Publisher’s Letter
Dear Readers,
Shop Local – you hear that a lot. Why is this important? Why not just go for a low price online?
Because those dollars spent online leave the community forever. A dollar spent on Amazon is a dollar sent to Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle. That dollar isn’t going to come back here. It will go on to a seller and supplier somewhere else in the country—or somewhere else outside the country.
Meanwhile, a store owner right here in the community has one less dollar to pay his employees, one less dollar to spend locally or donate to a local charity.
So please, Shop Local. It will make our community that much stronger.
Patrick J. Wood
Publisher