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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Big John's Grocery
4 Store on 25 years of service to the people of Eldorado; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Huck's Grocery was sold to Dan Dowdy on May 20,
6 1985; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Dan has worked in the store since 1976, where he
8 eventually became the store manager until the time he purchased
9 the store from Martin and Bayley, Inc.; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Eric Johnson became a partner in the business
11 shortly after Dan purchased the store; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Big John's is located at the intersection of Route
13 45 and Route 142 in Eldorado, where it currently employs 41
14 staff members, 3 of whom have been with Dan and Eric since they
15 became co-owners of the store; and
 
16     WHEREAS, On May 20, 2010, the City of Eldorado hosted a
17 ceremony honoring Big John's; therefore, be it
 
18     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
19 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we

 

 

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1 congratulate Big John's on 25 years of service to the people of
2 Eldorado; and be it further
 
3     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4 presented to Dan Dowdy and Eric Johnson as a symbol of our
5 respect and esteem.