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Zimmermann's Service 360 E. Howard Ave. 414 -744-9868 260310016 FREE AC CHECK most cars With coupon. Expires 6/1/18. With this ad 1 FREE 3" Pot PERENNIAL With any purchase. Limit 1 per visit. Luxembourg Gardens Expires 5/27/18 8429 W. Forest Hill Ave., Franklin 414-425-5696 Hours: Mon - Fri. 8-7, Sat. 8-6, Sun. 9-5 Gift Certificates Available LUXEMBOURG GARDENS MP Over 1 Million ANNUAL, PERENNIAL & VEGETABLE PLANTS Grown in Our Greenhouses "Come to the grower for the best quality at fair prices." Thousands of Hanging Baskets! 260335010 3 Gallon Pot Grade #1 Rose Bushes • Tea • Grandiflora • Floribunda • Shrub • Miniature • Climbing Roses Great Selection of Herbs! OPEN MEMORIAL DAY! 8-5 • Ageratum • Alyssum • Begonias • Celosia • Coleus • Dianthus • Edible Kale • Geraniums • Herbs • Impatiens • Lobelia • Marigolds • Moss Roses • Nicotiana • Pansies • Petunias • Salvia • Snapdragons • Verbena • Zinnias Celebrating 30 Years DID YOU KNOW? • The word "bride"may be from a proto-Germanic word: "to cook." • India has the largest slave population in the modern world with over 14 million adults and children slaves. – Source: sotruefacts.com MARK BELLING Republican loyalists overwhelmingly back Vukmir Page 8 But Nicholson may be way ahead with actual voters 101 THINGS TO DO CAN LEAD TO A SUMMER OF FUN FOR ANYONE – PAGES 11-14 JOHN TORINUS The prescription for relief in health costs Page 9 You, too, can tame inflation when it comes to care MILWAUKEE COUNTY'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER MAY 18, 2018 By ROBYN DI GIACINTO Special to the Post OAK CREEK — It was a bright, cloudless morning at the Oak Creek IKEA as the Swedish home goods retailer prepared for the official grand opening of its first Wisconsin location. A swarm of neon yellow-clad attendants shepherded cars through neat rows of orange traf- fic cones in the thousand-spot parking lot. From a stage closer to the store, the opening chords of a live cover of "You Give Love a Bad Name" issued from a column of speakers flanked by festive bal- loon arches. But the real sight was the cus- tomers: hundreds of them, packed into a maze of retractable stan- chions that were beginning to spill out around the side of the building. A sea of strollers and folding chairs, screaming toddlers IKEA Oak Creek delights crowds See IKEA on Page 17 Thousands flock to Swedish store's unveiling Local news at your fingertips Visit www.gmtoday.com Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/MilwaukeePost Robyn Di Giacinto/Special to the Post A crowd eagerly awaits the Oak Creek IKEA grand opening on Wednesday morning.

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