Bill Text: IL HR0219 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Commends the Excel Bottling Company and celebrates the tradition of Ski soda and the culture of community it has fostered.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-26 - Resolution Adopted [HR0219 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0219-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, In April 1936, Edward "Lefty" Meier purchased a | ||||||
| 3 | used bottling machine with reward money he received from | ||||||
| 4 | catching a bank robber in Germantown and set up a bottling | ||||||
| 5 | plant in Breese with his wife, Catherine Bruegge Meier; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The Meiers set up their bottling machine in | ||||||
| 7 | Catherine's grandmother's house; they called their company | ||||||
| 8 | Excel Bottling, and Catherine continued to manage the | ||||||
| 9 | bookkeeping until she was 97; today, the house has expanded | ||||||
| 10 | into a modern soda bottling and brewery plant; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Excel Bottling remains one of the few independent | ||||||
| 12 | family bottlers in the nation and is currently managed by the | ||||||
| 13 | third generation of the Meier family; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Excel Bottling is the only returnable bottling | ||||||
| 15 | line remaining in Illinois, and people still pick up soda and | ||||||
| 16 | return bottles to the plant in Breese; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Since 1961, Excel Bottling has produced a | ||||||
| 18 | naturally-flavored citrus soda called Ski and has kept the same | ||||||
| 19 | recipe, which uses pure cane sugar, for 58 years; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, The sweet and satisfying taste of Ski soda has | ||||||
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| 1 | garnered tremendous popularity in Illinois and the St. Louis | ||||||
| 2 | area and is enjoyed by young and old alike; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, For over 60 years, Excel Bottling has generated | ||||||
| 4 | jobs and economic growth for the State of Illinois, and Ski | ||||||
| 5 | soda has been an important cultural icon for the Prairie State; | ||||||
| 6 | therefore, be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 8 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 9 | in the spirit of the Excel Bottling Company motto, "Good things | ||||||
| 10 | don't have to change", we commend and celebrate the tradition | ||||||
| 11 | of Ski soda and the culture of community it has fostered and | ||||||
| 12 | wish them continued success in the future; and be it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 14 | presented to the Meier family as an expression of our esteem | ||||||
| 15 | and respect.
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