Although Spring Break is not over, registration deadlines are nearing for some summer camps.
Ozarks At Large
In the olden days, your local apothecary prepared all your medications. Now, your pharmaceutical industry mass produces everything from prescription Ambien to Xanax.But as Jacqueline Froelich reports, the lost art of individualized compounding is undergoing a revival—and more intense review. (Photo: Collier Drug Compounding Lab Staff-- front row left to right: Denise Roark, Jana Evensen, Corrie Stout, Melissa Mashburn, back row: Andrew Mize, Justin Bolinger.)
Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas leads a roundtable discussion, which includes newly-elected House Speaker-designate Jeremy Gillam.The design for the Ben Geren Aquatics Park in Fort Smith has been finalized and will soon be let out for bid. And, a journalist that was once critical of the Clintons speaks about the state of the news media.
Ahead on Ozarks, distance education will have a strong presence in a program on the University of Arkansas campus next fall, plus Rogers Little Theatre brings a comedy classic to the stage. We go behind the scenes with The Man Who Came To Dinner.
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, makes suggestions for a spring break St. Louis trip.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, how little pieces of blue plastic are being recycled at Mercy hospital. We'll also go to First Tee of Northwest Arkansas in Lowell to find out how golf and life are intricately connected. Plus, we'll hear a song from Elephant Revival recorded in the4 Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers tells us how we can view Venus in transit later today or watch a free movie at the Fayetteville Public Library.
Collaboration between northwest and central Arkansas interests hopes to promote film production in the state. Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net has the details.
“Venus” by John Coltrane
Our history doctor Bill Smith joins us to explain the origins of “Lin-sanity,” why Tim Tebow is really a rebel and how his popularity can be connected, in sorts, to periods of American history more than a century ago.
The state is the first in the country to implement a smart 911 system. The adoption of the new system across the state was announced yesterday at the state capitol by elected officials and representatives of Arkansas’ fire, police and EMS first responders. Nathan Vandiver from our content partner KUAR in Little Rock filed this report.
Gas prices in Arkansas fall; dry conditions have Arkansas Forestry Commission on high alert for forest fires; and more – on today’s Segment A.
“Comptine D’un Autre Ete L’Apre” by Yann Tiersen
