With the holiday season approaching quickly, it’s that time to get your gift list ready and precautions you should take. According to the National Retail Federation, 57 percent of consumers will do their holiday shopping online, whether that’s using a laptop or a phone. With that convenience comes the opportunity for phishers and scammers to ruin your shopping experience, your credit, and yes, take your identity.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Where Will the CoViD-19 Pandemic Hit the Economy Next?
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Early Morning Grocery Shopping Finds Unusually Easy Maneuvering
ANOTHER VIEW: Here’s a Guy Who Had Training for Today’s Quarantine Situation
SPOTLIGHT: Precision Planning, Inc.
FEEDBACK: Administration’s Public Health Failure Open for All to See
UPCOMING: Gwinnett’s The Water Tower To Begin Training Professionals Soon
NOTABLE: Animal Shelter Open, But Limiting Visitors Inside at a Time
RECOMMENDED: A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie
GEORGIA TIDBIT: J & J Industries of Dalton, Makes Broadloom Carpet Since 1950s
MYSTERY PHOTO: This Mystery Photo Doesn’t Ask Where, But Instead “What?”
By Elliott Brack | Needing to re-stock our refrigerator and pantry, I left the house at 6:59 a.m. to take advantage of Publix’ “Old Folks” early opening. I arrive at 7:09 to find not many shoppers—perhaps a dozen or so, including several from our neighborhood. It’s not that often when shopping in this vast and diverse metro complex that you find people you know in grocery stores.
“We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.”
– Etiquette Authority Judith Martin (1938 – ), also known as Miss Manners.
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
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