PROPHETSTOWN
By SARAH FORD for Shaw Media
Live music is filling the air at Prophetstown’s Eclipse Square Park on Friday nights with the return of the Winning Wheels Summer Concert Series. This year’s series features nine concerts scheduled through July, up from six last year, with the shows running from 7 to 9 p.m. For the past two Fridays, people arrived in vehicles, golf carts, bikes and wheelchairs to find a spot on the lawn to enjoy live music and a family friendly atmosphere that includes kids at play, babies in strollers, and adorable dogs on leashes. Tacos and Pizza Joe’s pizza were on sale in the park’s pavilion. Mike Chastain, event coordinator and Winning Wheels Safety Director, helped start the concert series to foster connections between the community and residents at the brain and spinal cord rehabilitation facility. The first year was held at the Winning Wheels pavilion, but it was later moved to Eclipse Square to get a better community turnout. This is the fifth year for the concerts in the park, though they were canceled in 2020
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The Gray Wolf Band entertained the crowd during the Winning Wheels Summer Concert Series kickoff Friday, June 3. because of the pandemic. “It’s all about us working together, enjoying live music and getting to know each other after COVID,” Chastain said. Winning Wheels staffers are selling concert T-shirts and 50/50 progressive raffle tickets at each show, with all proceeds to support
Winning Wheels activities. The next concert will be on Friday, June 17, with the band Atomic Blender, followed by 3 On the Tree on June 24, Mountain Swallower on July 1, Down 24 on July 8, MT Pockets on July 15, Fast Lane on July 22 and Jim Ryan on July 29.
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NEWS BRIEF Friends of the Hennepin Canal to hike June 19
The Friends of the Hennepin Canal will be holding their monthly Hike the Canal outing on Sunday, June 19. The hike will be from Lock 25 to Bridge 37, which is 4.4 miles long and named “The Cardinal.” Meet at Bridge 37 at the Geneseo Campgrounds at 1:30 p.m. A shuttle will take you to Lock 25 where the hike begins. The campgrounds are located on
Prophetstown Proud will join in on the fun on the fourth Friday of each month with kids’ games and activities, food and craft vendors and Main Street businesses staying open late. The Prophetstown Main Street Love Light Tree Committee also will be selling concessions. Besides teaming up with Winning Wheels for their concert series, Prophetstown Proud also will have 4th Friday concerts at Eclipse Square on Aug. 26, Sept. 23, and Oct. 28. Chastain said having the shows at Eclipse Square allows the community to enjoy an “awesome park” and a variety of music. He thanked the city council for their support, as well as local sponsors American Gear, Gibson Oil Co., Hometown Hardware, Prophetstown Proud, 1st Gateway Credit Union, Hanford Insurance, AroundPtown.com, Erie Foods International, Prophet Mini Mart and Genesis III, Inc. In the event of severe weather, the concerts will be canceled, but they will go on if there’s just rain. Follow Winning Wheels and Prophetstown Proud on Facebook to stay up to date on the concerts and other community happenings.
Route 82 north of Geneseo on the north side of the canal. The monthly hikes were developed by the Friends of the Hennepin Canal as an opportunity for everyone to get to know the canal personally by hiking it from the Illinois River to the Mississippi in small legs. For more information, email Ed Herrmann at hikes@friends-hennepin-canal. org or call 815-664-2403 or log on to www.friends-hennepin-canal.org.
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Winning Wheels brings music to Prophetstown park
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