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By DIANA BIRD

Rappahannock N«w« Contrfkvttag Writer . John Frohnmayer and his wife Leah bought a home in Flint Hill ' while he was chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts between 1989 and 1992. 1 Now a much-in-demand speaker across the nation, he has agreed to appear at the Rappahannock County Library at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 13.

Before Mr. Frohnmayer assumed his office, the NEA had been attacked for inadvertently helping to sponsor some highly disagreeable art, and during his tenure, political interests continued to find the NEA af useful whipping boy. ° He has recounted his experiences in Washington in a compelling book, leaving Town Alive. It is in the Library. This title suggets he felt some people wanted his scalp, and his book tells us all about it. Eventually the trouble he encountered led President Bush to fire him.

Mr. Frohnmayer’s interest in the arts is in part related to his avocation as a singer. His inquiring mind led him to attend the union Theological Seminary in New York,

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