On this edition of Ozarks at Large, we begin a series on international students at the University of Arkansas, and learn about the band Rayburn on Arkansongs. Also, Fort Smith gets a new skatepark, and Roby Brock of www.talkbusiness.net starts a new series called “The CEOs.”Ozarks At Large
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, we begin a series on international students at the University of Arkansas, and learn about the band Rayburn on Arkansongs. Also, Fort Smith gets a new skatepark, and Roby Brock of www.talkbusiness.net starts a new series called “The CEOs.”Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net has started a new series called “The CEOs.” He recently met with Delta Trust CEO French Hill and Baptist Health CEO Russ Harrington to discuss the current business climate and health care insight.
One 11.11.11, we roamed the galleries of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art taping reaction from locals, volunteers, visitors, staff and a lead acquisitions curator.On this edition of Ozarks at Large, a local non-profit provides a support system for the homeless in northwest Arkansas, and the Water Coolers visit KUAF. Also on today’s show, Jacqueline Froelich files a report on the dedication ceremony of an outreach clinic for the Marshallese population in the region.Arkansas Razorbacks volleyball coach Robert Pullizza discusses the seasons’ victories and losses thus far.
The Joe Bates Outreach Clinic of Washington County, a satellite state-run public health clinic, opened this week. We attend the dedication.On this edition of Ozarks at Large, Michael Tilley from www.thecitywire.com talks to Kyle about yesterday’s rejection of a one percent prepared food sales tax in Fort Smith, and scientists finally determine the cause of the White Nose Syndrome affecting the country’s bat population. Also on today’s show, an 8mm film made nearly fifty years ago to save the Buffalo River from being dammed is being re-mastered and saved digitally.Arkansas voters make several decisions yesterday, the first class in the Arkansas Military Veteran’s Hall of Fame will be inducted Friday night on Veteran’s Day, replicas of ships that sailed with Columbus on his expeditions from Spain come to Fort Smith, and more – on today’s edition of Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
Scientists have finally determined what’s decimating large populations of hibernating bats across the eastern half of the United States. If you’re looking for a place to get away from it all, look no further. Columnist Wayne Bell from www.fayettevilleflyer.com has some suggestions.
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Sunday, December 29, 2013
Ahead on this weekend edition of Ozarks, a conversation with one of the authors of the Mustasia series for young readers. Plus, Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has plenty of suggestions for how to ring in the new year, and more.
If you secretly like Celine Dion or even Britney Spears, you may not be alone. Today, Wayne Bell of www.fayettevilleflyer.com talks about guilty pleasures.
Walmart lawyers will volunteer their time to help patients at the Arkansas Children’s Hospital with special education and Medicaid issues. The pro-bono corporate initiative is the first of its kind in the country.
Jacqueline Froelich revisits Harrison, where in 1998 she and writer David Zimmermann uncovered a terrible secret buried for almost a century: an angry white mob attacked black residents forcing them to flee. She talks with a local reconciliation task force as well as a black descendent--the first to come forward.
“Spiritual” by Charlie Haden
This weekend, the Fayetteville Roots Festival will not only host local and national artists but also offer a variety of organic food sourced from several local farms. One of these farms, the Sweden Creek Farm, will supply mushrooms to food vendors at the festival.
For more information about the Sweden Creek Farm, visit http://theold78s.com/swedencreekfarm. To take a video tour of the farm, click here.
“Farmer” by Bill Frisell
Make some art at the Art Center of the Ozarks in Springdale plus, “Who Carved the Tombstones: Tales of the Stone Carvers and Their Craft” by Abby Burnett at the Boone County Library today.
