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Los Zarapes keeps focus on customer service
New wall textures, decorations and tabletops may have added a new flare to Mahomet’s favorite Mexican restaurant, but Los Zarapes owners Carmen and Felipe Rebollo said the commitment to providing excellent food in a family-friendly environment remains their focus. After emigrating from Mexico, the restaurants owners made Mahomet their home in 2007 when they opened…
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Understanding Our Schools: Number Talks
After 10 years with the Scott Foresman math series, elementary schools in the Mahomet-Seymour School District are piloting a strategy called Number Talks to align with Common Core standards, which became mandatory in Illinois this year. Although Illinois adopted the Common Core in 2010, curriculum writers and textbook companies have not developed classroom-ready materials which…
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Christie Clinic opens Convenient Care in Mahomet
Christie Clinic has expanded the Department of Convenient Care to 1001 Commercial Drive in Mahomet. Convenient care opened on Feb. 3. Convenient Care treats non-emergency conditions such as allergies, infections, abrasions and bruises, colds, flu, sprains and pains. No appointment is necessary. The clinic will be open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.…
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Making 2014 great…and Chocolate Brownie cookies-take that winter
It’s only five weeks into the New Year, and I’m already feeling like a flustered, over-whelmed mess. Too much to do and not enough time to do it. The overload of snow days isn’t helping either ~ returning from the west coast after 5 weeks of work and 80 degree temperatures? I’m officially depressed. I…
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Nine Gal Tavern artifacts donated to Museum of the Grand Prairie
Illinois State Archaeological Survey Affiliate Lenville Stelle and Nine Gal Tavern property owners Dennis and Jane Stubblefield finalized the donation of artifacts to the Museum of the Grand Prairie during the Nine Gal Deed of Gift Signing on Thursday. The offered artifacts were collected from the Nine Gal Tavern site just south of IL-I50 in…
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Understanding Our Schools: Technology
With an infrastructure to support technological changes in place, the Mahomet-Seymour School District is in the process of integrating technology into the K-12 curriculum. The school district increased their bandwidth from 20-megs to 250-megs within the schools by tapping into the ICN Backbone network of dark fiber along I-74 last summer. This upgrade allowed for…
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BOOM-JAM gives opportunity to all musicians
BOOM-JAM gives opportunity to all musicians While most people in Central Illinois follow their favorite bands over the weekend, Boomerang’s Bar and Grill in Urbana has successfully integrated BOOM-JAM into their Monday night music scene. “Monday nights do better than some of our Saturdays,” Boomerang’s owner Tom Grassman said. Grassman, alongside friend, business partner and…
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First Mid-Illinois Bank and Trust named Business of the Year
The Mahomet Chamber of Commerce named First Mid-Illinois Bank and Trust the 2013 Business of the Year Tuesday night. “We feel completely honored,” Assistant Vice President Elisha Walters said. “Everyone has been on cloud nine. So many businesses and community members do so much outside of their daily jobs. It feels good to (give back).…
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Sangamon Super Bowl predicts Broncos will win Sunday
According to game results at the Sangamon Elementary Super Bowl Thursday, the Denver Broncos have a good chance of winning Sunday. The annual game, which excites sleepy children to pop out of bed before school, has been a Sangamon tradition for years. “The kids always asked about the Super Bowl,” Principal Mark Cabutti said.…
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Exercise and diet will help with seasonal blues
Short, grey days and cold weather are generally enough to drive even the most optimistic of us into a bit of a funk. And we’ve had more than our fair share this January – making it very hard to be motivated to exercise and eat well. Truth be told – even an avid exerciser like…