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It has been nearly a month since Gov. Greg Abbott decided to lift the statewide mask mandate and allow businesses to open to 100% capacity after about a year of closures because of COVID-19. Even with those changes, most customers at restaurants are choosing to continue wearing masks even if they donât have to. Jim Januszka, the owner of Village Pizza and Bite the Bagel in Killeen, said he has had that experience since no longer requiring masks be worn by his customers. âAll employees are still wearing masks and customers have the option, but over 90% of our customers are still wearing their mask,â Januszka said. ....
The Paycheck Protection Program is a federally funded loan program that allows businesses to keep employees and use the loan to pay them during the COVID-19 pandemic. The program has allowed some local and otherwise business owners to survive and continue operating during the pandemic. Jim Januszka, owner of Village Pizza and Bite the Bagel in Killeen, and Bite the Bagel in Harker Heights, said the program saved more than two dozen jobs at his two locations. When the coronavirus pandemic reached Texas in March and closed in-store dining operations at Killeen-area restaurants, Januszkaâs bagel shops were taking a hard hit, he said. ....