Bloom Archives
Author: lynae
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Human Trafficking: Not Just a Problem in Other Places
‘A Code of Ethics Needed for Restaurants’ BY CARMEN SIERING It’s easy to think of human trafficking as a horrible crime that impacts lives…
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Winter at Lake Monroe (Photo Gallery)
Though it is a popular destination in summer, many people never experience Lake Monroe during winter. Ice and snow cover the landscape, transforming it…
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Tamara Loewenthal & Jamie Gans: Fiddle ‘n’ Feet
BY CAIRRIL MILLS Music, dance, and travel fill the lives of husband-and-wife team Jamie Gans and Tamara Loewenthal, also known as Fiddle ‘n’ Feet.…
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My Plate or Yours: For Mom
BY CHRISTINE BARBOUR For the first time in my life, this Mother’s Day will dawn and I will have no flowers to send, no…
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New Hope Shelter: A Refuge for Families in Need
BY KELSEY O’CONNOR A father of two who lost his job, a family struggling with their child’s disability, a woman with a debilitating injury…
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John ‘Spider’ Miller: Golfer
BY LYNN HOUSER For most of his life, longtime Bloomington resident John Miller has gone by “Spider.” Now he sports a loftier moniker: “Captain.”…
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Comedy in Bloomington
BY JEREMY SHERE, PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHANNON ZAHNLE June 8, 2013. The Buskirk-Chumley Theater is packed. It’s the closing night of Bloomington’s inaugural Limestone Comedy…
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Bloomington’s Flower Lady
BY NANCY R. HILLER, PHOTOGRAPHY BY JAMES KELLAR It’s the classic back-to-the-land fantasy. Purchase some acreage. Build your own home. Support yourself with work…
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Hanging out with R.E.M.
BY DAVID BRENT JOHNSON Imagine that it’s 1963, and you’ve just been told that the young Beatles are coming to Bloomington to record their…