Problem with text wrap on anchored objects

Hi, I'm using CS5 on a Macbook Pro OS 10.6.8
I'm laying out a multiple page biographies section of a conference program and I need to anchor the photo boxes to the beginning of each new bio. I made a photo box and assigned it the proper text wrap attributes. But when I copy and paste the photo box into the text, it sits on the line of type and the text is not wrapping properly at all. I've included a screen shot to illustrate the problem. I want it to wrap as shown in the right column. But what I get is what you see in the left column.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Diane

But then I'd have to do that every time I place hundreds of these boxes, right? Instead I've created a style sheet for the paragraphs with with boxes to have a 6 line drop cap and that seems to be working. Probably a wierd work-around. I'm open to another more straightforward method of getting the anchored box to sit within the copy every time I paste it in.

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