Another edition of Random Thoughts:
- The Marathon gas station that recently closed at the corner of Prospect and Kirby was doomed from the start. If you recall there were tons of neighbor protests and limitations put on that location — no alcohol, limited hours, etc. Somehow I missed this but back in October the News-Gazette reported that the Paris, Ill.-based Edgar County Bank & Trust was interested in that property. So, if you’re counting, there will three banks within spitting distance of one another. How bizarre. Anyway, there will be some people who will miss that gas station: all the school groups (cheerleaders/athletes/etc.) who used the location to stage car wash fundraisers.
- Another reason I love Trader Joe’s: the mini shopping carts for kids.
- You asked, they answered. A “food bar” — that’s grocery store speak for a salad bar — will be coming to the new Savoy Schnuck’s after all, sometime in “January or February.” It pays to complain, people. (Still no spinach pancakes though).
- Big hugs and congratulations to my good pal Mrs. Chicken over at Chicken and Cheese, who just announced she will be adding to the population of Mybana (that’s what her daughter calls Urbana) in August.
