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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, It is known that the stability of a business can
3 make a strong impact in the local community; and
 
4     WHEREAS, Ace Hardware Store, located in Eastwood Center in
5 Mahomet, is one such business; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Millie and Ernie Rosenberg opened Mahomet Ace
7 Hardware in 1976 after moving from Chicago, where they had
8 operated a hardware store since 1948; the store was among the
9 initial tenants of Eastwood Center; and
 
10     WHEREAS, The Rosenbergs have announced their retirement
11 effective August 1, 2004, after 56 years in the hardware
12 business; and
 
13     WHEREAS, The Mahomet Ace Hardware Store will remain in
14 operation under the ownership of Jim and Amy Hood; the Hood
15 family has operated Gibson City Ace Hardware since 1956; plans
16 are underway for the remodeling of the store to incorporate
17 computer and merchandising technologies offered by Ace
18 Hardware; the new owners plan to maintain the existing full
19 line Benjamin Moore paint franchise, while adding color
20 matching technology and volume custom paint color mixing;
21 therefore, be it
 
22     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
23 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
24 congratulate Millie and Ernie Rosenberg on the occasion of
25 their retirement and thank them for their many years of service
26 to the community of Mahomet by operating the Ace Hardware
27 Store, and we extend our best wishes for the continued success
28 of the store to Jim and Amy Hood; and be it further
 
29     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

 

 

HR1143 - 2 - LRB093 23010 HSS 52982 r

1 presented to Millie and Ernie Rosenberg and to Jim and Amy Hood
2 as an expression of esteem.