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FYI Bell's is leaving IL. Some interesting "discussion" here: http://www.chicagoist.com/archives/2006/10/16/the_bells_in_the_distance.php Larry's post is #32. He's responding to an industry type in #29. The beer business isn't perfect here in MN, but it could be Wirtz. A lot worse... Cheers, Jim ----- Forwarded message from Bradley Reeg <reegley(a)SBCGLOBAL.NET> ----- Authentication-Results: smtp-relay.enet.umn.edu sender=CBS-HB(a)LISTSERV.UIC.EDU; domainkeys=fail (testing) Authentication-Results: smtp-relay.enet.umn.edu sender=CBS-HB(a)LISTSERV.UIC.EDU; sender-id=neutral; spf=neutral X-SenderID: Sendmail Sender-ID Filter v0.2.10 smtp-relay.enet.umn.edu k9JJJ45L074323 X-Authentication-Warning: smtp-relay.enet.umn.edu: Host proxy-1.cc.uic.edu [128.248.155.225] claimed to be proxy-1.priv.cc.uic.edu DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=sbcglobal.net; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=ZgZ67c+rJQuGY7MXYkuFRgEMtKwhlfJpnYkhq4yCJCBPPcsJmL50FnPqjfZqhZIO1wmT7IYfKgPdtSgYAUh46yYWxRbXWl1RtvtJM2VhMMD3t0H5bBucM1MizllqPfqoX1cxxtwVgSZwArsaa0vWpm6Q5akydX9Ym65BzG7dgew= ; Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:18:31 -0700 Reply-To: Bradley Reeg <reegley(a)SBCGLOBAL.NET> From: Bradley Reeg <reegley(a)SBCGLOBAL.NET> Subject: Save Bell's To: CBS-HB(a)LISTSERV.UIC.EDU Precedence: list X-Greylist: Recipient e-mail whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.6 (smtp-relay.enet.umn.edu [128.101.142.227]); Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:19:12 -0500 (CDT) X-Spam-Score: 0 () X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.57 on 128.101.142.227 Dear Draught Preservationists: We had a very productive SAVE BELL'S SUMMIT on Tuesday evening at Weegee's. Summit attendees included Larry Bell himself, a high placed official in state government and many rank and file draught preservationists. Our next steps to SAVE BELL'S IN ILLINOIS include a letter writing campaign to Governor Blagojevich. A sample letter has been posted at www.BringBacktheDra ught.com. Please use this letter as a template or send your own letter to the Governor today urging him to SAVE BELL'S IN ILLINOIS! and e-mail me offlist (kgambrinus@yahoo. com) so we can keep track of letter volume. Together we can SAVE BELL'S, but it will take hundreds and thousands of Illinois draught drinkers, speaking united as one voice, to make a difference. The draught drinkers, united, will never be defeated! To keep apprised of the situation, see www.BringBacktheDra ught.com. Kind Regards, Keith Gambrinus Interim Secretary Logan Square Draught Beer Preservation Society "In 1947, Chicago had nearly 7,000 taverns. As of Jan. 1 of this year, the number had fallen to 1,267 -- a drop of 82 percent. Since April 2004, taverns have been going out of business at a rate of one every 11 days." --Chicago Tribune, March 21, 2006 ----- End forwarded message ----- -- ------------------------------ * * Dr. James Lee Ellingson, Adjunct Professor jellings(a)me.umn.edu * * University of Minnesota, tel: 651/645-0753 fax 651 XXX XXXX * * Great Lakes Brewing News, 1569 Laurel Ave., St. Paul, MN 55104 *