Category: Entertainment

The Oak Ridge Boys in Marshall Texas — 2010 – Gallery 1

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In 2010 the Oak Ridge Boys came to the Civic Center in Marshall. The show was advertised widely and attracted a large crowd — the largest crowd I every saw at the Civic Center. I estimated it was 85% full for this show. Unfortunately, even with almost a full house the CVB lost money on the event.

The CVB rented a sound system and hired a sound engineer but because of limitation at the Civic Center the sound quality was poor.

Future shows drew smaller audiences and the CVB loses were even greater for the these shows.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: MARSHALL CAN HOLD ITS HEAD HIGH

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By Deloris Munden

As I was having my morning tea and catching up on social media I came across another situation where someone had found dogs or cats in a ditch or under a building starving to death, mangled, perhaps used as bait dogs, or shot. It is just normal for Marshall. Fortunately, there is at least one private citizen who cares and has given all of her resources to fight this terrible disregard for life that seems to be so prevalent in Harrison County.

Another method of discarding unwanted animals is to drop them off at the Marshall Animal Shelter so the employees can kill them. This is one area where we can hold our head high and stand proud because we have one of the HIGHEST KILL RATES in the of Texas. What does that say about us?

A group of supporters for construction of a new shelter has held fundraisers, given donations, and appeared at City Commission meetings trying to raise awareness of our plight only to have a few people prepare a petition and gather signatures to put an item on the November which will delay the construction of a new animal shelter for years if not for ever.

This is probably the goal of these people…after all why build a shelter when you can throw dogs in a ditch or cats in a dumpster.

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OPINION: MARSHALL TEXAS’ SACRED COW – WONDERLAND OF LIGHTS

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By Ron Munden – July 15, 2018

For the record I do not want to see Wonderland of Lights go away. I think it is a nice little local festival which should be preserved for the quality of life of the community. I do think it should be managed the way it was for the first 28 years – a volunteer lead 501c3 organization independent of the city’s direct management involvement.

Of course, this will not happen because Wonderland of Lights has become Marshall’s sacred cow.

“Sacred Cow” is defined as:

sa·cred cow
noun
1. an idea, custom, or institution held, especially unreasonably, to be above criticism (with reference to the Hindus’ respect for the cow as a sacred animal).

On Thursday night four or five people went to the mike during the public comment part of the Marshall City Commission meeting and expressed their support for Wonderland of Lights. Their support fell into two categories:

1. It is Marshall’s brand. It is Marshall’s claim to frame.

2. Restaurants and retail merchants depend on WOL to stay in business and they contribute their increased sales in November and December to WOL.

I know sacred cows are above criticism and therefore my arguments will be rejected but the last time I checked this country still has a free press, so I will make my argument.

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