Bloom Archives
Category: Our Town
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Michael Hamburger : Geologist
BY ELISABETH ANDREWS If you’re committed to sustainability, you should probably be thinking about earthquakes and volcanoes, says geologist Michael Hamburger. “Natural disasters are…
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Marybeth Kelsey: Children’s Author
BY LEE ANN SANDWEISS When Marybeth Kelsey opened Moon Stones in March 2001, she posted the first dollar she made, for luck. It worked.…
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Osamu James Nakagawa: Photographer
BY HANS IBOLD Bloomington photographer Osamu James Nakagawa, a 2009 John Simon Guggenheim Fellow and associate professor of photography at the IU Henry Radford…
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Hannah Fidler: Advocate for Social Justice
BY MANDY CLARKE Boyfriends, shopping, prom…. When you think of a 17-year-old girl, the first thoughts that come to mind probably aren’t volunteer work…
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Michael Uslan: Geek Makes Good
BY JEREMY SHERE This summer, as moviegoers pack multiplexes to catch The Dark Knight Rises—the latest installment in the Batman epic—most will not be…
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George Huntington: Bloomingfood’s GM
BY NANCY HILLER In George Huntington’s family, community service is a tradition. Great-grandfather John Homer Huntington was a member of the city council that…
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Dr. Eric Trueblood: Air Force Physician
BY ELISABETH ANDREWS Picture this: You’re in the desert outside Kandahar, Afghanistan, with nothing around you but a flimsy tent and a giant fuel…
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Dennis & Jerry Clerkin: Bridge Champions
BY JANET MANDELSTAM While other 7- and 8-year-olds were chasing fly balls or reading comic books, Dennis and Jerry Clerkin were playing bridge. “That…
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David Fletcher: Doctor of Desserts
BY ELISABETH ANDREWS David Fletcher wanted to open a dessert shop, but he had a “medical” problem: what was he going to do about…