REMINDER/West Lafayette, Ind., Borders Store Hosts Grand Opening Celebration Dec. 6 - 8.Business Editors REMINDER...for Dec. 6 - 8 WEST LAFAYETTE West Lafayette, city (1990 pop. 25,907), Tippecanoe co., W Ind., a suburb of Lafayette, on the Wabash River; inc. 1924. A primarily residential city, it is the seat of Purdue Univ. , Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2002 Borders(R) is celebrating the grand opening of its 20,000-square-foot store in West Lafayette, Ind.--located on the Purdue University Purdue University (pərdy  `, -d`), main campus at West Lafayette, Ind. campus at the intersection of State Highway 26 and Salisbury
Street--from Friday, Dec. 6, through Sunday, Dec. 8. Throughout the
weekend, special events are planned including Universal's "A
Universe of Music and Movies," "Disney Day" and DK
Publishing's "Keep It Simple Sunday."Friday, Dec. 6 - Universal's "A Universe of Music & Movies" -- "Grand Prize Giveaway," includes a DVD player and a Universal music and movie starter set -- Free copy of the "Wall Street Journal," while supplies last -- noon - Trio Amabile, classical music featuring members of the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra -- 1 p.m. - Lafayette Klezmorim, traditional Jewish and Eastern European music -- 3 p.m. -Scott Freeman, hammer dulcimer player -- 4 p.m. - Purdue Salsa Club: Latin/Afro-Caribbean dance demonstration -- 5 p.m. - Fox 59 a.m. film critics: Fox affiliate morning show film critics Matthew and Jonathon discuss the best new DVD releases for the holidays -- 6 p.m. - La Milonguera, three couples from the Argentinean Tango Club of Purdue will perform Saturday, Dec. 7 - Disney Day -- First 250 children through the door will receive cool Disney Packs -- Kids can enter to win a "Disney Trunk of Fun" filled with a complete Disney story book collection, Disney DVDs and other gifts -- 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. - Meet real live reindeer - free antlers antlers metaphorical decoration for deceived husband. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 395] See : Cuckoldry for the first 150 kids -- 11 a.m. - Kids Event: Disney story time hosted by the local MOMS Club MOMS Club is a support group for stay-at-home moms. MOMS is an acronym for Moms Offering Moms Support. History MOMS Club was founded in 1983 by Mary James, a stay-at-home mother of two from California. -- noon - Irvine Travel presents a Disney travel seminar -- 1 p.m. - Purdue University Theater Department - theater majors preview their February mainstage production of "To Kill A Mockingbird mockingbird: see mimic thrush. mockingbird Any of several New World birds of a family (Mimidae) known for their mimicry of birdsong. The common, or northern, mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) can imitate the songs of 20 or more species within 10 " -- 1:30 p.m. - Kids Event: Disney Trivia Game Show hosted by Alpha Psi Omega Alpha Psi Omega (ΑΨΩ) National Theatre Honor Society is an American recognition honor society recognizing students in collegiate theatre. The Alpha cast (Alpha Psi Omega's designation for "chapter") was founded at Fairmont State College (now Fairmont State , Purdue's student theater honorary society -- 2 p.m. - Lafayette Civic Theater - local youth preview their production of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" -- 3 p.m. - Imagination Station, local hands-on family science center presents an activity for all ages Sunday, Dec. 8 - Keep It Simple Sunday -- Enter to win a collection of DK Keep It Simple Series books -- noon - author Richard Grace talks about and signs his book, "When Every Day Is Saturday: A Retirement Guide for Boomers" -- 1 p.m. - Vintage Radio Listening Party with the Tippecanoe County Council on Aging/Senior Center of Tippecanoe -- 2 p.m. - lecture on wolves and information about the Wolf Park preserve -- 3 p.m. - editor of "Indy Men's Monthly Magazine" and local author Lou Harry talks about and signs his book, "As Seen On TV" -- 4 p.m. - author Dr. Will Miller talks about and signs his book, "Refrigerator Rights: Creating Connections and Restoring Relationships" Throughout the grand opening weekend, experience what Borders has to offer West Lafayette year-round--community benefit days, educational and fun children's programming, diverse music events and a wonderful place to simply discover. Borders Group, Inc., (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) The routing protocol that is used to span autonomous systems on the Internet. It is a robust, sophisticated and scalable protocol that was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). ) is a leading global retailer of books, music, video and other information and entertainment items with stores in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , Singapore, and the commonwealth of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. . A FORTUNE 500 company headquartered in Ann Arbor, Mich., Borders Group employs 32,000 worldwide and operates over 390 Borders domestic superstores, 29 international Borders stores, 37 Books etc. locations and approximately 800 Waldenbooks stores. Teamed with Amazon.com, the company also offers online shopping through Borders.com (www.borders.com). More detailed information for journalists is available at www.bgimediacenter.com. Financial data is hosted on www.bordersgroupinc.com and information on Borders stores is available through www.bordersstores.com. |
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