It sort of looks like a coffee cup,

You people should be supporting our troops, saying your prayers for them

The money we make (this evening) -- and we?re hoping to make at least $10,000 on this event -- will allow us to continue to do things like the benches -- just to keep our activities going.

a fair one and generous to the company's stockholders.

I used to walk down there on the Fourth of July,

There are lots of little things that really matter, and over time, it makes a big difference.

We have the ?Keep Main Street Blooming? project, and we honor downtown businesses, and we have donated two benches and matching garbage cans ... make it a better, happier, more fun place to be.

we don't see the involvement we'd like from the counties (but) we need all the sectors.

State and local leaders advocate treating businesses equally whether they sell goods in a local store, on the phone, or over the Internet. Federal legislation should not create a protected class of taxpayers at the expense of Main Street and other taxpayers.

People are constantly coming in and saying we're not sure you're open or if we are allowed to come in here,