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92s : Biography Angelo, Jeremiah D. Assigned a new identity under the Federal Witness Protection Program, he is working at a public library near you. Andzoey, Franny. Quit her job and married Bill soon after the events described above. Discovered a new vocation as an award-winning travel writer after publishing an article about their “spontaneous marriage event” in Tuscany. Austen, Bill. After helping the Cistercian Monastery digitize their collection and link it to a searchable on-line catalog, Bill transferred to the Abbey in Muenster, Switzerland, where he married Franny and completed his doctoral thesis. Post-doctoral studies have taken Bill and Franny to Venice, Milan, Rome, and Alexandria. Belden, Trixie. After a nation-wide candidate search, Trixie Belden was appointed the new director of the River Bend Library System. Canyon, Steve. Director of the second best writers’ school in Iowa, Steve has “bagged more mountains than I can count, really,” and written books about most of them. Cordova, Cody. After overseeing construction of the 21st Century Library & Convention Center, Cody retired. Selling out his KeyCo stock just before the bubble burst, Cody was able to retire while young and still-good looking. Tabbed to serve on the board of the Humanitas Project, Cody hangs with Ex-President Jimmy Carter, traveling the world, overseeing construction of affordable and ecologically-responsible housing. Davis, Jefferson. Jefferson Davis quit teaching, cold turkey, and went off to write that novel he had so often spoken of at so many writers’ conferences. Jeez, it’s been ten years now, and no word from him yet.
179 Drew, Nancy. Soon after the events described above, Nancy moved to the hill country of Virginia, where she is director of a library in a building designed by Frank Loyd Wright and heads the Roseola Support Foundation. Dude, Derick the. Living large on the fully restored S.S. Magnolia, a floating museum of riverboat history and fully operational casino cruising up and down the Mississippi, funded by the NEA, the NPR, the National Historic Trust, donations from the Phew Charitable Fund, and from people like you. Fitzgerald, Zelda. Died in her sleep of natural causes incident to old age soon after the events described above. Family and friends request that in lieu of flowers, please send a donation to the Friends of Libraries, U.S.A. Livingstone, Stanley. Retired soon after the events described above. Bought his own damn island with proceeds from sales of his KeyCo stock, after selling out at the historic high point for a company that no longer exists. Talk about your flash in the pan. Just an instant in the stream of things, and yet it irrevocably changed so many lives. Madley, Marian. Quit the library and opened an art gallery with proceeds from sales of her KeyCo stock. Matt, Mayor. Dedicated to a life of public service, Mayor Matt is still at large. “Why risk your capital in the private sector, when public RDAs are so much more lucrative, return-forinvestment-wise, if you get my drift,” he said with a wink and a nudge. Mephistopheles, Dr. Frank. Linchpin of the KeyCo deal for the 21st Century Library / Convention Center, the whereabouts of Dr. Mephistopheles are not known. He’s gone and left no trace. It’s as if he never existed.
180 Montana, Helena. Retired the day after the opening of the 21st Century Library. After cashing in her KeyCo stock, Helena bought a forest preserve on the coast of Oregon where she runs a non-profit shelter for homeless women and children. Petrie, Jamie. Married Reverend Dr. Wu. Moved to Silicon Valley with their baby, named, apparently, Digit. “It rhymes with Gidget,” said Jamie during a brief phone conversation, “and that’s the kinda girl she is.” Rabinowitz, Rachael. After successfully founding a new design magazine in San Francisco and editing it for eight years, Rachael quit to write a book about affordable modern home design. Robinofsky, Argentina. Currently managing the Farmer’s Market for Mayor Matt, Argentina Robinofsky still hasn’t given up her dream of organizing River City artists into a unified group. “Heads up, guys,” Argentina said recently. “Next meeting is at the Finnmeister’s, down by the river.” Rockne, Knute. At age 75, Knute still comes in to keep the boiler going at Old Main, reincarnated as The Museum of Library Science, and home of the Mississippi River Folklore Society. Rubble. Barney. Recently named Director of Information Services for the River Bend Library System. Barney is still happily married and the father of three children, “all of them perfectly healthy and normal with ten fingers and toes, thank you.” Seriatim, Sybil. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Sybil Seriatim is requested to contact the Fraud & Vice squad at River Bend Police Department. She is wanted for questioning about a string of kited checks and bad credit cards used during her brief rein as Publisher/Editor of NEXXUS Magazine and director of the Deep River Blues Festival.
181 Tippi. Still cruising the stacks in transvestite frocks, Tippi can reliably be found after dark, monitoring the magazines and music department of the 21st Century Library. Tom. Tom is Chief Maintenance Engineer of the 21st Century Library / Convention Center. Vern. Still working two jobs and sleeping through staff meetings. Wally. Wally is franchasing his rock’n’roll bakery outlets across Canada and China, adapting to local tastes and what’s available. Wood, Evelyn. Married that nice man in Idaho with two teenage sons from a previous marriage she met on-line. They started a computer repair business together, The Byte Shack, which Evelyn reports, has a new location opening soon in Boise.