Hometown Heroes

Written on January 17th in Uncategorized

So, I’ve been spotting Willie lately. Each time I see him he’s wearing a different color war paint on his face. He’s actually been hanging around with Jessie (the Fulton Plaza guy). I know Willie usually tries to go to jail in the winter-I guess he’s not having much luck. When Rob worked at Eagle Cleaners, Willie would build a shack with all the pallets near the heating vent. Every morning Rob would have to go to the back of the building and dismantle the homestead. But, he always placed the paletts in a stack so Willie could re-build it at night. When I worked at Pepperoni’s, Willie was always around. If there were police officers having dinner, he’d watch the police car so nobody messed with it. The only people who even stop to look at Willie are people not from Peoria. So, we could do a book on all of the “characters” that call Peoria home. There’s Willie, Jessie, Huck (you see him walking downtown with the straw hat and the limp), Don King (the guy with the radio who’s always dancing), the guy/girl with long hair, nails and a purse who is always walking along Knoxville or downtown and the tall guy with reddish blonde hair who is always by the Downtown Library. I know I’m missing a few. If you think of any more-please let me know. Sully and Sandberg don’t count either.

4 Comments In Response To “Hometown Heroes”

  1. January 17th, 2005 at

    Don King? I’ve always called him Music Man. He works up at the Workshop next to Wal-Mart, and he stands on the corner a lot, dancing and singing, while waiting for a bus.

  2. Angie said:
    January 18th, 2005 at

    His actual name is Don King. A couple people at the station know him.

  3. Aleksu said:
    January 18th, 2005 at

    What about the Prince Valiant that used to come into Rizzi’s and order Sprite and Grapefruit Juice?

  4. Angie said:
    January 19th, 2005 at

    Alex, you’re so right!!!!!!!!

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