McDonald’s Grand Opening draws hundreds

By Francisco Barrios

Douglas Dispatch
Published/Last Modified on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 4:33 PM MDT


McDonald’s staff showed their appreciation to the Douglas community with the official grand Re-Opening of the store celebrated on Sunday, May 6, after it went through a renovation process from March 4 to April 16.


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Store owners LeAnn and Pat Richards, as well as Director of Operations Jim Quinet came down to Douglas to join the celebration and show their support to the staff for their hard work. They also brought special guest Ronald McDonald, who make kids laugh and spend a good time with his jokes and magic tricks.

Other special guests included Douglas Mayor Michael Gomez, elected Mayor Danny Ortega, Council members Ben LaForge and Mitch Lindemann, elected Councilman Luis Greer and Douglas’ Greater Chamber of Commerce representative Vicky Merrit. Mrs. Richards thanked the City of Douglas and the Chamber for their help towards creating a good relationship between businesses and government, because, as she remarked it is through mutual cooperation that communities can grow better.

The re-opening ceremony began with the introduction of the U.S. Colors by the American Legion Post 11 accompanied by the Douglas High School Band, who performed the U.S. National Anthem.

Following that, the Richards showed their appreciation to the DUSD by presenting a $500 check to Sarah Marley and Stevenson elementary schools as well as the Douglas High School Band to complete the money they need to ensure their annual trip to Disneyland this month.

At the ceremony, McDonald’s staff raffled off a skateboard, a razor scooter and a couple of bicycles. Winners were Francisco LaMadrid, Aylin Amaya, Marco Anthony Marrufo and Maria Sanchez respectively.

To conclude the ceremony, all special guests and McDonald’s staff cut the ribbon to let people go inside the store to enjoy their favorite meal while Ronald McDonald signed up autographs for the kids.

 

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Comments

    Soup wrote on Jun 16, 2012 1:12 AM:

    " It's good. celebrate MacDonalds. It's part of the American scene and so many American scenes are slowly disappearing.Don't worry whether it's healthy or not to eat at MacDonald's you only live once and life is short and fragile. Enjoy every bit of life you can. Have yourself a big....a very big Mac, a large order of frys, and a large milk shake, have some good sex, then take a nice nap! And, yes, Vagan burger and oinkburger, you're not normal! "

    believer wrote on Jun 14, 2012 8:19 PM:

    " god bless you mc donalds. i will be praing in our church for, god bless you. "

    OinkBurger wrote on Jun 9, 2012 1:49 AM:

    " Rather ironic that this story is supposed to be great news for Douglas, a town that has one of the highest rates of obesity per capita in the southwest! "

    VeganBurgers wrote on Jun 9, 2012 1:47 AM:

    " News: Creepy clown comes to town, has night of fun at a local motel, and goes back to McDonalnd Land... ew! "

    jenny wrote on Jun 6, 2012 2:51 PM:

    " FYI everybody: this is not normal and is not news in most places. LOL. "

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