November 12th, 2009 by Press Release
The nation’s U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree provided by the National Park Service will again stop in Branson on its way to be lit in front of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C. See the tree at 3 p.m. on Nov. 23 in front of the Sight & Sound Theatre.
Mayor Raeanne Presley will greet the tree, and there will be entertainment by Yakov Smirnoff, the cast of the Circle B Supper Show, New South, Doug Gabriel, the Haygoods and the Highway 76 Trombones. Also, actors and animals from Sight & Sound’s “Miracle of Christmas” will be on hand, according to producer Bill Lennon.
Each year, a tree is provided from a national forest for the honor. This is an 85-foot blue spruce from Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests near Alpine. Arizona. The tree will be decorated with 10,000 handmade ornaments.
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July 28th, 2009 by Press Release
Branson’s Skaggs Regional Medical Center welcomes Gary Lambert as its new Director of Human Resources. Lambert will lead the department in the same outstanding customer service Skaggs provides to its patients on an internal customer-oriented basis; addressing all staff needs of Skaggs.
Prior to joining the team at Skaggs Lambert worked for a number of years in hotel management, transitioning to Human Resources in 1988. He worked as Director of Human Resources at Grosvenor Resort at Walt Disney World Village for 9 years and came to the Ozarks in 1997 as the Director of Human Resources at Big Cedar Lodge, where he worked for almost 12 years. His training programs geared toward customer service will capitalize the already strong dedication Skaggs’ employees have to their customers.
Lambert says, “Skaggs is a highly respected employer in this area and everyone working here should be very proud of that fact. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to join the team here at Skaggs.”
Lambert and his wife, Debby, have been married for 35 years. Debby works for the City of Branson. Lambert says his mother, Barbara, has lived in Branson since 2000 and has worked as a Skaggs Volunteer since 2003 in the Surgical Waiting area.
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July 1st, 2009 by Branson.Com News Editor
The ribbon was cut Tuesday on a new learning center in Taney County designed to help children whose parents are dealing with addiction to drugs and alcohol, although their services are available to anyone.
The Frances Rittenhouse Learning Center for Children offers daycare and preschool for children from six weeks of age as well as a summer tutoring program for school-aged children up to age 18. Rittenhouse, who has worked for Church Army Branson for three years, is a longtime child development educator and co-founder of the Parents-As-Teachers program who directed those programs for 12 school districts.
The services are especially important in Taney County, which ranks near the bottom of child welfare statistics in the annual Missouri Kids Count survey, said Branson Mayor Raeanne Presley. Presley attended the ribbon cutting conducted by representatives from the Branson/Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce. “We can never thank (Rittenhouse) enough for the difference she will make in every child, and we will become a community transformed,” Presley said.
The Learning Center is state-licensed for eight infants and toddlers, eight two-year-olds and 43 children ages three and up. They also provide Kids Café meals for anyone 18 or younger. The staff also offers free life-skills classes for parents including GED instruction. Parenting with Love classes are held each Tuesday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., and anyone is welcome.
The Learning Center receives support from the Missouri Children’s Trust Fund for child abuse prevention. “Strong and stable families are a community’s best asset,” said Trust Fund Program Coordinator Laura Malzner, who attended the ceremony.
The brightly decorated center is located at 212 State Highway T, near the junction of Missouri 76 east of Branson. Call 417-334-0586.
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