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Flo Goodrich spent a lifetime bringing youth and adults together on stage. By Steve Penick
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Cast members of "St. Cloud Sleep" featuring Flo Goodrich (center), St Cloud, 1984
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completed her Master’s of Business Taxation. She specializes in real estate, construction and the rental property industry and works out of the St. Cloud office.
College of St. Benedict/ St. John’s University names new COO Dr. Kara Kolomitz is the inaugural joint chief operating officer (COO) for the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University. Dr. Kolomitz has worked in Catholic higher education for more than 25 years, including COO from 2016-22 at Regis College, a liberal arts institution in suburban Boston.
Rinke Noonan adds staff Rinke Noonan added two attorneys to its staff. Aisha Ibrahim will practice in the areas of business, real estate, and estate planning. She was most recently a law clerk at Nyemaster Goode, P.C. in Des Moines, Iowa. Mitchel Anderson will practice in the areas of banking and lending, business, and real estate law. He previously worked as an attorney at Jellum Law, P.A. in Stillwater, Minn. and as an assistant general counsel for Stearns Bank, N.A. in St. Cloud.
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lo Goodrich had a way about her. She had an ability to inspire people to be their best through a warm, inviting personality. “She was about the sweetest person you could imagine,” Al Hams said in a St. Cloud Times article. A long-time St. Cloud music store owner, Hams worked with Goodrich on many theater productions beginning in the 1960s at St. Cloud State College. For the next 40 years, Goodrich helped build community theater, bringing youth and adults together on stage. Goodrich transplanted her influence to St. Cloud from her Brooklyn, New York, upbringing. Born in 1923, Goodrich demonstrated interested in the arts while in grade school with her inaugural performance as a door mouse in Alice in Wonderland. “From elementary school on, I was interested in the theater
and theatrical things,” Goodrich said years later. She continued to develop this passion throughout her education, earning a Master’s Degree in Theater from St. John’s University in Queens. In 1954, she met her future husband Herbert Goodrich in western New York, marrying two years later. Opportunities brought them to the University of Illinois where Herb pursued a doctorate in Mass Media and Race Relations. An open faculty position at St. Cloud State in the early 1960s drew the couple to Central Minnesota. The decision greatly impacted the community. Herb taught for nearly 30 years in the Sociology Department, educating the region about anti-Semitism. His work matched the couple’s spiritual beliefs as they connected with other local Jewish residents through the
St. Cloud Chapter of Hadassah. Goodrich threw herself professionally into St. Cloud State’s theater department, participating in productions, developing friendships, and sharing her theatrical knowledge. By 1970, there was enough interest for a local community theater to be successful. She, along with other passionate people such as Sister Judine Suter and Jim Shaffer, formed St. Cloud’s Troupe Theatre. Their enthusiasm inspired supporters to join the ranks and Troupe became a popular summer arts activity. Goodrich’s ability to bring people together was one of many skills. She became involved in directing productions, did voice-over radio ads and television commercials, and served on nonprofit boards. She also cultivated business sponsors as St. Cloud Troupe Theatre grew in popularity. Through acting, her star often shined the brightest. Flo never lost her Brooklyn
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