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Kid City: A Day Camp Experience that Can Inform a Lifetime
BY BARB BERGGOETZ Katie Stoker remembers outdoor field trips the most — traipsing around state parks, taking in nature centers. Being a foodie, she…
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Retirees in Bloomington: What Brings Them to Our Fair City
BY JEREMY SHERE Over the past several years, Bloomington, like many college towns, has become a hot spot for retiring baby boomers. In 2012,…
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Orangutans Playing ‘Pong’! It’s All Happening at the Zoo (Photo Gallery)
BY MIKE LEONARD While the Indianapolis Zoo features exhibits and events that attract visitors year-round, summers see the largest crowds, with schoolchildren on summer…
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Should Kids Learn Handwriting? An IU Scientist Thinks So
BY JANET MANDELSTAM With computers, tablets, and smartphones able to communicate everything from 140-character tweets to book-length manuscripts, is there really any need for…
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Lee Supply Brings Heat to Low-Income Homes
BY KELLY KENDALL When a serious Indiana chill sets in, most people don’t think twice about turning the thermostat up a few degrees. But…
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Feature Story: Homes Where Dreams Have Been Born Again
BY NANCY HILLER, PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHANNON ZAHNLE Many of us would give our eyeteeth for the chance to make our home in a converted…
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A Forever Friendship Forged at Big Brothers Big Sisters
BY CARMEN HUFF When they met 10 years ago, Corey Cannon, a volunteer at Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Indiana, was hard-pressed…
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Harmony School to Celebrate 40 Years in True Harmony Style
BY ELISABETH ANDREWS Harmony School opened in 1974 with four high school students in an old house at 318 N. Grant St. The brainchild…
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Dry Stone Masonry: An Age-Old Craft Still Practiced
BY NANCY R. HILLER Bart Hammond was 20,000 feet in the air when the decidedly down-to-earth art of dry stone masonry first caught his…