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3M eBooks and audiobooks available at the Mahomet Public Library
Mahomet Public Library (MPL) patrons can now find an extended eBook and audiobook catalogue through the 3M Cloud Library. MPL gained access to the 3M Cloud Library through membership with the Illinois Heartland Library System. Patrons can use their library card to directly download eBooks to eReaders, iPad and Android tablets, smartphones, music players, personal…
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Breakfast option served at Lincoln Trail and Middletown
The Mahomet-Seymour School District and ARAMARK will offer breakfast to students at Lincoln Trail and Middletown Early Childhood Center beginning Jan. 14. Mahomet-Seymour High School has served breakfast to 25 to 30 kids per day for several years. In previous years, Lincoln Trail provided breakfast for 20 to 30 students through a program called Breakfast…
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A lovely mess
A lovely mess; this is an apt phrase to describe the birth of Christ. We have lost the imagery of this truth within our lives. When one sees Christmas within modernity, the story of Christ has seemingly become “white noise” within the landscape of a commercialized holiday. The story is not lost because we fight…
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Girls Scout Troop become superheros for children
Girl Scout Troop 2066 finished their community service requirements by making superhero capes for Crisis Nursery on Dec. 10. With the completed project, the girls earned their Agent of Change Journey badges. The journey included units on the Power of Me, the Power of Team and the Power of Community. The cape project was taken…
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Athletic facilities included in district’s 20-year plan
While providing educational environments which create up-to-date learning opportunities for staff and students is the focus of the 20-year facility proposal which was presented to Mahomet-Seymour school board members on Dec. 4, the plan also included much needed athletic facility maintenance and upgrades. Superintendent Rick Johnston believes all the facility upgrades and maintenance over the…
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Full Throttle excited for Mahomet performance Saturday
Full Throttle is ready to get Mahomet residents dancing as they open up Uncle Buck’s Sports Bar holiday entertainment on Sat. from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. After 12 years together, Full Throttle comes into every gig with over 100 cover songs from Eric Clapton, CCR, BB King, Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones, Elvis, Radiohead, Phillip Phillips,…
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School board approves technology upgrades, listens to English honors program proposal
The Mahomet-Seymour School Board approved funds for phase two and three of smart board purchases at Sangamon Elementary in 2014. In years past, the Mahomet-Seymour Foundation and the Mahomet-Seymour PTO have supplied money for these fixed assets. The school board approved the use of $30,000 in Champaign County sales tax dollars, which can be used…
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Mahomet-Seymour students raise over $10,000 to send to Gifford
After tornadoes destroyed homes in Washington and Gifford, IL on Nov. 17, Mahomet-Seymour students returned to school on Mon. full of stories, questions and fear. Administrators and teachers within the Mahomet-Seymour School District were not only ready and available to listen to student’s concerns, but gave them the creative guidance to contribute to the relief…
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Mother and daughter perform in “Miracle on 34th Street”
Setting obtainable yearly goals is not just something Penny Moisson wants to teach her daughter, Lizzie. Penny also wants to show Lizzie how to obtain her goals each year, and that she will be right there beside her as they work together. “Zig Ziglar said, ‘If you aim at nothing, you’ll hit it every time,”…
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MAYC continues to see benefits of merger
In December of 2012, the Mahomet Area Youth Club (MAYC) served nearly 20 kids in the Mahomet community. After a merger with the Mahomet-Seymour School District in the spring of 2013, MAYC sought to broaden their scope of services to students in the Mahomet area by offering after school childcare and enrichment (BLAST) opportunities. MAYC…