*Former Mahomet resident Doug Berkman with James Lazzarre, who runs New Vision for a Better Life organization in Haiti. By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com In helping to build a school in another country, what Doug Berkman really built was relationships. The long-time Mahomet resident — who now lives in rural Champaign — […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The circle of life completed a circuit for Linda Cekander Miller in October. The Mahomet-Seymour graduate (Class of ‘76) found that some things which come around can come around again. This is more than a tale about a woman in need of a kidney transplant receiving […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Wrestlers Gage Granadino (160-pound sophomore) and Seth Buchanan (285-pound junior) won all four of their matches on Saturday to remain unbeaten for the season. Both Bulldogs had pins in three of their four outings at Bloomington and overall are 6-0 with five pins. In the latest […]
Lynn Schmit vividly recalls the family vacations from her childhood. She and her siblings — which eventually numbered seven — would pack for the trip. “Our suitcases were cardboard boxes,” Schmit said. “We’d put our clothes in, and then our library books.” From there, it was time for a camping […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Grant Coleman — who hasn’t scored fewer than 17 points in any of his first five games of the season — collected 23 points on Tuesday as the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ basketball team registered a 56-44 Apollo Conference victory at Mount Zion. He was one of four […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Kate Williams Smith doesn’t want to age herself prematurely, yet she offers this view as she reflects on the lengthy Mahomet-Seymour Madrigals tradition. “The Modern Era,” Smith said, “began with Janet Watkins at Christmas 1983.” Watkins, the district’s long-time choral director, offered stability to a […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Tracing the origins of events steeped in history can be a bit nebulous. The starting point isn’t always clearly defined like a birthday, which can be verified by an official piece of paper. The beginnings of Janet Watkins’ interest in Madrigals and its arrival in Mahomet […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Grant Coleman scored a career-high 39 points on Friday at Charleston, leading Mahomet-Seymour to an 81-59 victory over the Trojans. Coleman also grabbed a team-high 14 rebounds in 30 minutes of playing time. M-S (3-1) led 22-16 after one quarter and 38-30 at halftime. Joining Coleman […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The girls’ basketball season began with question marks for the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School seventh-grade team. “We were concerned about not even having enough girls to fill out the full roster,” third-year head coach Jimmy Lanphear said. “Luckily, we had several extra girls show up to […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com It didn’t start out this way. It didn’t begin with 100,000-plus Christmas lights adorning the front and back yards at George and Dixie Schoonover’s Mahomet home on Timberview Drive. At the outset, there weren’t dozens of wooden structures — some with lights — and the multiple […]
