The Arkansas Board of Apportionment approved maps for all 135 redrawn legislative districts on Friday. The new boundaries will force elections in all Senate and House Districts in 2012. Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net talks to political bloggers Jason Tolbert and Michael Cook.
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Lesha Shaver is the owner of Little Mountain Bindery in Fayetteville. She talks about the art of book binding and restoration.
For more information, log on to www.littlemountainbindery.com or visit their Facebook page here.
For a video tour of Lesha’s home studio, click here.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, the Fayetteville Public Library makes an effort to build a $2 million endowment, and co-editors of ‘Images of America: Fayetteville” talk about the process and joys of working on the book. KUAF’s Robert Ginsberg talks to Hogtown Hot Club’s Jim Jernigan and we begin a week-long series on rock and roll history.
Co-editors of the book Charlie Alison and Ellen Compton talk to Ozarks at Large's Iti Agnihotri-Mudholkar about the lesser-known details of Fayetteville’s history.
For more information or to buy the book, log on to www.arcadiapublishing.com.
Click here to listen to Charlie and Ellen talk about the images they had to leave out of the book.
Meredith Martin Moats grew up in Yell County in the shadow of Arkansas Nuclear One. You can read her blog the Boiled Down Juice at www.meredith-martin.com or visit the Boiled Down Facebook page.
Becca looks ahead to BB&BBQ whose musical lineup now includes Jamey Johnson.
Ozarks at Large’s Tyrel Denison talks about Google+ and how it compares to Facebook.
Grand Lake in northeast Oklahoma is contaminated with a blue green algae toxin. Two others may also be impaired. Are Ozark lakes at risk? We look at the science.Excessive heat warning in effect tonight until 8 o’clock in eastern Oklahoma and Sebastian County in Arkansas; summer drought may have a major impact on Arkansas crops; FEMA hosts a workshop at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock tomorrow to assist Arkansas businesses affected by recent disasters and more – on today’s edition of Ozarks at Large Half Time.
Roby Brock from www.talkbusiness.net spoke with Arkansas’ Second District Congressman Tim Griffin about the economy and how to come to terms on the debt-ceiling discussion.
Click here for more of Roby's conversation with Tim Griffin.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks: if you've been the victim of a violent crime, you may be due more than justice. We speak with the director of the Arkansas Crime Reparations Board to find out the steps to take in order to receive monetary compensation. And, how a dream and a wooden sign were catalysts for a home where girls learn the skills needed to become self-sufficient women. And, we learn about the training regular citizens receive to become volunteer storm spotters.
The Bike Route is one of the sponsors of LifeSource International's Hike or Bike Against Hunger event. The bike shop owner offers advice on selecting and caring for a bicycle.
Here the group performs the song "Quarter to Four" from inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
Crystal Lake Farms in Decatur uses old and new methods to raise chickens.
"Chickens in Love" by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Becca Martin Brown wears us out with details of how performers will soar through the air during the production of The Wizard of Oz.
Here are the ten clips from this morning's salute to beds and bedding materials:
1. The Australian group Midnight Oil sings its biggest American hit, Beds are Burning.
2. John Lennon speaks from the John and Yoko "bed in" in Montreal.
3. Music from the (somewhat odd) Disney movie, Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
4. Linda Blair's bed levitates in The Exorcist.
5. Gromit forces Wallace out of bed in The Wrong Trousers.
6. The Bangles sing My Side of the Bed.
7. Doris Day and Rock Hudson spar in Pillow Talk.
8. David Jack's version of Five Little Monkeys.
9. Florence and the Machine sing Hospital Beds.
10. Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks discuss a famous quote from The Godfather in the movie You've Got Mail.
at end of show, "The Break Through" by Hank Mobley
