Ozarks At Large

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Friday, January 10, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks…the 2013 Northwest Arkansas Education Report Card has numbers, plenty of numbers, relating to 17 public school districts in Washington and Benton Counties. We'll talk to Gary Ritter, the director of the Office for Education Policy at the University of Arkansas about the report. And the three-person band The Room Outside plays inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio. We'll also talk to Michael Tilley from The City Wire about the week’s news and Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers about the upcoming weekend’s entertainment opportunities.
Here are the ten parts of our montage devoted to all things red… Nena with the 1980s hit "99 Red Balloons." Red Skelton as one og his most famous characters, Clem Kadiddlehopper. The theme from John Corigliano’s score for the film The Red Violin. Sean Connery places an order to Sam Neill in he Hunt for Red October. Prince and "Little Red Corvette." Betty Boop in a swinging version of "Little Red Riding Hood" from 1931. Red Barber, before his days with NPR, calling ball two on Roger Maris. Maris delivers his 61st home run of 1961 during the at bat. Willie Nelson and the title song from his album The Red Headed Stranger. Warren Beatty and Maureen Stapleton in Reds. The Royals Guardsmen with their huge hit, "Snoopy Versus the Red Baron." Apologies to: Taylor Swift, Red Adair and his oil-firefighting team, Red Grange…the Galloping Ghost, the baseball club in Cincinnati, Red Buttons, and any singer who crooned about red roses.
Katy Henriksen gives us a preview of tonight's Sunday Symphony, featuring Verdi's "Requiem."
After overriding a veto by Governor Mike Beebe on a piece of anti-abortion legislation, the state senate advances another, more restrictive anti-abortion bill to the governor's desk. And, Walmart announces its progress in bringing healthier food to its customers.
"Lion and the Lamb" by Benjamin Foss
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses Allens Inc. moving jobs to Siloams Springs, Tom Mars leaving Walmart, and more.
In the second part of a conversation with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams, John McDonnell talks about how bringing athletes like Nile O’Shaughnessy, Mike Conley, and Frank O’Mara helped build the most successful college program in history.
"March Down" by Yuri Kajiura