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Lowell and Nancy Lohman stand outside the new planetarium sign at their dedication ceremony on Dec. 9.

The $2.1 million, 70-acre property is part of a broad expansion in Palm Coast. GINA MANGUS FLAGLER HEALTH+

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Flagler Health+ purchased approximately 70 acres in the city of Palm Coast from Florida Landmark Communities LLC for $2.1 million on Dec. 13. The property, on the west side of U.S. 1 where Palm Coast Parkway and U.S. 1 meet, will be used to develop a comprehensive health complex, including an inpatient hospital. The health enterprise also recently announced a clinical agreement with University of Florida Health, which will include expansion of graduate medical education programs and an array of clinical services across Northeast Florida, including new primary care sites in St. Johns and Flagler counties. Details regarding new primary care in Flagler County are currently under discussion. Meanwhile, Flagler Health+ is working on a seven-acre health village at the southwest corner of Matanzas Woods Parkway and Belle Terre Parkway. The health village will incorporate family practice with embedded behavioral health services, orthopedics, specialty care, imaging and laboratory services, all within a community-centric setting. Flagler Health+ has already expanded its footprint of Flagler County-based care options, with the addition of a large orthopedics practice in the Palm Coast Town Center, a primary care office on Old Kings Road and a virtual walk-in clinic inside Publix. In February, Care Connect+ also opened an office inside Flagler Health+ Specialty Care at 50 Cypress Point Parkway. One of its first major initiatives was to award four Innovators Micro Grants to Flagler County nonprofit organizations to support programs that impact people experiencing homelessness, hunger, or lack of access to transportation, medication or health care in Flagler County.

MOAS names planetarium after Lohman family

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For seven years, the planetarium at the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach remained nameless. But as far as museum staff was con-

cerned, its future was written in the stars. On Thursday, Dec. 9, MOAS celebrated the official dedication of the Lowell and Nancy Lohman Family Planetarium, a moment that marked the completion of a nine-year proj-

ect to renovate the museum’s entrance courtyard, according to a press release. Now, when visitors arrive, they’ll be welcomed by a new blue illuminated sign on the exterior of the Root Auditorium, just a few steps away from the plan-

etarium’s dome. Nancy Lohman said at the dedication ceremony that her husband has often repeated a phrase throughout their marriage: “Adventure and life SEE STELLAR PAGE 2

A long-awaited health care resource Ribboncutting on Jan. 11 for long awaited behavioral health care center: Flagler Access Center. All Flagler County residents are eligible to receive services.

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Flagler County and its partners SMA Healthcare and Flagler Health+ are hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Flagler Access Center, which will provide an open door for education, screening, and connection to behavioral healthcare services in the area. The event will be held at 10 a.m. Jan. 11, at the center located at 103 E. Moody Blvd., Bunnell. “We are thrilled to be a partner in this initiative that will provide a connection for behavioral health care services for the citizens of Flagler County,” said SMA Healthcare CEO Ivan Cosimi. “We have been looking for ways to expand our scope of services in the county, and we are confident this partnership will allow us to do just that.” Flagler County officials were notified in June that the state would fund its top legislative priority: $245,000 to create a mental health access point. The Board of Fla-

gler County Commissioners pledged to bolster the funding by $300,000 with money made available by the federal government through the American Rescue Plan. “Addressing behavioral health issues — including drug abuse and the suicide rate — have been a priority,” said County Administrator Heidi Petito. “This initial funding is allowing us and our privateprovider partners to operate this new center without immediate concerns about grant writing or fundraising. This is a big first step to meeting our goals for the community.” All Flagler County residents are eligible to receive services from the Flagler Access Center. Individuals who come to the center will be screened and connected to appropriate services. “Flagler County has been advocating for a project of this nature, and has stepped up to provide a convenient location for access to these much-needed services,” Cosimi said, noting that SMA Healthcare will provide walk-

Flagler Access Center, 103 E. Moody Blvd., Bunnell

in screenings, crisis response, care coordination, and linkage to the federal housing effort known as PATH (Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness) immediately at this new location. “Flagler Health+ will provide services for its ‘Be Resilient and Voice Emotions’ program, which encourages youth to engage with mental health services early on in their life.” The center will also utilize other social service providers within the county to provide a continuum of care. A second phase of services will eventually be offered at the Flagler Access Center once licensure for the new

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facility has been obtained. Those services – currently being provided at the SMA Healthcare facility on Justice Lane – include mental health therapy and substance use disorder therapy. Services for both are provided through individual therapy, group therapy, family therapy, individualized treatment plans, and treatment plan reviews. “This is an important milestone for Flagler County,” Petito said. “This will allow us to better serve everyone in the community.” The public is invited to attend the ribbon cutting. Light refreshments will be served.

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begins with learning.” The quote rings true for Lowell, she said. “Truly, I’m honored to have our names on the planetarium, but this is really Lowell’s legacy, because he really loves astronomy,” Nancy Lohman said. “… I’m so proud of what a learner he is.” The planetarium was built in 2014 after the museum’s original flooded in 2009. In September 2019, the Lohmans, of Ormond Beach, donated $2.5 million to the museum’s endowment, a figure that was then tripled by a two-to-one endowment match by Cici and Hyatt Brown. The museum’s endowment currently stands at over $50 million, the press release states. In May 2021, the Lohmans stepped up their support of the museum with the establishment of the Lohman’s Museum of Arts and Sciences Field Study, a program that will allow all Volusia County Schools fifth and eighth graders to visit MOAS over the next three years thanks to a $340,000 gift by the Lohmans to the FUTURES Foundation. The program launched in September, and so far, 2,800 eighth graders have participated. Katherine Hurst Miller, president of the MOAS board of trustees, thanked the Lohmans for their contributions, as the planetarium is critical to the museum’s mission to inspire younger generations. “I think of our staff and our supporters as our stars, and there’s something that shines brighter than stars — we heard it was Venus, but I really think it’s Lowell and Nancy Lohman tonight, and I’m so grateful for all that they have done,” Miller

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“This is really Lowell’s legacy, because he really loves astronomy.”

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said. MOAS Executive Director Andrew Sandall said they knew the planetarium was a special place when they built it in 2014. The old planetarium could only do a couple of shows a day, and currently, they hold 30-35 shows a week in their planetarium. Therefore, Sandall said they knew the naming rights to the building had to go to someone special as well. “Sometimes the universe just aligns, and Lowell and Nancy were the right people,” Sandall said. “We’re proud to have their name on our planetarium. We’re proud to work with them because not only are they such great philanthropists and great community supporters, they are our biggest cheerleaders it’s possible to have.” Lowell Lohman’s love of astronomy spans decades, but it wasn’t until 15 years ago that he was able to take a course on the subject at Daytona State College. He invited his late professor’s family to the ceremony due to the impact that course had on his life. During his speech, he took the time to thank everyone who played a part in making Lowell and Nancy Lohman Family Planetarium come to fruition. “That doesn’t go unnoticed, and it’s a special night for Nancy and I, and the planetarium,” he said. Email Jarleene Almenas at jarleene@ormondbeachobserver.com.

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Nurses needed Halifax Health staffing shortage mirrors national trend MIA STRIEGEL CONTRIBUTING WRITER

About 73% of hospitals across Florida were expecting a critical staffing shortage in midSeptember, according to the Florida Hospital Association, and Halifax Health Medical Center is one of many in the state that is still dealing with a lack of staff through November. “It is the biggest challenge right now,” said Alberto Tineo, senior vice president and hospital chief operating officer. “It will remain an issue across the state and country. In nursing we have over 130 positions we are looking for. We are also needing radiology, respiratory, cardiology and other hospital positions.” Tineo said that the hospital had a staffing shortage before COVID-19, but the pandemic deepened it. Hospital workers who were looking to retire in a few years sped up those plans and left early. What’s happening at Halifax reflects a national trend. In a recent survey conducted by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, twothirds of nurses said they feel their pandemic experiences have led them to consider leaving the profession. “I have heard from my nurse practitioners. They’re like, ‘I wonder how much real estate pays,’ or, ‘I wonder what I could do if I didn’t do this.’ I don’t know that they would still formally leave, but it certainly makes people think,” said Jeannine Waterman, a nurse practitioner manager with the Halifax Health, hospice and palliative care team.

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Jeannine Waterman suits up in protective gear before entering the COVID-19 unit.

Waterman has been at Halifax for over 27 years. “I’m not going anywhere,” Waterman said. “I work with a lot of young nurses who are 20, 22, 24. And they were like, ‘What am I doing?’ To come out of your nursing career into this is really hard. And a lot of them haven’t dealt with death and dying in their normal life, much less coming to work and dealing with it every day. It’s hard for them emotionally.” Nurses are not just considering leaving the profession, some are also looking into becoming a travel nurse. They work for short periods of time at hospitals around the country to fill positions. This has worsened the staffing issue. According to Indeed, travel nurses make approximately 20% more than all registered nurses. “A lot of where the nursing shortage is coming from in terms of what’s happening in hospitals right now is they’re offering a lot of money for nurses to go travel and take assignments in other areas,” Waterman said, “which is pulling staff out of our normal staff, out of the hospital.” Halifax Health is trying its best to retain and recruit

staff. Tineo said the hospital is making sure nurses’ benefits and compensation are competitive, and Halifax is getting creative with sign-on bonuses. One Halifax hospital administrator said the level and quality of patient care has not been negatively impacted by the staff shortage, but it has impacted the hospital as an organization. Lindsay Martin, director of nursing for emergency and trauma services at Halifax, said that she doesn’t believe the staffing shortage is affecting patient care but does think it has affected the flow of patients in the organization. Martin said this “leads to upset patients not being able to get to their next step in the process as quickly as we would all like. This causes stress on the staff as well. Patients are sicker than I’ve ever seen.” Nursing is not the only area that is short-staffed. Merrilee Felkel, a staff radiographer at Halifax, is feeling the effects as well. “It’s a little disheartening, but not surprising,” Felkel said. “And it doesn’t matter because we’re here to do the job we signed up for and people need care. And it just means sometimes we have to be stretched a little thinner or work a little harder, but you still go in with the attitude that you’re going to do a good job.” Being short-staffed doesn’t dampen Felkel’s spirit. “A lot of things can get you through a day, particularly if you’re having a tough day,” Felkel said. “But always the patients are what keep me going and inspire me — the reason I went into this business. It’s the reason I’ve stayed in it for so many years.”

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YOUR TOWN FREE EYE EXAMS — AND GLASSES — TO MANY FLAGLER STUDENTS In 2019, the Flagler Health Department’s School Health Coordinator and registered nurse Stephanie Ear identified an opportunity that helped almost 200 Flagler County elementary school students receive free prescription eyeglasses after they failed in-school vision screenings. She connected with Florida Heiken Children’s Vision Program, one of two state-funded vision programs that help at-risk students achieve academic and social success, and convinced the Miami-based program to come to Flagler County. Three years later, the partnership continues; in fact, the program has expanded to offer vision services to all Flagler students. With the support of and cooperation from Flagler Schools nurses, the health department is making it possible for even more Flagler students to see clearly through its affiliation

with Florida Heiken. Florida Heiken provides free eye exams and eyeglasses if necessary for Florida public school students. Thanks to Ear’s perseverance, the Miami-based Florida Heiken team now travels to Flagler County twice a year to screen students and offer them free prescription eyeglasses. Ear and her colleagues, Luci Griggs and Allison Brown, who are also nurses, work with school nurses to identify students to participate in the program, obtain consent forms from parents and arrange for Heiken to visit schools in one of four fully outfitted vans that serve as mobile optometrist offices. Each van is equipped with all the tools a licensed eye doctor needs to provide free eye exams (with dilation) to students. School nurses schedule appointments for students to see the Heiken eye doctor during school hours and, if eyeglasses are needed, students select their own frames at the end of the visit. From there, the prescription glasses are made and delivered back to the school

in a few weeks for student pick up. The Florida Heiken partnership is a win-win for students and their parents. There’s no need to take off work or school for eye doctor appointments and no cost for the eye exam and prescription eyeglasses if corrective lenses are needed. There’s also a huge benefit associated with student success as 85% of what children perceive, comprehend, and remember depends on the visual system. By making sure students can see clearly, Florida Heiken is helping visually-impaired kids achieve greater academic success. This year, Heiken has already visited several schools in Flagler County, screening more than 350 students and providing free prescription eyeglasses to as many as necessary. The organization is due to return to Flagler County in early 2022 for a second round of student screens. To arrange for a student to receive a vision screening, please call 386-313-7069 or contact the nurse at your child’s school.

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The pandemic entrepreneurs Locals become business owners as COVID-19 shifts the economy. JONATHAN SIMMONS

just walk in and say, ‘Are you guys open yet? We’re so excited!’ These small businesses are what people love in Flagler,” he said. “We have relationships with other business owners that would be, technically, our competition, and we’re friends with them. ... It’s amazing to have that camaraderie.”

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COVID-19 has made the past year and a half difficult for restaurants. But in the midst of the pandemic, Mike Wehde and his family, who already own the Waffle Cone ice cream shop in Flagler Beach, decided to create a new one. “We had a lot of walk-up traffic, so about a year into the pandemic, my son from San Francisco moved back,” Mike Wehde said. “His strategy, working with us, was to create another takeout place: outdoor seating, outside, in the safe air. ... Holly and I were very entrepreneurial, so why not make the most of a pandemic?” And so, about half a year ago, the family created the Sunshine Crepes & Bubble Bar, at 111 S. Fourth St. in Flagler Beach. Wehde and his wife, Holly, own the business, and their sons, Dillon and Dakota, are general managers. Dillon Wehde had been a photographer shooting weddings and product photography in San Francisco when the pandemic cut back his wedding photography work, he said. So Dillon came back to Flagler County, where he’d grown up, and got to work with his family renovating the shopfront that would become Sunshine Crepes. Locals were welcoming of the soon-to-be restaurant, he said. “The whole time we were trying to do those renovations, people would

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The Wehdes aren’t alone: Many locals who lost regular work or found their lives in other ways upended during the pandemic have reacted by forming their own small businesses. In Palm Coast, the city government’s business tax receipt records bear this out. Starting in 2020, there was an uptick in the number of new local businesses, including small homebased ones. Then there was another spike in 2021. The rise in new business tax receipts, measured from January through October annually so that this year’s numbers can be compared with previous years,’ showed a gradual rise from 97 in 2015 to 212 in 2019. But the numbers rose to 266 in 2020, then to 467 this year. A look solely at home-based businesses showed a similar pattern, with a rise from 46 in the period of January to October 2015 to 114 in the same period of 2019. In 2020, the trend continued with a rise to 136; in 2021, it rose to 266. Greg Blosé, president and CEO of the Palm Coast-Flagler Regional Chamber of Commerce, has noted the trend. Although people haven’t been returning to conventional work at the rate expected since pandemic stimulus payments ended, he said, there are many ways for workers who’ve lost their jobs to make up the

Mike Wehde and Holly Wehde.

income. “There are different, alternative types of work for you to continue to earn the type of living that you did before the pandemic,” he said. Some people have turned to Uber, DoorDash, and other independent contractor gig work, making their own hours, while others go out on

their own, he said. “I’ve seen a lot of that in Flagler County,” Blosé said. “A lot of these super small businesses — oneemployee deals.” A PIVOT

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Coast Walmart, and her husband had worked for Coca Cola, when the pandemic hit. His hours were reduced. She was seeing people laid off. Then, last November, she saw an ad for an ice cream truck. “And I was like, ‘I want this — I need this,’” she said. The family renovated the truck in their driveway until spring — redoing the floors, painting it, adding an extra freezer. “Totally did a 360 on it, and we started taking it out,” she said. Owens usually starts in Palm Coast with her husband, then works her way north selling ice cream until she gets toward St. Augustine, where she’s been storing the truck. If not for the pandemic, she said, she probably wouldn’t have started her own business. Now, she’s looking into getting two more trucks by next summer. Her children, ages 9 and 5, have learned something, too. “It’s taught my kids about entrepreneurial business,” she said. Her 9-year-old son has been wanting to start his own business selling light-up toys like light wands. “He came to us with a whole business plan,” she said. Like Owens, Dr. Michael Lynch formed his own business after COVID-19 threatened his income. But unlike ice cream salesmanship, Lynch’s field isn’t so socialdistance friendly: Lynch is a physical therapist. He was working for a home health company when the pandemic began, and appointments plummeted. He knew that some patients were avoiding physical therapy because they were concerned about potential COVID-19 exposure. He believed he could reassure them. And he has, offering in-home physical therapy with his new business Mobile Therapy Services. He wears an N-95 mask, doublemasks, and in some cases adds a face shield. Some patients prefer to see him take a COVID test in front of them and then wait until it comes back negative before he enters their home. “I probably get COVID tested, on an average week, three to five times, sometimes twice in one day,” he said. “Rapid tests — lots of them.

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“One patient turned into two, and two turned into 10, and it’s been going strong ever since.” Dr. MICHAEL LYNCH, physical therapist

... One patient turned into two, and two turned into 10, and it’s been going strong ever since,” he said. Lynch, an Ormond-by-the-Sea resident, serves Flagler County and Volusia County. That’s sometimes meant long days, with 100-some miles of driving and 10-12 patients. But, he said, “I’m definitely in a better position than a lot of business people, because I can be mobile.”

Dru Williams opened his business during the pandemic, but not because of it. Like Owens and the Wehdes, though, his business is social-distance friendly, and he was able to move forward with it despite the upheaval caused in the economy by COVID-19. Williams had started planning to form a small business offering boat charters and boat, jet ski and paddle board rentals after he and his wife, Kelly, decided to move to Palm Coast from South Carolina to take care of Kelly’s mother, who has Alzheimer’s. The move from Charleston

meant leaving his position at a boat dealership there and finding new work. He bought some boats before he left, and arrived in Palm Coast in March 2020 — just as things were shutting down and restaurants were switching to takeout only. “It was just such an incredible time — nobody knew what to do,” Dru Williams said. But it worked out for his new business, Crescent WaterSports. “Being on a boat is about as much social distancing as you can do, and with everything shutting down, I think it was a relief for a lot of people to get out on the water and see the dolphins and the manatees and not have to worry about wearing a mask inside, and who you’re going to offend,” he said. He has regulars who book every three weeks, which helped the fledgling business in its first few months. “Really, that’s kind of what made

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us get through,” he said. “And then when summer hit … our boat rental business started doing extremely well.” The Wehdes have also noticed that people are eager to get out in the open air with friends and family. “People are so happy to get out and eat outside,” Mike Wehde said. “It’s been beautiful weather, and it creates a lot of smiles.”

“I think it was a relief for a lot of people to get out on the water and see the dolphins and the manatees and not have to worry about wearing a mask inside, and who you’re going to offend.” DRU WILLIAMS, Crescent WaterSports

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The uncertainties of the pandemic can make business planning tough. For instance, Lynch just bought a specialized laser for use in his therapy practice — a major expense. “It’s a huge risk doing that, because now we have a new [COVID-19] variant that might shut everything down again,” Lynch said. “It’s a nerve-wracking time to invest in your business.” Owens saw delays getting paperwork approved, and found it tough to schedule a health inspector to inspect the ice cream truck. The Wehdes have had trouble finding workers and have been fighting supply chain issues. Dillon Wehde scours Amazon. com and other website for supplies daily, and has sometimes sent staff members running to Publix to grab ingredients. It’s been especially tough with the

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The Auditorium’s events sometimes double as fundraisers for community causes. Why do you feel that’s important?

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melia Fulmer was a music teacher for 31 years in Flagler Schools before she saw an opportunity: The Flagler Auditorium, which was an integral part of her students’ art experience during her teaching her career, was hiring a new director. She thought that if she could make the transition, which she did, she could be an even stronger advocate for all the arts in Flagler Schools and the community. She spoke with the Observer on Dec. 3 about what’s changed in teaching, about creating a playlist of visiting performers’ music, and how to get your kids excited about the arts. With all you do for the Auditorium, do you ever actually get to watch the shows?

I usually watch the shows. And if I’m lucky, sometimes I get to watch the sound checks in the rehearsals. I do so much studying for the shows. We have Darlene Love, so I’ve been studying all the movies she’s been in and I’m learning her music and I have her on my playlist and when I go for my walks in the morning, I’m learning all the words to the songs. That way I’ll enjoy it a lot better when they come. On Dec. 11, Darlene Love, a Grammy-winner and Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famer, will perform. Why was this show a big deal for the Auditorium?

Darlene Love, being a headliner, is fairly expensive. And she also requires a lot of backline, which means a lot of instruments that we have to rent in this Christmas show. She wants big bells and chimes. She’s bringing 16 performers, her full band, and she has backup singers that really know what they’re doing. Darlene Love was a backup singer for Elvis and Sam Cooke, and she sang with Cher, she sang with Bette Midler, she sang with Bruce Springsteen. Everybody in her entourage is perfect, and they’re going to bring it; they wouldn’t be

The original bylaws of the Flagler Auditorium say our purpose is to be an advocate for the community. The arts serve the people of Flagler County — it’s not the other way around. We don’t say, “The county needs to spend more on the arts.” We should say, “How can the arts serve the county right now?” What’s your advice to parents who might struggle to get their children interested in art?

there if they weren’t fantastic. You’ve been involved in schools for decades. What has changed since you were a new teacher?

Communication is not what it used to be. I think it’s very difficult for teachers to find the time to build relationships with parents, because teachers are busier than they used to be. You have a lot of parents that work two jobs and they don’t have time to get to know the teacher and trust that person and know that they’re going to do the right thing by your kid. What does it mean to you to see Flagler alumni succeed in the professional arts world?

It means a lot, but I have to say, it means more for me that they become a successful adult and that they know how to work with other people. They use their stage presence for whatever career they’re going into. I can go on and on about how arts create workplace skills. In the arts, you have to have guts. You’ve got to be resilient, because you’re not always going to get the part you want. You have to show initiative: You got to go and get your music, close the door, put down your phone and learn your music.

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Amelia Fulmer was a teacher for 31 years and has been at the director of the Flagler Auditorium since 2019. Watch the interview on the Palm Coast Observer’s YouTube channel.

And you have to have tenacity: stay at it all the time. I like to call it GRIT: guts, resilience, initiative and tenacity. Music teaches leadership. It teaches students how to work with each other, and that’s what they’re going to need in their jobs. It teaches how to be sensitive with each other. Because in music, somebody plays a long or wrong note, and you’ve got to be there to tell them, but you’ve got to know how to be sensitive. You have to be honest, but you have to be sensitive.

school for my high school choir, and I even rode with my high school teacher to the middle school to play the piano for the middle school kids. So I was teaching choir back when I was 14. Once you get in there and you start performing, it’s very much the same as it’s always been. And I still love it.

What was your relationship with art as a high school student, and what is your relationship with art now?

There’s nothing like a performer performing a piece of music or something they truly believe in and working to try to bring you in, and they bear their soul to you. You don’t feel that when you’re watching television. And it’s also a great way to see your friends.

I taught children when I was in fifth grade. When I was in high school, I taught fifth grade choir at my church. So I started very young teaching. I played the piano in high

If someone is typically at home on the weekends, watching Netflix, what’s your pitch to get them off the couch and to the Auditorium for a show?

I think you have to find opportunities; sadly, they don’t always find you. You need to think about what you enjoyed as a child; your child might enjoy that. And if they don’t, you find something else. If you said, “Well, my son tried violin and didn’t like it,” well, did you get past that bad part? Did you get him through the dip and get them to the concert? Because the concert is the mountaintop. That’s a mistake people make: They get their kids involved in music or art, and they don’t struggle to get them through that valley, so they can get to the concert and get to the mountaintop experience. What’s your vision for the Auditorium’s future?

Well, I hope that it’s still existing the way it is now and 1991 when it opened 30 years ago. I don’t know if they thought it would have accomplished what it’s accomplished now. So I have to believe that we will continue to raise children in the arts and be a place where we bring national tours and our children can succeed not just in the art, but they can succeed in what the arts can bring to their lives. And we continue to make creative connections to each other.

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