Pekin Marigold Festival

Pekin Main Street’s annual Friday Night Family Fest will be held on Friday, September 21, 2012, from 5:00-10:00 p.m. on the Courthouse Square in Downtown Pekin. Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy this fun family event. All of the offerings from the original evening planned for September 7th will be present at the rescheduled event. Pre-show entertainment will begin on the Pekin Insurance Main Stage at Elizabeth and Capitol Streets at 5:00pm with the band Flying Crazy Monkeyz. The Pekin’s Got Talent competition will kick off at 7:00 with popular DJ “Dr” Chris Michaels from 104.9 The Wolf hosting. After 2 prior rounds of auditions, the field of contestants has been narrowed down to the top 10. These ten contestants will be competing for cash prizes generously donated by Herget Bank. Contestants are: Libby Green, Bailey Haynes, Emory Milot, Amber Autrey, Donnie Engelbrecht, Bryonna Blanch, Cody Salem and Seth Johnson, Breanne Carroll and Courtney Richmond, Allison Lowman and Jessie Lo...

Congratulations to the overall female and male winners, Kate Gorman and Andy Bloom.  They are pictures with Guy Cahill, president of the Pekin Summer Baseball.   Female Overall   Kate Gorman 22:09 14 and Under 1st Haley Peterson 27:48   2nd Audrey Driskol 39:42   3rd Summer Watson 39:47 15-19 1st       2nd       3rd     20-29 1st Mallory Miller 25:08   2nd Jennifer Dill 25:14   3rd Megan Bomer 25:46 30-39 1st Emily Rivera 23:13   2nd Sharon Kilmor 23:52   3rd Amy Watson 24:40 40-49 1st Heidi Shaw 24:51   2nd Holly Payne 25:20   3rd Shelly Bastean 25:35 50-59 1st Jane Miller 24:49   2nd Diane Legaspi 24:59...