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  • Geist Elementary Students Celebrate World Milk Day

    Geist Elementary Students Celebrate World Milk Day

    Geist Elementary celebrated World Milk Day Sept. 28 by building a cow out of milk cartons, decorating the cafe in milk cartons and having a “build the tallest tower” of milk cartons. Students welcomed a special visitor “Lindsay” who came dressed as a cow to help with the fun. Prizes, a milk product of course, was ice cream.

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  • DJ for a Day at WZPL 99.5 FM

    DJ for a Day at WZPL 99.5 FM

    Do you have a child who really wants to be on the radio? Well, here’s their chance! WZPL (99.5) radio offers a special program called “Hey mom, I’m on WZPL” where kids are invited to be a DJ for a day. I thought I would check it out when my 11 year old boy, Johnny, wanted to give it a try. We arrived at WZPL (9245 Meridian street)in the afternoon and were greeted by “Hunter” who took us to a [...]

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  • A Haunting Good Time Like No Other

    A Haunting Good Time Like No Other

    If you’re looking for a good scare on Halloween, there’s a new haunted house in town. But be warned, they take their scares seriously. The Corpse Manor opens this month in the Post Road Recreation Center just south of Pendleton Pike. But this is more than a haunted house put together just for Halloween. This is a professional theatrical production featuring real actors and actresses working for one common goal — to SCARE you. There are three haunted attractions in [...]

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  • Roller Derby or Bust!

    Roller Derby or Bust!

    The announcer yells, “Cassie Khaos is the lead jammer!” over the loudspeaker as the Circle City Derby Girls (CCDG) Party Crashers motor around the track, armored with kneepads, elbow pads and helmets. And they need them, because it isn’t long before there’s a pileup on the track; a handful of blockers go down and then just as quickly scramble back up on their skates and take off again. This female dominated sport isn’t for the faint of heart (or brittle [...]

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  • It’s a Birthday Party, Kids!

    It’s a Birthday Party, Kids!

    It used to be that a simple, homemade birthday cake and a few token streamers constituted a successful kid’s birthday party. Throw in a handful of friends and a donkey without a tail, and you were done. Today? Not so much. Birthday parties for children have been elevated to an entirely different level, with hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars being spent to celebrate this annual event. What’s a parent to do? “Plan ahead,” says Heather Lapham Kuhn, events concierge [...]

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  • V’s Barbershop: It’s a Guy Thing

    V’s Barbershop: It’s a Guy Thing

    Sorry gals… the business cards and promotional materials say it all. They read, “V’s Barbershop – It’s a Guy Thing.” And now Fishers – specifically, 11687 Olio Road at Geist Landing – is the site of Indiana’s first V’s Barbershop, a place where guys can get shampoos, haircuts, old-fashioned hot lather straight-razor shaves, shoe shines and more. There’s no girlie salon or spa feel here. Just an hour, at least, of services geared solely for “successful men who value appearance [...]

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  • FanStand Prints: Offering a Win-Win Situation for All Sports Fans

    FanStand Prints: Offering a Win-Win Situation for All Sports Fans

    FanStand Prints, a rising company, offers custom high quality products using your favorite photo images. Wouldn’t it be great to take a precious photo of your son catching a baseball or your daughter dancing with her team, and transform it into a plush blanket or stunning wall decal for their bedroom? Well, now you can take advantage of transferring your snapshots into lifelong mementos with FanStand Prints. What’s more, schools and other sports facilities can have custom wind screens or [...]

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  • Opening of Conner Prairie’s Apple Store Marks Start of Fall

    Opening of Conner Prairie’s Apple Store Marks Start of Fall

    It’s that time again – when an Indianapolis tradition opens its doors and signals the real start of fall. It’s the opening of The Apple Store on Thursday, September 1, on the grounds of Conner Prairie. Since 1985, The Apple Store has offered the best hand-dipped caramel apples, cider slushies, apple butter and a wide array of gourmet foods. The store, operated by the women of the Conner Prairie Alliance, provides a great destination for visitors, but it’s much more [...]

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  • Intersection of 126th Street and Brooks School Road Closed on Sept. 24 for 45 days

    FISHERS, IN – The intersection of 126th Street and Brooks School Road will be closed on or after Sept. 24th for a period of 45 days.   During this time the contractor will complete all intersection improvements including the installation of a traffic signal.  Access will still be provided from the south to the school and church on the southwest corner of the intersection and the golf course on the southeast corner.  The intersection work is part of the 126th Street [...]

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  • Try Fencing Free!

    Bladepoint Fencing Academy just moved to a new building in Lawrence. To celebreate the only permanent, fencing only facility within a couple hundred miles, we are having a grand opening celebration Saturday, November 1, 2009 between 2 pm and 6 pm. Have you ever wanted to try fencing? Ever wanted to be Captain Jack Sparrow, Zorro, Darth Maul? Come try fencing for free and see what it is like. Bring family and friends. No obligation. We want to share with [...]

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