Listen to Your Heart
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 to take his own blood pressure.
A Close Call . . .
Convinced he was doing better, [...]
Town of McCordsville Adds Another Plow to Snow Arsenal
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 purchased a seven ton snow plow/salt spreader and also constructed a 42’x48’ salt [...]
CityYes Group Garners 1,000 More Signatures
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 signatures obtained far over the number required to place the question of conversion of Fishers form [...]
Holidays, and Children of Divorce
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 and lovingly placed their children’s well-being above their own, their innocent children may dread “family” [...]
Cyber-Bullying Case at Lawrence Central Highlights Online Issue
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 doesn’t always take place during school hours, but behind the computer screen in the comfort of [...]
Sprint to the Finish
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 the pool racing to grab your bike and catch up with the people ahead of you. [...]
Employees and Employment Law: How To Avoid Getting Sued
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 EEOC or ICRC and fill out a form. Then the agency begins an investigation, [...]
Holy Cross Hosting 6th Annual 5K
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 with God, with each other, and together connect with the community to share God’s [...]
HSEJH Students Put Math Fears ‘To Rest’
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 thoughts about math. Then with eerie funeral music in the background they all lined up to [...]
126th Street Closures Create Headache for HSE Transportation
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 to kids who live along this main thoroughfare to HSE schools. Within days of the beginning [...]
Yacht Club Event to Honor Former Commodore, Raise Funds for Cancer Society
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 was a motivator,” recalls his wife, Lisa. “He was the go-to guy. He always had [...]
Heartland Church Community Forum: Stand Against Trafficking
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 a coalition of Indiana citizens networking to abolish human trafficking through Awareness, Education, Response, Prevention, and Resources.
Bring [...]
Winners Announced in AtGeist Young Writer’s Contest
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 J. Andy Murphy) managed to determine the top tales from Geist Reservoir, as written [...]
HSE Teacher of the Year Inspires Colleagues at Thorpe Creek
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 a new school year.
Agnes Pugel’s room at Thorpe Creek Elementary was orderly and inviting, [...]
Make Your Backyard into a Bird Sanctuary
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 from it! The Lawrence Township Wildlife Project has come together nicely, and as the new [...]
Grey Eagle Children Raise Money for Africa Water is Life
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 engagement initiative here in Fishers that raises money and awareness for water wells in rural [...]
Join Haleh Krauter Insurance Agency in Backpack Attack
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 in this year’s Backpack Attack. Backpack Attack is a United Way of Central Indiana project [...]
Moving Vision: Free Exhibition Gives Glimpse of Mass Transit in NE Corridor
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 run from 146th Street in Noblesville to South Street in downtown Indianapolis along the existing [...]
Indiana State Fair Covers 17 Days, 3 Weekends
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 Wednesday and wrapping up on a Sunday. This year, however, the fair opens for the [...]
HSEHS Mock Trial Team is National Runner-Up
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, Alex Voris, Cat Fisher, Caroline McKinney, Rachel Muehlhausen, and McKenzie Null.
The team took home seven [...]
