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January 10, 2025 • Volume 6, Issue #2
‘A legacy of dedication’: Birthday celebration, commemoration held for local centenarian
• Around Town.... 12A • Churches.......... 11A • Classifieds......... 10B • Education........... 8A • Fun & Games.... 12B • Pets for Adoption �� 3A • Obituaries........ 10A • Features............. 1B • Weather........... 10A
Bonnie worked at a St. Louis County Schnuck’s grocery store for 21 years. She was recognized as the Checker of the Year in 1981 by Schnucks and received an all-expense paid trip to London. After retiring in 1987, she and her husband started a travel company focused on senior travel and traveled to 34 different countries over the next 16 years. Following the death of her husband, Bonnie bought a condo in Lakewood Estates and moved to Branson in 2003 to be near her daughter, Pat Campbell. For the next 20 years Bonnie volunteered her time to help in the annual Branson’s Veterans Week. She also volunteered her time at the Branson Chamber of Commerce for many years. During the birthday celebration, Bob Smither president of the Branson Veterans Task Garrett at 97 organizing the Veterans’ Branson Day Room. Force presentAT RIGHT: Garrett and her family celebrating her 100th birth- ed a plaque that day! (Photos submitted by Pat Campbell)
SUBMITTED BY PAT CAMPBELL Bonnie Garrett celebrated her 100th birthday at the Bungalows at the Meadows surrounded by family and friends. About 75 people attended, almost 200 birthday cards were received, and a fun time was had by all. Bonnie was born at her parents’ farmhouse near Corning, Arkansas, on January 2, 1925. She married during World War II and worked at a U.S. Naval Base in southern California while her husband, C a r l , w a s serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps in Guam. After the war ended, Bonnie and her husband settled in the St. Louis area where they raised their three children.
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Store owner specializes in giving – SEE PAGE 3A
read: “In honor of Bonnie Garrett’s 100th birthday, we are pleased to commemorate her legacy of dedication, commitment, kindness and service to the veteran community for well over 20 years. To celebrate this remarkable milestone, the Day Room at Veterans Village, hosted annually during Branson’s Veterans Homecoming week, is hereby named The Bonnie Garrett Day Room. This special designation serves as a tribute to Bonnie’s unwavering support and the positive impact she has had on all those who have had the privilege of knowing her. Thank you, Bonnie Garrett, for your exemplary contributions and the inspiration you continue to provide. Presented by the Branson Veterans Task Force.” [Editor’s Note: All of us at the Branson Globe wish Bonnie a happy and blessed 100th birthday! Thank you for your service to our community.]
members Wayne Osmond Remembering Wayne Osmond – SEE PAGE 1B.
Explore Branson’s show schedule useless for Spring Break? By GARY J. GROMAN, Independent Journalist In researching an article, this writer wanted to know if “Presley’s Country Jubilee,” “The Haygoods,” and “Legends in Concert” shows would be available during the March 7-13 period of the Spring Break. Having seen one of the many Explore Branson ads on TV, I visited the Explore Branson website at https://www.explorebranson.com/. The first thing I noticed on the page was that there
was no place to enter the dates I was interested in, but there was an option for “Live Shows.” When I clicked on “Live Shows,” one of the options I got was “All Live Shows.” That took me to a page https://www.explorebranson.com/shows#!gridFeatured1 headlined with the verbiage, “Your Vacation Needs a World-Class Live Music Show.” I still couldn’t find a place to enter the dates or names of the shows I was interested in, so I scrolled
down the page and finally found a calendar under the section entitled “It’s Showtime Branson Shows Schedule.” I entered March 7 for Arrival and March 13 for Departure.
See a screenshot of Gary’s show search on page 2A The image of that search result indicates, in the upper right-hand corner, that only eight shows are open during that period,
only one of which, “The Haygoods,” I was interested in seeing. I entered the names of the other two shows, “Presley’s Country Jubilee” and “Legends in Concert,” in the Search Box. The result for each said, “Try a broader search. No results match your search criteria.” Believing that was incorrect, I took the date filter off the search to show all the shows in the database as of 8:00 a.m. on January 8, 2025. There were 15, none of which
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were “Presley’s Country Jubilee” or “Legends in Concert.” I then went to the Show Page of one non-government sponsored site, Branson.com, at https://www.branson. com/shows/ and entered the dates March 7-13. The search returned a list that contained all three of the shows I was interested in “Presley’s Country Jubilee,” “The Haygoods,” and “Legends in Concert.” Because people typically plan vacations, etc.,
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SEE SHOWS, PAGE 2A