Lauren Coté, 12, has been raising cancer funds since she was a toddler By Dan Domsic Lauren Coté, 12, was a toddler when she went to her first Relay for Life. It was tradition for her and her dad, Rick, to participate every year. They would camp out at the event that raises cancer awareness and money for the American [...]
Not-for-profit shepherds athletic opportunities for Fishers youth By Dan Domsic In a single year, 25,947 practices and games were held under the S.P.O.R.T.S. umbrella. If you’re not one of the thousands of parents in Fishers with a child in one of its leagues, the Southeastern Program of Recreational Team Sports is an overarching not-for-profit that governs athletic opportunities to [...]
Ordinance could determine the future look of I-69 corridor By Dan Domsic Every day, 70,000 cars honk, speed and cruise pass mile marker 205 on mainline I-69 and drive north or south, according to INDOT’s 2012 statistics, and another 40,000 motorists jump on Ind. 37 or exit at that mile marker. But it’s what those drivers see out their windows [...]
Fishers Music Works is looking forward to a bright future By Dan Domsic After a 10-year journey and much planning, the clouds literally parted for a new music collective’s debut performance at the Nickel Plate District Amphitheater recently. The Nickel Plate Jazz Orchestra, a 20-piece jazz group, played for a crowd of 120 concert-goers on May 11. As the [...]
Laura Lavalle, 13, follows in the footsteps of music legends By Dan Domsic Ever since she could talk, Laura Lavalle sang. The 13-year-old Hamilton Southeastern Junior High School student recently took her voice out of the Hoosier state and to a studio and a producer responsible for many of Whitney Houston’s soulful, hit songs, as well as those [...]
CFTPA CEO Tania Castroverde Moskalenko details what it takes to present a 10-series season By Christian Sorrell For many, scheduling more than 45 musical acts for a full season is a daunting task. For Center for the Performing Arts CEO Tania Castroverde Moskalenko, it is business as usual and something she has been doing for more than 15 years. The [...]
Artist uses discarded cigarettes to take a stand By Dan Domsic The most repeated element of Fishers resident Emma Benschop’s work on display this month at town hall is a cigarette butt. A Hamilton Southeastern High School senior, Benschop collected thousands of cigarette butts throughout last summer (for four months total) to create a three-dimensional piece of art titled, “Smoke [...]
Teacher by day, Jamie Follis builds heroes and villains by night By Dan Domsic Just like a superhero out of a comic book, Jamie Follis lives a double life. By day, Follis teaches history classes at Hamilton Southeastern High School. By night, he creates custom action figures inspired by pop culture icons that shape the stories playing out on today’s [...]
By Christian Sorrell During the past two years, local child advocacy center Chaucie’s Place has shifted its focus from trauma minimization to sexual abuse and youth suicide prevention. The organization recently launched its latest program, Lifelines, aimed at preventing youth suicide. Community history For more than a decade, Chaucie’s Place has stood up for child victims of sexual abuse throughout [...]
A simple tree house brought Santiago Jaramillo from Colombia to Fishers By Dan Domsic Santiago Jaramillo remembers the day his life changed forever. He convinced his father they should skip church and finish building a tree house. As they toiled, gunfire rang out at their house of worship, which was quite close to their home. Going up [...]
