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WORDS Continued from page 11 MEMORIAL DAY: HONORING VETERANS
Michael Stone...
projects totaling 180 units with a fall start in mind. They have
also fully leased a to-be-built 9,000 square foot retail building
scheduled for a summer start. In the month of May, we have some special days. On May
14th, we will be able to honor our mothers on Mother’s Day.
On the 20th, we have Armed Forces Day, where we will honor
PIE FIVE PIZZA did not last long after opening at the Citadel
Crossings and Briargate Promenade last year and closing both those who are serving their country in one of our military ser-
stores in February. They also closed their Longmont and Au- vice branches. May 29th is Memorial Day, where we honor
rora stores. Lots of new pizza operations in the area and faced those who have given their lives in service to the United States
with the competition, these failed to generate enough business. of America.
Original plans called for 30 Colorado stores. Fortunately, the
franchisee is doing better with its Colorado FREDDY’S opera- On Memorial
tions. Day, you may
take time to re-
The GARDEN OF THE member family
GODS complex is under- members, neigh-
going a $60 million expan- bors, relatives or
sion – true luxury $$$$$. friends who have
The 334-acre resort just made the “ulti-
east of its namesake park mate sacrifice” for
just completed a $12 mil- this country. My
lion International Health uncle, Richard W. Stone, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army
and Wellness Center and and was killed during World War II. My dad, Edward L. Stone,
recently commenced construction of 37 upscale cottages and was a Marine during World War II. Dad survived, which is why
villas at an estimated cost of $48 million, targeted at their 2,500 I’m here and able to write something in honor of his brother.
club members. Pricing ranges from $800,000 to $3 million. But first, let me tell you about my dad.
The resort also includes 44 traditional hotel rooms, 12 suites
and the 27-hole Kissing Camels Golf Course. Ed was born in 1920, and was the third child of nine in his
family. The first child was James, who died as an infant. That
GENERAL RETAIL left Dick as the oldest brother to everyone in his family. When
NEWS – The apparel World War II started, Ed volunteered for the U.S. Marines and
slump continues and served in the Philippines. He was on Bataan, where American
JCPENNY’s is making Marines surrendered on April 9, 1942, but escaped the Bataan
big efforts to adjust. It Death March by escaping with General Jonathon Wainwright,
is pushing beauty and who took his men to the island of Corregidor. Although the
home goods where con- Marines defended Corregidor against overwhelming odds, they
sumers have been more were eventually forced to surrender on May 6th, 1942. Dad was
active and opening 100 plus appliance showrooms while at the forced into one of the “hell ships” and transported to a POW
same time closing 138 of its unprofitable stores. PAYLESS camp on the Japanese mainland. He spent the rest of World War
SHOES continues to lose sales to Amazon and has filed chapter II as a prisoner of war and was able to survive some horrible
11 bankruptcy with plans to close about 400 of its 4,400 world- conditions to be able to return to the U.S. after the Japanese sur-
wide stores. STAGE STORES plans to acquire about half of render in August 1945.
the GORDMAN’s 106 existing stores under its recently filed
bankruptcy action. The DARDEN chain (Olive Garden, etc.) His brother Dick volunteered for the Army. As a young Lieu-
has acquired CHEDDAR’S adding 165 restaurants in 28 states tenant, he landed on Utah Beach in Normandy on July 9th,
to its expansive dining selections. Try their incredible Monte 1944. This was three days after “D-Day,” so the beach landing
Cristo sandwich at the Cheddars on InterQuest Drive. ALB- was unopposed. Dick was in the 5th Infantry Division; 2nd
ERTSON’S is in merger talks with SPROUTS FARMERS Infantry Regiment, and the mission was “The Liberation of
MARKET, which would add health foods to the Albertson’s Western Europe.”
suite of Safeway, Vons and Shaw’s supermarkets. The 131-year
old SEARS chain is in a doubtful fight to stay alive as it closes From July to September, the 5th Division “Red Devils” fought
150 stores and sells off its CRAFTSMAN TOOLS to BLACK for the liberation of France. On August 3, 1944, the 5th Divi-
& DECKER who already owns DeWalt, Porter Cable, Stanley, sion was assigned to the newly operational Third Army, under
Bostitch, Mac Tools, etc. Even WALMART is making adjust- the command of General George S. Patton, Jr. By September
ments as it eliminated 18,000 jobs over the past year following 1st, Patton had moved his Third Army 700 miles to Verdun,
closures of non-performing stores. The good news is that they France.
will hire 10,000 workers for their new store openings. The re-
tail industry lost 30,000 jobs in the month of March! Continued on page 14
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