Articles By: TomBritt

Unlikely Geist Crew Wins Annual Figawi Sailboat Race

0 June 20, 2009 9:15 am

Four Indianapolis Sailing Club members scrounged up some other Hoosier crew members and a handful of east coast friends to capture first place in their division at the 38th annual Figawi sailboat race over Memorial Day weekend. Captain Bob Solomon [...]

Post Your Local Stories/Photos to atGeist.net and Get Paid!

0 June 15, 2009 10:37 am

Post your local news stories and photos to atGeist.net, and if we publish you in the “atGeist Community Newsletter,” you receive up to $50 in cash or local restaurant gift certificates! Here is how it works: You must have a [...]

Let’s Send Vince to Washington!

Let’s Send Vince to Washington!

0 June 3, 2009 8:55 am

Vince Auten is a Geist resident and volunteer board member of the Geist Half Marathon. He’s raising money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society by competing in the 4th annual Nation’s Triathalon in Washington D.C. this fall. In order for [...]

SpongeBob Squarepants to be at Geist Half Marathon

0 April 30, 2009 3:25 am

Organizers announced today that Spongebob Squarepants will be making an appearance at the 2nd Annual St.Vincent Geist Half Marathon & 5K Presented by Comcast. America’s favorite sea sponge loves the water, so it is only fitting that he attend the [...]

Geist Fireworks Moving to Middle of the Reservoir, North of Marina

1 April 29, 2009 9:40 am

Spectators for this year’s Geist fireworks will have more viewing options. Organizers announced today that the annual Fourth of July show will be moving from the island off of Admirals Sound to a barge just north of the Fall Creek [...]

Local Brothers, Developer Launch New Storage Concept

0 April 13, 2009 4:21 pm

For the Schmadeke family, real estate development and construction are in the blood. Brothers Rick, Bill, and Kurt Schmadeke learned the family business from their father growing up in the Geist area. In 2007, Rick and Bill decided to do [...]

Detailed Traffic Maps for Geist Half Marathon Posted

Detailed Traffic Maps for Geist Half Marathon Posted

0 April 11, 2009 9:09 am

For those residents living in Cambridge, Bridgewater, Feather Cove, Admirals Sound, and Admirals Bay, you are directly affected by the traffic restrictions on the morning of Saturday, May 16th during the Geist Half Marathon & 5K. We’ve posted traffic restrictions, [...]

Group Fitness Gets New Vibe

Group Fitness Gets New Vibe

0 April 11, 2009 7:41 am

Pilates, yoga, aerobics, dance, kickboxing, and massage therapy are all about to have it taken up a notch with Geist’s newest “fitness boutique” called Vibe Fitness. Chicago native and long-time fitness instructor Alicia Woods has always wanted to make health [...]

Meet Your Neighbor: St.Vincent’s Kimberly Nealon

Meet Your Neighbor: St.Vincent’s Kimberly Nealon

0 April 9, 2009 12:12 pm

Kimberly Nealon, the unassuming administrator of the new St.Vincent Medical Center Northeast at Exit 10, turns the “spirit of caring” into more than just a tagline for the hospital — this year’s title sponsor of the St.Vincent Geist Half Marathon [...]

Jamerson to Headline Post Race Concert

0 April 5, 2009 11:49 am

Organizers for the second annual St.Vincent Geist Half Marathon & 5K Presented by Comcast confirmed today that Indiana native and Nashville recording star Casey Jamerson will headline a post-race concert on May 16th presented by Hoosier Park Racing & Casino. [...]

Geist Open House Weekend May 2-3

Geist Open House Weekend May 2-3

0 March 19, 2009 1:31 pm

If you are selling your home at Geist and would like to take advantage of a marketing opportunity, here is something you won’t be able to pass up. atGeist.com is presenting the “Geist Open House” on Saturday, May 2nd from [...]

Geist Half Marathon & 5K Course Map Sponsorships Available

Geist Half Marathon & 5K Course Map Sponsorships Available

0 March 6, 2009 5:13 am

We are producing an 11″ x 17″ (folded to 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″) full color course map this year for the 2nd annual St. Vincent Geist Half Marathon & 5K Presented by Comcast. Pat Hankley, an illustrator from Fishers, will be [...]

Attention atGeist.com Classifieds Users, Commenters

Attention atGeist.com Classifieds Users, Commenters

1 March 4, 2009 2:09 pm

As of March 21st, the atGeist.com classifieds will be moving to the atGeist.net social networking platform. If you haven’t already, you will need to create a new user account on atGeist.net and then click on “Classifieds > + Add a [...]

Latest Newsletter Distribution Map

Latest Newsletter Distribution Map

0 February 19, 2009 6:29 am

In case you didn’t know, we mail around 10,000 copies of the “atGeist Community Newsletter” per month and put another 2,000+ out in the local Kroger and Marsh supermarkets for retail distribution. Here is our latest distribution map which shows [...]

Fireside Grill Opens With New Owner, Fresh Start

Fireside Grill Opens With New Owner, Fresh Start

11 February 15, 2009 7:55 am

Pendleton entrepreneur Jim Henderson has been eyeing a place to open a restaurant for years. Owner of the Move Crew and a few PODS franchises, Henderson has been collecting menus from some of his favorite eateries in hopes that one [...]

Classic Comedy to Open at Mud Creek

Classic Comedy to Open at Mud Creek

0 February 9, 2009 6:44 am

“The Girls in 509”, opens Friday, February 20, at Mud Creek Barn. This Howard Teichmann play is for Republicans, Democrats, and Independents – in fact, for any voter who wants to laugh. When a not-now fashionable hotel in New York [...]

Crystal Pointe Student Pages for Lt. Governor

Crystal Pointe Student Pages for Lt. Governor

0 February 7, 2009 10:23 am

Sometimes the best education happens outside the classroom. Such is the case with Lawrence Early College Junior Elizabeth Wheeler, an aspiring journalist who recently spent the day with Lt. Governor Becky Skillman as her Senate page. “I had met Mrs. [...]

Interview with Pete Peterson of the GUO

Interview with Pete Peterson of the GUO

0 February 5, 2009 3:54 pm

Now that the four-year Geist annexation fight is over, the GUO can officially close up shop. After the December 31st ruling by Judge Nation in Hamilton County that allowed Fishers to proceed with their forced annexation plans, Geist United Opposition [...]

National Headlines Hit Close to Home

National Headlines Hit Close to Home

21 January 23, 2009 8:33 am

Many of you have emailed or called me with questions and comments following the events of the now infamous Marc Schrenker. While the news of his alleged fake death scheme and all the details surrounding it spiraled out of the [...]

Marc Schrenker Parachutes from Plane

Marc Schrenker Parachutes from Plane

43 January 12, 2009 8:55 am

A single engine airplane owned by Cambridge resident Marc Shrenker, 38, went down last night in a swampy area near Destin, Florida around 9:20 pm CST. He was discovered near Harpersville, Alabama. Schrenker reported turbulence near Huntsville, Alabama. He later [...]