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Thursday, June 22,2006*Duacanvi!!e Today»Page 3Belt Line Wal-Mart opensBy DAPHNE BROWNToday StaffS'. ■ ■The Duncanville neighboring city of DeSoto welcomed Wal-Mart last week — ,a more than 200,000 square-foot facility now open off of Belt Line Road.DeSoto Mayor Michael Hurtt said all one has to do is look at the new Wal-Mart Supercenter to see the corporation’s commitment to the city.“We didn’t want a big, ugly box,” Hurtt said, “And we didn’t get it. We’ve got more landscaping than the Plano Wal-Mart has, They are committed to providing what we wanted,” he said.According to a Wal-Mart representative, JIOQQ applicants from around the Best Southwest and beyond applied for positions with 465 peo-ple hired.The supercenter, located at 951 W. Belt Line Road, celebrated a grand opening June 14 with a special Flag Day program.Representatives from the US. Army presented the store with a US. flag flown over the US. Embassy in Iraq. Texas Gov. Rick Perry sent aTexas state flag that has flown over the state Capitol and Hurtt presented Wal-Mart with a Prisoner of War/Missing in Action flag to commemorate service people captured or missing while serving the, U.S. The flags will be on display for DeSoto residents and visitors to view.A 24-hour operation, the Wal-Mart Supercenter will include a tire and lube express, pharmacy with drive-thru window, vision center, garden center, a nail salon and other retail stores located inside of the facility.Food, clothes and expanded home decor departments will be features of the Supercenter as well.During the celebration, Wal-Mart presented Operation Helmet representatives with a specialfOfk-in-pEfrlonauon oiyiding combat soldiers a free safety enhancement for their helmets. Operation Helmet is a nonpartisan, charitable grassroots effort that provides free helmet-upgrade kits to US. troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan.More information about Wal-Mart can be found by visiting www.walmartfacts.com.
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Duncanville Today
Duncanville, Texas, US
Thu, Jun 22, 2006
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