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Rose got her new house in a special way
Stefanie Rose is construct her new house, she is a single mother with two kids, and she apply the program offered by Habitat for Humanity
Wendi Goodlett the CEO of Habitat for humanity and Lindsey Boswell , Engagement Assistant of Habitat Humanity’, They are in charge of Rose’s house program.
Stefanie Rose and Wendi Goodlett are discuss the problem of the kitchen, Goodlett have helped several people like Rose to build their house.
Volunteers are fixing the eave. Most of them are Kelley Business School student, and the Rose home is sponsored by the Whirlpool Corporation and the IU Kelley School of Business.
A volunteer is immobilizing the wood that will be used as a wall in the future. They usually have 2 shift, a day and 4 hours per shift.
Worker is measure the size of the wood, people wear grey shirt are the employee of Habitat for Humanity company
The bottom of the house is not attached the ground. The house will moved to somewhere ,they decide to construct the house on campus is because most volunteers are IU students.
Employee with grey shirt and Volunteers with red shirt are construct the roof. This is the fourth day of the construct, and the house is already shaped up.
Volunteers are taking the break, They have finished their shift for that day.
Hive to Table
The “Local Honey” table at the Bloomington Community Farmers Market always has a lot to offer. Straight from the beehive, jars among jars of different types of honey are offered to be purchased at this vending station.
Two long tables are set up at the station, filled and assorted completely with honey products.
Becky Vadas owns multiple bee farms with over 150 hives in 3 different locations with her husband Dave (not present). Together, they collect and package the fresh honey by hand everyday.
Straight from home, Becky brings all of the final products to her vending station for customers. Aside from all of the jars of honey, she also has honey based products to offer for the skin and body.
From large to small, the honey is packaged in all different shapes and sizes for customer preferences. Prices are also based off of the size of honey chosen.
At the top of each honey cap, the name of the type of bee that produced it is written. Becky recommends a taste test of each type to find out which one fits your taste-buds best.
Honey Soap is also available to be purchased at the station. Handmade by Becky, it is made to be long lasting with no harmful chemicals.
Becky believes that although honey flavors differ, the quality of the honey she sells is the same.
The affordable honey products can be purchased through cash, card, gift certificate, or even market bucks!
Rain or shine, Becky stands proudly at her station every Saturday to not only sell her product, but to give the best advice and recommendations to her valued customers.
After a long day at the farmers market, Becky packs up her honey products into her car and heads back home to re-stock for the following Saturday.
Vinally Famous
The exterior of the record store. Located in the basement, they share the building with a coffee shop, vintage clothing store, and a stone shop.
Once inside the building, a sign directs you down the stars. Posters and vintage pictures fill the walls, all of which are for sale.
The entrance to the shop. Signs advise customers to watch their step, as the old wooden floors are not the most sturdy.
As you enter the shop, you are greeted by Wilbur. Always armed with a smile, Wilbur is able to answer any question you may ask.
Customers browse around the large selection. The store has greatly improved their collection, after selling only CD’s to start.
Part of the vinyl selection. 80’s Electronic music and a Phil Collins dual-side record show the variety of the stores selection.
A customer looks around in the local music section. The shop carries a wide variety of music, from heavy metal to R&B.
Wilbur assists a customer with a purchase. A top shelf Buddy Guy vinyl cost $35 to take home.
The inside of the shop. The colorful walls filled with random items give the shop a vintage atmosphere.
As you enter the shop, a small mural is on your left. This recognizes the late Thomas M. Donohue, a former owner of the shop.
Wilbur switches up the record playing through the shop. One of the responsibilities he has is to keep a record spinning.
A spinning record on the shop’s Stanton T.52 record player. The shop always has something from its selection playing in the background.
Bloomington Walks to End Alzheimer’s
The purple welcome banner indicates where participants in the 2018 Bloomington Walk to End Alzheimer’s should gather. The event took place on Sunday, September 16, and it began at City Hall Plaza and later continued onto the B-Line Trail.
Flower-shaped pinwheels make up a “promise garden,” each color representing different connections to Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Purple signifies someone who has lost someone to the disease, blue signifies someone who is living with the disease, yellow signifies someone who is caring for a person with the disease, and orange signifies someone who is simply showing solidarity for the cause.
Lois Sauder, who has Alzheimer’s herself, proudly holds up her yellow, blue, and orange pinwheels. After being diagnosed about twelve years ago, Lois said that she’s managing.
Virgil Sauder, Lois’ son, claps during the Walk’s opening ceremony, while Lois scans the expansive crowd. He said that it was surreal when he found out about his mother’s diagnosis, and he had to “grow with the idea of it.”
People raise their colorful pinwheels during the opening ceremony. Natalie Sutton, the chapter executive for the Greater Indiana Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, said, “Most families have a story or connection with this mission and this disease. [The] people here want to see a cure.”
Lois and her son begin the one-mile march.
Lois and her husband John Sauder, who defiantly holds up his yellow caregiver pinwheel, join other participants during the trek. John kept the pinwheel raised high for the entirety of the event.
John touches his pinwheel to the pinwheel of support group leader Amanda Mosier as they pass each other, the Sauders heading back to City Hall Plaza and Mosier approaching the turn-around point. Lois said that she has “the best support group there is,” especially thanks to Mosier and the other facilitator.
The Sauders take a break in front of one of many murals on the B-Line Trail, which Walk participants got onto behind City Hall.
Shai, one of the members of Lois’ support group, catches up to Lois during the Walk. Lois meets with this support group twice a month, once as a group talk therapy session and another time as a group outing.
Participants in the Walk, many coming as families, continue the march. There were close to seven hundred participants this year, not including day-of volunteers and planning committee members.
Three student volunteers representing the Bloomington High School South National Honor Society cheer participants on as they complete the walk. Although the 2018 Walk is over, next year’s Walk is already being planned.
The Mane Event
Thirteen year old Lauren Reynolds and Stormy at Lauren’s first horse show. Lauren is in the sixth grade and has been riding horses for just over a year.
Lauren takes weekly riding lessons at Crimson Stables in Bloomington, Indiana. Crimson Stables is a full service lesson facility that was founded in 2016.
The evening before the show includes several prepping tasks such as bathing Stormy, cleaning tack, and loading the horse trailer with equipment.
Lauren cleans her saddle with leather soap and a small sponge.
Lauren observes the show ring while her mother, Emily, registers Lauren for the show. Registration begins early in the morning on the day of the show, allowing for event staff to finalize the rosters for each class that will run during the event.
Tacking up on a chilly show morning.
Lauren and Stormy were horse and rider pair number 152. Competitors are assigned numbers at random when they register for the show so that they are able to be placed by a judge.
In the show ring, it is important that Lauren remember all of the basics of riding she has spent the past year learning, and exhibit them well for the judge. Her performance is being judged against other riders in the arena by a judge who stands in the center.
Lauren and Stormy return to the show ring after warming up for their jumping classes in a separate arena.
Lauren is handed a ribbon from a show volunteer as she exits the ring. Horse shows are large events that often rely on volunteers (no matter how big or small!) to keep things running smoothly.
Lauren competed in four classes at the horse show, and in those classes she placed third, second, and won two first place ribbons! Lauren is excited for how her placings will affect her chances for the Bloomington Equestrian Team
Royally Rewarding
Members of the Royal Encounters club meet in the basement of Alpha Xi Delta sorority house to begin the lengthy process of preparing for an event. The club started during the 2017-2018 school year and was extremely popular from the beginning.
In order to stay true to character, each member must highlight the cartoonish features their characters have such as rosy cheeks or waist length hair.
Snow White, junior Mia Fioree, finishes the long and laborious process of having the entire underside of her hair braided in order to achieve her character’s signature short haircut. Self-taught makeup artist Hannah applies Mia’s makeup which draws heavy inspiration from Snow White’s features.
Junior Molly Fogle sits through the process having her styled to look similar to Belle from Beauty and the Beast. Members arrived two and a half hours before the event in order to have enough time to transform into their characters.
Mia Fioree finishes hair and makeup as the group prepares to travel to Middle Way House in Bloomington. Middle Way House is an organization that helps survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking.
India Sloan, finishes putting on her waist length wig, with help from Emily Boehm, to complete her Rapunzel outfit at Middle Way House. The characters typically get their hair and makeup done earlier in the day, and travel to the location of their visit to put their outfits and wigs on.
Co-founder of Royal Encounters Haley Sample laces up the corset on Cinderella, played by sophomore Maddie Carter. The club invested in high-quality costumes for the characters, to ensure a true experience for the organizations they visit.
Molly Fogle slips on Belle’s trademark long gloves as she is laced into her dress. She joined Royal Encounters in 2017 to help give children amazing experiences.
Mia Fioree and Molly Fogle twirl around in their full costumes before the visit begins.
India Sloan participates in making crafts with a girl at Middle Way House. During visits, Royal Encounters provides crafts, props, and basic costumes to create more interactive visits.
Molly Fogle works on decorating a crown with a child as the visit to Middle Way House comes to a close.
A Taste of France
The exterior of La Vie en Rose lives up to its name being bright pink. The phrase “La Vie en Rose” directly translates to “life in pink,” or more commonly in English, “looking through rose-colored glasses.”
La Vie en Rose has a sign outside advertising its specials of the day. The cafe is located on 402 W. 6th Street in Bloomington, Indiana.
Stéphanie Jikeli is the owner of the cafe. She has owned La Vie en Rose for around nine months.
The interior of the cafe is filled with wooden tables and tasteful decor. The artwork on the wall is from local Bloomington artists, and patrons can purchase art that they like.
One corner of the cafe has more casual seating. A photo album sitting against the window shows photos of the cafe being remodeled to what it looks like today.
Stéphanie pulls a quiche out of the oven and checks if it is fully cooked. She bakes the quiches fresh each morning.
A menu displaying different foods that are available sits on the wall of the cafe.
A basket of freshly baked chocolate croissants sits on the counter by the register.
Stéphanie puts a layer of freshly whipped cream onto a fraisier cake. It has layers of strawberry, pound cake, and custard.
Stéphanie’s assistant, Matteo Vidali, puts some of the finishing touches on the cake with pick frosting. Matteo is a student at Ivy Tech in Bloomington.
Jars of food coloring sit on a shelf in the kitchen. This pigment was used to color the frosting for the fraisier cake. Stéphanie imports all her food coloring pigments from France, because they are better quality.
The finished fraisier cake is decorated with a strawberry in the center. The cake will be put on display in the cafe and sold by the slice.
Softball Hits a Home Run with Service
Sophomore catcher, Maddie Westmoreland, encourages and coaches a Smithville clinic attendee. Members of the Indiana Softball team like Westmoreland volunteer their Wednesday nights for Smithville softball where major lesson taught is having fun and swinging hard!
Junior infielder, Katie Lacefield and Junior pitcher, Emily Goodin, (left to right) get energetic for the clinic to start.
Clinics have been in session all fall run by staff and players of the Indiana Softball team.
Sophomore outfielder, Kayla Ferrari, chases a Smithville girl with a water balloon. Part of the clinic was spent having fun with water balloons by throwing them at each other and practicing front toss to pop the balloons by swinging.
A Smithville player pops a water balloon in Wednesday’s water day. The girls were each able to pop a few water balloons and practicing their swing simultaneously.
Junior catcher, Bella Norton, high fives a Smithville player during the baserunning portion of clinic. The clinics mostly consist of games to get the girls competing against one another such as the baserunning competition which tests who can get around the bases the fastest.
A member of Smithville little league takes a swing off of a tee in Wednesday’s game. Besides just instruction and drills, the little league players also participate in games led by the Indiana squad.
Lacefield coaches players from third base in hopes of helping them with situational plays and baserunning tips.
Goodin poses with a Smithville girl on her back. The clinic has allowed the two softball teams, Indiana and Smithville, to bond and gives the Smithville girls, ages 5-13, players to look up to.
Players participate in a scrimmage at the end of each clinic while being coached by members of Indiana Softball. Part of the clinic is spent with intrasquad competition to improve the skills of players with real life game situations.
Some of the Smithville girls pose at home plate with Indiana staff members at the conclusion of the clinic.