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September 16, 2022 • Vol. 3, Issue 37
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Area remembers 9/11 with powerful ceremony at Landing
By K.D. MICHAELS, Staff Writer Members of the Branson community gathered to remember the victims of 9/11 in a touching and powerful ceremony. Held Sunday at the Branson Landing, Branson Remembers honored those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001, in the deadliest terrorist attack on United States soil. Hosted by the Branson Veterans Task Force and the Brett Family, represented by Bryden Brett, the Branson and Western Taney County Honor Guard presented colors to begin the ceremony. Branson Assistant Police Chief Eric Schmitt led the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance, and Mena
PAGE 5: Branson Show Awards are announced.
PAGE 29: ER nurse takes long way home to career success.
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Starting on page 20 • Opinion..............................6 • Education Briefs.............27 • Weather............................41 • Puzzles............................. 43 • Classifieds....................... 44 • Churches......................... 46
Old Glory serves as a backdrop for Branson Remembers ceremony at Branson Landing. (Photo by K.D. Michaels)
SEE BRANSON REMEMBERS, PAGE 34
Assemblies of God Senior Adult Ministries Conference held in Branson By CINDY THOMAS, Staff Writer Are senior citizens in church just putting in their time until God calls them home to heaven? Over 600 members of the 55-plus crowd
answered that question with a resounding “No” as they gathered at the Branson Convention Center at the Hilton near Branson Landing, Sept. 8-10, for the Assemblies of
God Senior Adult Ministries Conference, where they enjoyed fellowship, music and inspirational messages focused on the theme “To the Next Generation.” All left
with a renewed prayer and action plan for helping children, grandchildren and beyond live out the gospel message in increasingly SEE SENIOR ADULT MINISTRIES, PAGE 38