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Friday, October 18, 2013
Ahead on Ozarks:the gavel has come down to begin a special session of the Arkansas Legislature. Chris Hickey reports on the opening afternoon of a session dedicated to solving, if only temporarily, a projected spike in insurance rates for public school employees in the state. Plus: our usual Friday conversations with Michael Tilley from The City Wire and Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers. And Antoinette Grajeda tries to discover the lure of following festivals for one retailer who is selling her wares right now at Mulberry Mountain for the Yonder Mountain String Band’s Harvest Festival.
Here are the ten parts of our montage devoted to all things red… Nena with the 1980s hit "99 Red Balloons." Red Skelton as one og his most famous characters, Clem Kadiddlehopper. The theme from John Corigliano’s score for the film The Red Violin. Sean Connery places an order to Sam Neill in he Hunt for Red October. Prince and "Little Red Corvette." Betty Boop in a swinging version of "Little Red Riding Hood" from 1931. Red Barber, before his days with NPR, calling ball two on Roger Maris. Maris delivers his 61st home run of 1961 during the at bat. Willie Nelson and the title song from his album The Red Headed Stranger. Warren Beatty and Maureen Stapleton in Reds. The Royals Guardsmen with their huge hit, "Snoopy Versus the Red Baron." Apologies to: Taylor Swift, Red Adair and his oil-firefighting team, Red Grange…the Galloping Ghost, the baseball club in Cincinnati, Red Buttons, and any singer who crooned about red roses.
Katy Henriksen gives us a preview of tonight's Sunday Symphony, featuring Verdi's "Requiem."
After overriding a veto by Governor Mike Beebe on a piece of anti-abortion legislation, the state senate advances another, more restrictive anti-abortion bill to the governor's desk. And, Walmart announces its progress in bringing healthier food to its customers.
"Lion and the Lamb" by Benjamin Foss
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses Allens Inc. moving jobs to Siloams Springs, Tom Mars leaving Walmart, and more.
In the second part of a conversation with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams, John McDonnell talks about how bringing athletes like Nile O’Shaughnessy, Mike Conley, and Frank O’Mara helped build the most successful college program in history.
"March Down" by Yuri Kajiura