OPENING SOON PAIR OF WAL-MARTS BACK ON TRACK IN ANTELOPE VALLEY.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer PALMDALE - After overcoming a lawsuit lawsuit: see procedure; tort. and a referendum referendum, referral of proposed laws or constitutional amendments to the electorate for final approval. This direct form of legislation, along with the initiative, was known in Greece and other early democracies. , Wal-Mart is set on Jan. 23 to open its new east Lancaster and east Palmdale stores. While critics feared that the stores would be competitor-gobbling ``supercenters'' - containing complete grocery stores - both will open as conventional discount stores, though slightly larger than the west-side Lancaster and Palmdale stores and with room to expand, company officials said. ``It is a good size,'' Wal-Mart spokeswoman Susanne Decker said. The Lancaster and Palmdale stores are among 18 the $191 billion retailer is scheduled to open Jan. 23, from Rhode Island Rhode Island, island, United States Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches. to California. Officials are still organizing the grand opening ceremonies, but officials said they usually include dignitaries and activities, coupled with donations to local charities. ``It'll be fun day,'' Decker said. For example, the Jan. 9 opening of a new-style Wal-Mart grocery store in Wal-Mart home state of Arkansas will be attended by the local congressman, a Dallas Cowboys Both the Lancaster and Palmdale east-side stores cover nearly 150,000 square feet, compared with about 145,000 square feet for Wal-Mart's 10-year-old west Palmdale store. Employees were busy this week stocking the new stores, and some internal construction like assembling shelves and cabinets was going on. The east Palmdale Wal-Mart, at 47th Street East and Avenue S, had to overcome a November 2000 referendum backed by a supermarket clerks union. Construction started after Palmdale residents voted 65 percent to 35 percent to confirm a City Council land-designation change. The east Lancaster Wal-Mart started construction on Avenue J at 20th Street East after opponents dropped a lawsuit in exchange for the city's agreement to prepare a full environmental impact report. The report said shoppers' vehicles would pollute pol·lute v. 1. To make unfit for or harmful to living things, especially by the addition of waste matter; contaminate. 2. To make less suitable for an activity, especially by the introduction of unwanted factors. the air and that construction would be noisy Noisy is the name or part of the name of six communes of France:
CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color in Verb 1. color in - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" color, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour AV edition only) Palmdale's newest Wal-Mart will open on Jan. 23. (2 -- ran in AV edition only) Finishing touches finishing touches finish npl the finishing touches → der letzte Schliff finishing touches npl → ultimi ritocchi mpl are still being made to Lancaster's newest Wal-Mart store. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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