The Chemical Engineering Department at the U of A in Fayetteville gets a $3 million gift from an alumnus of the college of Engineering. A new poll shows that a majority of Arkansans support some kind of immigration reform. And a local running store is voted among the top such stores in the nation.
Ozarks At Large
Here are our 12 clips for the montage inspired by the 12 Days of Christmas.
- The opening theme to the PARTRIDGE Family.
- Alabama sings the TURTLE DOVEing lyrics from their song Dixieland Delight.
- Foghorn Leghorn chats with a HEN (not French, true) in a Warner Brothers cartoon.
- The Beatles sing Blackbird. Our research indicates COLLY BIRDS are blackbirds.
- The Olympic Theme, representing FIVE RINGS.
- GOOSE from Top Gun talks to Maverick.
- The opening go Tchaikovsky's SWAN Lake.
- Shirley Booth as the MAID Hazel in the television program of the same name.
- Rosemary Clooney, a LADY, sings about DANCING.
- LORD Grantham, for Downton Abbey, gets ready to go…perhaps to LEAP?
- Rowdy Roddy PIPER yells at another wrestler.
- Todd Rundgren sings Bang the DRUM All Day.
Carroll County is one of just a few Arkansas counties that has no shelter for victims of domestic violence. Wildflowers Ministries in Eureka Springs is raising funds to secure the necessary property and expertise to open such a facility.
In addition to bugs, our insect expert, Dr. Donald Steinkraus, likes music. We look at instances of insects in rock and roll.
The Thanksgiving meal is over and the calendar is full of Christmas events. Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has a partial rundown for us.

The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery has existed for four years and it's director is thinking about the future.
This fall Eric Brace and Peter Cooper, both Grammy nominees, came to northwest Arkansas to play a few shows. Their tour included a session inside the Firmin Garner Performance Studio.
Pete Earley's book Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness was this year's One Book, One Community selection at the University of Arkansas. Earlier this month Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams., talked to him about the book in front of a live audience at the Fayetteville Public Library.


Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, though the next presidential election is more than two years away, some are already ready for HIlary. And as the Bentonville School District grows, so too does its course offerings. We visit a junior high school as students prepare for mountain biking. Plus, we learn about a Bentonville before Sam Walton.
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute will officially announce expansion of courses ranging in topics from tree identification to Irish poetry during an open house Friday from 2 to 4 p.m..
"Time Moves Quickly" by Noah Gunderson and after notes: "Over When it's Over" by Eric Church
In the latest installment of our monthly “3 Things You Should Know” series, we learn about theatre etiquette.
at end of show: "Leavin' Kind" by Samantha Fish
The biennial fiscal session of the Arkansas Legislature began yesterday, leading with talks about the Private Option and preventing a special election for Lt. Governor. USA Truck's most recent earnings report still shows continued, but shrinking losses. And the special election regarding a rural ambulance service district in Benton County is today.
"On the Good Ship Lollipop" by Shirley Temple
In 1980, more than 125,000 Cubans fleeing Fidel Castro's communist regime were boatlifted to America and processed at military compounds including Fort Chaffee in Arkansas. Among the population were gay Cubans and prisoners that Castro had purged from his prisons. The Cubans were widely portrayed by the press as criminal—a stigma that's persisted. But as Jacqueline Froelich reports, historians are working to clarify the record. Photo: "Task Force Commander, Colonel Don E. Karr with Cuban refugee family"--Courtesy Fort Chaffee Museum
Last week a panel discussion about health care on the University of Arkansas campus included different philosophies regarding health care.
"Edison Lights" by Herb Ellis