| 11 | | - | Whereas, the story of Keeler’s Bay Variety Store (KBV) is intimately intertwined with |
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| 12 | | - | the lives of Gail and Mark Horne, who, in 1974, took a leisurely drive across the |
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| 13 | | - | Champlain Islands and discovered a small grocery store in South Hero, which they |
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| 14 | | - | subsequently purchased, and |
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| 15 | | - | Whereas, under their visionary leadership, KBV evolved into a full-service general |
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| 16 | | - | store, featuring a bakery, a beer cave stocked with craft beers, the largest 802Spirits store |
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| 17 | | - | in the Champlain Islands, an in-store butchery, and motor vehicle gasoline sales, and this |
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| 18 | | - | friendly community retailer earned a reputation for superb customer service, and |
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| 19 | | - | Whereas, at the 2000 Vermont Grocers’ Association Convention, KBV was honored |
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| 20 | | - | as the Grocer of the Year and, separately, the Lake Champlain Islands Economic |
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| 21 | | - | Development Corporation awarded KBV its 2017 Business of the Year designation, and |
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| 22 | | - | Whereas, on Saturday, September 21, 2024, KBV and the Horne family marked their |
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| 23 | | - | joint 50th-anniversary milestone with a unique version of the store’s annual Customer |
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| 24 | | - | Appreciation Day, and in celebration, a variety of commemorative memorabilia was |
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| 25 | | - | offered for sale, and |
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| 9 | + | HouseconcurrentresolutioncongratulatingKeeler’sBayVarietyStoreofSouthHeroonthe |
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| 10 | + | 50thanniversaryoftheHornefamily’sownership |
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| 11 | + | Whereas,thestoryofKeeler’sBayVarietyStore(KBV)isintimatelyintertwinedwiththe |
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| 12 | + | livesofGailandMarkHorne,who,in1974,tookaleisurelydriveacrosstheChamplainIslands |
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| 13 | + | anddiscoveredasmallgrocerystoreinSouthHero,whichtheysubsequentlypurchased, and |
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| 14 | + | Whereas,undertheirvisionaryleadership,KBVevolvedintoafull-servicegeneralstore, |
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| 15 | + | featuringabakery,abeercavestockedwithcraftbeers,thelargest802Spiritsstoreinthe |
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| 16 | + | ChamplainIslands,anin-storebutchery,andmotorvehiclegasolinesales,andthisfriendly |
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| 17 | + | communityretailerearnedareputationforsuperbcustomerservice, and |
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| 18 | + | Whereas,atthe2000VermontGrocers’AssociationConvention,KBVwashonoredasthe |
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| 19 | + | GroceroftheYearand,separately,theLakeChamplainIslandsEconomicDevelopment |
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| 20 | + | CorporationawardedKBVits2017BusinessoftheYeardesignation, and |
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| 21 | + | Whereas,onSaturday,September21,2024,KBVandtheHornefamilymarkedtheirjoint |
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| 22 | + | 50th-anniversarymilestonewithauniqueversionofthestore’sannualCustomerAppreciation |
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| 23 | + | Day,andincelebration,avarietyofcommemorativememorabiliawasofferedforsale, and |
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| 27 | | - | contributes to local nonprofit organizations, and |
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| 28 | | - | Whereas, the store, whose ownership team now includes the Horne’s daughter, |
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| 29 | | - | Wendy, has earned the moniker, “The Heart of the Island,” which was also the name of a |
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| 30 | | - | limited edition semicentennial ale that the Kraemer & Kin Brewery created to celebrate |
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| 31 | | - | this special anniversary, now therefore be it |
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| 25 | + | contributestolocalnonprofitorganizations, and |
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| 26 | + | Whereas,thestore,whoseownershipteamnowincludestheHorne’sdaughter,Wendy,has |
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| 27 | + | earnedthemoniker,“TheHeartoftheIsland,”whichwasalsothenameofalimitededition |
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| 28 | + | semicentennialalethattheKraemer&KinBrewerycreatedtocelebratethisspecialanniversary, |
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| 29 | + | nowtherefore be it |
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