BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Temperatures outside may still be roaring, the CUTC’s Penguin Project‘s production of Disney’s “Frozen Jr.” is sure to provide relief at the end of September. After working on the show for four months, Mahomet’s Preston Hodges, Andrew Moseley, Cecilia Taylor, Kara Januzik and Izzy Gonzalez are […]
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Joseph Stephen Dauwe. It’s a name that hundreds of Mahomet-Seymour spectators became acquainted with during the last month. A freshmen at Mahomet-Seymour High School, Joseph performed Christmas songs on the piano as loved ones found their seat for the M-S Christmas play. Then on Jan. 17, Joseph […]
Each Classic Plumbing Plumber of the Month winner receives over $100 in prizes from the following sponsors: David Wickboldt at Legal Shield, Tim Culver at Classic Plumbing, Felipe and Carmen Rebollo at Los Zarapes and Dani Tietz at the Mahomet Daily. Trinity Reeves and Preston Hodges have a friendship built […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com The outcome of Monday night’s Mahomet-Seymour School Board meeting left many Mahomet residents speechless. After an hour of public comment, followed by two hours of lawyers walking back and forth between Ms. Porter and the Mahomet-Seymour School Board, the board tabled the resolution to reclassify Courtney Porter from […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The girls’ soccer program, along with both varsity track and field teams at Mahomet-Seymour, posted wins to start the week while the softball squad dropped two narrow non-conference decisions. Athletes from the C3 Special Olympics team also placed at Sunday’s gymnastic competition. The baseball team did […]
It’s what every child dreams of: a chance to play and compete. However, in nearly all traditional circumstances: a rec team, a travel team or a school team, there is rarely an opportunity for a child with special needs to participate in the same competitive atmosphere that their peers do. […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com It doesn’t take much to give a child confidence. Often times, children build confidence through reaching a goal, feeling accepted and being independent. But, many times, opportunities for children with developmental disabilities to build confidence are not as abundant as the opportunities their peers have. Peoria […]
Baseball fans throughout Champaign-Urbana flocked to the Urbana Holiday Inn on Oct. 4 to meet Pete Rose during Mike’s Mega Events fundraiser to support the Tom Jones Challenger League. But when fourth grade student Preston Hodges and 14-year-old Andrew Moseley, put on their Challenger baseball uniforms, they were less interested […]
