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September 13, 2024 • Volume 5, Issue #37
Globe readers share thoughts on 9/11
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• Around Town.... 10B • Churches............ 9B • Classifieds......... 10C • Food.................. 8C • Fun & Games.... 12C • Pets for Adoption �� 3A • Obituaries........ 11A • Voices................. 1B • Weather........... 11A
BY K.D. MICHAELS, Staff Writer On September 11, 2001, four coordinated terrorist attacks were carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States of America. Hijackers crashed two airplanes into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. A third plane struck the Pentagon, while a fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania, due to a passenger revolt. The 9/11 attacks killed nearly 3,000 people, making it the deadliest terrorist attack in history. Nearly everyone remembers where they were and what they were doing when they heard the news of the attacks, 23 years ago. Branson Globe readers shared their thoughts on that tragic day. Said Renate, “I was at work, so my experience happened after arriving home and turning on the TV. I was in shock at what we saw. It was like my world just stopped being safe. My mind just couldn’t believe that something so horrific
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could be happening within my country. I couldn’t wrap my head around the why? But, seeing our country truly unite as one was awe-inspiring. Later in my life, I had the opportunity to go to New York with a visit to Ground Zero. I spent several hours reading and experiencing how truly devastating 9/11 was. But it gave me hope. Hope that this never happens again, but if it should, we are a nation united as one and our fortitude will take us through and make us stronger.” Doug, who works with an international ministry, recalled, “I was pulling out of my driveway, headed to the St. Louis airport, getting ready for an event in Detroit. Halfway to the airport, the office called and said, ‘The airport is closed. Turn around and head home.’ I got home in time to see the second plane hit the other World Trade Center Building. The next several hours were just disbelief. We had to cancel our event—only SEE 9/11, PAGE 7A
On Wednesday, Sept. 11, College of the Ozarks will held a special ceremony to commemorate the lives of those who perished in the terrorist attacks at the Lest We Forget 9/11 Memorial on the College of the Ozarks campus. (Photo courtesy of College of the Ozarks) Results of the Branson Show Awards – SEE PAGE 1C.
Family seeks prayers for healing for local young man BY K.D. MICHAELS, Staff Writer A young Branson man is in a battle for his life, and his family is asking for your prayers. Ryker Havens is ten years old and is suffering from a brain tumor, diagnosed in July of 2023. “Ryker was first airlifted to Children’s Hospital in St Louis, where he was diagnosed with an inoperable
brain tumor and given two to three months,” explained his grandmother, Teresa Havens. “We would not accept that. Because his diagnosis was stage four, St Jude’s in Memphis took him in. Chance (Ryker’s dad) and Ryker lived at St. Jude’s while he was being treated with radiation and chemotherapy. When Ryker got to come home, we went to
Springfield for blood work every week, then back to Memphis once a month. They gave us hope.” Ryker’s most recent visit to Memphis brought some disturbing news. Said Teresa, “They said there was nothing more they could do for him—to take him home and make him comfortable.” For now, Chance Havens,
with help from his parents, is doing just that. Chance, a well-known entertainer, put his career on hold to care for his son last year. Prior to that, Chance had performed as one half of The Blues Brothers at Branson’s Legends in Concert and had traveled with music icon Joe Cocker, among many other musical ventures. Chance is SEE PRAYERS FOR RYKER, PAGE 8A
Ryker (Photo submitted)
Pamela Yancy is doing something she loves: ‘Serving Branson’ BY GARY J. GROMAN, Independent Journalist Pamela Yancy has been the President and CEO of the Branson/Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitors Bureau for about a year now. She had been involved with the
banking industry in Branson for over 30 years and, at the time of her hiring, was the Community Bank President for Arvest Bank. The Branson Globe (BG) interviewed Yancy (PY) about the Branson/Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce and Convention
and Visitors Bureau and some of her personal takes on applying for the job and her first year in the position. The results, in a Q&A format, are below: BG: Are the Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitors Bureau
(CVB) two different organizations? PY: We are one organization: The Branson/Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB). We also have the Taney County Partnership, which serves as
the economic development department of our organization. BG: What is the mission of the Chamber of Commerce? PY: Our mission is threefold: serving as the voice of SEE YANCY, PAGE 10A
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