Tomorrow morning, Arkansas Tech University -- Ozark Campus will celebrate the 10th anniversary of a merger that helped make the campus what it is today.
Ozarks At Large
In his weekly recap of the week’s news, Roby Brock highlights efforts by Arkansas-owned banks to acquire another bank.
A coalition organized by the mayors of Fayetteville and Fort Smith seeks to build a regional multimodal hub to increase transport of manufactured goods and commodities. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, the group is starting from the bottom up—in the barge navigation channel on the Arkansas River.A blood drive kicks off on the U of A campus today in memory of victims of the September 11, 2001 attack and the Boston Marathon bombing. Governor Beebe hopes to use his chairmanship of the Southern Governor's Association to decrease Arkansas's high infant mortality rate. The Arkansas Department of Human Services wants to increase mental health awareness during September as a new report gives insight on mental health and substance abuse in the state.. And a Fayetteville tech firm gets a $2 million federal grant to improve hybrid-electric vehicle fuel efficiency.
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks: the art of bedmaking. There's a trick to having perfect corners. And, a Decatur chicken farm makes strides toward shelf space in national stores.
Here are the ten clips from this morning's salute to beds and bedding materials:
1. The Australian group Midnight Oil sings its biggest American hit, Beds are Burning.
2. John Lennon speaks from the John and Yoko "bed in" in Montreal.
3. Music from the (somewhat odd) Disney movie, Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
4. Linda Blair's bed levitates in The Exorcist.
5. Gromit forces Wallace out of bed in The Wrong Trousers.
6. The Bangles sing My Side of the Bed.
7. Doris Day and Rock Hudson spar in Pillow Talk.
8. David Jack's version of Five Little Monkeys.
9. Florence and the Machine sing Hospital Beds.
10. Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks discuss a famous quote from The Godfather in the movie You've Got Mail.
1. The Australian group Midnight Oil sings its biggest American hit, Beds are Burning.
2. John Lennon speaks from the John and Yoko "bed in" in Montreal.
3. Music from the (somewhat odd) Disney movie, Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
4. Linda Blair's bed levitates in The Exorcist.
5. Gromit forces Wallace out of bed in The Wrong Trousers.
6. The Bangles sing My Side of the Bed.
7. Doris Day and Rock Hudson spar in Pillow Talk.
8. David Jack's version of Five Little Monkeys.
9. Florence and the Machine sing Hospital Beds.
10. Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks discuss a famous quote from The Godfather in the movie You've Got Mail.
Becca Martin Brown wears us out with details of how performers will soar through the air during the production of The Wizard of Oz.
Crystal Lake Farms in Decatur uses old and new methods to raise chickens.
Here the group performs the song "Quarter to Four" from inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
The Bike Route is one of the sponsors of LifeSource International's Hike or Bike Against Hunger event. The bike shop owner offers advice on selecting and caring for a bicycle. Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Ahead on Ozarks, an artists' cooperative enters its 12th year in the community, and a group of high school students learn about marketing inside one local retailer, though the field trip was altered a bit as residents made purchases in anticipation of winter weather. Plus, the first group of Arkansas Teacher Corps fellows already recognizes the difference they've made in rural and low income school districts just a few months into their first semester.
The Symphony of Northwest Arkansas has a classic program scheduled for its first concert of the season.
Entergy scrambles to restore power to Arkansans, the U.S. Department of Agriculture talks food insecurity, and UAMS finds disparities in mortality rates between whites and blacks.
“Tell Me (Clock Opera Remix)” by Au Revoir Simone
Hollywood has a ratings system, as does TV, but how does one determine whether a book or a play is appropriate for them or their family?
“Won't Be Me” by Vetiver
Sabrina McCormick from our content partner KTXK gives us an update on a documentary film about ragtime musician Scott Joplin.
