The Plight of Asylum-Seekers
With a hold on refugees being resettled in our town, the Bloomington Refugee Support Network has turned its attention to helping those in desperate straits already here.
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Author: Rodney Margison
Kendall Reeves: Pictures that Evoke Old-Time Feelings (PHOTO GALLERY)
The beauty of photography—and the science of developing and printing images—captured the imagination of Bloomington native Kendall Reeves in the eighth grade.
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Indiana Impresses, but Ohio State Pulls Away Late for Win
Indiana University head football coach Tom Allen entered his first full season at the helm Thursday night, August 31, against second-ranked Ohio State University. Under the glare of the national spotlight, the Hoosiers didn’t blink.
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Housing First Approach Increases Number of Shelter Residents in Permanent Homes
In 2015, Martha’s House, the region’s only nonreligious emergency shelter for adults, was facing financial problems serious enough to threaten its survival. In January 2016, Shalom Community Center took over the shelter’s management and renamed it Friend’s Place. Since then, Shalom has implemented a new Housing First approach that has significantly increased the number of shelter residents who find permanent housing.
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Meet Ellen Starr Lyon’s Family: ‘Emotional and Real and Healthy’
The room where Ellen Starr Lyon paints is just steps from the front door of her family home. Situated at the nexus between the kitchen and other living spaces, Lyon’s husband, two teenage children, and dog crisscross the room as she works, allowing her artistic ambitions to breathe and flourish within the center of her domestic universe.
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