Ozarks At Large
On this Veteran’s Day edition of Ozarks, Christina Thomas talks to Warren Blaylock. He lives in Alma and he'll be part of a special Veteran's Day event in Crawford County tonight. He was a medic in World War II and served during the D-Day invasion and at the Battle of the Bulge. And some of the sounds from a ceremony Saturday at the National Cemetery in Fayetteville as additional land was added to the location. We also have Roby Brock's look back at the week in business and more.Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says two great storytellers will share a stage soon in northwest Arkansas.
Warren Blaylock is a resident of Alma, but he served as a medic in the 67th Evacuation Hospital during World War II. Tonight, he will be the featured speaker during a special Veterans Day edition of the Crawford County Chronicles' speaker series at the Drennen-Scott Historic Site in Van Buren.
With another busy week ahead we offer some highlights of a packed calendar.
Link: As promised, here is the long web address for the UAFS nominations:
www.uafs.edu/adp.american-democracy-project
Link: As promised, here is the long web address for the UAFS nominations:
www.uafs.edu/adp.american-democracy-project
A big project scheduled for eastern Arkansas has hit some snags. Roby Brock has the biggest news from the week’s business and political circles.Saturday, the Fayetteville National Cemetery added more than two acres to its footprint.
The Joint Legislative Audit Committee in Little Rock approved an audit of the state's recent expansion of Medicaid through the Private Option. Governor Beebe issues a feeler for more money to fix systemic problems with the state's Department of Community Corrections. And Entergy Arkansas trims trees this month to help prevent more winter power outages.
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, the effort to create Nerdies, a project designed to give young people not interested in sports a place to explore other hobbies and passions. We'll also visit a piece of land in Fayetteville that will soon be a teaching farm, letting young students get a hands-on approach to growing and eating healthy foods. Plus Christian Howes, one of the most critically acclaimed jazz musicians performing talks to Robert Ginsburg about Howes's upcoming concert at Walton Arts Center. And what's really happening in our brain when we listen to that music we really like again . . . and again . . .and again. We'll talk briefly to Lisa Margulis about her new book On Repeat: How Music Plays the Mind.
William Shatner is bringing his one-man show to Fayetteville and Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers talked to him.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, while there won't be a red carpet, Eureka Springs will recognize achievement in independent film this weekend. Plus, an exhibit allowing patrons to get hands-on with some of the first pages and books ever printed. And, Becca Martin Brown talks haggis.
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families is closely tracking the roll-out of the Affordable Care Act in Arkansas, in both the Marketplace and under the Private Option. Turns out along with tens of thousands of grown ups, lots of children benefit. Read the full report, “Kids’ Health Coverage in 2014.”
"Love Me Like I'm Not Made of Stone" by Lykke Li
In her “Arts Away” segment, Becca gives us a list of places to see phenomenal concerts in the region.
The idea of Community varies from person to person. A year long project at Fayetteville High School concludes with an open house showcasing juniors’ and seniors’ ideas of community as seen through each of their camera lenses.
A Fayetteville native's great-grandmother's recipe inspired the creation of Gunderpickles.
Our content partner KUAR in Little Rock is interviewing Arkansas' gubernatorial candidates. Today's conversation is with Mike Ross. An extended version of the interview is available here.
