Inside This Issue MSSA Annual Golf Outing

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Volume 35 Issue 8 August 2020 Inside This Issue MSSA Annual Golf Outing

• MSSA Annual Golf Outing

• Executive Letter

• Minnesota Update– Special Session

• Minnesota Vikings Lottery Tickets coming soon

• Free Smart Thermostats for

your Business 1st Place Winners: Sam Kruger, Todd Hill and Parker Hill • NATO Local Ordinance Wow! What another great turn out at the Annual MSSA Tracker Spreadsheet golf tournament held at White Eagle Golf course in North Hudson. MSSA members didn’t let COVID stop them this • Important Time Sensitive year! As usual, a well -attended event as many golfers and other guests contributed their time and energy in making this PPP (Payroll Protection once again a fun and exciting event. Congratulations to Plan) Loan Forgiveness Ap- Todd Hill, Parker Hill, Noah Rouen and Sam Krueger; win- plication Information ning the tournament, each wining $100 in cash, and a $50 Pro shop gift card. Second place winning foursome went to Todd Steffen, Dave Mathies, Chad Schillinger and Mark • Senators Weigh Future of Herzog, each winning $50 cash, and a $50 pro shop gift Commerce Commissioner’s card. Third place foursome went to Adam Ellis, Patrick Rooyakker, Karl Schultz and Nick Zeroth. Job Each winning a $50 in cash and a $25 pro shop gift card. Congratulations to the top three place finishers. • Treasury Secretary Clari- fies Executive Order Re- Now, you can’t forget about the team who finished in the garding Social Security rear, finishing in last place does have its benefits. With a score so high, Steve Cole, Zach Nordling and Mitch Weege. Withholding Each hard- working golfer entitled to a dozen golf balls.

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Hello everyone, MSSA Board Members Chan Smith, President Wow! What another great turn out at the Annual MSSA golf 651-450-9729 ‘20-’23 tournament held at White Eagle Golf Course. As usual, a Jeff Bagniewski, Vice President well-attended event as many golfers and other guests contrib- 507-285-0014 ‘20-’23 Ron Feist, Secretary/Treasurer uted their time and energy in making this again, a fun and 763-544-5512 ’19-‘22 exciting event as this year was one of the strangest MSSA Andrea Drake, Past President golf tournaments on record due to COVID– 19. 651-426-9996 ’18-‘21 Mark Olson, Past President 612-869-1244 ‘19-‘22 Congratulations to Todd Hill, Parker Hill, Noah Rouen and Steven Anderson Sam Krueger; winning the tournament. Second place winning 651-644-3436 ’18- ‘21 foursome went to Todd Steffen, Dave Mathies, Chad Schil- Joel Hennen linger and Mark Herzog. Third place foursome went to Adam 952-445-2478 ‘19-‘22 Jeff Peterson Ellis, Patrick Rooyakker, Karl Schultz and Nick Zeroth. Con- 507-452-3559 ’18–‘21 gratulations to the top three place finishers! Jerry Charmoli, Past President 763-757-6789 ‘20-’23 COVID19 didn’t stop many members and guests from enjoying the fun-filled day with fun, laughter and excitement. Once MSSA Staff Lance Klatt (651) 487-1983 again MSSA members are resilient! Cell (612) 916- 9917 Nikki Steger (651) 487-1983 For the second year in a row, MSSA shared a portion of the Cell (612) 618-7075 PAC proceeds with NACSPAC. Special thanks to our head- lining Co- hosts: Cintas, Pepsi Bottling Group LLC, (best Insurance Representatives McNamara Company prizes ever!) Tecmark, and all our event sponsors! Patrick McNamara (651) 426-0607 Aleisha McNamara (651) 426-0607 Of course, a “huge” thank you to our Retail and Associate Mitchell McNamara (651) 426-0607 partners for your support in making this event one of the best golf tournaments of the summer! Hope to see all of you next Health & Life Financial Services year! Kevin Urlaub (763) 287-0055 Andy Urlaub

Enjoy the summer- it’s quickly fading away just like my golf General Counsel game! Randy Thompson (952) 405-7171 Nolan, Thompson, Leighton & Tataryn

Lance Government Affairs Todd Hill – Lobbyist Hill Capitol Strategies, Inc.

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August Anniversaries

Robert Evans Kerry Bement William Feist Ellwood Automotive Valley View BP Feist Automotive Member since 2007 Member since 2013 Member since 1981 Karl Brueske Mike Tigges Richard Schneider Karmon Incorporated Napa Auto Parts Midwest V Emily Jo’s Mini Mart Member since 2013 Member since 1989 Karl’s Korner BP Member since 2007 Randy Dooley Mike Johnson Dooley’s Petroleum, Inc Jim Johnson Roger Koehnen Member since 2013 Farmington Amcon Koehnen’s BP of Excelsior Member since 1998 Member since 2007 Ron Dehn Dehn Oil Co. N Anderson Jason & Tammy Scribner Member since 2016 Bobby & Steve’s Auto Premier Propane World West St Paul Member since 2007 Zac McCall Member since 2000 Lynco Products Steven Anderson Member since 2016 Kevin Ide Electra Tune Kevin’s Service Member since 2008 Mark Molo Member since 2002 Molo Petroleum Brett Letourneau Member since 2016 Dave Kroona Citywide Service Corp Wash-N-Fill Express of Blaine Member since 2008 Tim Perisic Wash-N-Fill Express of Elk River Wayzata BP Member since 2003 Tim Schlangen Member since 2016 Falcon Heights BP Colonial BP Member Since 2008 Penn BP Steve Youngstedt Shady Oak BP Youngstedt’s Minnoco & Tom Mack Member since 2008 Auto Repair Factory Motor Parts St. Louis Park Member since 2005 Garth Alston Member since 2016 Altria Client Services LLC Mark & Diane Johnson Member since 2011 Ryan Elsner Rod’s Country Corner Chanticlear Pizza Member since 2005 Member since 2017 Hassan Warsame Jeff Bagniewski 3rd & Franklin BP Heather Kieffer Jeff’s Little Store, Inc. Member since 2011 Amish Market Square Member since 2005 Member since 2018 Dave Sullivan Jorge Samper Zelaya Twig General Store Melissa Mueller Sunray BP Member since 2012 Gaylord Shell Member since 2006 Member since 2019

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This year’s event also paid dividend to the 12th place team also. The 12th Place team each winning a $25 Pro shop gift card – Mark Olson, Eric Swingler and Collen Mercil. In a more challenging setting, many golfers entertained themselves in the Mtn. Dew “Zero” Challenge”. Winning the Mtn. Dew “Zero” Closest to the bottle in the fairway challenge winning a 55” TV was Howie Hogle. This year on hole #2, featured a PAC Raising event at the Steffen “Party Shack. MSSA members and guests threw corn-hole bags while enjoying cocktails. Special thank you to the Todd and Tracy Steffen and friends raising much need money for the Pac fund! Throughout the day, there were many other prize holes including betting holes to raise money for the MSSA PAC Fund and NACSPAC. On the most controversial contest hole of the day, hosted by none other than the fine folks at Tecmark. The Tecmark “Fastest team – Get Rewarded” Challenge each team had to hole out in the fastest time. Congratulations to Tom Rugg, Katie Rugg, Santino Vasquez and Tyler Miller each of them winning a cool $50 winning as a team does has its rewards!

Many golfers won a variety of large prizes, from four a 65” TV’s. Gift cards, Vikings memorabilia, Trip for two to Las Vegas, Atlantis or Lake Tahoe, airline tickets and many other great prizes raising money for our Pac Fund. This year, MSSA contributed a great portion of money raised to “NACSPAC”. Special thanks to Pepsi, Cintas, Enbridge and all sponsors (see inside Newsline) all retail and Associate partners for your support in making this event one of the best golf tournaments of the summer! See you Next Year!

Team: Steffen

Team: Cintas

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MSSA Annual Golf Outing was a huge success!

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to the following sponsors/hole sponsors for an excellent golf tournament!

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Minnesota Update (August 12, 2020)

Primary Election Results – shake up in the Minnesota DFL Yesterday was Primary Election Day in Minnesota, there were several highly contested primaries across the state involving both congressional and legislative races. With a record number of absentee ballots being cast, and a quarter of the 644,000 absentee ballots requested but not yet returned, the final votes will not be known for days. Ballots postmarked on August 11th will have two days to still be received and counted. However, given the margin of victory in most races it is likely only a couple of close legislative primaries could be impacted by the delay.

The most high-profile primary involved Congresswoman Ilhan Omar who is seeking re-election to her second term in Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District. DFL newcomer Antone Melton-Meaux offered a strong challenge to the sitting member of Congress raising millions of dollars and exposing a large fracture between progressives and other traditional DFL coalition members. With more than $10 million spent in the primary between the two campaigns, this is likely the most expensive congressional primary in the county during the 2020 election cycle. Last night’s victory all but guarantees the Congresswoman will return to Washington for a second term. While she will face a well-funded Republican in Lacy John- son, the Fifth Congressional District is the power base for the Minnesota DFL and historically generates the votes needed to propel statewide DFL candidates into office.

In Minnesota’s Seventh Congressional District, former GOP State Senator and Senate President Michelle Fischbach was able to top a five-way Republican Primary and will now face Congressman Collin Peter- son. Given President Trump’s strong showing in the Seventh Congressional District in 2016, Congress- man Peterson tops the list of republican targets in 2020. Fischbach was the candidate of choice and endorsed by the state party and national GOP Congressional Leaders.

DFL members of the Minnesota House and Senate faced the strongest challenges in yesterday’s primaries. While GOP Leaders in the House and Senate also had primaries, their opponents were less organized and were recruited by members of the New House Republican Caucus, a splinter group of conservative House Republicans. As of this morning, it appears as though two DFL members of the Minnesota Senate and two DFL members of the Minnesota House have been defeated. While final votes will not be reported until Thursday, the margins of victory appear too broad to be overcome by last minute or outstanding absentee ballots. The incumbent DFL losses represent a major victory by the progressive wing of the party in dis- tricts known for their strong DFL ties.

In the Senate, Assistant Minority Leader Jeff Hayden (DFL-Minneapolis) was defeated by his DFL endorsed opponent Omar Fateh, by a margin of 55% to 44%. Hayden, one of two African American men serving in the Minnesota Senate, has long been a leader on issues related to racial economic and academic disparities, civil justice reform and was the author of Minnesota’s last increase in the minimum wage. His opponent, a Somali-American will be the Senate’s first Democratic Socialist. Duluth DFL Senator Erik Simonson was also defeated by a candidate endorsed by the Democratic Socialist Party.

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Jen McEwen, a Duluth attorney, and environmental activist was able to secure the DFL Party endorsement in the local conventions and built a campaign able to overcome the endorsements of Senator Simon- son by Governor Walz and organized labor. Simonson’s defeat is a blow to Governor Walz’s political operations in the Duluth region and further demonstrates the fracture in the Minnesota DFL between labor and environmentalists. McEwen’s margin of victory was impressive, winning the primary with 74% of the vote. Senate Minority Leader Susan Kent and DFL Senator Sandy Pappas were able to defeat their DFL challengers. In the Minnesota House, the DFL lost two members who also served as committee chairs. Representative John Lesch, (DFL-St. Paul) is currently trailing by 20% to Athena Hollins. Lesch had defeated Hollins this spring at the DFL Party endorsing convention. Hollins had originally committed to abide by the dele- gates decision, however following the civil unrest related to the death of George Floyd she decided to challenge Lesch in the primary. The Chair of the House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee had a reputation for working across the aisle on issues related to privacy and for his aggressive debating skills on the House Floor. Representative Ray Dehn (DFL-Minneapolis) also appears to have lost to his DFL endorsed opponent, Esther Agbaje. Unlike the other DFL Primaries, the less than 500 vote difference could still be overcome by outstanding absentee ballots. Rep. Dehn is likely going to wait for all the ballots to be counted before he makes any announcements regarding the outcome.

Republicans had two highly contested legislative primaries. In the Senate, Julia Coleman, the daughter-in -law of former US Senator Norm Coleman, handily defeated her opponent Thomas Funk. Coleman a member of the Chanhassen City Council, beat Funk the Mayor of Victoria, and will be the Republican candidate looking to replace retiring GOP Senator Scott Jensen. Former State Representative Bob Loonan was unsuccessful in his attempt to return to the Minnesota House. The former House member who lost the local endorsement and primary to Erik Mortensen in 2018, was hoping to turn the table this year and defeat Mortensen. Mortensen went on to lose the 2018 general election to Rep. Brad Tabke and turned a long-held GOP seat over to the DFL. The House Republicans who had thrown their support behind Loonan were hoping to pick this seat up in the fall elections. The New House Republican Caucus recruited Mortensen to challenge Loonan in 2018, and backed his campaign again this year.

Walz Administration – Changing Personnel Earlier today Governor Walz announced Commissioner Myron Frans, the Dayton Administration holdo- ver at Minnesota Management and Budget, would be leaving for a senior leadership position at the Uni- versity of Minnesota. Frans, who has been at the center of budget negotiations for some time will be re- placed by Jim Schowalter who preceded Frans as MMB Commissioner early in the Dayton Administra- tion. Schowalter played an instrumental role in helping Governor Dayton and the Minnesota Legislature resolve a $6.2 billion budget deficit in 2011.

Special Session III As I am preparing this update, the Minnesota Legislature has returned to St. Paul for Special Session III. With the Governor’s decision to again extend his Emergency Orders related to the management of COVID-19, the Governor must call the Legislature back and give them an opportunity to reject his order. Efforts to reject his order once again passed the Minnesota Senate and failed in the Minnesota House. Both bodies have passed a bill making technical corrections to the law enforcement reforms adopted in Special Session II and a bill providing grants to living service providers, services, and training to the disa- bled. The Senate also appears posed to reject the confirmation of the state’s Labor and Industry Commis- sioner Nancy Leppink. The Senate DFL appeared to be caught off guard by the late decision to add the confirmation vote to today’s agenda.

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MINNESOTA VIKINGS

Coming Soon! The Minnesota Vikings tickets will be available September 1 to help your store (and players) score big! Like previous years, two price points are available - a $5 ticket with a top prize of $100,000 and a $2 ticket with a top prize of $15,000. This year, the $5 ticket includes 4 unique scenes including a camo .design that is sure to be popular with Vikings fans!

MERCHANDISE LIKE A PRO

Use the Vikings point of purchase materials included in the September kit to catch your players attention. Place items near other Vikings gear or your tail- gate essentials to remind players to grab a ticket before game day. Included in the kit will be 6 Vikings wrist lan- yards that you can share with your staff or players to build excitement and show off their Vikings spirit!

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With the Minnesota Lottery and Vikings, it’s game day any day! Remind your players that they can enter non- winning Vikings tickets at mnlottery.com for their chance to win 2021 season tickets, an on-field turf suite experi- ence, a trip to an away game, Vikings gear and more! Provided By: MN Lottery Link Newsletter, August 2020, Colume2, Issue 5

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NATO Local Ordinance Tracker Spreadsheet

MSSA members have been contacting the Association office asking about specific tobacco questions regarding their city ordinances. Some questions pertain to “How old does an employee need to be to sell tobacco?” Great question as the new tobacco minimum use age is 21. MSSA can answer a lot of these questions, however, many cities in Minnesota and in the U.S. pass their own “irritating” ordinances all retailers in that City, town or county must follow.

As a part of NATO’s on-going monitoring and responding to local tobacco ordinances considered by cities, towns and counties, NATO has developed the NATO Local Ordinance Tracker Spreadsheet. This spreadsheet lists critical information about local ordinances that are currently pending or previously acted upon. The spreadsheet will be updated weekly with new ordinance information and as historical ordinance information continues to be added to the document. Each Friday, the spreadsheet will be uploaded to this webpage in a read-only format.

MSSA members may go to the link below to find their local ordinance information: http://www.natocentral.org/local-ordinances

MSSA members needing more assistance, please feel free to contact the Associa- tion office at 651-487-1983 or email Lance at [email protected].

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MSSA and Delta Payments have come together to bring you a great rate for credit card processing.

Members enjoy numerous benefits including:

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For more information, contact Kent Flannery at (612) 730-5368 / [email protected] or MSSA at (651) 487-1983

Important Time sensitive PPP (Payroll Protection Plan) Loan Forgiveness Application Information (Expires 10/31/2020)

Please see the below frequently asked questions received during the first week of PPP loan forgiveness. I will continue to update you as we process applications.

What is the deadline for a business to submit their forgiveness application? A business may submit a loan forgiveness application any time on or before the maturity date of the loan. However, if the business does not submit their complete loan forgiveness application within 10 months after the end of the forgiveness covered period, they will be required to start paying principal and interest on the PPP loan.

What supporting documentation does a business need to provide with their PPP Forgiveness Applica- tion? Businesses should refer to the Instruction documents that go along with each of the forgiveness applications for a complete list of documents required. For the SBA Form 3508, this can be found on page 6 of the instructions, and for SBA Form 3508EZ, page 4 of the instructions.

For individuals who are self-employed, and qualified for PPP loans using Schedule C or Schedule F, what form of documentation should they utilize to support payroll costs? The individual will need to provide bank account statements and other documentation of cash compensat ion paid, as well as 2019 tax forms (Schedule C or F).

Where can we find the SBA PPP Loan Number and Lender PPP Loan Number as required on the forgiveness application? All Banks have loaded all SBA PPP Loan Numbers and Lender PPP Loan Numbers into their systems in order for the forgiveness application be filed.

Business type Applied for the PPP loan as self-employed, an independent contractor or a sole proprietor with no employees.

Employee hours Did not reduce salary or wages for any employee by more than 25%, and did not reduce the number or hours of their employees (excepting laid-off employees who refused an offer to return).

Business impact Did not reduce salary or wages for any employee by more than 25% during the covered period and experienced reductions in business activity as a result of health directives related to COVID-19.

Members will find the PPP loan forgiveness application and additional information at https://www.sba.gov/ sites/default/files/2020-05/3245-0407%20SBA%20Form%203508%20PPP%20Forgiveness% 20Application.pdf

At this time most banks are not processing PPP forgiveness applications for loans less than $150,000. MN banking trade association has recommending not processing these loans as they feel congress will eventually forgive them without having to complete an application. (From MSSA banker at Peoples Bank)

All members should follow up with their bank/banker regarding PPP loan documents that were executed and to discuss the PPP Loan forgiveness application.

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Senators weigh future of commerce commissioner's job, question politics on Line 3

Last Friday's hearing came after Senate Republicans ousted one Walz cabinet official last week, and the De- partment of Commerce appealed the Enbridge Line 3 project.

ST. PAUL — Having just ousted one Minnesota cabinet member the week prior, state senators in a Friday, Aug. 21, virtual hearing questioned whether another member of Gov. Tim Walz's cabinet could keep his job.

The majority-Republican Senate committee grilled Department of Commerce Commissioner Steve Kelley over his department's recent decision to again appeal Enbridge's proposed Line 3 pipeline rebuilding project. Kelley was appointed to his seat by Walz, a Democrat, in January 2019.

Friday's hearing came roughly a week after Senate Republicans on Aug. 13 voted to oust state Department of Labor and In- dustry Commissioner Nancy Leppink. Democrats decried the move, which they said was a surprise, as political backlash over Walz's coronavirus emergency orders. Republicans said the vote was cast based on concerns over Leppink's decisions while heading her department.

Now, senators are conducting hearings to review the positions of Kelley, as well as Pollution Control Agency Commissioner Laura Bishop next week. Senators could cast their votes to oust the commissioners as soon as next month.

Most of the time during Friday's hearing was devoted to questioning Kelley over his department's recently filed appeal against the plan to rebuild Line 3. The pipeline project has long been a source of debate in the Capitol and in northern Minne- sota, with proponents saying the existing 60-year-old pipeline's infrastructure is too aged, and rebuilding it could spur jobs and economic growth. Opponents retort that the state should be moving away from fossil fuel use and infrastructure, supporting renewable energies instead, and that oil pipelines pose risk to the area's wildlife, waters and Indigenous lands.

Senators on Friday alleged political motivations in the Department of Commerce's decision to appeal the project this month. Kelley denied politics, saying the decision was made because Enbridge failed to prove to the state a suitable demand for crude oil forecast over the course of the hypothetical new pipeline's life, as is required by Minnesota law.

"Why has the agency picked one side?" Sen. Jason Rarick, R-Brook Park, asked Kelley. "You say you advocate for the public, and this is an issue that many people in the public are on both sides. And with this action, your agency has picked one side."

Kelley responded that he disagreed with Rarick's characterization. Instead, he said the department has picked to "carry out our responsibility to the law."

"Forces in society have lined things up, regrettably, so that this comes across as a conflict between environmental advocates and working people who are looking for jobs," Kelley said. "The statute does not take that side, either side of that. The statute that we’re looking at is not related to the environment and it’s not related to jobs. It’s related to whether there’ s a need for an energy facility of this kind."

He went on to say that if there is not a demonstrated need for the pipeline, consumers shouldn't have to pay for it. Toward the close of the hearing, Sen. Scott Dibble, D-Minneapolis, flipped Republicans' accusations against Kelley onto them, saying they were, in fact, the ones "actually asking the commissioner to pick a side and make a decision based on politics and not the law." He went on to accuse committee members of holding "a kangaroo hearing."

"You had a list of people you wanted to ask specific, curated questions and you jumped right to them," Dibble said. "You didn’t give really any of us (Democrats) the opportunity and you’re cutting this hearing short. So clearly, it sounds like decisions have already been made. No matter what Commissioner Kelley said, the decision was made somewhere else about what’s ultimately going to become of this confirmation."

As for what does become of Kelley's confirmation, committee chairman Sen. Gary Dahms, R-Redwood Falls, concluded the hearing saying it was only informational, with no official vote. But had they voted, he said, "I assume ... it would have proba- bly been to move (Kelley's confirmation) forward without recommendation."

The full Senate can vote on Kelley's future job prospects next month.

Written By: Sarah Mearhoff | Duluth News

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Treasury Secretary Clarifies Executive Order Regarding Social Security Withholding

As previously reported on, President Trump has issued an Executive Order deferring the employee portion of Social Security taxes from September 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020. The deferral is only available to employees who are paid less than$4,000 bi-weekly ($104,000 per year).

The Order directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue guidance; no such guidance has been issued as of yet. However, subsequent to the Order being issued, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin stated that the deferral would not be mandatory for employers to implement.

In light of this announcement and the specific language in the Order, SESCO is now recommending that employers do not implement the change to withholding unless employees affirmatively elect to do so.

Disclaimer- The above information was retained from SSDA (Service Station Dealers of America) as all members should consult with their accounting organizations and/or counsel regarding the upcoming Payroll tax Holiday. The Secretary of the Treasury may issue guidance anytime in the next week. Members of the Association will be updated immediately when the Secretary of the Treasury issues additional and prompt guidance. Stay tuned…

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We Card Awareness Month - Sept. 2020 Participation Tools

We Card Awareness Month is right around the corner in September and there are lots of activities to help raise awareness. These include:

• September is We Card Awareness Month and a great time to train or re-train employees and raise awareness of the FDA regulations and state law compliance.

• MSSA encourages all retailers to continue in their efforts to successfully identify and prevent underage age- restricted product sales. We Card resources include:

• We Card’s 2021 materials will be available to order on September 1st at www.wecard.org.

• We Card’s online training and its mystery shopping service — ID Check-Up help equip your store employees with the knowledge while you can gauge their performance with mystery shops.

• Get an updated state law summary or a Federal Law Summary on FDA regulated products and requirements of retailers. See the Resource Center at www.wecard.org.

• • We Card’s Age Checker App, a smartphone app that scans driver’s license bar codes and provides an "OK to Sell" or "Do Not Sell" message — available in the App Store and Google Play

• • Take We Card’s Best Practices Survey and get a free download of We Card’s Guide to Best Practices.

• Thanks again to all MSSA members hard work in promoting We Card Awareness Month. A great opportunity for our members to communicate the “We Card” responsible retailing message to your customers.

• Please keep We Card updated on your Awareness Month participation efforts by contacting Doug Anderson at The We Card Program, Inc. at [email protected]