...shopper conversation, directing patrons to newly opened registers. A flute version of "Silent Night" crooned from ceiling speakers mounted above the frenzied scene. Ruth Anne Brososky pushed a cart full of body pillows through the bedding section...

...open house are planned for the fall. Christy Terry, left, an employee for Jeffus & Williams, cuts a hole for a ceiling speaker at Bartlett Regional Hospital. Kirk Perisich, right, a carpenter for Coogan Construction, builds cabinets Tuesday...