Vonda What are they building across from the Dixie Stampede Barb in OK >From: "Vonda Sheets" <vonda@peoplepc.com> >Reply-To: MOTANEY-L@rootsweb.com >To: MOTANEY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [MOTANEY] it's spring >Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 08:31:11 -0500 > >Good morning! > >Well, the Branson mayoral and alderman elections were held Tuesday. The >mayor and one alderman retained their seats; the other 3 aldermen up for >reelection lost theirs. The board is still mostly in favor of the Branson >Landing "World Class" entertainment/timeshare condo district and convention >center, but now the Springfield paper is leaning on the board to listen to >constituents. In all but Ward 3, voters were split pretty much down the >middle on the issue. Of course, they've destroyed all the buildings on the >lakefront, but the term "world class" offends me--people used to come here >for what was unique about us, not because we had the same attractions every >other tourist town has. > >The dogwoods began blooming Tuesday, when Greg and I went up to Swan on a >gallivant. The north central section of Taney County is one of my >favorites >at this time of the year, for the dogwood blooms are wisps of cream through >the still-gray hillsides full of the hardwood trees. Crocus, wild violet, >and wild Sweet William are all in bloom, and my yard is showing some >dandelion (yuck, time to mow already!) and clover blossoms. I don't have >one favorite season--I'm always ready for each one as it comes, for >watching >the changes through them is one of the best things about gallivants. Each >season has its own beauty, and I don't much like the idea of living >anywhere >else in the world (not that I'm a world traveler, by any means). > >I'm planting some ornamental corn, Cherokee corn, tomatoes, onions, and >echinacea (purple coneflower) this year. I had high hopes of getting other >veggies planted, but a lack of time and space may prohibit it. I really, >really, want to get some sunflowers planted, too. We had freeze warnings >the last 2 nights, but most of my seeds are in those little Jiffy starter >pots/peats, and so I'll be setting them out sometime soon. Now that I >think >on it, I also early-started some watermelon, and I'm going to throw some >canteloupe seeds out as well. (I learned last year that canteloupe will >grow anywhere--such as in a mulch pile!) > >There's other things to discuss, too. I'll send them in different emails. > >Everyone have a GREAT weekend! >Vonda > > > >==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== >"Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an >indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of >divinity to matter."-C. Lindbergh, "Is Civilization Prgress?" Jul 1964 > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

Hey, The trees they took out between the Down Under Bar and the Shadowbrook Inn are being replaced by yet another theater in town. This time, it's for the Lennon Brothers and the "50s At the Hop" show, both of which already have venues, but decided to join forces in a new theater. V