Ahead on this edition of weekend Ozarks: thanking your mail carrier, and a local dog heads to the Big Apple.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of weekend Ozarks: thanking your mail carrier, and a local dog heads to the Big Apple.
The Red Carpet Awards Season is upon us, but so is the Green Carpet Season--the 137th annual Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York City February 11th and 12th. And this year? Spike, an Ozarks-born and bred Russell Terrier from Frayed Knot Farm will face the pupparazzi. Jacqueline Froelich takes us to meet him.
Correction: Spike is a Grand Champion of the UKC--United Kennel Club, an all-breed registry based out of Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Web Esclusive: Some Pupparazzi Snaps of Spike--the Ozarks Show Dog!!Following Thursday's Energize NWA Summit in Rogers, plans begin for healthy initiatives in northwest Arkansas.
Bird man, Joe Neal investigates an "irruption" taking place on a local golf course, providing a lesson in evolutionary biology. (Neal is coauthor of "Arkansas Birds," published by UofA Press and "In the Province of Birds, a Western Arkansas Memoir," published by Half-Acre Press).
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Here is the key to our mail montage on today's show:
- The song "Please Mister Postman" by the Marvelettes.
- Wayne Knight as Newman, the postman, on Seinfeld.
- Elvis, of course, singing "Return to Sender."
- Lana Turner and John Garfield up to no good in the 1946 version of The Postman Always Rings Twice.
- R. B Greaves' biggest hit: "Take a Letter Maria."
- John Ratzenberger, as Cliff Clavin the postman, on Cheers.
- Frank Cady, the postmaster general Frank Drucker, on Green Acres' first episode
- Kevin Costner in the movie The Postman.
- Reba the Mail Lady, played by S. Epatha Merkerson, on Pee Wee's Playhouse.
- "The Letter" by the Box Tops .
We've had another week with news about organizations that provide services to the community. Timothy Dennis looks at those stories, plus repercussions from the week's severe weather, in this week's Week in Review.
Ahead on Ozarks: All of the Harry Potter books and movies...condensed. Antoinette talks to the creative force behind the show Potted Potter. They'll be at Walton Arts Center this month. Plus the next step after more than 200 people met yesterday in Rogers to discuss making the region healthier. Plus Yoonie Han, guest artist at tomorrow night's concert by the Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra, sits down at the Mary Baker Ramsey Steinway Piano at KUAF to give us a preview of her performance of Rhapsody in Blue.
The comedic, two-man show "Potted Potter" condenses all seven Harry Potter books into a 70-minute production that is coming to the Walton Arts Center.Following yesterday's Energize NWA Summit in Rogers, plans begin for healthy initiatives in northwest Arkansas.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Senator John Boozman on the issues that Congress will face in the upcoming session in Washington. Plus, we continue our What's in a Name series with an exploration into the history of "Shiloh" in Springdale. Also, how simply being nice can earn points.
The band Fauxnz may spell their name in an odd fashion (pronounce it “phones) but they take their music very seriously.
R.J. Mischo recently came to our studio and played a set for Paul Kelso and the Generic Blues Show. Paul let us hear one of the songs before the entire performance can be heard tonight at nine on KUAF.
Senator Mark Pryor outlines some of his top priorities for 2013 as he tours the state. The Bentonville school district hears from the voting public about what would make for a more successful millage campaign. And Arkansas' public school system gets a passing grade, though there is room for improvement.
"Organ Donor" by DJ Shadow
The Washington/Madison County Drug Diversion Court, recently awarded a million dollars in federal grant funding, offers not only intensive treatment, but career training and placement--with partnering businesses. The novel program, initiated by Judge Chadd Mason, is now the subject of a university study.
One of the many services KUAF provides to its listeners is the reading of Public Service Announcements. After a couple of years of reading similar PSAs from various research laboratories calling on study participants, Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas got curious. To find out what they are all about, she called on Dr. Matt Feldner with the University of Arkansas’ Intervention Sciences Laboratory.
