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Member Profile: Cathy Petrini

Member Profile: Cathy Petrini

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Published on March 30, 2023 Genealogy, Tae Kwon Do and Sweet Valley High … introducing 1st VP for Membership Cathy Petrini By Terry Haycock, Secretary/Treasurer One of our members has written an astonishing 29 books to date! In the early 1980s, the Sweet Valley High best-selling series was created by Francine Pascal and written by Kate William, a pseudonym for the...

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2023 Newsmaker

2023 Newsmaker

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Introducing our 2023 Newsmaker of the Year: Kristen Green By Nicole van Esselstyn The New York Times best-selling author and former Richmond Times-Dispatch reporter published her latest book, “The Devil’s Half Acre: The Untold Story of How One Woman Liberated the South’s Most Notorious Slave Jail,” in April 2022. Since then, the story of Mary Lumpkin, a formerly...

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Member Profile: Nicole van Esselstyn

Member Profile: Nicole van Esselstyn

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Kayaking, Cooking and Creating Copy – Introducing Nicole van Esselstyn By Terry Haycock, Secretary/Treasurer New member Nicole van Esselstyn grew up in a small farming community near Danville, Virginia. She graduated from Virginia’s James Madison University in Harrisonburg with a degree in mass communications, concentrating in print journalism. Nicole was the editor...

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