstein Advisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elaine Lisberg
Questions? Leave a message at the Book Depot phone, 747-3224, or e-mail us at
[email protected].
Tucson Chapter Bulletin Editor-in-chief................................................... Steve Seltzer Board Liaison........................................................ Meg Sivitz Associate Editor......................................... Bob Rothenberg Proofreaders... Soralé Fortman, Lois Bodin, & Janet Seltzer
To provide articles or information for the newsletter, contact Meg Sivitz,
[email protected], or Steve Seltzer,
[email protected].
The bulletin is published from September through May. The deadline is the 10th of the preceding month.
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Meet Your Board Continued from page 5 In the year ahead, Pam will be one of the leaders of join us for the Ethnic Lunch Study Group (eating around Tucson) and she will also be leading the Moving On Study Group, giving members all the information they need to prepare a home for sale, including what to expect in the preparation, the actual sale process, the move, and how to price a home to sell. You can usually find Pam exercising at the JCC or the Racquet and Fitness Club. She has been divorced and single for a number of years and has family back in the Northeast. If anyone knows Pam’s future husband, please don’t hesitate to make the introduction.
Were You There? by Sheila Rothenberg There was a sea of smiling, happy faces walking out of the 2016 Book & Author Luncheon, not just because of the great meal, the fabulous silent auction, and the enticing boutique. Happy to report, it was because of the terrifically engaging talks by writers Anne Hillerman, Linda Hirshman, Steve Berry, and Sherri Duskey Rinker. As author wrangler (what my husband dubbed me), I was thrilled to hear comments like “Best one ever!” and get e-mails from attendees, such as this one from Roggie Edberg: “You have really outdone yourself! Thank you so much for all the hard work and expertise you brought to this year’s Book & Author. Not only are the authors outstanding writers, they also are superb speakers.” I haven’t been resting on my laurels, working all summer to line up equally appealing authors for our 22nd Book & Author Events scheduled for March 7 and 8, 2018. Mark those dates on your calendars and plan to be there. Authors will be announced beginning with our next Bulletin.
Contemporary Fiction Study Group
The sessions of the Contemporary Fiction Study Group are always successful.
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Mystery Book Club
The Mystery Book Club Study Group had a wonderful April meeting before the out-of-towners left for the summer.
Congratulations to Davya Our Corresponding Secretary and Study Group leader Davya Cohen was recognized as the Barry A. Friedman Volunteer of the Year Honoree at the Jewish History Museum and Holocaust History Center during its annual meeting in May. She is a docent at the Museum. For our February “We Love Our Members” event held at the Museum, she was the organizer and one of the docents.
The Officers and Board Wish Everyone a Sweet, Healthy, and Happy New Year.
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HELP WANTED
STUDY GROUP ORGANIZERS Are you a leader? We can use leaders for some Study Groups. You could organize a Sunday Books & Bagels group. The group decides on a monthly book and a person or couple volunteers a house. Fabulous Flix is a great Study Group. Each month, a different member or couple hosts dessert and leads a discussion on a film of their choice. The leader just makes sure each month is covered by one of the members as planned. There is no extra work for the leader. Contact Lynn Cramer,
[email protected]. EAT DESSERT FIRST (EDF) FELLOWS We would like to keep EDF going, but need someone or two or three to be the organizers. This is a popular and great Study Group, so volunteer to help. Contact Steve Seltzer,
[email protected].
Use Your Devices We are surrounded by so many electronic devices, televisions, computers, the Internet, smar t phones, tablets, cameras, and more. U s e yo u r d ev i c e s t o connect with our Tucson Chapter of the Brandeis National Committee. ◊ Receive your Chapter bulletin on line. ◊ Receive blasts from your Chapter by e-mail. ◊ Join Facebook and like the Chapter to get information before it appears in bulletins or blasts. Join the 21st century through the Tucson Chapter. Contact Steve Seltzer at
[email protected].
TABLES NEEDED The Book Depot could use collapsible tables, molded plastic or wood surface, 6', 8', or 10' long. Call 747-3224 and leave a message for Meg or Rachel. HELP THE BRANDEIS CHAPTER We are looking for volunteers to help with our wonderful Events. You can be a committee member or a leader so that we can have another successful year. Contact Marsha Rosenblum,
[email protected]. OPENING FALL EVENT We want volunteers to assist with our Fall Opening Fall Event, a luncheon with entertainment. There will be a lot of help from other members. Contact chair Davya Cohen,
[email protected].
Contact the Bulletin
Steve Seltzer, Editor......299-3788,
[email protected] Meg Sivitz, Board Liaison.....615-4739, megaron3@msn. com
Contact the Chapter
Book Depot Phone (leave a message).... 520-747-3224 Chapter Web site............................ www.TucsonBNC.org Chapter e-mail.....................
[email protected] Facebook..................... www.facebook.com/TucsonBNC
Next Board Meeting
Monday, September 11, 2017 10:00 a.m. to noon Dusenberry-River Road Library 5605 East River Road at Craycroft Road All members are encouraged to come to this open meeting.
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Exp ress Your Thoughtfulness Wit h a Book Fund Card or Journal Donation
Sending a Brandeis tribute card or a Learned Research Journal (LRJ) is a quick, meaningful, and philanthropic way to express support, congratulations, get-well wishes, sympathy, and appreciation. No more running to the store to find an appropriate card — just contact Shelly Abell (contact information below). The recipient is acknowledged in the bulletin so others can learn about the simchah or sorrow and respond. Show you care—send a Brandeis card or LRJ. Book Fund donations: $5.50 Philanthropy, learning, and community (or six for $25) $10.50 Light of Reason Card. $10.50 Goldfarb Library at night (or three for $25) $14.00 Brandeis art cards (set of four different covers) $18.50 Louis Dembitz Brandeis portrait card $25.50 Sustaining the Mind Tribute Card $36.50 Learned Research Journal $56.50 Learned Research Journal Folio $100.00 Special Book Collection $500.00 Major Book Collection Contact Book Fund chair Shelly Abell,
[email protected], or 409-2346.
Donor
Message
Brandeis friends Brandeis friends Brandeis friends Brandeis friends
Special Book Collection Get well soon Best wishes for a speedy recovery Get well soon Best wishes for a speedy and full recovery
Brandeis friends
Learned Research Journal Folio Wishing you a fast and complete recovery
Learned Research Journal Marianne & Stuart Taussig Congratulations on your 50th anniversary Nanci Goldman & Bob Rivner, and Janet & Steve Seltzer In memory of your husband Ronald Nanci Goldman & Bob Rivner; Betsy and Ralph Hallac; and Janet & Steve Seltzer In honor of your 60th anniversary Sustaining the Mind Card Marilyn & Michael Marcus Happy birthday wishes Chris & Bob Wohl Wishes for a speedy recovery
Recipient Herb Meshel Herb Meshel Stan Scott Stan Scott Lisa Grabell Aimee & Stephen Doctoroff Leila Seltzer Phyllis & Dan Dunitz Meg Sivitz Stanley Scott
Nancy & Michael Apsell Maureen & Steve Burke Maureen Burke Davya & Stan Cohen Carol & Burt Cunin
Louis Dembitz Brandeis Portrait Card Best wishes for a complete recovery Lisa Grabell Get well soon Herb Meshel Best wishes for a speedy recovery Sandra Lachter Best wishes on your special birthday Sheila Rothenberg Congratulations on your 50th wedding anniversary Aimee & Stephen Doctoroff
Ruth & Victor Abnee Soralé & Marvin Fortman Soralé & Marvin Fortman Marsha Rosenblum
Goldfarb Library Card Condolences on the loss of your husband Gabriel In memory of your husband Maury Mazel tov on the birth of your granddaughter Condolences on your loss
Meg & Ron Sivitz
Philanthropy, Learning, and Community Card In memory of your husband Maury Lipowich
Sandra Mille Shelly Lipowich Sharon & Fred Klein Shelley Lipowich Shelley Lipowich
Membership Our new fiscal year began July 1, and it is renewal time for BNC membership ($60 for individuals, $100 for two people at one address). We appreciate your continued philanthropic support of the university and its libraries. To pay your dues, mail them to Betty Jane Koppel, 7531 E. Calle Brisas, Tucson, AZ 85750. For questions about dues, contact Betty at
[email protected] or 296-1215.
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Tucson Chapter Calendar September 2017 Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
4 Labor Day
5
10
11 10 Board Meeting 1 Guided Bridge
17
3
24
6 7 12 Contemp. Fiction 12 Men’s Book Club
8
12
13 14 11:30 Mystery Books
15
18 1 Guided Bridge
19
20
25 1 Guided Bridge
26
16
Rosh Hashanah 21
27
2 5:30 Single Women’s Circle 9
28
23 22
29 Kol Nidre Yom Kippur 30
Labor Day, September 4; Rosh Hashanah, September 21 and 22; Kol Nidre, September 29; Yom Kippur, September 30. (Mystery Books a week early because of Rosh Hashanah.)
Who Is Katherine Byrnes? A graduate of the University of Arizona School of Music, our Opening Luncheon entertainer Katherine Byrnes is known around Tucson as a jazz/blues vocalist. She also performs with local indie rockers Calexico and Sergio Mendoza y La Orkesta. In recent years, she has been touring Europe and the United States with Blue Note Recording artist Amos Lee. As a solo artist, she has toured China twice, first singing in front of the UA Studio Jazz Ensemble and the second time as the lead singer for ArtIfAct’s Great American Dance Tour. Katherine also tours the US with her original band Sweet Ghosts! She was production manager and choreographer of the Gaslight Theater, co-producer of Invisible Theater’s 2016 Sizzling Summer Sound Series, and assistant director of the Pastime Players, a program for children with special abilities to build confidence through singing, acting, and dancing. She has featured local Tucson artists as host of “In Tune” on Arizona Public Media and has guest sung with the Tucson Pops Orchestra.
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News from Brandeis University
DNA repair. Chromosome s undergo DNA repair to c or rect insults to our genetic code, caused either by errors in copying the DNA or by external factors such as exposure to radiation or toxins. Most damage gets accurately repaired, so the cell is unaffected, but some result in permanent errors (mutations or chromosome rearrangements) that may lead to diseases, including cancer. Especially dangerous are double-strand DNA breaks that sever the chromosome. The work was principally carried out by postdoctoral fellow Ranjith Anand with contributions by technician Annette Beach and physics doctoral student Kevin Li. They examined repair of a double-strand break in yeast cells.
In the summer of 1936, German native Lisel Judge had her fencing uniform laid out and was ready to compete in the Summer Olympics in Berlin. She was 20 years old. “There was a knock at the door one day, and this Nazi said to me, ‘You don’t have to get dressed. We found out you had a father and a grandmother that were Jewish,’” Ms. Judge said in a video interview recorded last year that is posted on YouTube. Though Hitler had promised the International Olympic Committee that the regime would not use the games as a platform for its ideologies, Ms Judge was blocked from competing. By 1938, she, her husband, and their infant daughter had to flee Germany for their lives. Ms Judge started a new life in the Boston area and taught scores of young women at Brandeis University how to grip their foils, outwit opponents, and triumph like 18th-century swordsmen. Ms. Judge, who coached fencing at Brandeis for more than 25 years, leading the women’s teams to 16 New England championships, died March 23 in Boca Raton, Fla., a few days after turning 101.
OCTOBER 16
A new paper in the prestigious journal Nature this past April f ro m B ra n d e i s r e s e a rc h e r s in the la borator y of James Haber p rov id e s a d et a i le d description of the processes of
Fencing Holocaust Survivor
Fall Opening Luncheon
New Insights into DNA Repair
Holiday Fund Raiser
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CALENDAR
2017
Brandeis Book Sale at Foothills Mall
OCTOBER 6 to 9 & 13 to 15 Brandeis University Brandeis National Committee Tucson Chapter 3825 North Oracle Road Tucson, Arizona 85705-3254
TUCSON, AZ PERMIT NO. 970
PAID
NON-PROFIT ORG. U. S. POSTAGE
Book Sale Volunteers— Sign Up Now! The sale benefits the Endowed Scholarship for a Tucson-area Student to Brandeis to be held at the Foothills Mall (Ina Road at La Cholla Boulevard) October 5 through 9 and October 13 through 15, 2017.
Please sign up to work for as many shifts as possible during the SET UP and SALE. Also indicate any spouses, friends, or acquaintances who will accompany you.
CHECK THE BOXES BELOW. Fold this sheet and mail the entire sheet as soon as possible, but no later than Tuesday, September 26, 2017, to
Meg Sivitz, 6361 E. Valle di Cadore, Tucson 85750. You can reach Meg at
[email protected] or 615-4739 for more information.
Name________________________________________________________________ Contact Info: E-mail_______________________________ Phone_________________ Men will load books at the depot from 6:30 to 7:30 a.m., Thursday, October 5, supervised by Rachel Barker.
+ I will help unpack and set up on Thursday, October 5, 7:30 or 8:00 to 10:30 a.m. I will help sell books on: First Weekend: Thursday, Oct. 5 Friday, Oct. 6 Saturday, Oct. 7 Sunday, Oct. 8 Monday, Oct. 9
Second Weekend: Friday, Oct. 13 Saturday, Oct. 14 Sunday, Oct. 15
from + 10 to 1 from + 10 to 1 from + 10 to 1 from + 11 to 2 from + 10 to 1
+ 1 to 5 + 1 to 5 + 1 to 5 + 2 to 6 + 1 to 5
+ 5 to 9 + 5 to 9 + 5 to 9
from + 10 to 1 from + 10 to 1 from + 11 to 2
+ 1 to 5 + 1 to 5 + 2 to 6
+ 5 to 9 + 5 to 9
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+ I will come on Sunday, October 15, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. to pack up the remaining
books.
Thanks for your help. No heavy lifting. Join this worthwhile endeavor.