Bloom Archives
James Kellar
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Bloomingfoods: Champion of Local Producers and Growers
BY CARMEN SIERING Promoting local products may be trendy in the business sector right now, but for Bloomingfoods, supporting local producers is business as…
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B-town Celebrities Dance for a Cause (Photo Gallery)
This year, Arthur Murray Dance Studio‘s Dancing With the Celebrities raised almost $130,000 for nonprofits Pinnacle School, the Monroe County Chapter of the American Red Cross,…
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Mountain Folk Adventure Series for Daredevils and Do-Gooders
BY BRIAN HARTZ âIf nothing goes wrong, then everything has gone wrong.â Thatâs the rallying cry of The Mountain Folk Adventure Series, a new…
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Bloomington Craft Supplies: A Local Shop Carrying What the Box Stores Carry
BY ROSIE PIGA PIZZO Adrienne Tootle and Jake Alexander were keeping with both a Bloomington trend to shop local and family traditions when they…
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For Babies: Local Stores Have It All (Photo Gallery)
BY LEE ANN SANDWEISS From organic cotton diapers to childrenâs exercise equipment, Bloomington independent retailers stock all the essential and sundry items needed to…
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20 Years of WFHB
BY LYNAE SOWINSKI WFHB celebrated its first official broadcast with the sound of an ancient gong on January 4, 1993. For its first year,…
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Saving the Lakota â¨Language: A Bloomington-based Initiative
BY DAN COLEMAN Time has robbed many Native American cultures of their languages. The Bloomington-based Lakota Language Consortium (LLC) is working to bring one…
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Muddy Fork Farm Makers of Crusty Artisanal Breads
BY CHRISTINE BARBOUR An artisan is a craftsman, someone who works with his hands to create singular and distinctive works of art. In the…
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Jenn Cristy: Musician
BY MARGARET GRAY In her senior year at IU, Jenn Cristy broke the womenâs Big Ten swimming record for the 50-yard freestyle. At the…