Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, the types of food establishments--restaurants, convenience stores, grocers, fast food businesses--that surround a school have an impact on childhood obesity. We speak to two U of A System Division of Agriculture researchers who make that claim. Plus, Habitat for Humanity Washington County completes its 50th home, Roby Brock has his Talk Business Arkansas update, Becca Martin Brown tells us What's Up, and more.
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Thursday night three area high school volleyball teams will participate in the latest Cancer Challenge event. We talked with Tina Waggener, Executive Director for Cancer Challenge. To learn more visit cancerchallenge.com
"God Bless the Child" by Wes Montgomery
A music festival, major leaguer and more in our history capsule for August 18.
Becca has, for the third day in a row, something loud for an entertainment suggestion.
The web page of the Fort Smith Historic site contains lots of information on the history and culture of the area. The park is adding to that information through the creation of a database on federal court employees from the 19th century.
To access the database, visit fosmcourtdatabase.nps.gov.
To contact the Fort Smith National Historic Site, call 479-783-3961.
