PROPHETSTOWN ECHO TUES DAY, MAY 21 , 2024 • $ 1 .00
VOLUME 135 • NO. 21
Prophetstown, Illinois
UP AND OVER Earleen Hinton
Erie-Prophetstown’s Nathan Punke qualified for the state finals in the pole vault after finishing second at the 1A Erie Sectional on May 16. Aidan Jepson finished first. Shown here, Punke clears the bar in the pole vault at the 44th annual Gebhardt-Worley Invitational on April 6 at Landers-Loomis Field in Oregon.
LOCAL NEWS
LOCAL NEWS
Straight to Work
Summer Concerts
Sports Roundup
Signing day for grads joining the local workforce. / 2
Winning Wheels announces summer entertainment. / 2
Find out how high school teams fared. / 9
WHAT’S INSIDE Glimpses of the Past.........................6 Your Health.........................................6 Property Transfers.............................8 Published every Tuesday 16 pages • One section
SPORTS
Sports .........................................9, 12 Church News............................. 10-11 Classifieds.............................. 13-14
DEATHS Edward “Ed” James Vaughn, Jr., Martha A. Moulton, Robert J. “Bob” Schick, Edward A. Weeks Sr., Diane M. Garza, Martha (Marty) Rose Renkes, Rick L. Morgan, Pages 5, 7