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2017 MSHS Spring Breakfast of Champions
Lexi Mohr: Nominated by English Teacher Diane Guth Lexi works especially hard in class and is patient and helpful with other students. She desires to move into an honors level yet has asked in a polite way what she can do to perhaps be moved up. She shows consistent leadership in class, responds actively and…
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Dear Bean: Don’t Forget Your Priorities
Dear Bean, As a mother in her early twenties, I brushed off when the women with older children would tell me about how fast your childhood will go. I didn’t think they understood how I was just going through the motions to get through each and every day that felt like an eternity. But they…
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Signature Piece for Boneyard Arts Festival
Sometimes the heart can be quick and reactive. Other times it can be slow and deliberate. For Mahomet resident Judith Adanma Johnson, art has always been a way to understand and express her heart. “I’m going to be very frank and a little vulnerable here because I think it’s important,” Adanma Johnson said. “Art has…
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I Don’t Make My Children Take the PARCC Test
When PARCC testing time rolls around, all three of my children get excited. You see, I don’t make my children take the PARCC test. I believe that children are tested too much and that the outcome of their education is not reliant upon a test. Yes, I agree that we, as a whole, need to…
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Woodruff retires from dental practice
After 30 years serving the Mahomet community, Dentist Val Woodruff is retiring and moving back “home” to Washington state where she grew up and where she met her husband. “This is such a mixed blessing,” Woodruff said. “I am so happy to be going home. But I am so sad to be leaving my family…
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Driving Out the Darkness in the Bathroom
I came to the conclusion about three years ago that people want two things in life: 1) everyone wants to belong (to be loved, accepted and have a place) and 2) that everyone wants to be heard (implying that also means they have a voice). Take one of these two ingredients away from anyone and…
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Donations to Special Olympics made in honor of McNulty
Friends and family of Sophmore Madeleine McNulty, who passed away from complications of from PCDH19 epilepsy on February 25, 2017, are selling bracelets to raise money for the Mahomet Special Olympics team. Madeleine competed with the local Special Olympics team by participating in gymnastics, bowling and bocce ball. She participated in the Illinois State games,…
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MPRD Easter Egg Hunt April 8
The Mahomet Parks and Recreation Department will host the 10th Annual Egg Hunt on April 8 at Elks Lake Pavilion at the Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve. Children ages 0 to 10 will have the opportunity to meet the Easter Bunny and have fun with a good ole’ fashion egg hunt, find a golden…
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Mahomet-Seymour Foundation Celebrate Art April 9
After creating many art pieces over the 2016-2017 school year, art students in the Mahomet-Seymour School District will be honored at Celebrate Art on April 9 in the Mahomet-Seymour High School Commons. Artwork, including drawings, paintings and pottery will be on display for the public to browse from 1-4 p.m. Awards for “Best of Show”…
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Mahomet-Seymour Election Map Explained
While the Champaign County Sample ballots for April 4, 2017 Consolidated Election are not ready at this time, it is important to understand the difference between the Village of Mahomet and the outskirts of town. On the map above, the highlighted pink/peach area, taken from the public map at the County GIS, is roughly the…