PROPHETSTOWN ECHO
VOLUME 132 • NO. 26
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Prophetstown, Illinois
FOURTH FRIDAY
Sarah Ford/For Shaw Media
Nicholas McClelland plays a banjo outside of Jenna Scifres Handmade Jewelry, 348 Washington St., while Jaiden Oleson, left, Jenna Scifres McClelland and daughter Mary McClelland, and Ashley Parker are set up with beads for making a free bracelet as part of Prophetstown Proud’s Fourth Friday on June 25. The downtown organization will be hosting Fourth Fridays through the summer, with food trucks, kids’ games, live music, and businesses staying open later with activities, giveaways, and other ways to “mingle with the community.”
LOCAL NEWS
SPECIAL EVENT
LIVE MUSIC
Bluegrass Festival
Fantastic Foam
Donations Sought
Music filled Fulton’s Heritage Canyon. / 3
Kids help create, learn at library event. / 11
Tampico will host a blood drive on July 8. / 2
WHAT’S INSIDE
Published every Tuesday 24 pages • One section
Society .............................................4 Glimpses of the Past.................... 5 Property Transfers............................. 8
Sports.................................................16 Churches....................................14-15 Classifieds .................................. 28-24
DEATHS Gene Klimstra, Wayne Huizenga, Gene Hartz, Dalbert Temple, John Lundquist, Page 6