Becca reminds us it's the start of the fall arts and crafts festival season.
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Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas and David Goins talk to Senate Insurance Committee Chairman Jason Rapert about the state's public school employee insurance crisis.The Arkansas Department of Human Services has released numbers that show thousands of low-income Arkansans have shown intent to sign up for the state's Private Option insurance plans. Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families releases a report detailing inequality of enrichment opportunities between schools across the state. And furloughed work-study employees at Northwest Arkansas Community College returned to work this morning after a two-day suspension and before negotiations in Washington showed promise.
Ahead on Ozarks, the effort to help residents with some college credit finish their degrees will get a big boost next week when six area institutions of higher learning will combine for a Come Back to College Fair at the Jones Center in Springdale. Plus, we explain the place where advanced math and crochet meet....and looking for the place where mindfulness and mental health intersect.
An effort to improve understanding in the classroom led to astonishing art.
Disney's Beauty and the Beast comes back to Walton Arts Center this weekend and we talk with the set designer about what we see behind the characters.
And interdisciplinary seminar on mindfulness and mental health titled “Mirror Program for Health and Happiness,” is taking place October 18th through the 20th on the University of Arkansas campus, facilitated by Tibetan Buddhist scholar Geshe Thupten Dorjee. To register visit artibet.com.The continued government shutdown in Washington, D.C. is impacting the ability of Arkansas farmers to export their crops abroad, and it is causing about 100 workers to be furloughed at the University of Arkansas. J.B. Hunt Transport posts its third quarter earnings report. Siloam Springs considers regulating yard sale signs, and the price of gas creeps downward in Arkansas.
Today, Razorback sporting events can be heard on dozens of radio stations across the state and seen anywhere in the world through the Internet. But as Hoyt Purvis, one of the authors of "Voices of the Razorbacks" puts it, it took decades for the Razorback Sports Network to develop into hat it is today.
Unearthing your family history can start with a visit to your local library. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, libraries can contain extensive genealogical collections, provide patrons free access to sites such as ancestry.com, and even have staff genealogists on hand to assist. To learn more visit the Arkansas Genealogical Society at agsgenealogy.org.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, how education and employment are more connected than ever in Arkansas. We have a report on yesterday's Career and Technology Education summit in northwest Arkansas. Plus, our technology ambassador Tyrel Denison breaks down some of the new technology that was on display at South-by-Southwest. And, a new report looks at children's healthcare issues in Arkansas.
If you've been out and about and you've noticed a group of ladies wearing bright red and purple hats, good. They wanted to be noticed. They're most likely members of the Red Hat Society. This Thursday, the group will celebrate the day 15 years ago when five women got together just to have fun. The group has since then morphed into an international organization.
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."
Apologies to: Prince and his Raspberry Beret, the men Waiting for Godot, the Mad Hatter, Davy Crockett, Laurel and Hardy, and every character from Miller’s Crossing. Maybe next time.
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.
"Zodiac" by God is an Astronaut
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.
Lori Boatright of the Fayetteville Farmers' Market says that the sporatic Arkansas Spring weather can neither dampen nor put a chill on the five markets throughout the week.
"Chi Youm" Abaji
