Little Rock celebrates retirees

Photo By Sgt. 1st Class Randall Townsend | Little Rock District Chief of Public Affairs, Miles Brown and Park Ranger Leah Deeds welcome retirees from the district to their annual “get together.” The annual event provides district leadership and retirees the opportunity to renew acquaintances, get district updates from the commander and preserve/share the institutional knowledge of our past.  

BRANSON, MO, UNITED STATES

11.25.2014

Story by Randall Townsend 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District

BRANSON, Mo. - The Little Rock District hosted Retiree Day at the Dewey Short Visitor Center on Table Rock Lake in Branson, Mo., Nov. 14, 2014. The annual event provides district leadership and retirees the opportunity to renew acquaintances, get district updates from the commander and preserve/share the institutional knowledge of our past.

Forty-five retirees and guest attended the event.

In recent years Retiree Day has been hosted on the M/V Shorty Baird Inspection Barge. The District no longer owns the inspection barge so the visitor center was chosen as the new venue.

The visitor center opened in April 2012 and is called the “crown jewel” of Table Rock Lake. Exhibits at the visitor center include a state-of-the-art interactive map of Table Rock Lake, beautiful artistic wall murals, and a replica of an Ozarks bluff complete with local flora and fauna. A Native American artifact exhibit and Ozarks dioramas are fascinating features of the interpretive center. An interactive water safety exhibit demonstrates the importance of wearing a life jacket, and an expansive cut-away model reveals the inner workings of a hydroelectric dam. The fascinating history of the Corps of Engineers rounds out the exhibits. More than 100,000 visitors enjoy the Dewey Short every year.

• Date Taken: 11.25.2014
• Date Posted: 11.25.2014 14:58
• Story ID: 148809
• Location: BRANSON, MO, US