Mike's Exxon, believed to be the last place in the Tri-Cities to get a windshield wash, free air for tires and engine oil checked along with a gas fill-up, is closing.
Mike Henderson, who has provided a smile with the full service at First Avenue and Washington Street in Kennewick for 14 years, is hanging up the gas nozzle for good at the end of Friday's shift.
"I'm not sick, I'm not broke, and it's not Obama's fault. I just want to retire," said Henderson, who is 62.
Pumping gas and sending customers away happy has been Henderson's goal since he first washed a windshield in 1972 at Dave Dickerson's B-OK service station on Clearwater Avenue.
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