“You don't really realize the impact until it hits your family . . . That was going to be our grandson. We're stronger as a family after something like this . . . Until you lose someone, you don't realize the value you had until you lose them.”
“November's unemployment rates were a bit of a mixed bag. We had some gains in retail jobs that were offset by some layoffs in manufacturing, but (the layoffs) were not dramatically reflected in the numbers.”