Bloom Archives
Our Town
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Robert Meitus: Lawyer-Musician
BY MIKE LEONARD It’s a typical day at the office, which means Robert Meitus is a little disgusted and not surprised in the least.…
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Steve Philbeck: Teacher
BY BARB BERGGOETZ Teacher Steve Philbeck considers himself an entertainer, of sorts. Some colleagues may cringe at that idea. But this Bloomington High School…
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Scarlette Amira Dutra E Mello: Roller Girl
BY BARB BERGGOETZ For Scarlette Amira Dutra E Mello, a member of Bloomington’s Bleeding Heartland Roller Derby (BHRD), competing in the Roller Derby World…
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Michael Glab: Blogger
BY DAVID BRENT JOHNSON Walk into The Book Corner on Bloomington’s downtown Square and you’re likely to be greeted with gravelly gusto by an…
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Charles Reafsnyder: Internationalist
BY ELISABETH ANDREWS Charles Reafsnyder officially retired from Indiana University this year, but the Ebola crisis in Liberia brought him straight back to work.…
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Diane Buzzell: Choreographer
BY NANCY R. HILLER Bloomington is full of artists who support themselves with jobs in unrelated fields: Everyone knows musicians who cut hair or…
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Judge David F. Hamilton
BY MIKE LEONARD The chambers of United States Court of Appeals Judge David F. Hamilton are like no other. The Court of Appeals ranks…
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Ken Beckley: Broadcaster
BY MIKE LEONARD Ken and Audrey Beckley were still basking in the golden glow of Ken’s 50th Indiana University alumni reunion in June 2012…
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Melanie Castillo-Cullather: Director, Asian Culture Center
BY LEE ANN SANDWEISS Arriving in Bloomington in 1993, Melanie Castillo-Cullather was a disoriented newcomer and a newlywed with a serious case of culture…