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September 15, 2023 • Volume 4, Issue #37
INSIDE:
19th Branson Show Awards names 2023 award winners
• Around Town.... 12A • Churches............ 8C • Classifieds........... 9C • Entertainment ��� 2B • Opinion.............. 4A • Fun & Games.... 10C • Weather........... 11A
PLUS:
Rep. Brad Hudson announces candidacy. SEE PAGE 3A.
JAM SESSION AT THE HOMESTEAD – The Old Country Fair celebrated traditional Ozarks life at Weddings at the Homestead in Branson. READ MORE ABOUT IT on page XB. (Photo by Philip Thomas) Linda Page visits with Mike Walker. SEE PAGE 1B.
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Check out our photo pages! SEE PAGES 6 & 7C.
WEEKEND WEATHER:
Beautiful, temperate weekend on tap, with highs around 80, and overnight lows in the mid50s – perfect sleeping weather! Open the windows, and give the AC a break.
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BY K.D. MICHAELS, Staff Writer The 19th Annual Branson Show Awards ceremony was held on Sunday at the Nashville Roadhouse Theater. The Branson Show Awards is the area’s longest running show awards, recognizing the Best of Branson in the entertainment field. Locally founded by the late Gary Wackerly, and locally owned by Michael Wackerly, James Kast and Benton Wackerly, the Branson Show Awards is a much anticipated annual event. This year’s winners were: • Band of the Year: Double Diamond Show Band • Bass/Upright of the Year: Larry Allred • Drummer of the Year: Brian Duvall • Fiddler of the Year: Abby Dutton Wright • Instrumentalist of the SEE SHOW AWARDS, PAGE 6A
City of Branson launches lodging safety initiative Public health, safety main focus of compliance effort Submitted to Branson Globe The City of Branson is launching a new “Lodging Safety Initiative” designed to ensure all lodging establishments operating within city limits are complying with required public health and safety standards. As a premier destination for millions of visitors annually, Branson offers a wide range of lodging establishments including motels and hotels, condominiums, bed and breakfasts, resorts, and other types of lodging establishments. Through the implementation of the Lodging Safety Initiative, the City of Branson is emphasizing a focused commitment to ensure consistency and accountability in the protection of public health and safety for visiting guests and other occupants of lodging establishments located within city limits. This initiative is the result of a comprehensive review
of the City’s adopted codes, along with input from various business and nonprofit stakeholders. It is intended to provide clear direction to City departments on the priority of public health and safety code compliance. The initiative implements a framework of enforcing existing codes and authority of the City in encouraging compliance with local ordinances regarding building structures, property maintenance, and fire code requirements that protect public health and safety. When appropriate, this initiative will address severe offenders operating establishments under non-compliant conditions with significant public health and/or life safety violations. The vast majority of lodging establishments operating within city limits routinely meet the regulatory inspections and requireSEE SAFETY INITIATIVE, PAGE 2A
The flag waves during a 9/11 remembrance (Photo by K.D. Michaels)
Ceremonies remember lives lost and hero helpers during 9/11 BY K.D. MICHAELS, Staff Writer Monday was a day of remembrance throughout the area with several 9/11 observations taking place. The day was filled with patriotic music, keynote speakers and special ceremonies remembering and paying tribute to the many who lost their lives in the attacks of September 11, 2001. The Patriot Day services
also recognized the bravery, courage and selflessness of those who helped in the rescue attempts—the police officers, firefighters, first responders and everyday citizens who did their best to help those in need during the tragedy that struck our nation. The 9/11 attacks took the lives of 2,977 people from 93 nations. A total of 2,753
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people were killed in New York with the attacks on the Twin Towers. Another 184 lost their lives at the Pentagon on that fateful day, while an additional 40 people perished when Flight 93 went down in Pennsylvania. Monday’s day of remembrance began with the SEE 9/11, PAGE 3A