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Last week, June 13th to the 15th, Kewanee FFA students attended the 95th Annual Illinois State FFA Convention in Springfield. The event brings together student FFA organizations from across the state of Illinois and there, teams compete in various speaking competitions while learning more about ag and what it means to be a member of the FFA. Kindra Callahan is the Agriculture Teacher at Kewanee High School and an FFA advisor. She traveled with her incredible group of Kewanee High School FFA participants and cheered along as members competed in individual events, earning individual honors, and the Kewanee High School FFA itself was honored by becoming a National Finalist for the National Chapter Award. We talked with Kindra Callahan about the incredible performance of her students the 95th Annual Illinois FFA Convention on Wake Up Tri-Counties on Tuesday.

Mayor Inman is in the studio to chat about the highly anticipated return of Heritage Days, as well as to provide a bit of behind the scenes look at how the City of Macomb is preparing for the event. 

Visit the Heritage Days Facebook page to see a full schedule and list of vendors.

Total announced at event:  $70,832.36.  (Goal was $70,000.  ). Great job to all  - the sponsors, the teams, the donors of any and all amounts. ACS year ends on August 15, so any further donations may be submitted through our Sauk Valley Accounting Chair, Pam Martinez.  You may contact her to set up a time to meet on her cell at 815/441-9873.

Kimberly Mildward-Economic Development Planner with the Northwest Missouri Regional Counsil of Governments visits the Breakfast Club to talk about the program to expand broadband internet to rural Northwest Missouri.

June 19th is Juneteenth, a federal holiday marking the day that word on Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation reached the state of Texas, the last state in the nation to receive word of the end of slavery. Etta La Flora and Lakeshia Jones from the Kewanee Commission on Human Relations joined Wake Up Tri-Counties on this Juneteenth to talk about the history of Juneteenth, why and how it became a national holiday, and what we can do to mark the occasion. The Kewanee Commission on Human Relations is planning events for the day in the future. For today, the remembrance was spent with WKEI as Lakeshia Jones shared a lovely Juneteenth Poem and Etta La Flora shared the history that inspired that poem, on Wake Up Tri-Counties.

Every Friday in June leading up to Heritage Days, K-100 is showcasing the bands performing on the Pepsi Main Stage and giving you the chance to preview their music before showtime.

This week Sparks chats with Isaiah Evans of The 40 Acre Mule, who will playing the Heritage Days Pepsi Main Stage on Saturday, June 24th from 9:15 to 10:30 p.m.

From their band description:

Since forming in Dallas, Texas in 2015, The 40 Acre Mule has built a loyal following the old-fashioned way, they earned it! Playing countless bars and packed clubs, they watched crowds grow mainly by word of mouth. As the crowds caught on, so did the likes of legendary promoter Scott Beggs and Jim Heath (The Reverend Horton Heat) who gave The 40 Acre Mule their first break with an opening slot at a SOLD-OUT show at Dallas’ legendary Bomb Factory. From there, opportunities to open for more superstars of roots music came along helping The 40 Acre Mule spread their brand of Rhythm & Blues music.

Big Fish 42 was a resounding success! Here is the interview with the winners Joan Justus and Herb Emery!