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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representative have learned with mixed emotions
of the planned |
| 4 | | retirement of Winston Mezo, a man described by the Daily |
| 5 | | Egyptian as "legendary
bagel man"; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, During the past 34 years, tens of thousands of |
| 7 | | students at Southern
Illinois University Carbondale, and |
| 8 | | citizens from throughout the region, have sated
late night |
| 9 | | hunger pangs with a stop by the rolling charcoal grill known as
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| 10 | | Winston's; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Since 1983, Winston Mezo has been cultivating |
| 12 | | friends and support from those who praise his
culinary skills |
| 13 | | and forecast his retirement as a major loss to the region; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, Even a prospective sale of Winston's Bagel will |
| 15 | | ensure a continuation
of the late night service at legendary |
| 16 | | locations like the parking lot of Pinch Penny
Liquors; it is |
| 17 | | universally agreed that things just will not be the same |
| 18 | | without Winston Mezo standing behind his cart; therefore, be it
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| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 20 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
| 21 | | congratulate Winston Mezo on a distinguished career and believe |