Tomorrow morning, Arkansas Tech University -- Ozark Campus will celebrate the 10th anniversary of a merger that helped make the campus what it is today.
Ozarks At Large
In his weekly recap of the week’s news, Roby Brock highlights efforts by Arkansas-owned banks to acquire another bank.
A coalition organized by the mayors of Fayetteville and Fort Smith seeks to build a regional multimodal hub to increase transport of manufactured goods and commodities. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, the group is starting from the bottom up—in the barge navigation channel on the Arkansas River.A blood drive kicks off on the U of A campus today in memory of victims of the September 11, 2001 attack and the Boston Marathon bombing. Governor Beebe hopes to use his chairmanship of the Southern Governor's Association to decrease Arkansas's high infant mortality rate. The Arkansas Department of Human Services wants to increase mental health awareness during September as a new report gives insight on mental health and substance abuse in the state.. And a Fayetteville tech firm gets a $2 million federal grant to improve hybrid-electric vehicle fuel efficiency.
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks: the art of bedmaking. There's a trick to having perfect corners. And, a Decatur chicken farm makes strides toward shelf space in national stores.
Here are the ten clips from this morning's salute to beds and bedding materials:
1. The Australian group Midnight Oil sings its biggest American hit, Beds are Burning.
2. John Lennon speaks from the John and Yoko "bed in" in Montreal.
3. Music from the (somewhat odd) Disney movie, Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
4. Linda Blair's bed levitates in The Exorcist.
5. Gromit forces Wallace out of bed in The Wrong Trousers.
6. The Bangles sing My Side of the Bed.
7. Doris Day and Rock Hudson spar in Pillow Talk.
8. David Jack's version of Five Little Monkeys.
9. Florence and the Machine sing Hospital Beds.
10. Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks discuss a famous quote from The Godfather in the movie You've Got Mail.
1. The Australian group Midnight Oil sings its biggest American hit, Beds are Burning.
2. John Lennon speaks from the John and Yoko "bed in" in Montreal.
3. Music from the (somewhat odd) Disney movie, Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
4. Linda Blair's bed levitates in The Exorcist.
5. Gromit forces Wallace out of bed in The Wrong Trousers.
6. The Bangles sing My Side of the Bed.
7. Doris Day and Rock Hudson spar in Pillow Talk.
8. David Jack's version of Five Little Monkeys.
9. Florence and the Machine sing Hospital Beds.
10. Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks discuss a famous quote from The Godfather in the movie You've Got Mail.
Becca Martin Brown wears us out with details of how performers will soar through the air during the production of The Wizard of Oz.
Crystal Lake Farms in Decatur uses old and new methods to raise chickens.
Here the group performs the song "Quarter to Four" from inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
The Bike Route is one of the sponsors of LifeSource International's Hike or Bike Against Hunger event. The bike shop owner offers advice on selecting and caring for a bicycle. Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Ahead on Ozarks, an artists' cooperative enters its 12th year in the community, and a group of high school students learn about marketing inside one local retailer, though the field trip was altered a bit as residents made purchases in anticipation of winter weather. Plus, the first group of Arkansas Teacher Corps fellows already recognizes the difference they've made in rural and low income school districts just a few months into their first semester.
Marla Steele, a doctoral student at the University of Arkansas, is one of just a few researchers studying a rare, Asian eagle.
To see the website devoted to Marla's work, both past and future, click here.
"Dirty Paws" by Of Monsters and Men
Today she brings us Mugs for the Eureka Spring May Arts Festival, plus the town's new park.
Jayme Stone's Room of Wonders will be playing around Northwest Arkansas and helped us kick off Artosphere by stopping by the studio.
So why not celebrate with the number "five?" Mathematician Edmond Harris gives us some insight into the fantastic figure.
"Video Killed The Radio Star" by Ben Folds Five
Here is information about today’s montage dedicated to the number five:
Beethoven’s Fifth as performed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
George Brett (#5 for the Kansas City Royals) hits a home run in the 1984 All-Star Game.
The Vogues sing "Five O’clock World."
How to use the fifth amendment in a congressional hearing.
School House Rock’s take on the number five, as sung by native Arkansan Bob Dorough.
A scene from the British series MI-5.
The Fifth Dimension sings "One Less Egg to Fry."
Jack Nicholson orders breakfast his way in Five Easy Pieces.
Lou Bega’s dance hit "Mambo No. 5."
Jack Lord gives his famous line from Hawaii 5-0.
Apologies to: Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio, Brooks Robinson, the chemical element boron, Kurt Vonnegut, the Penatagon and Subway restaurants and their five-dollar footlong jingle.
