bransonglobe.com LOCAL Opportunity to make memories at World’s Largest Toy Museum Staff Reports On a cool, overcast Wednesday in May, Quannah and Melissa Roush stood tall in an embrace in front of the Cannonball Express outside the Memory Barn at the World’s Largest Toy Museum Complex. Their children Raegan, 10, nineyear-old McKenzie and Neeson, 6, draped themselves around their parents. Everyone smiled. They were glad to be out of Tulsa. They were glad to be in Branson. “We needed break. The kids needed a break,” Quannah said smiling, looking at his wife and children. They were tired, he said, of being isolated for months of sheltering against the Covid-19 pandemic. So they came to Branson. The Roush family, here for a week, spent most of the morning browsing the Memory Barn of the Toy Museum. Dad Quannah, who works in the insurance industry, said he liked the National BB Gun Museum collection, remembering days learning to shoot with his father. The toy museum showcases more than 500 BB guns. Mom Melissa, a kindergarten SEE MEMORIES, PAGE 5 ALIDA: “Hi! I’m a 2-year-old Doberman mix, and this girl just wants to have fun! Maybe that’s why I was found running in traffic. Now that’s out of my system, I’m ready for my forever home. I love people, I’m energetic and observant. Maybe we can go hiking! Come meet me! May 22-23, 2020 • 3 Pets of the Week Tri-Lakes Humane Society, Reeds Spring Call (417) 272-8113 or visit www.tri-lakeshumanesoc.org Melissa, right, and daughter Raegan, left, enjoy an old-fashioned game of checkers at the World’s Toy Museum. (Branson Globe photo) MAMMIE: “I am a super-pretty 1-year-old little lady. My three kittens and I were found in a condemned house, so being in this shelter is much nicer. Now that the kittens are weaned, I’m ready to make a new home with you at your place. Make me your forever girl!
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