Skydiving. Road trip across the United States. Climb Pike’s Peak. Everyone has a bucket list item. And over the next month, on a ship in the Pacific Ocean, Mahomet resident Professor Craig Lundstrom will mark off his lifelong dream of taking a submarine to the East Pacific Rise to study […]
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Too much candy? Advice to help your kids spread it out
Candy. Bags and bags of candy. And maybe one more bag of candy depending on how long the kids stay out trick-or-treating. Your kids will come home Monday night, spread the candy out on the floor, sort it by type and then trade with their siblings so they have what […]
Suddenly Sixteen
Dear J, On the eve of your sixteenth birthday, I imagine that you are feeling what so many soon-to-be sixteen-year old kids feel: an excitement of upcoming freedom. I was thinking about what turning sixteen meant for me, and while it is different, I’m sure, it is probably also similar […]
Your good intentions
During our morning routine yesterday, my children noticed that their favorite breakfast and lunch items were not in the pantry. I asked them to write what they wanted on the grocery list and give it to their dad because he works right next to a grocery store. My son grabbed […]
Cornbelt ready to move apparatus into new building
The Cornbelt Fire Department plans to move equipment into the finalized seven-bay fire apparatus station along Franklin Street this weekend. The estimated $2.5 million dollar project scheduled to be completed in August hit some bumps that delayed the finish date, but came in under budget at $2.1 million. The Corn […]
October is Dental Hygiene Month: 4 simple steps to protect your teeth
There are only about 15 more days until Halloween. The stores have stocked their shelves with everyone’s favorite bit-sized candies, and put little yellow stickers nearby so that you get the best candy deal possible. Kids eyes light up because soon their bags will be filled with more candy then […]
Mahomet Halloween Guide
School’s Out: Old Timey Halloween, October 21, Museum of the Grand Prairie Don’t be spooked! We love to trick or treat every Halloween, but do you know where that tradition started? Visitors to the Museum of the Grand Prairie will be make their own Halloween masks, playing 1800s Halloween […]
Goodbye 10-year old Davin
Buddy, I forgot to say goodbye to 10-year old Davin before you went to bed last night. It’s always amazing how much you change in a year’s time. I will never see 4-year old or 6-year old or 9-year old Davin again. But I said goodbye to them. There have […]
You’ve been clowned
Yesterday was weird, guys. It was about 6:30 p.m. before I had all of my kids together (that’s the normal part). As I pulled out the driveway, I told them that I wanted to talk to them about these crazy clowns that are rumored to be invading our towns, our […]
Here I Am: 37.
J, Bean and Buddy, Today I turn 37. Thirty-seven. It’s hard for me to wrap my thoughts around that reality. Maybe if I say 37 all day, it’ll sink in. When I was your age, 37 wasn’t even a blimp on my radar. Thirty-seven was just someplace on the adulthood […]
