The Arkansas Senate yesterday passed the Private Option appropriation, while the House again defeated the bill. Fayetteville Public Schools gets a waiver to hold classes on Memorial Day, and new public transit routes are coming to Rogers.
Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, they aren't native to the United States. but Burmese pythons are presenting themselves as quite a problem in parts of the nation; we take a look at how they got here. Plus, after years of planning, an orchard begins to take roots in Fayetteville this afternoon, and students at an area junior high school prepare to put their knowledge and problem solving skills to the test on the statewide stage.
Students from Woodland Junior High School prepare to head to Little Rock for the Arkansas Governor's Quiz Bowl Association state championship on Saturday.
Michael Dorcas, herpetologist and professor at Davidson College in North Carolina, will speak this afternoon at 4:00 in Room 604 of the Science Building on the University of Arkansas campus. One of his areas of expertise is the problem of invasive Burmese pythons in southern Florida.
Today, Fayetteville is celebrating its first community orchard, which is located at the Yvonne Richardson Community Center.
Roby Brock, from Talk Business Arkansas, says the House and Senate continue to consider private option funding while in session in Little Rock.
The Arkansas House yesterday again voted down the appropriation for the Private Option, a date is set for a lawsuit challenging the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, the NWA Council calculates when the region will be home to half-a-million people, and Walmart plans to push more small stores in the coming year.
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we look at the history of The Lincoln Echo, the last in a long line of African American newspapers in Arkansas. Plus, we speak with one of the cast members of 'I Love Lucy On Stage,' and we find out how Martin Greer makes his sweet treats.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, other ways to teach and other ways to learn. We go inside a local school of innovation, and we'll go on stage in Bentonville as Northwest Arkansas Community College prepares their staging of The Giver.
Last week, an Artists’ Forum was held at the Fayetteville Public Library for TheatreSquared’s new play Boeing-Boeing. Cast members discussed the process of researching and working on the play.
More information on Boeing-Boeing is available on www.theatre2.org.
Arkansas will receive $1.5 million dollars to protect endangered aquatic and bird populations. But we also learn how saving such habitat pays forward economically and recreationally. (Photo: Joe Neal).
“Birdland” by Jerry Douglas
The Run for Every Chris is scheduled for Sunday, September 25 at Lake Fayetteville Veterans’ Memorial Park.
More information about the race and the Arkansas Crisis Center is available on www.arcrisis.org.
Mark Landon Smith of Arts Live Theatre discusses the upcoming season of Arts Live Theatre.
“Blue in Green” by Bill Evans Trio
For today, auditions for a Halloween spoof at Arts Center of the Ozarks, “Rest in Peace” photo exhibit at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, and Rogers’ auto-biography at Rogers Historical Museum.
