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No Limits Fitness offers high-intensity workout with community atmosphere
Bringing a small town feeling to a fitness facility is no small feat. With distractions such as children, work and a busy lifestyle, many fitness enthusiast or newcomers find it hard to exercise, and often find it difficult to build group fitness into the schedule. But for No Limits Fitness owner, Adam Kesler, putting his clients…
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Vineyard Church of Mahomet grows, will hold monthly service at SVC
Still in the early stages of church planting, the Vineyard Church of Mahomet has already outgrown the space available at JT Walker’s, and will hold their next service on September 7 at Sangamon Valley Christian Church. Regular Sunday morning church services will continue to be held at the Sangamon Valley Christian Church, but a short…
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Brown shares Memorial Day memories
Mayor Patrick Brown shared his childhood memories of growing up in Rantoul while Chanute Air Force Base was open during Monday’s Memorial Day service at Riverside Cemetery. As a young child, Brown spent time with his neighbor, “Doc,” who was a World War II veteran. Although only one of Brown’s brothers served in the military,…
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Over $6,000 raised for Ha’Emek Medical Center
The Community Evangelical Free Church of Mahomet raised over $6,000 for the Ha’Emek Medical Center in Afula, Israel Sunday night. With over 175 people in attendance, Christian recording artists James Mark Maxey and Harold Greene led the night of worship with an acoustic set. Ha’Emek Medical Center Director of Development Larry Rich also made an appearance via…
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MAYC raises record numbers at auction
The Mahomet Area Youth Club has announced that they raised over $95,000 at their Annual Boot Scootin’ Auction on June 13. MAYC, which has a three-year $128,000 commitment to the Mahomet-Seymour School District, funds the popular after school B.L.A.S.T. program. Coming out of record lows at the club, MAYC served hundreds of students from first…
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All Net Basketball Shooting Academy coming to Mahomet
Mahomet-Seymour graduate Brett Melton will host the 1st Annual Shooting Clinic at Mahomet-Seymour High School on July 25-27. Melton’s staff will emphasize fundamental shooting mechanics, proper footwork and a quick release. They will also teach young players how to create their own shot. Melton began his collegiate career at the University of Illinois in 2001…
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El Toro prepares Mahomet opening
It won’t be long until Mahomet residents can get some of Central Illinois’ favorite Mexican food at El Toro. If all goes as planned, owner Victor Fuentes plans to open doors to the thirteenth El Toro site on Eastwood Dr. on Feb. 17. Fuentes began working in the restaurant business washing dishes at 11-years-old. He…
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Board votes speed limit changes on parts of Crowley and Prairieview Roads
Speed limits on a half-mile section of Prairieview Road and Crowley Road from State Street north of the I-74 overpass are set to change in the near future. With curb and gutter additions along Prairieview Road just south of IL Route 150 this summer, the Village will follow the 40 mph requirement set forth by…
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Dawg Walk funds from students and businesses
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Mahomet, Ill. – Students at Middletown, Sangamon and Lincoln Trail Elementary raised approximately $73,000 during the Mahomet-Seymour PTO 2014 Dawg Walk fundraiser. Students will walk in the 2014 Dawg Walk during the school day on Friday. Through creative thinking by MS-PTO board members Cindy Essex and Doug Starks, the Dawg Walk…
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The Vineyard Church plans to come to Mahomet
Leah and Ben Wenger say yes when God tells them to go. And in the unlikeliest of times, when Leah went from full-time to part time as Family Life Pastor, which oversees the youth curriculum at all Vineyard locations, God told Ben and Leah to plant a Vineyard Church in Mahomet. “Life was easy,” Leah…