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Branson's Silver Dollar City's National Harvest Festival Sep. 11 - Oct. 25

Branson's Silver Dollar City, long known as "The Home of American Craftsmanship," celebrates its roots with the debut of the new Culinary & Craft School during the Ozarks' premier fall festival, Silver Dollar City's National Harvest Festival. Showcasing interactive culinary arts and craftsmanship, this new project opens as... ...
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Hollister council receives thanks for Grape Festival Success

...expressed the Chamber's "Sincere gratitude for the City of Hollister's participation in the 2008 Grape and Fall Festival" and its appreciation of "the significant amount of labor, material, and other support that the City contributed to the effort." ...
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Should the created change the laws of the Creator?

As a nation, when was America the most successful? Was it when God, His precepts and power were an integral part of our daily lives from both a national and a personal perspective? Or. is it now when seemingly as a nation, and in a lot of cases from a personal perspective, the U.S. Constitution and the Federal government has been substituted for the precepts and power of God?" ...
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Branson plans to get bigger "slice" of Spring business

The idea for expanding Branson's "Ozark Mountain" brand into the spring as "Ozark Mountain Spring" with a new event, "Branson's First Annual Great American Pie Show," was presented to the general public at the Annual Meeting of the Branson Lakes Area Tourism Community Enhancement Distric... ...
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Branson tourism report indicates continuing challenges

"Consumer economic fundamentals are worrisome and do not bode well for the leisure travel industry in the months ahead," Dan Lennon, Vice President Marketing & Public Relations, Branson Tri Lakes Chamber of Commerce & CVB, told the Branson Board of Aldermen... ...
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Confusing numbers impact tourism, the budget, but praise God, not the Adoration Parade!

Lately it seems from the national to local level, people are being bombarded by numbers that impact on their daily lives, their community, and, possibly, on the very future of their nation. ...
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Branson board authorizes continuation of necessary and essential expenses

The written staff report introducing the resolution states, "City and State Statutes allow for the continuation of the budget into the following year for good and sufficient reasons. On September 16th the Board of Aldermen and the Branson Finance Committee acknowledged that good and sufficient reasons exist to allow a continuation because of the City Governments financial status." ...
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In terms of promotion and marketing both sewers and destination marketing can smell

Can anyone tell an Ole Seagull how the terms "promotion" and "tourism," as used in the legislation authorizing the spending of tourism tax dollars for marketing, can be so broadly interpreted in Hollister and so restrictively interpreted in Branson? ...
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