On Fri, 3 Feb 1995, Paisley S. Cato wrote:
 
> What has been going on at the Valentine?
>
>
> According to john pearce:
> >
> > This morning's _Richmond Times-Dispatch_ (2/3/95) on page B3 carries the
> > story, "Valentine director quits, says he was undermined," by Bill
> > Lohmann.  According to that story, director Frank Jewell, deputy director
> > Judy Lankford, director of exhibitions and special projects Eryl Platzer
> > and coordinator of educational initiatives Amanda Macaulay have all
> > resigned.  The story refers to other recent pressures, by which Jewell
> > had relinquished the titles of president and CEO two weeks ago, while
> > retaining the post of executive director, but that "Last week, Jewell
> > said he did not plan to quit, vowing to stay 'as long as I can be useful.'"
 
     The real story is that the Valentine is the latest victim of my
jinx; I had a long feature in the paper today about Valentine Riverside.
And so it goes. Remind me to tell you sometime about how an obituary I
wrote brought Chesty Puller back from the dead.
 
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