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As the Vero Beach Museum of Art ends its 30th anniversary year, we take a look back at some of the great moments on the journey from a local community art center to a major accredited regional art museum.

The two-story, West Indies-style family residence that was three years in the making features design details worthy of a standing ovation.

Wintley Phipps has sung for the last six presidents of the United States, as well as Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela and Oprah Winfrey. A YouTube video of his “Amazing Grace,” live from Carnegie Hall, has more than 15 million views. At 61 he still travels weekly to perform internationally. But Phipps isn’t so much a performer as he is a presence.

Autism is a general term used to describe a group of complex developmental brain disorders caused by a combination of genes and environmental influences. Each Individual with autism is unique. Many have exceptional abilities in visual, musical and academic skills.

During the early months of 1942, German submarines, unopposed, ravaged shipping lines along the Eastern Seaboard from New England to Florida. With the demands of a two-ocean war, the Navy and Coast Guard initially had few resources to defend against U-boats.

Thirteen years ago, Sean Kenney walked out of work at a financial firm and built a new life on LEGOs.

From "dark and formal" to "fresh and beachy," Thom Filicia transforms the Sea Oaks Beach Club.

The Circle is a philanthropic group currently consisting of 126 women who each contributes $250 annually. Their gifts can be pooled for greater impact to support community, family and school outreach programs.

Ed Weiler reflects back on his years with NASA and his work on the Hubble Space Telescope that allows views of the universe.

Bo Prillaman uses his lunch hour to commemorate the places, past and present, that define Vero Beach.

Mary Alice Monroe will be at the Vero Beach Book Center the afternoon of October 23 to talk about her latest novel, "A Lowcountry Christmas."

Always a sculptor at heart, [Casella] was introduced to the bronze process seven years ago while working as a high school art teacher in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. For a number of years, Casella taught sculpture, ceramics, metals, art essentials and advanced placement art history. Today she divides her time between New Hope, Pennsylvania and Vero Beach.

Keith Rommel has co-written two screenplays based on his first two novels. The movie version of "The Cursed Man" is being released at the end of this month on Halloween eve in California.

While most people have heard of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, few are familiar with the man who created and helped found the nonprofit that grants wishes to children diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition. His name is Frank Shankwitz, and his message, “Pay Attention! Every day is an opportunity to change a life,” comes from someone who practices what he preaches.

For more than three decades De Freese has been one of the key Florida voices championing the economic and environmental values associated with common-sense ocean and coastal conservation.

Dalton Connelly and his friends spear fish locally at depths up to 90 feet.

Against all odds, Able American Jets’ founder Gary Burdsall learned to fly and his business took off.

A talented mix of scientists, technicians, entrepreneurs and researchers are working feverishly to develop an ocean current generator to tap into this constant source of power.

There are more than 6,800 music therapists in the United States who are board certified; over 300 live and work in the state of Florida. Indian River County had none until Burkart arrived on the scene, toting her guitar, experience and a deep desire to help others.

The three fall exhibitions at the Vero Beach Museum of Art are an engaging mix of traditional and contemporary art. One offers some surprises in terms of extraordinary yet lesser known 19th and early 20th century American painters. Another provides a glimpse into the important role that accomplished artisans played in the history of African Americans in the era of slavery. The third features the recent work of a skilled west-coast Florida landscape painter.