A service learning project used by student interns to teach the importance of community service to elementary school children works with the real life organization Chicks for Children. We visit as fourth and fifth graders wrap up the project with a song and dance.
Ozarks At Large
Becca says the ACO Chorale is preparing for its Spring Concert May 4th at Arts Center of the Ozarks.
A sustainability summit hosted yesterday in Rogers gave a forum for some of the largest food, agricultural and beverage manufacturers to promote their newest product sustainability efforts.
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel talks to Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas about lawsuits and the electric chair.
The declaration means that federal assistance will be available for individuals, local governments and businesses. Also, the number of child abuse cases in the state declines.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, how members of clergy, support organizations and a T-shirt maker are helping spread relief to towns devastated by Sunday's tornadoes, and information about how anyone else can aid recovery efforts.After Sunday's tornado devastated Vilonia, Mayflower and the surrounding areas, several businesses began offering a slew of options to provide additional support to relief efforts, some traditional and others more novel.
For a list of some of the ways to help relief efforts, click here.
For a list of some of the ways to help relief efforts, click here.
The ending sports seasons, art with a new permanent home, and a new effort to collect diapers are all part the Tuesday notes.
Becca Martin Brown says The Bard is on stage in Fayetteville and a classic story from another era is on stage in Bentonville.
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Thursday, May 22, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with the director of special education for the U.S. Department of Education; she says many with disabilities are capable of learning anything and everything that those without disabilities can. Plus, as strawberries begin to pop up in gardens and farmers' markets in the area, a group of national leaders in the industry meet in Fayetteville to discuss sustainable growing practices.
The band Fork and Knife will play for a square dance tonight at Scarpino, and perform tomorrow night at Greenhouse Grille in Fayetteville.
“Blackberry Blossom” by Mark O’Connor
A federal immigration enforcement program, called “Secure Communities,” designed to target so-called criminal aliens rather than law-abiding undocumented immigrants is not working say northwest Arkansas civil rights activists.
“Salt The Skies” by Tortoise
Our history expert Dr. Bill Smith talks about niche presidential candidates.
“Shuffleboard Rag” by Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant
Elliot Ackerman, the COO of Americans Elect, says letting millions of Americans pick a candidate from outside the traditional primary system gives them a real voice and real power.
To know more about Americans Elect, www.americanselect.org.
The Raycliff Manor haunted houses in Joplin are donating a dollar from every single Raycliff Manor ticket sold on September 30th and October 1st.
More information is available on www.raycliffmanor.com.
