2020 Hometown Heroes

2020 Hometown HEROES Magazine LINCOLN DAILY NEWS May 14, 2020 Page 149 a hamburger. We have 51 hamburgers to sell per day. If we don’t sell them then they go as waste and the opportunity to sell those are gone. The next day we have to start with 51 new hamburgers and try to sell those before they expire. Recovering from this isn’t like a store being closed. Our product won’t sit on the shelf until there are guests again to purchase those items. Our lost revenue truly is lost.” When Covid-19 comes to an end, some have talked about what they are going to do. One person we talked to recently said that when she can travel again, she’s going to take her family to Disney World. She said she hears people talking about travel and vacations that are truly fun instead of the mandated “stay- cations” we are experiencing now. Hopefully that will translate for our local motels as well. Logan County will still have the rich abundant history it has always had. We will eventually get our events and festivals back, and life will return to normal. Perhaps that will include guests in our local motels. And while they indeed cannot get back what they have lost, perhaps it will be enough to keep them strong and thriving in our community. [Nila Smith]