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Magbloom.com Wins Best Journalism Website in Indiana

First Posted: 4/22/13 04:32 PM EDT Updated: 5/23/13 03:40 PM EDT
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Magbloom.com, the website you are looking at, captured the award for Best Journalism Website at the  Society of Professional Journalists’ “Best of the Best” annual gala held at the Marriott Hotel in Indianapolis on April 19. The judges said magbloom.com is “an inviting website, and the team there tells the stories of life in Bloomington very well.” Bloom won 12 journalism awards in all, including six first-place honors, three second-place, and three third-place for writing, photography, and design. Here is a complete list of the Bloom winners. First Place Lynae Sowinski and Kaye Lee Johnston, magbloom.com Best Journalism Website Elisabeth Andrews, “The Lotus Festival,” Aug/Sep 2012 Arts and Entertainment Writing Magazines and non-daily newspapers Jeremy Shere, “The Young Turks of Technology,” [...]

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Ken Nunn: Attorney

First Posted: 2/20/13 12:54 PM EDT Updated: 2/20/13 12:54 PM EDT
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BY ELISABETH ANDREWS “I’m still a poor kid living on the wrong side of the tracks,” says Ken Nunn, 72. It’s a difficult image to reconcile with the smartly dressed personal-injury attorney seen in countless television commercials, on the back of the local Yellow Pages, and driving through the streets of Bloomington waving from his Rolls-Royce convertible. Nunn is happy to rattle off figures about his fortune—the Rolls-Royce cost $402,000; his home is 14,000 square feet with an eight-car garage; he owns 30 custom-made suits, many of them Italian—yet none of this material wealth, he says, can chase away the specter of his childhood poverty. “I keep looking back over my shoulder at where I came from,” says Nunn, who [...]

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Growing Up Black in Bloomington

First Posted: 2/12/13 09:14 AM EDT Updated: 4/10/13 09:13 AM EDT
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Growing Up Black in Bloomington

AS TOLD TO ELISABETH ANDREWS, PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHANNON ZAHNLE The history of African Americans in Bloomington is as old as the city itself. In 1818, the year the city was established, African American residents William Cooley and Aaron Wallace bought parcels of land together, only the second land purchase on record. Bloomington went on to become a stop on the Underground Railroad and later served as the birthplace of the nation’s first college fraternity for African Americans, Kappa Alpha Psi. In the meantime and since then, a great many African American families have lived, worked, and thrived in our small city. Their lives and contributions are inextricably intertwined with the arc of Bloomington history, from the growth of limestone mills [...]

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Three 20-Minute Exercise Sessions a Week Can Burn Off Calories

First Posted: 1/30/13 02:30 PM EDT Updated: 1/30/13 02:33 PM EDT
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BY ELISABETH ANDREWS No matter how strong our desire to get in shape, most of us Bloomingtonians are not going to carve out an hour and a half each day to exercise, shower, and get dressed again. The good news: we don’t have to. The American College of Sports Medicine states that 20 minutes of vigorous exercise, three days a week is enough to confer a range of health benefits, including a stronger immune system and reduced feelings of stress. If weight loss is your goal, you can still benefit from a 20-minute workout by choosing activities that maximize return on investment. The table above lists the quickest calorie-burners available outdoors or in most gyms and fitness centers. Each of [...]

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For a Fee, You Too Can Own a Portrait of Your Pet!

First Posted: 1/29/13 02:11 PM EDT Updated: 1/29/13 02:11 PM EDT
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Lindsay Hine Schroeder

BY ELISABETH ANDREWS Do you think of your pet as a princess? Or perhaps a joker, crooner, or czar? These or any other personalities can be captured in artist Lindsay Hine Schroeder’s pet portraits, painted on commission in rich, colorful oils. “The options are infinite—any time period, any person,” she says. “If you like a certain celebrity, I can paint your pet as him or her.” Schroeder has been painting since childhood, and had her first show when she was only 17. She is also a lifelong animal lover. Her first pet portrait was of her cat, Momo, whom she portrayed wearing a puffy dress and holding a ribbon attached to a fish that swam beside her in a fishbowl. “I [...]

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