Stories from Saturday, October 6, 2012

Judy Raye (Gardner) Sherer-Lucas, 69, of Bloomington passed away on Friday Oct. 5, 2012 at IU Health Bloomington Hospital. Judy was born Oct. 4, 1943 in Bloomington, Indiana and was the daughter of Alexander and Virginia Madge (Carpenter) Gardner. She was the former house director for Delta Chi fraternity at Indiana University and was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints...

Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 Friends of the Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library are sponsoring a Book Sale Bonanza. They will be selling donated books, tapes, and special items at half price throughout the entire month of October. The sale items are located in three arease upstairs in the adult department at the main library, 125 S. ...

If the frost wasn't quite on the pumpkin yet, a drenching rain was definitely on the apple. Persistent rainfall poured over Bloomfield Friday evening, swamping the streets with puddles and bringing on a wintry chill which dampened clothes and skin, sending revelers inside...

Michael Lee Alsman, 51, of Dugger, Ind. passed away Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012 at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, Ind. He was born on May 24, 1961 in Sullivan, Ind., the son of Fred and Rosemary (Robert) Alsman. Mike graduated from Union High School in 1981 and from Vincennes University with an associate degree in computer science. He was a lifelong farmer for Alsman and Bishop Farms. Mike was a member of the First Baptist Church in Linton, Ind...