Stories from Sunday, October 6, 2019

Doug Sowders Sr., 76, of Bloomfield, passed away on Oct. 5, 2019 at IU Health Bloomington Hospital. Doug was born in Middlesboro, Ky. on Aug. 19, 1943. Doug was married to Sue (Roberts) Sowders on May 19, 1967, they were married for 52 wonderful years...

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Bloomfield Apple Festival, organizers added a couple of new categories to events. As one of the event-themed programs, the apple baking contest added a new category -- naming a Golden Apple Baking winner. Shelby Patton was the winner of the specialty category under the age of 35 with an apple cake roll and Erika Bault won the under 35 apple pie category. ...