Ozarks At Large

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Thursday, May 15, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: in an effort to facilitate further business success in Arkansas, the Arkansas Economic Development Commission has launched a new website, ArkansasFavorsTheBold.com. We'll have a conversation with Grant Tennille, that organization's executive director. Plus, the Fourth Congressional District, geographically the largest in the state is in the midst of a heated Republican race this primary season. We have part one in a series of conversations with each candidate.
Here is our salute to Seattle and Washington (Bronco fans, we did Denver last week). 1. Nirvana performs Come As You Are. 2. War Games, set in Seattle, begins. 3. Jimi Hendrix, Seattle native, plays Purple Haze. 4. Agent Cooper gives high praise in (and on) Twin Peaks, Washington. 5. Seattle native Bing Crosby sings You Are My Sunshine. 6. Frasier Crane plans to get even with Bulldog on Frasier. 7. Heart, another Seattle band, plays Crazy on You. 8. Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson discuss a possible romantic meeting in Sleepless in Seattle. 9. Detectives Holder and Linden, from the fictional Seattle police department, order lunch in an episode of The Killing. 10. Seattle native Sir Mix-A-Lot and Baby Got back. Apologies to: Eddie Vedder, Modest Mouse, Macklemore and...oh, about five hundred other bands and musicians. Maybe next time.
Becca says that area residents will have an opportunity to learn about Muhammed Ali and other notable African Americans at an exhibit in Fort Smith.
Here, the quartet from Siloam Springs performs their song "Rosa Lee."
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality has a new program designed to help landowners clean up hazardous substances without being fined. Senator John Boozman offers his thoughts on the Farm Bill that passed the House and is now on its way to the Senate. And the state's attorney general is being asked to clarify the state's new voter ID law.
"Extreme Ways" by Moby
Michael Tilley, from The City Wire, discusses financial numbers for Arkansas real estate, Tyson Foods, Walmart and the city of Fort Smith.