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Interview 30880 – Caption Index: 152

You’re in Nebraska for natural weather disasters?… Read More

Interview 30880 – Caption Index: 151

How, how did the zoo prepare you?… Read More

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Yes. It took a lot of work. It took very good people to work the pony rights. Absolutely. It took certain kind of ponies. You could just, couldn’t have any kind of pony there. But it was, to me it was very important. Very much a part of the rich… Read More

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I mean, Nebraska’s a very rural state, very agricultural state. It’s our largest economy is agriculture. Okay. But so many people and so many kids have left the farm. Left the ranch, and are are city kids now that I thought it was very important to connect the kids still… Read More

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You know, point it’s in, in Nebraska, people still ride horses. Okay. There are equestrian trails. I mean, in Lincoln itself, there are horse trails in Lincoln. And so, you know, there’s, there are a lot of people in interested in, in the equestrian world. And to me, the pony… Read More

Interview 30880 – Caption Index: 146

And you mentioned something about when you were at Lincoln Children’s Zoo, did the zoo have pony rides?… Read More

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We did some collection assistance with each other. Okay. Up, up, up and down. We, we, we didn’t collaborate properly as much as we should have. Okay. Early on there was a little bit sense of competition and probably part of it was my fault too. ’cause I was a… Read More

Interview 30880 – Caption Index: 147

Yes, it did. And what do you think is the benefit of pony rides and what was your philosophy about them?… Read More

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And so she was all excited for us. And then we were ushered into the East Room. The east room where all kinds of big stuff is announced right there by the president. And there we were called up and there’s the first lady presenting us with the recognition, the… Read More

Interview 30880 – Caption Index: 144

Right. What was your relationship when you were director with the Omaha Zoo?… Read More

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It was quite a lucky experience. It was back when George W. Bush was in the White House. Laura was very, very supportive of museums and libraries. Mrs. Bush was herself a professional museum professional, okay. And when the Bushes were in Dallas, Mrs. Bush sat on the Dallas Zoo… Read More

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But because the zoo world is a museum, okay, because we curate zoos are part of that, just like botanical gardens are, you know, and nature centers and all kinds of historical museum and natural history museums and art museums. But there was a thing, there’s a competition during, during… Read More

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And that’ll be the Bronx Zoo and in New York City, the, the, the San Diego Zoo in San Diego and the Lincoln Children’s Zoo. And so I got to go to the White House after lots of security checks, take along a coworker and board members, and we were… Read More

Interview 30880 – Caption Index: 139

And, and while you were at the zoo, you had a unique experience to go to the White House. How did that happen?… Read More

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So we got together to, to build connectivity, develop professionalism, and develop tourism more in the state of Nebraska, collaborate because it was, again, it was all about collaborating and helping each other become stronger. Read More

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Well, you know, the bottom line is we all curate collections. You know, I don’t care if it’s a quilt museum, I don’t care if it’s a children’s zoo, I don’t care. You know, Nebraska has rich history and so many communities have the mom and pop museum from the… Read More

Interview 30880 – Caption Index: 136

What do you think zoo and museums have in common?… Read More

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Yes, I was Founding member. Read More

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So community service, I needed to lead that. I needed to have that face out there. I needed to collaborate with all those community stakeholders. Okay. And that was a chief drive of mine. I was a Kian, you know, working in the QAs Club, I was served as Kian… Read More

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So you were also a founding member of the Nebraska Museum Association?… Read More

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