Cars are rated for efficiency, as are appliances. But what about homes? Arkansas has an energy code for new buildings, currently being updated. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, while critics challenge organized industry interests that seek to weaken the new code’s foundation, market-driven experts are working to spackle the gaps.Ozarks At Large
Cars are rated for efficiency, as are appliances. But what about homes? Arkansas has an energy code for new buildings, currently being updated. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, while critics challenge organized industry interests that seek to weaken the new code’s foundation, market-driven experts are working to spackle the gaps.The Jones Center has plans to renovate some of its outdoor recreational facilities, while the city of Fayetteville has plans for expanding the city's trails network in 2014. And one Springdale-based poultry company issues a recall for more than a million pounds of frozen chicken products.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, two University of Arkansas graduates take us back to the 1927 Mississippi River Flood in their novel "Tilted World." Plus, Benton County residents prepare to head to the polls to determine who should pay for rural ambulance services, and our weekly installment of Arkansongs and more.University of Arkansas Fort Smith's "Read This" 2014 book is "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien.
"Tilted World" by Tom Franklin and Beth Ann Fennelly, both University of Arkansas graduates, takes readers inside a different era,when Prohibition was big business and foot travel was as likely as horse or car travel in rural Mississippi. The two will read from their novel Friday evening at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville.
If voters fail to approve an $85 rural ambulance fee, Siloam Springs will no longer respond to 911 calls in rural areas surrounding the city.
The Arkansas Department of Health continues to urge residents to get a flu shot as the number of people in the state who have died from flu-related illness continues to climb. The IRS reminds residents that tax season is about to get underway. The risk of wildfire continues to increase across Arkansas. And Sam's Club announces that it will lay off roughly 2 percent of its overall workforce.
On this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we get a behind-the-scenes listen to what goes on in the KNWA newsroom, we visit a local sign-making outfit, and we learn about one local city's tree farm.
Here is the list of clips for our Denver/Colorado montage. We'll have Seattle next week.
1. Ho Hey by Colorado-based band The Lumineers.
2. Robin Williams, as Mork, introduces himself to Boulder, Colorado (where the show was set).
3. Earth, Wind and Fire (with three Colorado natives) sings Boogie Wonderland.
4. Jack Nicholson crashes through in The Shining (at a Colorado hotel).
5. Voices from South Park, Colorado.
6. The song Colorado, My Home from the Broadway musical The Unsinkable Molly Brown.
7. Joan Collins and Linda Evans meet for the first time on the Denver-based soap opera Dynasty.
8. A 1970s commercial for Coors.
9. Colorado native Ralph Edwards surprises yet another celebrity on This is Your Life.
10. John Denver with Rocky Mountain High. Of course.
Apologies to: Lon Chaney and Douglas Fairbanks (how do you get silent stars into an audio montage?) and Hattie McDaniel.
1. Ho Hey by Colorado-based band The Lumineers.
2. Robin Williams, as Mork, introduces himself to Boulder, Colorado (where the show was set).
3. Earth, Wind and Fire (with three Colorado natives) sings Boogie Wonderland.
4. Jack Nicholson crashes through in The Shining (at a Colorado hotel).
5. Voices from South Park, Colorado.
6. The song Colorado, My Home from the Broadway musical The Unsinkable Molly Brown.
7. Joan Collins and Linda Evans meet for the first time on the Denver-based soap opera Dynasty.
8. A 1970s commercial for Coors.
9. Colorado native Ralph Edwards surprises yet another celebrity on This is Your Life.
10. John Denver with Rocky Mountain High. Of course.
Apologies to: Lon Chaney and Douglas Fairbanks (how do you get silent stars into an audio montage?) and Hattie McDaniel.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, though the next presidential election is more than two years away, some are already ready for HIlary. And as the Bentonville School District grows, so too does its course offerings. We visit a junior high school as students prepare for mountain biking. Plus, we learn about a Bentonville before Sam Walton.
The Walton Family Foundation is donating $25.5 million to support the expansion of a public charter school management organization known as KIPP or Knowledge is Power Program.
“The Privateers” by Andrew Bird
“Rock of Ages” continues at Walton Arts Center. Also, some quilt-sharing and detective work will happen at the Rogers Historical Museum tomorrow.
“Don’t Stop Believin” by Journey
Every year, the University of Arkansas celebrates International Education Week in honor of students who travel thousands of miles to get an education in the United States. This week, we’ll talk to these students to gain an insight into their lives here.
Today, Kyle Kellams speaks with Daniela Jankovska, a student from Macedonia who’s getting a degree in apparel studies and marketing.
Arts Live Theatre will present Disney’s Cinderella starting tomorrow through Sunday at the Continuing Education Auditorium, 2 East Center Street in Fayetteville.
Tickets may be purchased at www.artslivetheatre.com or by calling 479.521.4932.
“Bippity Boppity Boo” by Disney’s Cinderella
Every year, the University of Arkansas celebrates International Education Week in honor of students who travel thousands of miles to get an education in the United States. This week, we’ll talk to these students to gain an insight into their lives here.
Today, we hear a story by Ozarks at Large’s Iti Agnihotri-Mudholkar about the International Bazaar, the official kick-off event for the International Education Week that was hosted yesterday in the University of Arkansas Union.
To watch a video of the traditional Japanese “Suran Bushi” song-dance performance, click here.
“Taiko Daiko” by Taiko Drums: Music of Japan
