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  Gary Harris: Indiana’s Youngest Mr. Basketball is Just a Kid at Heart

  April 24, 2012 / Local News, Local People

  Hamilton Southeastern High School’s Gary Harris, the fourth student-athlete to represent Hamilton County as the recipient of Indiana’s Mr. Basketball award, the state’s highest individual basketball honor, is believed to be the youngest ever to don that No. 1 jersey. He’s only 17 years old. And he’s already an All-American. “Yeah, I was really surprised when he told me how young he was. I can’t imagine anyone who was any younger than he is,’’ said Charlie Hall, Game Director for [...]

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  Road to the LPGA Stops in Local Pro’s Backyard

  March 19, 2012 / Local News, Local People

  Give an 8-year old a golf club and a little white ball, and you never know what might happen when she tees it up. In Brittany Kelly’s case, that golf club felt like it belonged in her hands, but before it became an extension of who she is, she juggled multiple balls – from soccer to basketball. But, her relationship with golf has had staying power and is now offering opportunities she could only dream about. As a member of [...]

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  Fishers Resident Takes the Go Red BetterU Challenge

  February 25, 2012 / Local People

  Fishers resident, Ruthann Graham, is one of seven women selected to participate in the American Heart Association’s 12-week Go Red BetterU Challenge. As one of the faces of this year’s challenge, she hopes to inspire others by sharing her personal account of sudden cardiac arrest. On April 1, 2005, the healthy 52-year-old Graham went to work as usual. As the day progressed, she began to feel nauseous. She told the receptionist at her office that she was ill. Moments later, [...]

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  Mellencamp’s Former Guitarist Back Home Again

  January 25, 2012 / Local People

  John Mellencamp’s long time lead guitartist, Larry Crane, is back home again and sharing his talents with fans in a series of guitar clinics. Crane, who has resided in Florida for the past few years, is back in Indiana and made his first guitar clinic appearance in Castleton at Sam Ash Music Center located at 8284 Center Run Drive. Close to 300 fans turned out to listen as Crane shared the ins and outs of Authority Song and Play guitar, [...]

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  David Lindner: Still Scooping Up Life Lessons

  January 6, 2012 / Local News, Local People

  Do you remember your favorite Lindner’s ice cream flavor? Was it the perfect peach, or maybe butter pecan or rocky road? Or possibly a catchy name like Raspberry Salad or Purple Fink calls back childhood memories of warm summer nights. The man behind the fondly remembered ice cream is David Lindner, an Indianapolis business visionary and, a man who continues to live an incomparably full life. Lindner spent his childhood in the Irvington area of Indianapolis. His father and uncle [...]

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• Tom Britt’s New Office Tour

  November 23, 2011 / Local News, Local People

  Wanna see the world headquarters of the Geist and Carmel Community Newsletters? Check out this quick video tour of my new office, featuring relics from my NBC Today Show and Larry King Live appearances, painting by Tad Lupton, Geist Half Marathon & 5K memorabilia, four historic Geist Community Newsletter covers framed, and my first Internet magazine from 2000.

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  Watercolors: A Perfect Fit for a Maintenance-Free, Age Diverse Community

  November 9, 2011 / Business, Local People

  When Sherri Meyer, president of Property Group One, LTD, chose the name Watercolors, she envisioned a European Country French community with a colorful ambience. Sherri and her building partner and daughter, Nicole Newkirk, are building their custom condo homes community just north of 96th Street on Olio Road. The name Watercolors is a good fit, as this lovely community has 3 large bodies of water with ever-spraying crystal clear water fountains that come alive at night with rich colors. In [...]

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  Breaking Bad

  October 31, 2011 / Local People

  My family has been attending a new place of worship on Sunday mornings, and we think we have found the perfect spot. The Unitarian minister is engaging. The congregation is warm and welcoming. Even the coffee is good after the service. In fact, I wouldn’t fix a thing. More to the point, I can’t fix a thing, yet that’s exactly what they asked me to do. Last week, there was a sign-up sheet posted for some terrific social networking opportunities, [...]

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  Respecting the Ghostly Graveyards of Geist

  October 24, 2011 / Local News, Local People

  The word, “Geist” is German for spirit or ghost. Appropriately so, the graveyards within the Geist area have been here for hundreds of years enduring many obstacles, ranging from weather, erosion, falling trees, construction work, vandalism, fire and time. A handful of them have been destroyed. Yet, all of them deserve some recognition. At Halloween, we typically think of cemeteries as normal backdrops for that perfect scene in a scary flick with fog hovering over the tombstones covered in cobwebs [...]

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  Autism: Putting the Pieces Together

  October 12, 2011 / Featured, Local News, Local People

  There’s a reason why one of the most recognized symbols for autism is a ribbon made of puzzle pieces. Autism is perhaps one of the most mystifying disorders that a family can deal with. Why? Because no one really knows what causes it, and there is no way to stop or reverse it. The term autism is used to generally describe a group of complex developmental brain disorders knows as Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD). It is estimated that one in [...]

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