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Kim Curtis of Champaign shows her support at Saturday’s rally outside the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District.
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CHAMPAIGN — Annie Easterday held a sign with a simple message outside the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District in Champaign on Saturday morning.
It read: “We’ve been doing what you asked. Now we can’t pay our bills.”
The businesswoman who co-owns Pear Tree Estate in rural Champaign struggled to express her feelings about a pandemic that is clearly beyond her control.
Their wedding venue business has had 74 cancellations since March, resulting in 10 full-time and 40 part-time employees out of work. ....

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