Why are my Photos disappearing?

Here is my setup:
iPhoto '11, OS X 10.6.7
Wife and I have separate OSX accounts and separate iTunes libraries.  We share an iPhoto library at users\shared\iPhoto
We both have RW permissions on the library file..
This has worked fine forever..
Recently the wife started complaining about her images vanishing after importing into iPhoto from her iPhone.. I called user-error and shamed her.  Now we have confirmed that it's not  her fault.. This is what is happening:
Import the photos while logged-in to wife's account
Photos show as a new event and we can see them in "photos"
We drag those photos into an existing event
Existing event number of photos updates to the correct, new total
Images still show under "photos"
Go into the event we just dragged the photos into, and they arent there.
Go into 'photos' and they arent there
Photos are now officially gone
Everything seems to work fine while logged-in under my account (admin account)

How exactly have you set up sharing? How did you set R/W on the Library "file"?
Regards
TD

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