NEWSMAKERS
Martha Smith Mickles '71 exhibited her photographs at the Area Gallery of the University of Southern Maine. . . . William Simon '71, an ethnic historian at SUNY-Oneonta, spoke at a Temple Israel Men's Club breakfast in Vestal, N.Y., about the first Jews to play professional baseball in America. . . . The work of Catherine Joslyn '72, a professor of art at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, was part of an exhibition at the Sandford Gallery at the university. . . . Poet Gary Lawless '73 spoke on "Poetry and the Community Voice" at the Belfast (Maine) Free Library. . . . Karen Heck '74 is a member of Waterville's "Dream Team," a group of civic leaders who have received national press attention, including an article in U.S. News & World Report, for their effort to establish criteria for Waterville's growth into the next century. . . . Shelley Bieringer Rau '74 was named an "item writer" by the Hand Therapy Certification Commission and will help the national organization devise examinations for certification in the field. . . . Richard Anzelc Jr. '76 was elected to the board of directors of Skowhegan Savings Bank in Maine. . . . Jere Bryant '76 is the new general manager of the Maine Mall in South Portland. . . . Christine Foster '76 was nominated to Maine's District Court bench. . . . Marcel Dionne '77 is vice president for commercial loans at Passumpsic Savings Bank in St. Johnsbury, Vt. . . . Ruston Lodi '78 is managing editor of the Middlesex News in Framingham, Mass.

MILEPOSTS
Births: A son, Mark Albert Thompson, to Peter Thompson '76.
Marriages: Barrett Hurwitz '70 to Mary Nicolo in Dartmouth, Mass. . . . Stephen Church '77 to Jo-Ann Reny in Hampton, N.H. . . . Robert Roy Meny '78 to Elizabeth Ann Gilchrist in Ridgefield, Conn.