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Board to discuss reclassification and separation agreement of employee Monday
The Mahomet-Seymour Board of Education will meet at 6:00 PM in the Multipurpose Room at Middletown Prairie Elementary on Monday, May 7. The first two items on the board agenda include, "Consideration and Action Upon a Resolution Reference the Proposed Reclassification of Courtney Porter" and "the Approval of Separation Agreement with an Employee." The board will also…
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Miller in kidney failure, seeks donor
Healthy kidneys have never been something Linda Miller has taken for granted. The 59-year old Mahomet resident, is the fourth generation to have polycystic kidney disease. Polycystic kidney disease is an inherited disorder in which clusters of cysts develop primarily within the kidneys, causing the kidneys to enlarge and lose function over time. After watching…
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Rose hosts Glumac and Hodges at Youth Advisory Council meeting
State Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) hosted Mahomet High School students and dozens of other students from other high school students from across the 51st Senate District April 2 at the Statehouse for his Youth Advisory Council. Rose’s bi-annual Youth Advisory Council gives students a unique, hands-on, and up-close experience in state government. Rose spoke about his…
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Letter to the Editor: Retired Lincoln Trail Teacher turned to Porter
Dear Editor: I am a retired 4th-grade teacher. I worked with Courtney for 6 years prior to retiring. She has an amazing impact on every single student at Lincoln Trail, each of whom she knows by name. She provides them with the perfect combination of caring, compassion, wisdom, and fun! They love her, trust her,…
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USRC to honor Berschinski and Weith on May 5
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Organizations are bigger than any of its individuals, but the various persons are what enable the impact of service organizations to be so great. The Upper Sangamon River Conservancy (USRC) is no exception. On Saturday, the organization will honor two if its long-time volunteers, Chuck Berschinski and Alan Weith. “They have…
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M-S teams start week with wins, Soccer grabs Apollo Conference Championship
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ soccer, softball and baseball teams all started the week off with wins. Girls’ soccer Brooke Benson scored the first M-S goal and assisted on the second Tuesday as the Bulldogs (16-2) extended their winning streak to 10 and clinched the outright Apollo Conference championship in their first year in…
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Pedigo stands up for Holmes
In a board meeting with more than 70 “Porter Supporters” on Monday night, Keith Pedigo wanted to talk about someone else. Pedigo, whose oldest daughter is in first grade at Sangamon Elementary, wanted to illustrate how the reassignment of Lincoln Trail’s Assistant Principal Courtney Porter impacts others, too. Pedigo began his comments to the board…
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M-S Board to reconvene Monday at 6 p.m. to discuss reassignment of Porter
The status of Lincoln Trail assistant Principal Courtney Porter remains undetermined. After more than a 3 1/2-hour session on Monday — the first hour devoted to comments from nine members of the public — the Mahomet-Seymour School Board announced at 10:44 p.m.that they were not ready to take another vote on the involuntary reassignment of Porter. The board…
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Carle Hospital initiative passes senate: Rose sponsored measure to help lift individuals out of poverty
Springfield, IL – Legislation proposed by Urbana based Carle Hospital and designed to help address poverty in the region by training and putting people to work passed by the Senate unanimously April 24. The legislation sponsored by local State Senator Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) and co-sponsored by Sen. Scott Bennett (D-Chicago) built upon Carle Hospital’s Healthy Beginnings…
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Illinois Marathon brings Mahomet residents closer together
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Prom Day is often filled with a myriad of last-minute details. Hair appointments. Nail appointments. Perhaps a quick shopping trip to purchase a needed accessory. Lexi Dorsey was awake and up by 4 a.m. on Saturday, the day she would attend her fourth Mahomet-Seymour Prom. During the night, she remembers, “my…