By Janet Striebel on Monday, May 5, 2008Filed Under: Local News, Local People
Who says that teens don’t have a say in our community? I know of three who do and have already used their voices to get just what they have been dreaming about for a very long time — a new skate park in Fishers.
Three HSE seventh graders — Quinton Wynn, Pablo Argote and […]
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By Janet Striebel on Tuesday, April 15, 2008Filed Under: School News
Four Destination ImagiNaition teams from Hamilton Southeastern Schools are heading to Global Finals in Knoxville, Tenn., where more than 200,000 students from 56 countries will compete. Destination ImagiNation is the world’s largest creative problem-solving program for kids, aiming to build lifelong skills such as: critical and creative thinking; teamwork, time management; and problem solving.
The Destination […]
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By Janet Striebel on Thursday, April 3, 2008Filed Under: Towneposts
You’ve probably heard of steak on a stick and chicken shish kebobs or shrimp kabobs over rice. For some reason, we can all identify with grilling out foods that are threaded on skewers — adding to the Hawaiian ambience — once we reach above 55 degrees in the Geist area.
Now that we’re heading into […]
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By Janet Striebel on Tuesday, April 1, 2008Filed Under: School News
The Destination ImagiNation teams from HSE Junior High and HSE High School are competing in the state finals on April 12th at Noblesville High School.
Destination ImagiNation is the world’s largest creative problem-solving program for kids. Over 200,000 students in fifty-six countries and the United States participate in this program, which helps build lifelong skills such […]
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By Janet Striebel on Wednesday, March 19, 2008Filed Under: Business, Calendar, Not for Profit
[ April 26, 2008; ]
The “Bouquet of Boutiques” is a special fundraiser, as seven local boutiques in the Geist/Fishers area are teaming up to support the Pink Ribbon Connection, a business geared toward breast cancer awareness and research. This exciting fundraiser will take place on Saturday, April 26th from 10:00am-7:00pm in honor of Mother’s Day.
Ten percent of all sales […]
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By Janet Striebel on Wednesday, March 5, 2008Filed Under: Restaurants, Towneposts
The Essence Café, located on 116th St. near Brooks School Road, makes a healthy pasta salad with organic ingredients. You may be wondering, “What’s so special about organic ingredients?” Compared to conventional farms, organic farms do not release synthetic pesticides into the environment, many of which can potentially harm our water, soil, […]
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By Janet Striebel on Tuesday, February 26, 2008Filed Under: Business
A new parent-to-parent group called “Parents Organized for Special Education Excellence” held its first formation meeting Wed., February 20th at the Fall Creek Township Building. About 25 people attended.
This group is designed for parents who have children of any age receiving special services in Hamilton Southeastern Schools. The purpose is to share information, resources, […]
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By Janet Striebel on Tuesday, February 26, 2008Filed Under: School News
The Hamilton Southeastern High School Varsity Jazz Team received first place on Saturday, February 23rd, in the Regional Competition, held in Crawfordsville, Ind. The Varsity Jazz Team will advance to the State Competition on March 8th at Lawrence North High School.
The members of this team include: Abby Anders, Emily Curnow, Rachel Davis, Andrea […]
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By Janet Striebel on Tuesday, February 5, 2008Filed Under: Towneposts
Wouldn’t it be great to find a healthy, low-fat, high protein, nutritional breakfast or snack that tastes great and is easy to make? Well, you just landed on the right page! This recipe will help you “power-up” so you can get your day started.
I discovered this idea on the back of a box […]
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By Janet Striebel on Saturday, February 2, 2008Filed Under: Business
Did you know that from 1936 to 2007 (for over 70 years), the Ford Foundation was the largest charitable organization in the U.S.? Now it’s second behind the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. I didn’t know this until I met Rich Burd of Burd Ford.
Burd has recently received a recognition award titled, “Salute […]
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