[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 86 (Friday, June 8, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H3663-H3664]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     CLOSING OF SNOOKY'S RESTAURANT

  (Mr. BARROW asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARROW. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to mourn the passing of an 
institution in my district--Snooky's Restaurant in Statesboro, Georgia. 
Forty-one years ago, Bruce Yawn opened a family-style restaurant, along 
with his father, Snooky Yawn.
  For 41 years, Snooky's wasn't just a place to get some great Southern 
cooking, it was a favorite gathering place for the folks who call 
Statesboro home, and it was home away from home for tens of thousands 
of young people who came from all over the State of Georgia to attend 
Georgia Southern University.
  In fact, the Georgia Southern University football program was 
practically founded at Snooky's, where the legendary founding coach, 
Erk Russell, was a regular. Coach Russell and his many friends and 
admirers would sit around and talk about football, fishing,

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and farming--among other things--for hours.
  Mr. Speaker, our country needs all the places like Snooky's that we 
can get, and we need to keep all of those that we can. So it's 
appropriate to thank Bruce Yawn, and all the other Bruce Yawns of the 
land, for the contribution they make to our sense of community.


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Bass of New Hampshire). The Chair would 
remind Members and staff to take their conversations outside the 
Chamber.

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