Ozarks At Large

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Sunday, June 8, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, a float along the Buffalo River nearly a year after a hog farm started business near the waterway, and a brand new water park in Siloam Springs is almost ready for the public. And speaking of being ready for the public, the Walmart AMP in Rogers last night had its public debut. Blake Shelton was the first headliner to perform in the new venue, but a few days earlier, we got a sneak preview of the facility.
Marla Steele, a doctoral student at the University of Arkansas, is one of just a few researchers studying a rare, Asian eagle. To see the website devoted to Marla's work, both past and future, click here.
"Dirty Paws" by Of Monsters and Men
Today she brings us Mugs for the Eureka Spring May Arts Festival, plus the town's new park.
Jayme Stone's Room of Wonders will be playing around Northwest Arkansas and helped us kick off Artosphere by stopping by the studio.
So why not celebrate with the number "five?" Mathematician Edmond Harris gives us some insight into the fantastic figure.
"Video Killed The Radio Star" by Ben Folds Five
Here is information about today’s montage dedicated to the number five: Beethoven’s Fifth as performed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. George Brett (#5 for the Kansas City Royals) hits a home run in the 1984 All-Star Game. The Vogues sing "Five O’clock World." How to use the fifth amendment in a congressional hearing. School House Rock’s take on the number five, as sung by native Arkansan Bob Dorough. A scene from the British series MI-5. The Fifth Dimension sings "One Less Egg to Fry." Jack Nicholson orders breakfast his way in Five Easy Pieces. Lou Bega’s dance hit "Mambo No. 5." Jack Lord gives his famous line from Hawaii 5-0. Apologies to: Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio, Brooks Robinson, the chemical element boron, Kurt Vonnegut, the Penatagon and Subway restaurants and their five-dollar footlong jingle.