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 small town is home to 16 properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A new organization has formed to restore and preserve them.
The Arkansas Center For The Book this week made its selection for the 2013 If All Arkansas Read The Same Book Program. Kyle Kellams spoke with Vivienne Schiffer, the author of the novel Camp Nine, this year's selection.
"Cloud Nine" by The Temptations
With this morning's montage, we say several goodbyes; to Summer, to a famed Yankees pitcher, and to one of our longest-tenured colleagues at KUAF. Here are our 10 pop culture references we used to say goodbye.
"So Long, Farewell" from the Sound of Music
Lou Gehrig's farewell speech
"Goodbye my Lover" by James Blunt
ET says his goodbye
The famous words from Gone With The Wind
"Hello, Goodbye" by The Beatles
The Friends leave the apartment for the final time
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John
Jim Carey tells his fare goodbye at the beginning of Dumb and Dumber
Leaving Casablanca for the final time
Johnny Carson bids his final farewell to the audience during his final time hosting The Tonight Show
Becca Martin Brown of Northwest Arkansas Newspapers tells us of a man originally from Bhutan who is trying to help rebuild an ancient monestary in his homeland.
The members of National Park Radio perform another song inside of the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
at end of show: "So This is Goodbye" by Moby
