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Modern Day Treasure Hunts: Geocaching

Modern Day Treasure Hunts: Geocaching

4 / November 10, 2009 1:06 pm

From the minute my husband described Geocaching to my two boys and me, we were hooked. In essence, Geocaching is a high-tech way to go on a treasure hunt – anywhere, anytime. After punching in our home address on the [...]

Holy Cross 5K Hosts Record Number of Runners

Holy Cross 5K Hosts Record Number of Runners

1 / November 7, 2009 10:17 am

Cool, damp and windy conditions did not deter a record number of athletes from competing in the 6th Annual Holy Cross Neighbors Sharing with Neighbors 5K Run / Walk in support of The Sharing Place on Saturday 31 October 2009. [...]

96th Street Roundabout Project One Year Behind Schedule

96th Street Roundabout Project One Year Behind Schedule

1 / November 1, 2009 7:21 am

Geist’s first roundabout, which was scheduled to complete this fall, is one year behind schedule. According to Joel Thurman, a transportation engineer with the Hamilton County Highway Department, acquiring the land rights along 96th Street and Fall Creek Road has [...]

Fall Creek Trail Ready for Fall Color and Changes

Fall Creek Trail Ready for Fall Color and Changes

2 / October 21, 2009 2:43 pm

As fall approaches, many of us begin to think about heading outdoors and enjoying the changing foliage and beautiful weather. There is hardly a better location to begin fall adventures than the Fall Creek Trail, and there are many new [...]

Accident on Geist Serves as Boating Safety Reminder

Accident on Geist Serves as Boating Safety Reminder

3 / October 12, 2009 7:21 am

On Tuesday evening, July 7, around 6:45 p.m., my 2006 Capri 22 sailboat was run into by a speeding pontoon boat with six teenagers aboard. I was sailing with four passengers in a light breeze at about 1 knot in [...]

The Fall Creek Trail Ready for Fall Color and Changes

The Fall Creek Trail Ready for Fall Color and Changes

1 / October 5, 2009 11:33 am

As fall approaches, many of us begin to think about heading outdoors and enjoying the changing foliage and beautiful weather. There is hardly a better location to begin fall adventures than the Fall Creek Trail, and there are many new [...]

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 [...]

Fall Creek Township Set to Open New Food Pantry

Fall Creek Township Set to Open New Food Pantry

0 / September 22, 2009 6:53 am

In Fishers, Terry Michael, Fall Creek Township Trustee, is setting up a food pantry in the basement of the former Fall Creek Township assessor’s office. This new pantry is scheduled to open by Thanksgiving. “Over 2,600 Fall Creek residents have [...]

Faultless Says Geist Should be Included in Referendum

Faultless Says Geist Should be Included in Referendum

35 / September 21, 2009 5:30 am

By Bill Fouts As the Town of Fishers approaches a population of 70,000 residents, some feel it is time to drop “Town” from its moniker and become a city with an elected mayor. City proponents say adopting the city government [...]

Get Ready for a Brutal Flu Season

Get Ready for a Brutal Flu Season

0 / September 19, 2009 6:05 am

Prepare now for the best protection against the flu. Influenza (the flu) has been a widely discussed topic this summer and as we move into the fall the flu season begins to affect our local communities. It is spread from [...]

Sheriff Campaign Comes to Geist

Sheriff Campaign Comes to Geist

7 / September 17, 2009 7:05 pm

The Tim Motsinger for Sheriff campaign led him to Geist this past August for a fundraiser at the home of long time buddy Tim Durham. Durham and Motsinger grew up together in Seymour, Indiana and have remained friends over the [...]

Schrenker’s Public Defender an Old Annexation Foe

Schrenker’s Public Defender an Old Annexation Foe

2 / September 15, 2009 1:57 pm

After Marcus Schrenker tells Hamilton County Magistrate Judge Najjar that he has no money, the court appoints Fishers Town Councilman Dan Henke as his public defender. Henke was one of the Fishers Town Councilmen that supported the annexation of unincorporated [...]

Fishers Councilman to Run for Indiana Secretary of State

Fishers Councilman to Run for Indiana Secretary of State

7 / September 15, 2009 8:25 am

After 10 months of touring nearly 70 counties in the Hoosier State as an exploratory candidate, Charlie White, Republican Fishers Town Councilman, has announced his intention to run for Indiana Secretary of State (SOS) in 2010. Todd Rokita, who is [...]

McCordsville Has a New Post Office

McCordsville Has a New Post Office

5 / September 15, 2009 3:15 am

The Town of McCordsville has an upgraded post office address to 7397 N. 600 West, Suite 1000 in the McCordsville Corner Shoppes just north of the brand new McCordsville Elementary School. “The former post office building was not adequate to [...]

New Geist Area Church Offers Real Help with Life’s Issues

New Geist Area Church Offers Real Help with Life’s Issues

0 / September 8, 2009 10:35 am

You may have seen signs that they were coming…literally! Geist Chapel signs have popped up all over Geist, and postcards have been arriving in the mail for several weeks. I recently had the chance to sit down and talk with [...]

Schrenker Sentencing, New Charges Expose Trail of Deceit

Schrenker Sentencing, New Charges Expose Trail of Deceit

1 / August 19, 2009 2:22 pm

While Marcus Schrenker was being sentenced today in Pensacola for his failed suicide attempt in January, Indiana authorities filed nine more counts of securities fraud against him in Hamilton County.  Each count is a class “C” felony which carries a [...]

Geist Dam Getting Facelift This Fall

Geist Dam Getting Facelift This Fall

1 / August 17, 2009 8:14 pm

Representatives from Veolia Water attended the August 17th Geist Harbours Property Owners Association board meeting to discuss their plans to give the 66-year-old Geist dam a makeover. Beginning in mid-October, large concrete blocks connected by cables called Armortech Mats will [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]