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Tag: Adam Kent-Isaac
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Bart Smith: Skatepark Builder
BY ADAM KENT-ISAAC “Skateboarding is a universal language,” says Bart Smith, who helped Dreamland Skateparks build the skatepark at Bloomington’s Upper Cascades Park. As…
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Justin The Artistic Horse, Painting His Way to Fame
BY ADAM KENT-ISAAC There are racehorses, show-jumping horses, carriage-pulling horses, even police horses. But a horse that paints? Really? Where does he buy his…
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Homer Simpson in Bloomington! BPP Presents Farcical Play by Dan Castellaneta and Wife
BY ADAM KENT-ISAAC Dan Castellaneta is best known as the voice of Homer Simpson, and through this character and numerous others on The Simpsons…
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Power of Words 2013 Stars Novelist Nicole Mones
BY ADAM KENT-ISAAC Author Nicole Mones has won accolades for her ability to interweave the exotic with the romantic in novels crafted with expertise…
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Saving ‘Big Cats’
BY ADAM KENT-ISAAC, PHOTOGRAPHY BY STEVE RAYMER A fierce roar pierces the silence with frightening volume and intensity. Then, another roar echoes out from…
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Scaly Tailz: Meeting Nature ‘Up Close and Slithery!’
BY ADAM KENT-ISAAC “Look, Mom, there’s the lizard lady!” That’s what Sheryl Mitchell sometimes hears when spotted by kids who’ve seen one of her…
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The Yoho General Store Serving Solsberry Again
BY ADAM KENT-ISAAC The restoration of Solsberry’s Yoho General Store was “a homecoming for us all,” says Jim Murphy, president of CFC Properties. “I…
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Southern Indiana Scuba Selling and Teaching All Things Scuba
ADAM KENT-ISAAC Mark Brooks, owner and manager of Southern Indiana Scuba, supplies gear to divers from all over the state, for expeditions all over…
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Spencer’s Tivoli Theatre Is Restored to Its Former Glory
BY ADAM KENT-ISAAC The 85-year-old Tivoli Theatre in downtown Spencer has seen some dark days. Closed in 1999, the historic building languished in disrepair…