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February 18, 2008 · 10 Comments

and World Market is closing (and not just here but in Springfield too).

and a C-U resident shocked the world. My mom now thinks there are gun shops on every corner here.

and Judy Fraser will have her annual Hoodie Hoo celebration at noon Wednesday at a TBA Urbana location.

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10 responses so far ↓

  • Leeanthro // February 19, 2008 at 7:27 am

    I’ve lived here for, well, forever, and I can’t tell you where there is a gun shop…I’m pretty sure we’re all safe. No need for any of us to be reactionary.

    What?! World Market is closing? I don’t go there often, but I like to buy ornaments there.

    My mom took my daughter to Hoodie Hoo one time. Very strange. And always very cold!

  • Pguy // February 19, 2008 at 7:31 am

    I’ll miss World Market. I’m not much of a shopper, but it’s a great place to browse.

  • Gnightgirl // February 19, 2008 at 8:13 am

    I LOVE World Market, ohhhh nooooooooooo.

    Close out sale? Is there going to be a close out sale?

  • Amy // February 19, 2008 at 9:28 am

    As I read the articles about the gunman I was trying to recall gun shops here in town. My FIL has a collection but they are antiques. I honestly can’t think of a single place I could buy a gun other then Wal-Mart.

    I do know the tattoo place though. Saw it on my way into the fabric store 2 weeks ago. The sign out front with the name caught my eye. I hear he is going to collect donations via the tattoo he designed for the gunman.

  • Golden // February 19, 2008 at 10:15 am

    I heard that everything at World Market is 20% off with the exception of their wine. I saw an ad in last week’s paper about the sale and wondered then if they were going to close. I, too, enjoyed shopping there but didn’t go that often.

  • Jenna // February 19, 2008 at 12:41 pm

    I saw the poor guys standing on Prospect with the big signs. I had to laugh that the signs said BIG SALE UP TO 30% off! 30%?!

    Good coffee there.

  • Don // February 20, 2008 at 10:45 am

    Anybody old enough to remember when Curly of Curly’s Pawn Shop - which boasted one of the finest selections of pre-owned firearms in the downstate area - was shot and killed?

    I remember it being kind of a weird week.

  • prairie biker // February 22, 2008 at 6:59 pm

    Heck, even I hadn’t heard of that particular gun shop and I thought I knew them all (pawn shop on University, Dave’s out on 150, hardware store on Green St.).

    Neither Wal-Mart nor Dick’s sells handguns.

  • Michael L. // February 23, 2008 at 8:38 am

    I’m sorry to see World Market go. Does anyone have a suggestion for another C-U source of interesting, inexpensive wine? ($6, $7, $8 a bottle).

  • Rayne of Terror // February 23, 2008 at 3:48 pm

    Is there a Friar Tuck in CU? Maybe on the southside. If you get on their wine list they will mail wine coupons/specials once a month.

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