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Spring Break in Champaign County can be fun, too!
The best men’s and women’s collegiate wheelchair basketball teams will come to the State Farm Center March 14-16 for the 42nd Annual National Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball Tournament. Games will begin at 8 a.m. on Thursday play will culminate Saturday with third and fourth place games beginning in the morning and the championship games at noon…
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Park Hills boil order lifted
The Sangamon Valley Water District boil order for Park Hills Subdivision has been lifted as of 11 a.m. on March 8.
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Weimer to retire after three decades in the Mahomet-Seymour School district
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a series of articles focusing on teachers and administrators who will retire from the M-S school district at the end of the school year. It was the summer of 1985. John Weimer was ready to move on to the rest of his life. He had…
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MSHS Chamber Choir performs with Bach Choir
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Choirs sing. That’s what they do. Mahomet-Seymour’s 51-member Chamber Choir took to the stage last Sunday at McKinley Presbyterian Church in Champaign. The performance was not typical. The entire 20-minute piece — Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms — was sung in Hebrew. It was “a difficult feat for the high-school students,” said Joseph…
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MSJHS Wrestlers ready to showcase talent at IESA State Competition
A long season is about to come to an end. The Mahomet-Seymour Junior High wrestling team has been competing since Nov. 27, but this weekend, seven of the team’s wrestlers will finish what they started by competing in the IESA State Tournament. Eighth-grade wrestlers Caden Hatton, Brad Schoonover, Brennan Houser, Ryan Yancy and Colton Crowley…
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Junior High performance of Twinderella this weekend
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Did you know Cinderella has a twin brother? The Mahomet-Seymour Junior High Drama club will tell the story of Cinderella and her twin brother, Bob, during this weekend’s performances of “Twinderella.” Under the direction of seventh-grade English teacher Brittany Immormino, more than 100 students are participating in this year’s production. “So far…
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Opportunity to get rid of hazardous waste in Gibson City on March 23
All Illinois residents will have the opportunity to dispose of their hazardous waste products from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on March 23 at 115 S. Sangamon Ave. in Gibson City. The event, which is sponsored by the Illinois Environments Protection Agency and hosted by the Ford County Soil and Water Conservation District gives residents…
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Park Hills Subdivision under precautionary boil order
The Sangamon Valley Water District has placed Park Hills Subdivision under a precautionary boil order until further notice. A contractor hit a water pipe Wednesday afternoon. In order to ensure drinking water quality, the district established the boil order. After water testing comes back, residents will be notified that the order is lifted.
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Commentary: The world of them and us, a look at the Methodist Church decision to ban gay marriage
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Since graduating from college, I have continued my education in the biggest and most elaborate classroom that exists: Life. Much of the time, I learned in silence by listening. I’ve also had years to reflect. Doing so created an awakening that should have been obvious decades ago. Some of my relatives were…