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The summer is here and a pair of music events that run throughout the summer will resume for you to consider with your weekend. The Levitt AMP Galva Music Series is resuming this year after canceling last year because of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Kicking off on Sunday at Galva's Wiley Park is Midwestern folk band: Good Morning Bedlam and surf rock band: the Surf Zombies. Attendees of all ages are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets as they enjoy an entertaining evening of live music. Food vendors will be on-site or guests can bring a picnic dinner. Levitt AMP concerts at Wiley Park are provided free of charge. The music series is supported by many community sponsors, donors, and volunteers, and several arts non-profits, including the Mortimer and Mimi Levitt Foundation. Backstage Jazz returns to Prairie Players Civic Theatre on Friday. Patrons can enjoy the Derel Monteith Trio from 7-9:30 pm. Monteith is a pianist, keyboardist, and composer whose trio focuses on original
SUSAN DEVILDER
The Star Courier
“I feel pretty good about it,” said John Taylor, seated at a booth at Fernando’s Place in Kewanee on a busy Wednesday night.
By 6 p.m., patrons were starting to fill up the small corner restaurant on Cinco de Mayo, a commemoration of the Mexican victory against the French forces in the Battle of Puebla in 1862.
Taylor had eaten light in preparation for the challenge just watermelon and juice so far. Across the booth from him was his father, Bob Taylor, who had come to offer his support.
Taylor laid the idea to tackle Feranando’s Burrito Challenge of eating a giant burrito in under nine minutes squarely at the feet of his father, who provided him with a gift certificate to purchase the $38 menu item. That idea came after Galva City Administrator David Dyer had reached out to Taylor when the city decided that Wiley Park needed a dance floor for the park’s stage, hoping Taylor could help them secure the needed funds.