Fourth Friday features food, games, classic cars
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Prophetstown Echo • Tuesday, Aug 31, 2021
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LEFT: Kassi Kuehl and her son Timothy, 11, of Lyndon, helped with the Scout Pack 332 food booth during Fourth Friday festivities. The pack was selling hot dogs, loaded nachos, snow cones, and cold drinks during the hot and muggy evening. ABOVE LEFT: Camden Krug, 4, of Rock Falls had fun with the Fire Safety Simulator set up during Fourth Friday festivities. Camden and his mom Jessica Frey came out for the fun since his grandma serves on the Prophetstown ambulance department. Firefighter TJ Becker was helping the kids spray out the hot spots with a hose. ABOVE TOP: A 1957 Chevy Bel Air owned by Art Meier of Prophetstown was one of many classics parked on Washington Street. ABOVE: Jeremy Brooks of Prophetstown is pictured in his dad Ernie’s 1964 Rambler American 330.
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IN BRIEF
FOOTBALL BRIEF
EP Panthers fall to Mendota in opener
Prophetstown Township open house planned
Prophetstown Township will have an open house at the new township building at 113 High St. on Saturday, Sept. 11 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. The public is invited to come and view the new building located at Riverside Cemetery, and learn what services the township provides.
Fundraiser held for Tampico roof project
More than $2,000 was raised for the Tampico Area Community Building roof during a Hawaiian luncheon. The project still requires about $3,000. Royal Neighbors of America Prophetstown Adult Chapter 516 provided seed money for the event. The 50-50
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Randy Brooks singing with Larry and Sharon Johnson doing the Jam Fest Karaoke.
raffle winner donated their portion of the pot back to the fund. Donation can be made out to the TACB roof fund and sent to PO Box 443, Tampico, IL 61283-0443.
The Mendota football team opened its tenure in the Three Rivers Conference with a victory over Erie-Prophetstown. Uzi Angulo ran for 68 yards and a pair of touchdowns to lead the Trojans. Angulo scored on a 1-yard run with 8:30 left in the second quarter before the Panthers tied it before the half. Mendota retook the lead when Damien Magallanes intercepted a pass and returned it 85 yards for a score with 11:29 left in the third. Emilio Perez extended Mendota’s lead to 17-7 with a 24-yard field goal with 2:19 left in the third. E-P pulled within three points early in the fourth before Angulo scored on a 1-yard run to give Mendota the cushion it needed.
