Archive for category: Local People

YMCA Member Margie Weaver Challenges Others to Run Geist Half Marathon

YMCA Member Margie Weaver Challenges Others to Run Geist Half Marathon

0 / November 30, 2007 10:15 am

From the YMCA.org Website: Margie has been a YMCA member for 8 years. She choose our branch because it was close to her house and offered a variety of activities. For several years, Margie was a caregiver for her husband [...]

Geist Radio Meets the Cast of “Love, Sex and the IRS”

Geist Radio Meets the Cast of “Love, Sex and the IRS”

0 / November 18, 2007 4:16 pm

I hate to admit this, but I’m one of those Geist residents that has driven by the Mud Creek Players Barn at 86th and Mud Creek Road a thousand times and never been inside. That all changed this weekend as [...]

Yaprak Wins “indiana’s best women’s boutique” from channel 6

Yaprak Wins “indiana’s best women’s boutique” from channel 6

0 / November 15, 2007 1:22 pm

Congratulations to Yaprak of Yaprak Design Studio and Boutique fame. She won the Channel 6 “Best Women’s Boutique” award from the online “A List” contest! To view the complete list of winners, visit this link.

Gallery 116 Offers One-of-a-Kind Art Pieces in a location that’s Close to Home

Gallery 116 Offers One-of-a-Kind Art Pieces in a location that’s Close to Home

1 / November 13, 2007 12:20 pm

Do you enjoy shopping for great pieces of artwork but don’t always feel like driving to Broad Ripple or downtown to Massachusetts Avenue? Well, you don’t have to…not when we have Gallery 116 right in our own backyard! The quaint [...]

Lawrence Central Senior Starts ‘Save Darfur’ Club

Lawrence Central Senior Starts ‘Save Darfur’ Club

0 / November 12, 2007 12:46 pm

When most of us hear about genocide taking place in a faraway nation, we shutter at the thought, thank God we live in a free country and go on with our lives. After all, what can we do about it? [...]

Geist Author Releases New Book about Former IU Football Coach Terry Hoeppner

Geist Author Releases New Book about Former IU Football Coach Terry Hoeppner

1 / November 12, 2007 10:32 am

Geist author and Indianapolis Star sportswriter Terry Hutchens has just released a new book: “Hep Remembered: Memories of Terry Hoeppner from Those Who Knew Him Best,” which honors the former IU Coach. As many of you may recall, Hoeppner battled [...]

The Catwalk Posse visits Yaprak Design Studio & Boutique

The Catwalk Posse visits Yaprak Design Studio & Boutique

0 / November 10, 2007 9:39 am

Yaprak is her name. And she is the designing and driving force behind this very cool boutique at 11230 Fall Creek Road in the Geist area (just south of Brookschool Road). Our catlike purr begins when we walk into a [...]

Meet Your Neighbor: Gerry Dick of Inside Indiana Business

Meet Your Neighbor: Gerry Dick of Inside Indiana Business

1 / November 8, 2007 8:59 pm

Just about anyone in business, talking business or starting a business in Indiana probably knows of Gerry Dick— host and creator of Inside Indiana Business (Sundays, 11 a.m. on WISH-TV 8). He’s also heard on WIBC 1070 radio as a [...]

Local Geist Artist Displays Platinum Quality with Heart of Gold

Local Geist Artist Displays Platinum Quality with Heart of Gold

8 / November 6, 2007 2:27 pm

The work of Geist artist Sue Carlson was recently featured at the The Blue Egg Art Gallery in Carmel as it celebrated its grand opening Nov. 3rd. Carlson specializes in portraitures in pencil and charcoal. The grand opening of the [...]

Michele’s Music Studio Grand Opening: Something to Sing About!

Michele’s Music Studio Grand Opening: Something to Sing About!

0 / October 16, 2007 1:19 pm

“Michele’s Studio,” a newly opened music studio in the Geist area, offers piano, voice and choreography lessons. The spa-like studio offers a positive and relaxing atmosphere and is designed for freedom of expression and musical exploration for all ages. “Michele’s [...]

Masterpiece Gallery Celebrating 10th Anniversary with Local Artists

Masterpiece Gallery Celebrating 10th Anniversary with Local Artists

0 / October 16, 2007 5:27 am

The Masterpiece Gallery is celebrating its 10th Anniversary in business by hosting an exhibit titled, Indiana and Beyond, featuring three Indiana artists. The exhibit runs from October 12th – October 27th. (Although this particular exhibit portrays local artists, the gallery [...]

Local Sophomore on path to beijing olympics

0 / October 12, 2007 12:06 pm

 We have a world-champion athlete living at Geist, and she doesn’t wear a Colts jersey. Samantha Peszek, a local gymnast from Highland Springs and sophomore at Cathedral High School, recently returned from Germany where her USA National Gymnastics Team beat defending [...]

7th annual Creating Hope Walk

7th annual Creating Hope Walk

7 / October 11, 2007 3:44 pm

by Peri Kane, 12 Creating Hope’s motto is “inspiring cancer patients to find their way through each day toward survival” and that is exactly what happened on October 7th. On this day, Creating Hope had its 7th annual one mile [...]

Burd Ford Manager says ‘Gift’ from Owner Rich Burd Has Extended His Life

Burd Ford Manager says ‘Gift’ from Owner Rich Burd Has Extended His Life

1 / October 9, 2007 8:05 pm

When Mark Holloway talks about his boss, Burd Ford Owner Rich Burd, he uses phrases like “man of the year” and even refers to him as “a god.” While this may seem over-the-top, with Holloway, it’s completely sincere. You see, [...]

Want to send a gift while helping others? Check out Heart to Heart Gifts

0 / October 9, 2007 5:09 am

 To some, holiday gift giving is joy; to others, it’s an obligation. If it seems the true spirit of giving somehow gets trampled by the herd of holiday shoppers at the mall, then maybe it’s time to rethink our gift [...]

Essence cafe opens

Essence cafe opens

1 / October 8, 2007 8:26 pm

There’s a new café in town, and it is quickly attracting a crowd of happy, satisfied regulars! The Essence café at 12660 East 116th street opened Aug. 9th, serving breakfast and lunch (Monday-Friday 7am-3pm, Saturday and Sunday 9am-2pm). The café [...]

Lone Challenger in Fishers Town Council Race Aims to Change ‘Arrogant’ Mindset

Lone Challenger in Fishers Town Council Race Aims to Change ‘Arrogant’ Mindset

3 / October 4, 2007 12:57 pm

Just one of the seven Fishers Town Council seats is being contested in the Nov. 6 election, and the sole challenger, Democrat Greg Purvis, is definitely vocal about his opposition to “politics as usual” in Fishers. Purvis contends that current [...]

Dr. Blume Water Skis on Geist

0 / October 1, 2007 2:11 pm

Watch this video from IndyMojo.com of Dr. Nate Blume of Lakeshore Chiropractic  doing some water skiing on Geist Reservoir! [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/JM-K9mZ6lWI" width="300" height="250" wmode="transparent" /]

CUMNS Kids celebrates 40 Years

CUMNS Kids celebrates 40 Years

1 / September 30, 2007 7:26 am

Thirty-nine years ago, when starting her new job as a teaching assistant at a local nursery school, little did Chris Landon know she would be helping the program celebrate its 40th anniversary. That is exactly what the enthusiastic CUMNS Kids [...]

Geist Mom Starts Shoe Company for Fashion-conscious Tots

Geist Mom Starts Shoe Company for Fashion-conscious Tots

0 / September 29, 2007 1:31 pm

Two years ago, Robin Wise and her husband, Shannon, made a journey to China to adopt a little girl. Of course, they fell in love with their new daughter, Josie, instantly. But there was also something else Robin fell in [...]