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Seven Year Reflection on atGeist.com

Seven Year Reflection on atGeist.com

0 / April 9, 2011 5:56 am

Every April, I pause for a moment and smile. A picture of a six-page black and white photocopy with the logo atGeist.com at the top of it flashes in my mind as I think back to the first issue of [...]

Homes of the Brave: Fishers Fire Fighters Station 92

Homes of the Brave: Fishers Fire Fighters Station 92

0 / March 26, 2011 11:46 am

Firefighters from three Geist area fire stations are among the first to respond to local emergency situations, as they routinely put their lives on the line to help make local residents safe. This is the first of a three-part series [...]

Monarch Beverage: Toast of the Town

Monarch Beverage: Toast of the Town

0 / March 14, 2011 11:10 am

If you enjoy the occasional beer or glass of wine, consider lifting a cup to Monarch Beverage Company. Why? Because there’s a good chance that the Lawrence alcoholic beverage distributor delivered the suds or the grape to your favorite grocery [...]

Former Olympic Coach Dives Into Lawrence Swim Team – Mike Parratto

Former Olympic Coach Dives Into Lawrence Swim Team – Mike Parratto

0 / March 11, 2011 5:19 am

Can you imagine being at the Olympics, coaching a talented athlete who wins a gold medal, not once but eight times? Mike Parratto can tell you all about it. Mike is new in town, actually, new to the state of [...]

Fat Tuesday Event Trades Bites for Bytes

Fat Tuesday Event Trades Bites for Bytes

0 / February 12, 2011 10:50 am

What comes to mind when you close your eyes and hear the phrase “Fat Tuesday?” Probably visions of bustling streets in New Orleans during Mardi Gras the day before the Lenten season begins in March. Ask a St. Simon the [...]

Lawrence Special Insert Planned for March Issue

Lawrence Special Insert Planned for March Issue

0 / February 6, 2011 1:02 pm

In our March issue of the Geist Community Newsletter we’ll be profiling the City of Lawrence with a special editorial insert featuring the Greater Lawrence Chamber of Commerce Membership Directory. Over 200 Lawrence-based businesses will be listed along with editorial [...]

Former Quarterback Standout Teams Up with Peyton Manning to Help Kids

Former Quarterback Standout Teams Up with Peyton Manning to Help Kids

0 / January 14, 2011 4:53 am

At Purdue University he was an All America quarterback, Big Ten MVP, and a finalist for the Heisman Trophy. He played quarterback 11 years in the NFL, including two stints with the Indianapolis Colts, and earlier this year was enshrined [...]

Stars Making a Difference From Fishers Junior High School

Stars Making a Difference From Fishers Junior High School

2 / January 10, 2011 11:27 am

If you walked into Fishers Junior High School and made your way to room F101, you would enter into a space where many excited students are swarming in front of their very enthusiastic seventh grade English teacher, Michael Jansen. At [...]

The Village of Merici – A Community Without Walls

The Village of Merici – A Community Without Walls

0 / January 3, 2011 6:02 am

On a Saturday morning at the Barnes & Noble in Clearwater Crossing, a group of seven meet for their weekly book club. They get drinks, catch up on each other’s happenings and get themselves situated around the tables set up [...]

Hamilton Southeastern Schools Benefit From 2010 Geist Half Marathon

Hamilton Southeastern Schools Benefit From 2010 Geist Half Marathon

0 / December 21, 2010 4:16 am

Editor’s Note: This article is the second in a series spotlighting beneficiaries of the annual Geist Half Marathon. Four Geist Reservoir-area schools received donations from the 2010 “Race Around the Reservoir” proceeds. This article spotlights Hamilton Southeastern School District. A [...]

New Chairman of the Board Among Changes at Gleaners

New Chairman of the Board Among Changes at Gleaners

0 / December 13, 2010 8:38 am

Geist resident Carrie Petty shares her philanthropic passion with Indiana’s hungry Days after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Louisiana coast, Hamptons at Geist resident Carrie Petty answered a calling to help people near and dear to her heart: mothers and children. [...]

Geist Clubhouse Has a New Tenant

Geist Clubhouse Has a New Tenant

0 / December 10, 2010 2:07 pm

Two years after the Geist Clubhouse was closed and put in mothballs, a new tenant is moving in. Geist Chapel, currently meeting at 9030 East 96th Street (just east of Lantern Road), signed a lease-to-own agreement with the Marina Limited [...]

Titanic and Other Shipwrecks

Titanic and Other Shipwrecks

0 / December 7, 2010 5:23 am

One word says it all. Titanic. It’s undisputedly the most famous sailing vessel of all time; its 1912 demise – and subsequent fascination – familiar worldwide. The discovery of the wreck in 1985, about 2½ miles under the surface of [...]

Geist Boutique Expands Into Fishers, Carmel and Fashion Mall

Geist Boutique Expands Into Fishers, Carmel and Fashion Mall

0 / November 15, 2010 1:56 pm

“Everybody always needs a gift,” her husband told her. Couple that thought with a high-energy businesswoman who knows how to “do right by people” and you get Delaney’s Shoppe … times four! The Geist Delaney’s front door flew open at [...]

2nd Annual Artique Winter Art Fair is November 20th in Lawrence

2nd Annual Artique Winter Art Fair is November 20th in Lawrence

0 / November 8, 2010 8:37 am

On Saturday, November 20th, the PFL Arts Committee of the nonprofit Partnerships for Lawrence, Inc. is hosting its second annual Winter Art Fair in the Sterrett Center (8950 Otis Ave.) on historic Fort Benjamin Harrison in Lawrence. Artique! 2010 will [...]

Living With Food Allergies

Living With Food Allergies

3 / November 2, 2010 5:55 am

Maybe you’ve suspected something has been wrong for quite awhile. You’re either always stuffed up, or perhaps you frequently have problems with indigestion. Your doctor has confirmed that you have a food allergy, and your diet has to change. Where [...]

Lawrence Township Foundation: Igniting the Power of Community

Lawrence Township Foundation: Igniting the Power of Community

0 / October 19, 2010 3:31 pm

Cuts in funding for public education. Local property tax caps. More students in need of basic supplies. Teachers trying to do more with less. Sounds hopeless. In some school systems, maybe it is. But not in the Metropolitan School District [...]

Inaugural Vines for Life Showcases a Community, Charities

Inaugural Vines for Life Showcases a Community, Charities

0 / October 16, 2010 10:37 am

For one night, the castle-like Indianapolis Yacht Club was transformed into a Napa Valley winery at the inaugural Vines for Life wine tasting on October 1st. Over 230 Geist-area wine connoisseurs gathered to sample more than 60 different wines from [...]

Teens Initiating Aid to Those in Need

Teens Initiating Aid to Those in Need

0 / October 13, 2010 2:49 pm

Many teenagers serve their community by performing great deeds. Their dedicated acts of kindness not only satisfy themselves in their hearts but also help accumulate service hours for some organizations. Yet some teens have performed community service above and beyond [...]

Guilded Leaf Book & Author Luncheon to Benefit Children’s Literacy

Guilded Leaf Book & Author Luncheon to Benefit Children’s Literacy

0 / September 24, 2010 1:16 pm

The Guilded Leaf’s 6th Annual Book & Author Luncheon is generating quite a bit of excitement in the heart of the luncheon moderator, Andy Murphy. After all, the event melds two of her passions in life: writing and literacy. Andy, [...]