PROPHETSTOWN ECHO
VOLUME 132 • NO. 10
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Prophetstown, Illinois
BACK AT THE TABLE Sarah Ford for Shaw Media
New Pat’s Table coordinator Amy Workman is pictured at Prophetstown United Methodist Church on Friday, March 4. The organization is ready for its free monthly meals to resume after operations were halted in December while the search was on for a new coordinator. A meal will be offered March 14, and a Game Night is scheduled for March 28. Story on page 2.
REGIONAL NEWS
REGIONAL NEWS
Signing Off
Closing Shop
Fish Stories
Kris Schmidt retires after 21 years. / 3
The Shed in Erie closing its doors this spring. / 5
Nephew and uncle break record on the Rock. / 16
WHAT’S INSIDE Police Reports.................................... 4 Glimpses of the Past......................... 8 Property Transfers........................... 10 Published every Tuesday 20 pages • One section
LOCAL NEWS
Sports......................................... 12-13 Church News.............................14-15 Classified Ads ........................ 17-19
DEATHS Betty Ann Vos, Mary ‘Jeri’ Renkes, Terry James Tufty, Marian L. VanDerLeest, Donald Gene ‘Swany’ Swanson, Virginia K. (Bush) Carroll, Page 6