Youth Home serves thousands of teens from around the state annually and now has a bit more financial stability.Ozarks At Large
Youth Home serves thousands of teens from around the state annually and now has a bit more financial stability. Early next month the organization called the Military Order of the Purple Heart of the U.S.A. Inc. will hold its annual convention in Rogers. We talked to John Bircher, National Spokesman for the Military Order of the Purple Heart.
Link: To learn more about the Military Order of the Purple Heart, visit www.purpleheart.org
Link: To learn more about the Military Order of the Purple Heart, visit www.purpleheart.org
In the first of our series on the deployment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in Arkansas, Cynthia Crone, the state’s insurance department deputy commissioner, explains the fundamentals, including getting an early look at Arkansas’s insurance exchange, now referred to as marketplace.Officials with hunger relief organizations in Arkansas express concern over recent efforts to remove SNAP funding from the federal Farm Bill. Central Arkansas leaders request information from ExxonMobil regarding a stretch of pipeline in the Lake Maumelle Watershed. The Arkansas House and Senate Education Committees discuss the new Common Core curriculum, set to take effect when schools start in about a month. And the Fayetteville Public Library board of directors moves forward with an offer to purchase the former City Hospital property.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a local artist aims to have more of his artwork in public places; from cockroaches to giant ants, the roles bugs play in films; the latest installment of Arkansongs and our daily conversation with Becca Martin Brown.
Ozarks at Large’s insect expert Dr. Donald Steinkrasu takes a stab at playing movie critic. We take a look at insects’ role in film.Hank Kaminsky will host a reception Thursday at the Fayetteville Town Center to introduce works of his to the public. He hopes some, if not all, of them will soon be in public spaces.
Stacy Leeds, Dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law, has pledged $50,000 to start The Public Interest and Rural Community Sustainability Fund to get law school students to the areas they are needed most.
Plus, Goveror Mike Beebe advocates for more broadband in Arkansas’ public schools. Roby Brock has more in this week’s TalkBusiness Arkansas Update.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas speaks with former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee. Plus, area CEOs helping other area CEOs, and our tech ambassador Tyrel Denison is back to tell us what has been introduced in the past few weeks, and what the tech companies hope you find under a Christmas tree in a few months.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers tells us about “Free Flix Before 6” and “An Evening of Harp and Friends.”
KUAF’s Robert Ginsburg has a preview of this year’s KUAF Summer Jazz Concert Series. He talks to Kyle Kellams about what’s in store for us.
Music included in the story:
“Oam’s Blues” by Aaron Goldberg
“Moon and Sand” by Vic Juris
We take a closer look at Kuk Sool Won, a form of martial arts that integrates various fighting techniques.
More information available at www.kuksoolwon-rogers.com
“Somebody Like You” by Shawn Lee
Columnist Wayne Bell from www.fayettevilleflyer.com discusses the phenomenon of summer blockbuster movies.
Arkansas unemployment rate rises to 8.1 percent; organizers of this year’s Arkansas Summer Food Service program hope to provide an additional 13,000 children with free summer meals; and more – on today’s Segment A.
“Barlights” by fun
