Eastern Illinois University The Keep January 2007 1-9-2007 Daily Eastern News: January 09, 2007 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2007_jan Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: January 09, 2007" (2007). January. 2. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2007_jan/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2007 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in January by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. "TELL THE TRUTH AND DON'T BE AFRAID." WWW.DENNEWS.COM CHARLESTON I ECONOMY Charleston undergoes facelift Eastern Bankok Thai Restaurant comes cats not to town as La Bamba, China 88 and Judy's Hallmark dose necessarily By Rob Siebert Senior City Reporter The Charleston that smdents returned to this unwelcome past weekend is a bit different than the one they left in December. Three local businesses have closed their doors, one business has changed its name, and Community members, preparations are being made for a new addition to Lincoln Avenue. university employees take care of strays Restaurants The building that used to house China 88, By Sarah Whitney at II40 Lincoln Ave., is now home to a Thai Senior Reporter restaurant, Bankok Thai Restaurant. The restaurant offers 49 different dishes Fierce golden eyes peeked from including soups, salads, appetizers and vegetarian underneath an evergreen bush meals. by Weller Hall last winter break, Owner Tommy Chant said the reason he waiting for Myrna Thomason to wanted to open a restaurant in Charleston was to fill a red plastic Dixie bowl with serve a different type of town. dry cat food. Chant and his wife Noi also have a Thai/ The stray cat ensured Thomason Chinese restaurant in Champaign called Golden retreated a few paces before Wok. venturing near the fresh food Chant noted that the main difference between and water. The eat's eyes darted Chinese and Thai food is the spices. The couple between her and then back to said Thai has more kick and less grease. check his surroundings, while the "We are here to meet nice people, serve them food attracted his pink nose and the best food and just do the best we can," Chant overcame his fear. said. Thomason dubbed him Baby. La Bamba, the Mexican restaurant at I4I5 He was small - only three months Fourth St., closed its doors shortly after students old at the time - with brown fur left for break. and darker striped markings and La Bamba's former owner, Ramiro Aguas, or fox-like ears. the corporate offices of La Bamba could not be Stray or feral cats on campus are reached for comment. not an uncommon sight to those who pay attention. Retail They might not always be visible during daylight hours when Another change is Judy's Hallmark, 2I60 students populate the quad walking Woodfall Drive, will be closing after 23 years to and from class, but after dark in business. January 3I will be its last day in a quick eye can catch a glimmer business. from a pair of eyes behind a bush Franchise owner Dennis Shackleford decided JOHN BAILEY I THE DAILY EASTERN NEWS at Booth Library or the shadow of to close the store shortly after suffering a heart Noi Keodara (front) and Dee Chantha prepare one of many Thai dishes Monday afternoon at a tail disappearing into a dumpster attack last year. He originally planned to close it the New Bangkok Thai restaurant. This restaurant moved into the space that China 88 once by Andrews Hall. in June, but decided to finish out the year. occupied. Library assistant Kathleen Shackleford owns several other Judy's Kuhlig-Carter is one of these Hallmark shops in Rochester and noted that not Big Muddy Services is working to remove Further away from Eastern, the Citgo station people. running the Charleston location would make contaminated soil from the ground that used to at I 00 Miller Road is now a BP station. "It's about an every day thing," things easier for him. house a BP station at 4I9 W Lincoln Ave. Amy Brigham, a cashier whose father runs the she said. All items in the store are currently selling at Matthew Alii, a heavy equipment operator station, said that the only change to the station is Kuhlig-Carter works at the 25 percent off. with Big Muddy, said that the soil below the its name and the fuel it uses. library from 4:30 p.m. to I a.m. In spite the store's closing, Shackleford said station was contaminated by leaks in the station's As opposed to Citgo fuel, it now uses BP During her dinner breaks, she the shop always did good business. gas tanks. fuel. likes to walk around campus. "It's been a great run," Shackleford said. "Our job is to remove the contaminated soil Brigham said that the Miller Road station is Her favorite spots to visit are the "We've had a lot of loyalty from our employees and put clean soil back in," Alii said. one of many Citgos pulling out of the Midwest. study garden where she'll see an and a lot of loyalty from our customers." While not all of the targeted ground has Citgo is a subsidiary ofPetr6leos de Venezuela occasional stray cat and further been uprooted yet, Alii said that in the end the (Venezuela Petroleum), and the company's north toward Old Main where Gas Stations underground area will be filled with sand, which reputation suffered because of anti-American she'll see a grayish-blue cat. compacts easier than clay, and then covered with comments made by the company's owner, Meanwhile, a construction team from rock. Bringham said. n SEE CATS, PAGE 2 cheatsheet CAMPUS STATE SPORTS SPORTS Cigarette blamed for fire at Blagojevich begins second Anthony declared academically Freshmen guards having to CAMPUS Andrews Hall Sunday night term, vows focus on health care ineligible, plans to appeal produce sooner than expected Blair Hall restoration wins n University Police Chief Adam Due n Budget problems are likely n Julio Anthony's men's basketball n Jessica Huffman and Ashley award in construction magazine said the fire probably started from a to limit the launch of new programs. season is not over, an Eastern athletic Thomas are the starting guards in n KJWW Engineering Consultants of lit cigarette falling down the grate. The Federal prosecutors have indicted friend department official said Monday, but Eastern women's basketball backcourt. St. Louis, earned top honors from the grate was filled with leaves and other and fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko Anthony has to go through an NCAA Huffman, in particular, has stood out, magazine for its Blair Hall restoration combustibles, causing the flames. No and are investigating Blagojevich's appeals process in order to regain his leading the team in scoring and being project. one was injured and the hall was not administration. Eastern professors give eligibility. He can still practice with the the early favorite to win the conference's evacuated. analysis. team,but cannot play in games. freshman of the year honor. 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