The state's Department of Human Services holds a rally on the steps of the state capitol to raise awareness that April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. One of Northwest Arkansas' two public transit operators get ready to expand certain bus routes in an efficiency reorganization. One economist at the University of Arkansas thinks that construction will help the state, and the nation, recover from the lingering effects of the economic recession. And Walmart sets a record for the amount of donations given by a retailer in a given year.
Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the possibility of a new high voltage transmission line charges up local residents. Also, information about the nonpartisan organization Free and Equal, and the latest installment of Arkansongs.
Ahead on weekend Ozarks, hat ladies, red hat ladies to be specific, beauty professionals and the 15th annual Komen Race for the Cure.
Here are the 11 clips heard during today’s hat montage;
- Joe Cocker’s version of "You Can Leave Your Hat On."
- The greatest Bond villain of the them all, Oddjob, throws his lethal bowler.
- "Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat" by Bob Dylan.
- From the late 1950’s, a commercial for Mattel’s beanie copter.
- Fred Astaire sings "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails." From the movie Top Hat.
- Woody Woodpecker and Wally Walrus debate just what is a top hat.
- Gene Watson gives birth to a great phrase in his song "All Hat No Cattle."
- Maggie Smith gets the sorting hat ready in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
- Carmen Miranda (who else?) and the song "The Lady in the Tutti Frutti Hat." From the movie The Gang’s All Here.
- Woody, voiced by Tom Hanks, needs his hat in Toy Story.
- The Men Without Hats sing "The Safety Dance."
Becca Martin Brown of Northwest Arkansas Media gives us a rundown of all the music festivals happening in Northwest Arkansas in the months to come.
On this edition of Ozarks, the only hour of radio you'll hear today with classical flute and hip hop performed live. Brice Smith will play the flute while Smar-T-Jones provides the rhymes. Plus our weekly conversation about business and politics with Michael Tilley and more.
Bryce Smith is also performing at the APO tomorrow night. The upstate New York native normally plays violin, but he will play flute during tomorrow night's program.
Michael Tilley of The City Wire says that a lower jobless rate doesn't necessarily mean a healthy overall workforce, and the latest on this week's economic developments in the Arkansas River Valley.Governor Mike Beebe says that a package of tax cuts approved yesterday by the Arkansas Senate is acceptable, though he worries about the cuts' impact in the years to come after he leaves office. A proposed constitutional amendment that would move ethics reform forward in the state moves closer to the ballot after receiving final approval by the legislature. The latest on cleanup efforts on the Mayflower oil spill, in spite of the potential for severe weather. Plans for the Sebastian County aquatics park move forward, and a group at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville plans to take back the night with an annual event aimed at raising awareness about sexual violence.
Ahead on Ozarks, local reaction to proposed immigration reform in Washington, a preview of what our jazzman Robert Ginsburg says is "the jazz event of the year" here in Northwest Arkansas and celebrating Earth Day with kids and ukuleles.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, those amphibious harbingers of spring--frogs and toads--are being counted all over Arkansas. We'll find out how the frog watch works, and if the number of frogs in the state is diminishing. And, the AMP is being prepared for its first show. The seats aren't in yet, but work is going on almost around-the-clock to meet a June 1 completion date.
Turnpike Troubadours stop by George's to support their 2010 release.
FHS student David Farris reads his poem about his "third place."
"Harlem House" by Booker T. Jones
In early June, 14-year-old Fayetteville resident Jacob Elser will travel to Washington D.C. to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
The University of Arkansas is thinking about preparing a working force more familiar with the environment. Our EnergyCorps correspondent Christina Thomas reports.
Job Corps is eyeing how the job market and the environment will be tied together in the 21st century. As Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net reports, the organization is training young workers for a new economy.
