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There’s plenty of room for more with Six Red Chairs Bakery
Pull up a chair. There is plenty of room. And food. It’s Manon Lalonde’s way of life. And the catalyst for her business, Six Red Chairs Bakery. “While there are only five members of our family, six chairs sit around our tables,” Lalonde said. “That one extra chair has come to symbolize that there is…
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IDPH/CUPHD aligns with updated CDC guidance
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and the Champaign Urbana Public Health Department (CUPHD) have fully adopting updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) masking recommendations to protect against COVID-19 and the Delta variant. The CDC recommends that everyone, including fully vaccinated individuals, wear a mask in public indoor setting in areas with…
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CDC recommends masks for all, including teachers, staff, students and visitors to schools
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) updated their mask guidance, recommending that all persons, even those who are fully vaccinated, wear masks indoors, especially where transmission rates are high, in order to curb the spread of the Delta variant. The Delta variant now accounts for 83-percent of all U.S. COVID_19 cases, and nearly two-thirds of…
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Sunscreen: Valisure report and products that are safe
After trusting the benefits of sunscreen for decades, news that several sunscreen brands had benzene, a chemical linked to blood cancers such as leukemia, left many consumers curious as to whether or not sunscreen is the safest way to protect their skin from UV rays. Christie Clinic dermatologist Will Miller, PA-C, said sunscreen is still…
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County Sheriff asks Champaign County board for staffing help
Champaign County Sheriff Dustin Heuerman is asking the Champaign County Board for help in staffing the Champaign County jail. In a letter to the county board, Heuerman said the correction division is “experiencing critical levels of staffing in the jails.” “We have seen an increase in employee turnover in multiple divisions at the Sheriff’s Office,…
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Rising freshmen Peyton Cox makes moves to achieve wrestling dreams
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Peyton Cox had a goal to establish a standard of excellence within the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High wrestling program that could never be topped but – perhaps – one day could be matched. Wrestling for the school which has produced the most Illinois Elementary School Association individual state champions, Cox sought to…
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Bills expanding access to mental health care are among several signed into law
By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Illinois residents will soon have greater access to mental health services under measures Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law Friday. Starting Jan. 1, most insurance companies doing business in Illinois will be required to provide their beneficiaries with timely and proximate access to treatment for mental, emotional, nervous…
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Balancing love: Sara Jahn’s journey through motherhood and career
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com There are a finite number of hours in a day, but an infinite number of ways for Sara Jahn to spend that time. She has to be creative. That fits well in the life of an accomplished artist. Her oil paintings can bring an everyday scene to life or force us…
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10 Question Friday: Robert DeAtely
I’m a Mahomet resident for nearly 8 years. I have a beautiful wife Anne, four sons, Alex (12), Ben (9), Sam and Josh (5). I’m a member of the Mahomet Plan and Zoning Commission. And I am a third-generation owner of Barber & DeAtley Inc., a commercial General Contractor, in Urbana, along with my brother Ed. 1) WHAT IS YOUR…
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Commentary: An Open Letter to the Person who Wrote Anonymously
Editor’s Note: An anonymous letter was mailed to Dani Tietz, the author of Now we know about Juneteenth, let’s be better. This letter was sent prior to June 19, but received in mid-July. The piece is not published, as Ethos Publishing does not publish anonymous Letters to the Editor, but is choosing to respond to…