Valley folk protest Wal-Mart.(Afternoon)

Byline: Jennifer W. Sanchez jsanchez@abqtrib.com / 823-3610

It was almost the house of their dreams when they bought it, built on an acre of land surrounded by lush alfalfa fields in the South Valley.

Now, 14 years and $300,000 in home improvements later, David and Norma Vargas live in a white, two-story house with a bedroom that looks onto the green rolling farmland.

But that verdant view might be cleared out soon to make room for a new neighbor. The land out their window is the proposed site for a Super Wal-Mart at Coors and Rio Bravo boulevards Southwest.

The Vargases say they don't want the massive retail store or any other big …