Bingo Night @ The Paddlewheel Benefit Captain Dave Taplin – September 24, 2013 – Open to the Public

This is a last minute invite to come down this evening and join us this evening as we raise money and have fun playing Bingo! Doors open at 6:00 pm and we start playing at 6:30 pm. Bring your friends and come out and have a great evening. If you are unable to join us at 6:30 stop down when you can! The Paddlewheel staff will be ready to serve you food and drinks including our yummy Copper Run Moonshine. Cost is one time donation of $5 per card, play same cards all night. Open to everyone.

Located at the Branson Landing 7 North Boardwalk. Park in the Belk’s parking lot and catch our cruiser to The Paddlewheel.

Here is the list of prizes for tonight:

PRIZES:

$50 Texas Land and Cattle

$50 Brown Egg

$50 Bass Pro + $45 Famous Dave’s

$50 Joe’s Crab Shack

$15 Starbucks + 1- 30 Min Massage

60 Minute Massage + $45 Famous Dave’s

Brunch at Keeter Center for 2

Brunch at Keeter Center for 2

30 Minute Massage + $10 IMAX + $10 Montana Mike’s

30 Minute Massage + $30 Famous Dave’s

Christmas Package + $30 Famous Dave’s

2 Candle Holders + $30 Famous Dave’s

$10 IMAX + $10 Montana Mike’s (9 Sets)

$10 IMAX + $15 Famous Dave’s

$10 IMAX + $15 Famous Dave’s

$15 Famous Dave’s (8 individuals)

RAFFLES!!

$250 Jones Photography Certificate + $30 Famous Dave’s

½ Day Fishing Guide Trip + $30 Famous Dave’s

BRANSON, Mo., September 15 2013 – Ever thought about giving the gift of life to someone by donating your organs upon your demise? The First Presbyterian Church Ministry Team is hosting a free workshop that will not only explain what it means to be an organ or tissue donor and how to sign up to be on the National Donor List, but provide an opportunity for attendees to get any questions about organ or tissue donation answered. The workshop will be held on Sunday, September 22, in the Fellowship Hall of First Presbyterian Church at 420 W. Main Street in Branson.

Professionals scheduled to be present at the workshop include Marjorie Bryan – Mid West Transplant Services; Matthew Aumiller – Taney County Ambulance; Jan Harper – Cardiac Pulmonary Rehab Cox Hospital; Henry Chaney – Greenlawn Funeral Home; Dr. Peter Marcellus MD; Michael Horn – Attorney; Pastor Tom Willcox – First Presbyterian Church and Mended Hearts Support Group.

Local resident, John Long, himself a heart transplant receiver, and one of the organizers of the workshop said, “Without that donor heart I would have been the donor for other organs. I just celebrated ten years with that donor heart.” Long sees the workshop as an opportunity to make the community aware of the importance of being an organ donor.

For further information on the workshop please call the First Presbyterian Church of Bransonat 417.334.3468.

Walk to End Alzheimer’s
Saturday, September 14, 2013
Branson Landing
100 Branson Landign Blvd
Branson, MO

Registration 9 am / Walk 10 am

No fee, but donations requested. Register online at www.alz.org/walk or at
the event. All funds raised benefit the support, care and research efforts
of the Alzheimer’s Association. All ages welcome!

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Point Lookout—College of the Ozarks will host Mr. Bill O’Reilly, host of FOX News The O’Reilly Factor, to speak at a Patriotic Education Convocation on October 10, at 7 p.m., in the Howell W. Keeter Athletic Complex.  Free tickets to attend this convocation are available on a first-come, first-serve basis at www.cofo.edu.

“The College is extremely excited to host Mr. O’Reilly to speak on the importance of patriotic education,” said C of O Dean of Character Education Dr. Sue Head.  “With his ‘no spin’ approach, we know Mr. O’Reilly will spark a desire for those in attendance, especially our students, to further develop their patriotism.”

A journalist for more than 30 years, Bill O’Reilly has now risen to the top of his profession. Monday through Friday on the Fox News Channel, The O’Reilly Factor causes the powerful in America to duck for cover as the rigidly enforced “No Spin Zone” deals with the nation’s most important issues in a straightforward and provocative manner. Blending news analysis with investigative reporting, The Factor has gained international prominence as well – it is now seen in more than 30 countries.

With 12 straight New York Times Bestsellers including The O’Reilly Factor, The No Spin Zone, Who’s Looking Out for You, Culture Warrior, A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity, and Pinheads and Patriots, and his most recent NYT bestseller, Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever; as well as over 5 million copies of his books in print, Bill O’Reilly continues to be a highly sought-after author and speaker.

Mr. O’Reilly also writes a syndicated newspaper column that is carried by hundreds of papers across the USA. Raised in a working class family in the huge housing subdivision of Levittown, New York, Mr. O’Reilly has stayed close to his roots. He still lives on Long Island and his best friends are neighborhood guys. But education sparked O’Reilly’s career. He graduated with a degree in history from Marist College, with a master’s degree in broadcast journalism from Boston University, and attained another master’s in public administration from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

Bill O’Reilly has won three Emmy Awards for Excellence in Reporting. He was awarded two National Headliner Awards while working as a national correspondent for ABC News and was honored by The National Academy of Arts and Sciences for his reporting and analysis on and after September 11^th, 2001.

The Patriotic Education Convocation featuring Mr. O’Reilly is sponsored by the College’s Keeter Center for Character Education, which provides convocations and programs that educate the head, heart, and hands of students, as well as the community.

Please join us at The Keeter Center for “Afternoon Tea” on Saturday, September 7, 2013 at 1:00pm. Please RSVP to [email protected] or call 417-690-2122

For more information call: 417-883-5678 or visit our website at www.florentinasspringfield.com.

BRANSON – As a special presentation of the Branson Arts Council, Pianist Nicolas Susi will perform a concert at the Old Stone Church at 7:30 p.m., on Thursday, Aug. 8. Admission is free and open to the public; free-will donations to help the Branson Arts Council continue to provide these community concerts will be accepted.

A St. Louis native, Susi will be playing selections from “Sonata in B minor, Hob. XVI:32” by Franz Joseph Haydn; three movements from “The Firebird,” by Igor Stravinsky (translated by Guido Agosti); “Keyboard Suite no. 5” (“The Harmonious Blacksmith”), by George Frederic Handel; and “Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel,” by Johannes Brahms.

Susi is a graduate of the Community Music School of Webster University in St. Louis, with continued studies at the University of Kansas, the University of Michigan, and at the Hochschule fur Musik und Tanz Koln in Germany. He received the first prize at the international Klavierfestival Rosrath, second prize at the 2009 Kind Award for Young Artists competition, first place in the 2008 Spire Piano Competition, and numerous scholarships for musical study.

Other appearances by Susi include the Omaha Symphony, St. Louis Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia of Greater Kansas City, and summer music festivals in Canada, Italy and Austria. Susi is now a freelance pianist, maintaining a busy schedule of performing, accompanying, and teaching.

The Old Stone Church is located at 4th & Pacific streets in Branson. For more information about this or any other Community Concerts presented by the Branson Arts Council, please call 417-336-4255 or email [email protected]

Branson, Mo., July, 2013 –  “The Titanic violin played by the bandmaster Wallace Hartley of the RMS Titanic as the famed ocean liner slipped away will be on exclusive display in Branson, MO., Thursday, August 1 through August 15, 2013 at the Titanic Museum Attraction, announces John Joslyn –expedition leader of the first private exploration dive to Titanic and owner of the Titanic Museum Attractions in Branson and Pigeon Forge, TN.

“As of August first, the only place in the world anyone can see Titanic band leader Thomas Hartley’s iconic Titanic violin – before it goes up for auction in England – is at the Titanic Museum Attraction in Branson, Mo.   ‘This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for all Titanic fans to become a witness to history,’ Joslyn says.

“’I’ve explored Titanic at the bottom of the sea, documented my discoveries for television and even built two giant museum attractions in tribute to this iconic ship, but when I came face-to-face with the actual violin Hartley had played that cold April night, the whole Titanic experience came into focus, bringing an emotional and melancholy close to a catastrophic chapter in the Titanic story.  I feel certain our guests passengers will feel the same,’ Joslyn adds.”

Please join us at The Keeter Center for our “Farm to Fork” cooking class on Saturday, August 3rd, 2013 or Saturday, October 26, 2013. Please make reservations early as the class is limited to 12 people. Call 417-690-2122. The cost is $89.00 per person. Plan on arriving at 8:15am and being here until 2:00pm. Call for more information