Articles By: ManagingEditor

Listen to Your Heart

Listen to Your Heart

0 January 16, 2010 2:02 pm

Kevin, 53, had come to Fishers for the day to visit his sister and work on her house. The intense pain he experienced knocked him to the floor. Once the pain subsided, the always-ready EMT-I used his cuff and stethoscope [...]

Town of McCordsville Adds Another Plow to Snow Arsenal

Town of McCordsville Adds Another Plow to Snow Arsenal

6 December 3, 2009 2:51 am

With the first forecast of snow looming, the Town of McCordsville’s Public Works Department is preparing their winter plan of attack. In addition to the four snow plows and one salt spreader used during previous years, the Town has recently [...]

CityYes Group Garners 1,000 More Signatures

CityYes Group Garners 1,000 More Signatures

6 November 12, 2009 5:37 am

Greg Purvis, Chairman of the CityYes Political Action Committee announced today that volunteers at polling places yesterday obtained one thousand more signatures of Fishers’ residents on the petition to change Fishers from a town to a City. This brings the [...]

Holidays, and Children of Divorce

5 November 7, 2009 7:03 am

Thanksgiving, religious holidays, birthdays, school day cancellations and summer vacations are eagerly anticipated by most children. For children of divorced parents, however, these times are often viewed with feelings of confusion, ambivalence, anger, and abandonment. Unless divorced parents have consciously [...]

Cyber-Bullying Case at Lawrence Central Highlights Online Issue

Cyber-Bullying Case at Lawrence Central Highlights Online Issue

4 October 2, 2009 8:07 am

By Katie McDowell, Cub Reporter, Lawrence Central High School The 6-foot-5-inch buff guy stuffing kids into lockers and taking lunch money is no longer the stereotype of a school bully. It’s the 21st century and times have changed. Today bullying [...]

Sprint to the Finish

Sprint to the Finish

0 October 2, 2009 4:21 am

By Katie Scherzinger – 7th grader at Hamilton Southeastern Junior High “Go!” the voice would shout. Then off you’d jump, into the pool. The timer on your ankle will be counting the milliseconds until you finish. You climb out of [...]

Employees and Employment Law: How To Avoid Getting Sued

Employees and Employment Law: How To Avoid Getting Sued

0 September 17, 2009 7:03 pm

It is inevitable that every employer will get sued by one of their employees at some time in the future. If an employee is upset about his/her termination, all that is required to sue you is to go to the [...]

Holy Cross Hosting 6th Annual 5K

Holy Cross Hosting 6th Annual 5K

0 September 16, 2009 5:14 am

Holy Cross Lutheran Church will conduct the 6th Annual “Neighbors Sharing with Neighbors 5K Walk / Run” to benefit The Sharing Place on Saturday, October 31st at 9 am.  Holy Cross Lutheran Church is a place where God’s people connect [...]

HSEJH Students Put Math Fears ‘To Rest’

HSEJH Students Put Math Fears ‘To Rest’

0 August 25, 2009 12:24 pm

Afraid of math class? Hamilton Southeastern Junior High teacher Natalie Stoner tried to help her seventh graders put their math fears to rest on the first day. She dressed as the Grim Reaper and allowed them to write their negative [...]

126th Street Closures Create Headache for HSE Transportation

126th Street Closures Create Headache for HSE Transportation

0 August 14, 2009 2:54 pm

 Just in time for the start of school, a large section of 126th Street has been closed, creating a transportation nightmare for the Hamilton Southeastern School district. Transportation Director Jim White is charged with figuring out how to get buses [...]

Yacht Club Event to Honor Former Commodore, Raise Funds for Cancer Society

Yacht Club Event to Honor Former Commodore, Raise Funds for Cancer Society

0 August 11, 2009 9:50 pm

Joe Kocot was a born leader. People gravitated to him for motivation and inspiration. He was always upbeat and often had a funny story to share, one that not only made you laugh but also taught a life lesson. “He [...]

Heartland Church Community Forum: Stand Against Trafficking

Heartland Church Community Forum: Stand Against Trafficking

1 August 11, 2009 8:45 pm

Take A Stand. Join Us. Over 27 million people are currently victims of human trafficking. Men, women, boys, and girls are being used as sex slaves and labor slaves all over the world, including Indiana. Stand Against Trafficking (StAT) is [...]

Winners Announced in AtGeist Young Writer’s Contest

Winners Announced in AtGeist Young Writer’s Contest

0 August 11, 2009 2:39 pm

We received many creative entries for our first ever atGeist Young Writer’s Contest this summer. The decision was tough, but our panel of judges (atGeist Managing Editor Laura Gates, Lawrence Central Cub Reporter Adviser Elizabeth Granger and WriteStuff Writers Founder [...]

HSE Teacher of the Year Inspires Colleagues at Thorpe Creek

HSE Teacher of the Year Inspires Colleagues at Thorpe Creek

0 August 11, 2009 8:47 am

As we roll into the routine of a new school year, area teachers have been preparing for weeks to welcome their new students. I sat down with Hamilton Southeastern’s 2009 Teacher of the Year just days before the start of [...]

Make Your Backyard into a Bird Sanctuary

Make Your Backyard into a Bird Sanctuary

0 August 10, 2009 8:38 am

By Laura Hurst, Craig Middle School – Nearly one year ago, Mr. Wayne Naylor ’s 6th grade science class was still pulling their project plans together. Now, to an outsider, it may look exactly the same, but it is far [...]

Grey Eagle Children Raise Money for Africa Water is Life

Grey Eagle Children Raise Money for Africa Water is Life

1 August 4, 2009 2:15 pm

During the month of July, the amazing children of The Woods of Grey Eagle neighborhood raised over $1000 for Africa Water is Life to give people in rural villages in Africa clean water. Africa Water is Life is a community [...]

Join Haleh Krauter Insurance Agency in Backpack Attack

Join Haleh Krauter Insurance Agency in Backpack Attack

0 July 29, 2009 8:49 pm

While you’re grabbing those “Back to School” bargains for your kids, why not pick up a few extras for other kids who can’t afford new school supplies? Haleh Krauter’s State Farm Insurance Agency is among 275 Indianapolis area businesses participating [...]

Moving Vision: Free Exhibition Gives Glimpse of Mass Transit in NE Corridor

0 July 28, 2009 11:36 am

Ball State University students in Professor Harry Eggink graduate architecture class and Professor Scott Truex’s urban planning class spent the semester envisioning the northeast side of Indianapolis after a proposed light rail line is up and running.  The line would [...]

Indiana State Fair Covers 17 Days, 3 Weekends

0 July 28, 2009 11:32 am

The Indiana State Fair has long been one of the country’s great agricultural fairs, highlighting Hoosiers’ farming heritage within an exciting atmosphere of food, fun and entertainment.  Since 1982, the fair has been a 12-day event traditionally opening on a [...]

HSEHS Mock Trial Team is National Runner-Up

HSEHS Mock Trial Team is National Runner-Up

0 July 28, 2009 11:30 am

Hamilton Southeastern High School captured its third consecutive national runner-up finish at the Learning for Life Mock Trial National Tournament held July 22-26 at American University in Washington, DC.  Team members included Alex Gillham, John Holt, Shelley Myers, Nick Erickson, [...]