{"id":4183,"date":"2015-01-20T23:06:40","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T04:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/?p=4183"},"modified":"2015-01-20T23:41:22","modified_gmt":"2015-01-21T04:41:22","slug":"letter-does-cornwall-need-an-arts-coordinator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/wordcurrents\/2015\/01\/20\/letter-does-cornwall-need-an-arts-coordinator\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter: Does Cornwall Need an Arts Coordinator?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"zed_8too42b6\" class=\"zedity-wrapper aligncenter\">\n<div id=\"zed_8too42b6\" class=\"zedity-editor aligncenter zedity-responsive-layout\" style=\"position: relative; width: 590px; height: 1474px; overflow: hidden;\" data-origh=\"1474\" data-origw=\"590\" data-mainl=\"11\" data-layouts=\"[{&quot;i&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;w&quot;:300},{&quot;i&quot;:&quot;6&quot;,&quot;w&quot;:400},{&quot;i&quot;:&quot;11&quot;,&quot;w&quot;:500},{&quot;i&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;w&quot;:600}]\" data-layout-1=\"{&quot;w&quot;:&quot;300px&quot;,&quot;h&quot;:&quot;2087px&quot;}\" data-layout-6=\"{&quot;w&quot;:&quot;390.4px&quot;,&quot;h&quot;:&quot;953.4px&quot;}\" data-layout-16=\"{&quot;w&quot;:&quot;590.4px&quot;,&quot;h&quot;:&quot;1474.4px&quot;}\" data-layout-11=\"{&quot;w&quot;:&quot;490.4px&quot;,&quot;h&quot;:&quot;1160.4px&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"zedity-box zedity-box-Image zedity-wpml zedity-warn-size-up\" style=\"position: absolute; 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height: 100%; color: black; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; display: table-cell; overflow: hidden;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span class=\"\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Does Cornwall Need an<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span class=\"\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">&#8220;Arts Culture Coordinator&#8221;?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span class=\"zedity-spacer\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">A letter published in the <i>Standard-Freeholder<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">January 19, 2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"zedity-box zedity-box-Text zedity-edited\" style=\"position: absolute; 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