Bloom Archives
Category: Health & Fitness
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Local Athlete Overcomes Odds to Complete Ironman Triathlon
BY CARMEN SIERING When it comes to crossing items off your bucket list, there are sometimes cards that force your hand. For Margie Kobow,…
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Teen Brain Advice to Parents: ‘Keep ’Em Alive to 25!’
BY JANET MANDELSTAM There’s a biological reason that explains why parents are so puzzled by their teenage children, why they say, “I don’t recognize…
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Bloomington Couple Walk Fabled Way of St. James
BY JEREMY SHERE This past spring, Sheryl Woodhouse Keese found herself at a crossroads. Having decided to sell Twisted Limb Paperworks, the business she’d…
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Healthy Video Games? There Is Such a Thing!
BY JEREMY SHERE Most people, whether they’re hardcore gamers or just looking to kill time, play video games for one reason: They’re fun. Which…
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Dining in the Dark: To Raise Awareness and Funds For Visually Impaired Kids
BY ROSIE PIGA PIZZO When Rebecca Davis moved to Bloomington from California, she learned to her dismay that the preschool services she received for…
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Blueberry Hill Estate: ‘A Whole New Experience’ for a Luxury Getaway (Photo Gallery)
BY ALLISON BERRY Owner Tom Bevis refers to his Blueberry Hill Estate and Day Spa as “a little piece of heaven” in Orange County,…
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A House Transformed For a Disabled Vietnam Vet (Photo Gallery)
BY ADELE FOY Originally, the house in Bloomington’s Highland Park Estates was like any premium, medium-size home being built these days: 2,100 square feet,…
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Bloomington Area Birth Services Now Helping 800 Local Families
BY MANDY CLARKE “I truly think peace on Earth begins with birth, and what happens at birth and postpartum really matters in the lifetime…
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Weekly Exercise: Calf Stretch
Pain in the arch of your foot may be the result of a tight calf muscle. This week, Allison Chopra, a personal trainer and owner of Urban…