PROPHETSTOWN ECHO TUES DAY, JULY 1 8 , 2023 • $ 1 .00
VOLUME 134 • NO. 29
Prophetstown, Illinois
LOCAL NEWS
Whiteside County 4-H Fair Local 4-H’ers display projects at the fairgrounds in Morrison. / 3
50-YEAR VOLUNTEER
REGIONAL NEWS
USDA Farm Service Loans Loans are available for those hit by the spring storms. / 8
Sarah Ford for Shaw Media
Gordon Kelm of Tampico is pictured in front of the livestock pavilion at the Whiteside County 4-H Fair on Friday, July 14, during the pork chop barbecue dinner. Kelm is the longest-serving 4-H volunteer in Whiteside County, having been a leader of the Hume Happy Hustlers Club, a camp volunteer and a Support Fund volunteer over the past 50 years. He was inducted into the Illinois 4-H Hall of Fame in 2006. The Whiteside County 4-H Show was at the fairgrounds July 14-15.
WHAT’S INSIDE Glimpses of the Past.........................9 Property Transfers............................. 5 Police Reports.................................... 5 Published every Tuesday 16 pages • One section
The Ancestor Project......................4 Church News............................. 10-11 Classifieds..............................14-16
DEATHS Denise J. Garman, Carl Lavere Palmer, Thomas J. Fortune, Page 6