October 16th from 11:00am – 6:00pm at the Swimmin’ Hole Lawn

Grab your beer stein, put your dancing shoes on and head to Big Cedar Lodge for our first annual Oktoberfest party! October 16 will be packed with great food, live entertainment, kids’ games, and more! We will have our Fall Festival on the lawn along with all of the other great events!

Enjoy mouth-watering favorites with us as bratwurst, sauerkraut, pretzels, German potato salad and more. And, don’t forget to fill your Big Cedar beer stein.

South 65 will be performing a live concert during the event from 12:00pm-2:00pm!

There will be fun activities for the kiddos too!

• Admission is Free.
• Beverage tickets will be available for purchase. Food available for purchase.
• Open to Big Cedar Guests and the General Public.
• No fee for vendors to set up a booth.

Call 1-800-BCLODGE to purchase tickets today!

As some of you may know local entertainer Cody Dooley (A Country Legacy – Fountains of Country ) was recently hospitalized from air escaping into his chest and throat. He spent a week in the hospital and was unable to work and perform for over a month. Although he has been cleared to return to performing, he is still undergoing testing and treatment to find the cause of the problem and prevent it from happening again. Cody is the only source of income for his family of 5, has no medical insurance, and during the hospitalization, they were also displaced from their home.

Sunday, October 24th
2PM
Music City Center Theater

Tickets $10.00
Please Call 501-517-2582
Pick up tickets at Music City Center HWY 76 or Treasure Lake Resort Behind IMAX

235th Marine Corps Birthday Ball

November 10th, 2010

Branson Convention Center – 200 Sycamore Street, Branson, MO

5 PM to Midnight

Tickets are $60.00 per person and include:

Social hour with cash bar, Birthday Ceremony, Dinner, Ball & Dancing

Open to Marines, Veterans and the General Public

Tickets may be picked up between October 1st and November 9th.  Seating will be limited so please make  your reservations as soon as possible.

Keynote Speaker:  Col. James Sims,  Marine (Retired)

Currently Col. James Sims, Marine (Retired) is the Commander of the National Military Order of the Purple Heart.  He was commissions a Second Lieutenant and served in the U.S. Marines for 26 years, retiring in 1988 as a Colonel.

Including his many assignments, he was also instructor at the Marine Corps Command and Staff College as well as Aide to the White House Chief of Staff.  When Jim retired, he was the Chief of Political Military Analysis for the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  He was wounded in December of 1966 while a Company Commander in Viet Nam.

For reservation or information, please call 1-800-619-5708

Wednesday, October 13, 2010 Bill Chrastil will return to Owen’s Theatre in Historic Downtown Branson with
“The Many Performances of Bill Chrastil”

Bill has been in Myrtle Beach SC since his daughter Mindy suffered a life threatening brain injury as a result of a fall.

We’re excited about Bill returning to Branson and happy to hear Mindy is improving.

Bill will be performing Wednesdays at 8 p.m. and Thursday thru Saturday at 2 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased by calling the theatre 417.336.1113.

We’re looking forward to seeing you at Owen’s Theatre for “The Many Performances of Bill Chrastil”

Every Friday and Saturday during the month of October visit us at Dogwood Canyon for a hair-raising tram tour.  You’ll  be taken on a haunted ride throughout the park, then stop for a mid-tour break to listen to ghost stories and have s’mores around a campfire.  Finally you’ll head back towards the park entrance where more monsters are lurking and waiting.  Tours start at 7pm each night.

Pricing:  $40 for adults/$25 for children 12 and under

Area Appreciation on Friday Nights:  A $10 discount is available for those that work or live in Stone, Taney, Christian and Greene Missouri Counties and Boone and Carroll Arkansas Counties.  For more information or to purchase tickets call 1-800-BC LODGE

NEWS RELEASE
Contact Debbie Redford
Hollister School District
332-7246

A third grade class at Hollister Elementary is sponsoring Take Flight Veterans’ Night at the McDonald’s on West Highway 76 next to Ride the Ducks on Thursday, October 7, from 4-8 p.m. as a fundraiser to support Ozarks Honor Flight. Students will be greeting veterans and customers with McDonald’s donating a portion of the evening’s proceeds to the Ozarks Honor Flight Program which flies WWII Veterans to Washington, D.C. to view the memorial built to honor their service. The students will have the opportunity to hear two World War II Veterans speak to them on October 5th and 6th. Additionally, the veteran father of one of the students will also visit the class. Teacher Amy Jo Kilgore has made it her mission for her students to understand veterans’ contributions and arranged for the service-learning project so they could demonstrate their support and appreciation.