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there is a substantial increase in-;,
amount of customers and sales4
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taxes that makes people comeoit
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more traffic. People like know;
they are not going to be taxed.”
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plans to have another successful!;
free holiday weekend.
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in sales from the year before," I
"We expect a larger increase this ye
because of the mail's extended hon
and more stores are having sales."
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when the room temperature rise
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with the sprinkler system, twosmok
detectors are located on opposite side
of the commons area to minimizeev;:
nation time in case of emergency.
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which began in September, I'mplf
to say that we've had no problems mi
fires," Griffith said. "Wetry tomakeos
buildings as safe as we possibly can,»
in case of an emergency, our residenf
will have enough warning to safely ard
easily get out of their apartments."
Correction
In the July 31 article "Texas
schools lack standardized sexual
abuse programs," Suelma Contr
eras was mistakenly cited as the
chairperson of Chilifest, Inc. Contr
eras is a family involvement coordi
nator for the Goose Creek Consoli
dated Independent School District.
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