I miss Apache a great deal. Some of my fondest memories of childhood shopping trips were spent there. The train rides at Christmas time, Jolly's, the Ice Cream Shoppe, the video games in the mall, and the many many years of church craft shows. I remember as a youngster the very first year I bought Christmas presents for my cousins with my own money and I bought them at the craft show. Does anyone else remember the Mad Hatter Restaurant? It's always sad to see area icons go, but Apache was never able to recover from the tornado and not able to keep up with the competing area centers. I'll be glad to finally see new activity move in and flourish. As far as Wal-Mart goes, I've never shopped there myself and really am not that familiar with their business practices. I've read the various articles highlighting the problems, but I can't believe that they could get away with all the bad stuff that is written about them. A big outfit like that is under a very big microscope, and can't get away with all the stuff that they are getting charged with in the press. I tend to keep an open mind with stuff like this, and keep a wait and see approach. I'm all for business owners making a buck, creating jobs, and giving back to the community. I also know that corporations can't get as big as Wal-Mart by committing what equals to assault on the workers. However, will this change my spending habits...most likely not. I'll still shop in the Quarry. Steve Sumner Waite Park
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