That's not to say that these procedures may not increase in popularity in the future. But right now, they are not as popular as they have been portrayed in the media.

A merchant's association will give us the ability to deal with one group rather than trying to deal with each store individually, which took a couple of weeks.

We're looking for anything that can help bring traffic back to the area. We'll probably give a gift certificate to the person with the very best idea, but we've got enough money that if there are a couple of great ideas, we can award that too.

I'm very proud of the guys. We got off to a good start and hung in there.

This is special for him. He tried to stay with Shawn and that helped him stay focused.

That's the first time he's been in that situation. He handled it well.