Savanna, GA

The owners of the village’s only diner, one of the few businesses on Main Street, say they will close for good Dec. 29. They blame Wayne County’s no-smoking law, which passed in January…The diner will be closing Dec. 29. We’d still be here, Doug Devall said, if the law hadn’t passed.

Sales were down $3,000 in July 2002 compared to July 2001. Hardest hit were on Friday nights and Sunday mornings.

Most of them are crying their eyes out because we’re closing, but I can’t keep robbing Peter to pay Paul, he said. The bottom line: He needs around $800 a day to survive, said the couple. It’s the days when less than $100 comes in and then the propane truck pulls in and there’s a $400 bill to pay, those are the days that hurt, he said.

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