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Ron Cole As we move through 2021, things get weirder. Last year, one of the major concerns was keeping businesses open, keeping jobs open for the population. Now as we emerge into a more vibrant world, guess what, we keep hearing that there are many jobs available and no one to fill them. Many food establishments were the ones that were trying to hang on all year because of the necessary strict COVID-19 restrictions limiting the number of people who could patronize them. Many evolved into takeout businesses and many of their valuable service staff went wanting, and in many cases it was the state or feds that provided financial support so that those folks could feed their families and pay the rent. Today, there are critics who say it is those benefits, which are still being paid out, that are keeping people at home and not filling these positions. Maybe this is correct. Hopefully, it will shake itself out. All I know is that there certainly seem to be jobs out t ....