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LRB093 23010 HSS 52982 r |
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, It is known that the stability of a business can |
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| make a strong impact in the local community; and
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| WHEREAS, Ace Hardware Store, located in Eastwood Center in |
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| Mahomet, is one such business; and
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| WHEREAS, Millie and Ernie Rosenberg opened Mahomet Ace |
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| Hardware in 1976 after moving from Chicago, where they had |
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| operated a hardware store since 1948; the store was among the |
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| initial tenants of Eastwood Center; and
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| WHEREAS, The Rosenbergs have announced their retirement |
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| effective August 1, 2004, after 56 years in the hardware |
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| business; and
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| WHEREAS, The Mahomet Ace Hardware Store will remain in |
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| operation under the ownership of Jim and Amy Hood; the Hood |
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| family has operated Gibson City Ace Hardware since 1956; plans |
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| are underway for the remodeling of the store to incorporate |
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| computer and merchandising technologies offered by Ace |
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| Hardware; the new owners plan to maintain the existing full |
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| line Benjamin Moore paint franchise, while adding color |
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| matching technology and volume custom paint color mixing; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| congratulate Millie and Ernie Rosenberg on the occasion of |
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| their retirement and thank them for their many years of service |
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| to the community of Mahomet by operating the Ace Hardware |
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| Store, and we extend our best wishes for the continued success |
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| of the store to Jim and Amy Hood; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |