Author: Dani Tietz
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2018 Living Flag performance Nov. 2-4
[gview file="https://mahometnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Flyer-A.pdf%22] Honoring America’s Veterans is something the Mahomet community prides itself in each year. Mahomet-Seymour School do not close down, but instead, host Veterans from all backgrounds to recognize them with students who get to see their heroes up close. The same holds true for the Living Flag Celebration at Mahomet Christian Church. Each year,… Read more
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MSJHS October Students of the Month
The Mahomet-Seymour Junior High 8th grade students of the month for October are: Chloe Pruitt, Eliza Noonan, Roman Di Girolamo, Andrew Robinson, Savannah Grammer and Ethan Bice. Read more
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Bulldog Dialogue November 12
Superintendent Lindsay Hall invites the Mahomet community to listen to her talk about district topics and answer questions at Middletown Prairie on November 12 at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Board of Education Meeting Room. Visitors should park on the west side of the building and enter through the lobby doors. Hall… Read more
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Lincoln Trail Closed Monday: Water Pipe Broke
Mahomet-Seymour Superintendent Lindsey Hall sent the following message via Skyward to Mahomet-Seymour parents Saturday afternoon. Lincoln Trail Elementary will be closed to students Monday, October 29, 2018. “A pipe broke early Saturday morning at Lincoln Trail. Water was found in most of the classrooms and the library. Because of the extent of the damage, we… Read more
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Hand, foot and mouth disease: symptoms, causes and treatments
Whether a child is in daycare or at school, there is always the chance that they will be exposed to some sort of illness. With cold weather just around the corner, parents are encouraging their children to wash their hands and to not share drink containers in hopes that they will not catch a common… Read more
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Pommier to perform at YoYo’s Saturday night
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Mahomet, Ill. – Mahomet-Seymour graduate Onoleigh Pommier will perform with Nashville recording artist Jake Loban at Yo Yo’s on October 27 from 7 to 11 p.m. Pommier is currently enrolled at the University of Missouri, Columbia where she studies social work. During the final months of her senior year, Pommier is completing… Read more
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Girls on the Run helps girls grow confidence
It’s about more than just exercise. For girls in the Lincoln Trail Girls on the Run program, it’s more about spending time with friends and discovering that anyone can do something they didn’t think they could do. After parent requests, Lincoln Trail sponsors decided to host the non-profit Girls on the Run program three years… Read more
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Mahomet Halloween Guide
October 24 FULL MOON HIKE: HALLOWEEN EDITION Interpretive Center, Homer Lake Forest Preserve, 6-7:30 p.m. Halloween is almost here, so get in the spooky spirit by coming on a Full Moon Hike! We will use the light of the full moon to navigate Homer Lake. We won’t find werewolves or vampires, but we might hear… Read more
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Hulten to provide information on running for school board
Champaign County Clerk Gordy Hulten will be at the Mahomet Public Library on November 8 to talk to potential Mahomet-Seymour School Board candidates about the process for candidacy. The event will run from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Hulten will review the requirement of public signatures, the timeline for turning candidacy petitions in, campaign rules and… Read more
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Keefe named Vice Chair of Illinois Foster Care Advisory Council
Ken Keefe has been named the Vice Chair of the Illinois Statewide Foster Care Advisory Council. Keefe, who has fostered children in his home for six years, joined the council three years ago after witnessing the bureaucracy involved with children in the foster care system. “You would think that everyone could just use a golden… Read more