Here's a helpful flyer for this big Saturday, November 15th event which corresponds with the annual America Recycles Day and Texas Recycles Day.
This Saturday, the District Champion Wildcat football team is hosting a Lake Highlands community breakfast in the LHHS cafeteria. All diehard fans are welcome, but their special push is to include neighborhood kids who have been attending the games and might like to meet The Boys, up close and personal.
The coaches will be shaking hands, the district championship trophy will be on display, and commemorative "DC '08" (district champs 2008) tee shirts will be for sale. (And, to the delight of my adorable three-year-old neighbor Ike, kids can walk through the inflatable Wildcat Head to their heart's content.) The $4 breakfast is served from 8:30 to 10 am, and participants are encouraged to email Byron McCoy to ensure enough food.
In honor of Christina Hughes-Babb's dad, I share this photo of members of the Greater Dallas Veterans who served as honor guard at the Wal-Mart preview Saturday. They were happy about their role opening the store, but they were super-stoked about the chance to participate in Tuesday's parade in downtown Dallas.The chaps I spoke to were members of Jewish War Veterans, but many veterans groups will participate, they told me. Events begin at 11 am at City Hall.
The DMN reports that a Four Seasons hotel — this one a 250-room building at the northeast corner of NorthPark Center's property, presumably at Park Lane and Central Expressway — could be open as early as 2012. If built, it would join the Las Colinas Four Seasons as the second in the area. The hotel study group reporting the news said that if the hotel isn't already financed — and it probably isn't, according to the group — it might not open until 2013 or later, given the current credit situation nationwide.
The entire community is invited to attend the high school girls' volleyball regional quarterfinals tonight, Monday, at the Garland Special Events Center at 7 pm. The Lake Highlands Lady Wildcats will take on Sachse in their quest to win state.
It was an eclectic crowd at Saturday night's VIP party at the new Lake Highlands Wal-Mart. Store employees and their families mingled with city councilman Jerry Allen, Exchange Club president Stan Scates, Lake Highlands PTA president Donna Kent, and other neighborhood leaders in the produce section. Attendees participated in the traditional employee pep rally to begin the evening, with lots of clapping and cheering by all. After a veteran colorguard presented the flag, talented employees sang the national anthem and local ministers offered prayer "to give thanks for all that this store means to the community." Donations were presented to Network Ministries, LH YMCA, Wild for Cats Academic Booster Club, LHHS PTA Courtyard Fund, Exchange Club, Boles Children's Home, Wranglers Dance Team, and other community organizations.
After the festivities, I wandered the aisles and collected my impressions. The store has all we would expect inside: pharmacy, vision center, photo processing, bank, bakery, deli, etc. There's also a video arcade to keep children busy and an almost-full-sized McDonald's. It felt upscale to me (for a Wal-Mart), like there was "more" and "better" of everything. I found a kiosk offering laptop computers not far from the 40 pound bags of dog food. I coveted the newest Blackberrys on display near the boys' camo thermal underwear. And I played with the digital blenders after finding my Thanksgiving favorite Field's Pecan Pies in the frozen dessert section (and don't miss Starbuck's Java Chip Ice Cream on that aisle, too.) There's a massive wall of flat screen plasma TVs and a "try before you buy" display of all the latest video game systems, including Wii and Guitar Hero. Multiple video screens on endcaps ran product commericals and demonstrations in the food section, where all signage was green, and non-food, where all signage was blue to help with orientation.
The store has 217,000 square feet under roof and 575 proud employees. Merchandise valued at $6.5 million can be found inside, including loads of Christmas items already displayed. Workers at the store take pride in their location at the site of the original training camp for the Dallas Cowboys, and you can expect lots of Cowboy promotional events to kick off the opening. Shoppers get their first chance to make purchases beginning at 8 am Wednesday November 12.
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