Wal-Mart obviously has that policy across the country, but also instructs the store managers that if it's not permitted, it's not permitted. It gets kind of confusing.

A good rule of thumb is not to pick up or offer rides to strangers.

We're trying to prepare for Wal-Mart, ... We wanted someone interested in the store, not the stock price. We were intrigued with AWI (Associated Wholesalers), a true cooperative owned by its store-customers. We started buying off them in September-October of last year and the more business we did, the more we liked them.

We worked with the schools to manage it from a safety standpoint.

Twenty-six years later, both as lieutenants, they retired the same day.

No citations have yet been issued.