Archive for category: Local People

Indian Creek’s ‘Outdoor Ann’ Named Environmentalist of the Year

Indian Creek’s ‘Outdoor Ann’ Named Environmentalist of the Year

0 / March 9, 2009 9:24 pm

If there’s one thing Ann Niednagel is passionate about, it’s getting kids outdoors. In fact, it is because of this very passion that Niednagel, an Indian Creek Elementary School parent and volunteer, has been named the 2008 Environmentalist of the [...]

Another Soul Lost to Facebook

Another Soul Lost to Facebook

2 / March 9, 2009 5:36 pm

Okay, I admit that I’m in the Dark Ages, technologically speaking. While my friends and colleagues are seasoned, mature techno-adults, I’m still wearing a gigabyte training bra. I have no idea why people Twitter, and I’ve never participated in a [...]

Geist Teacher Promotes Green Education

Geist Teacher Promotes Green Education

0 / March 8, 2009 3:46 pm

Green living is a habit for Geist Elementary Teacher Jacki Ward, and she’s hoping to make it one for her second-grade students and their families, too. “We are raising leaders in our classrooms; it’s going to be their world,” Ward [...]

Geist Residents Featured in Disability Awareness Month Materials

Geist Residents Featured in Disability Awareness Month Materials

0 / March 3, 2009 8:06 pm

Governor Mitchell E. Daniels has proclaimed March as Disability Awareness Month in the state of Indiana. Each March, thousands of Hoosiers come together to celebrate diversity for people with disabilities – which comprise more than 1 million people statewide – [...]

Geist Teacher Publishes Children’s Book

Geist Teacher Publishes Children’s Book

0 / March 2, 2009 10:14 pm

Geist Elementary Teacher Milissa Cameron was always a “daddy’s girl.” Now she has published a children’s book as a tribute to all great dads and daddy’s girls. “Faster, Daddy!” is a touching story of a young lady’s journey through life [...]

Time in a Bottle

Time in a Bottle

0 / February 26, 2009 1:07 pm

We had never cleaned our kitchen pantry until this week. The fridge gets a good once-over every month when we wipe off the shelves and throw out any food item that has developed a green slime. I’ve had to toss [...]

Outlook Christian Church Invites You to Grand Opening Events

1 / February 18, 2009 8:48 am

Outlook Christian Church, formerly Oaklandon Christian Church for the past 142 years, has relocated to a newly constructed campus just south of McCordsville. Outlook has several grand opening events planned to get to know its new community. The events kick [...]

Journalism Teacher of the Year Pushes Students to Excel

Journalism Teacher of the Year Pushes Students to Excel

2 / February 13, 2009 2:58 pm

Elizabeth Granger expects a lot from the 19 aspiring journalists on the staff of Lawrence Central’s award-winning student newspaper, the Cub Reporter. She doesn’t take excuses for missing deadlines and is fond of saying: “If I get run over by [...]

Happy 200th Birthday, Honest Abe

Happy 200th Birthday, Honest Abe

1 / February 13, 2009 2:23 pm

By Autumn Gates – Presidents’ Day is on February 16, and this year, it is also Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday. Most kids think of Presidents’ Day as just a day off from school, but I decided to find out more [...]

Passport Tips for Spring Travel

0 / February 9, 2009 10:17 pm

If you’re planning to travel outside the US for spring break, it would be a good idea to double check the new passport regulations. Cruises departing from Florida, San Juan and California technically do not require a passport. However, it’s [...]

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. [...]

Geist Football Standout Signs with Florida Gators

Geist Football Standout Signs with Florida Gators

1 / February 4, 2009 9:03 pm

Proud parents and coaches looked on as Cathedral High School’s Kyle Koehne signed a National Letter of Intent to play football for the University of Florida Gators Wednesday. Koehne, who recently was named Mr. Football Offensive Lineman, had narrowed his [...]

My Top Penny Pinching Tips to Fight Economic Woes

My Top Penny Pinching Tips to Fight Economic Woes

0 / February 4, 2009 8:21 pm

You don’t have to be Warren Buffett to know that the economy, well, it stinks. Just grab a newspaper, any newspaper, and you’ll see stories of layoffs, lost homes and depression. And I, along with everyone else, am trying to [...]

Artistic Geist Couple Explores ‘Eternity’

Artistic Geist Couple Explores ‘Eternity’

0 / February 3, 2009 12:28 pm

Recently, I had the privilege of interviewing the most extraordinary couple I have ever met– Frank and Josie Tilton.  After having raised two grown children, this retired pair is happily living out their individual dreams of self-expression through their creative [...]

Fishers Boy Dies After Long Battle with Cancer

Fishers Boy Dies After Long Battle with Cancer

1 / January 28, 2009 8:46 am

Jackson Lawrence Palmer, of Fishers, died on Sunday, January 25, 2009, surrounded by his family. Jackson was eight years old and had been battling desmoplastic small round cell tumor cancer since 2006. Jackson was an energetic, brave child who lived [...]

Friends of Admiral’s Landing Resident Organize ‘Swabs for Suz’

0 / January 27, 2009 11:34 am

Suz Masterson has lived in Admiral’s Landing for seven years with her husband John, son Taylor (20), and daughters Kayla (17) and Jenna (13). Last April, she was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia, went into remission, and has recently had [...]

Clean Sweep

Clean Sweep

2 / January 26, 2009 10:54 am

The other day, I received something interesting in the mail. It wasn’t an exotic postcard from Maui; it was a thank-you note for a recent purchase I had made. Dear Mr. Wolfsie, Thank you for buying a new Oreck. We [...]

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 [...]

LN Senior Receives Prestigious Wells Scholarship to IU

LN Senior Receives Prestigious Wells Scholarship to IU

2 / January 22, 2009 12:13 pm

Senior David Langdon devoted his whole day to waiting. “I was by the telephone waiting. I knew they were going to call me on [Dec. 15]. I just didn’t know when,” Langdon said. He was watching football when he received [...]

To All Guys: V-day, Opportunity for Victory…or Defeat

To All Guys: V-day, Opportunity for Victory…or Defeat

0 / January 16, 2009 8:56 pm

Valentine’s Day is NOT just another day. It’s a day that can enhance the course of your relationship, or disrupt it. The patron saint of lovers is a powerful force, and for that reason, it’s imperative that we have a [...]