Ozarks At Large

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Monday, January 13, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Springdale claims the lead in job creation for Arkansas, plus a story of moving from small-town Arkansas to post-punk fame: this week’s edition of Arkansongs highlights the career of Beth Ditto…and in about six minutes, an update on the rollout of the Affordable Care Act in Arkansas now that the calendar has turned.
Here is the key to our mail montage on today's show: The song "Please Mister Postman" by the Marvelettes. Wayne Knight as Newman, the postman, on Seinfeld. Elvis, of course, singing "Return to Sender." Lana Turner and John Garfield up to no good in the 1946 version of The Postman Always Rings Twice. R. B Greaves' biggest hit: "Take a Letter Maria." John Ratzenberger, as Cliff Clavin the postman, on Cheers. Frank Cady, the postmaster general Frank Drucker, on Green Acres' first episode Kevin Costner in the movie The Postman. Reba the Mail Lady, played by S. Epatha Merkerson, on Pee Wee's Playhouse. "The Letter" by the Box Tops.
Bird man, Joe Neal investigates an "irruption" taking place on a local golf course, providing a lesson in evolutionary biology. (Neal is coauthor of "Arkansas Birds," published by UofA Press and "In the Province of Birds, a Western Arkansas Memoir," published by Half-Acre Press). To learn more about crossbills, click here.
"Finch's Theme" by Murder By Death
Following Thursday's Energize NWA Summit in Rogers, plans begin for healthy initiatives in northwest Arkansas.
"Jump" Lana Del Ray
Katy Henriksen gives us a preview of tonight's Sunday Symphony.
Stenhammar Symphony No. 2
The Red Carpet Awards Season is upon us, but so is the Green Carpet Season--the 137th annual Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York City February 11th and 12th. And this year? Spike, an Ozarks-born and bred Russell Terrier from Frayed Knot Farm will face the pupparazzi. Jacqueline Froelich takes us to meet him. Correction: Spike is a Grand Champion of the UKC--United Kennel Club, an all-breed registry based out of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Web Esclusive: Some Pupparazzi Snaps of Spike--the Ozarks Show Dog!!