Bloom Archives
Category: Home & Family
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Storytellers Guild: Keeping Alive the Oral Tradition
BY JANET MANDELSTAM Thereās a big difference between telling a story and reading a story from a book. A ātoldā story, says Stephanie Holman,…
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Girls, Inc. Message ‘Be Strong, Smart, Bold’
BY LEE ANN SANDWEISS Back in the 1960s, Wonder bread claimed that it could ābuild strong bodies twelve ways.ā Girls Inc. is even more…
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Commercial Service: For 65 Years Keeping B-town Warm and Cool
BY ADAM KENT-ISAAC Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. HVAC. Four letters that spell comfortāand confusion. As the āgutsā of a buildingāa complex labyrinth of…
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A Cloth Diaper Program Saves Money and Landfill
BY JANET MANDELSTAM The young mothers at Bloomingtonās First United Church realized that āwe have quite a few families at the church whose kids…
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Food in the Schools: An Issue With No Easy Answers
BY ELISABETH ANDREWS When First Lady Michelle Obama took up the cause of childhood obesity, parents cheered for her commitment to kidsā health and…