Ozarks At Large

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Thursday, March 27, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Spring is officially here, and warmer weather will soon bring with it insects like mayflies and damsel flies out and about. But before those bugs mature, they spend their young lives as nymphs in local waterways. We visit a local creek to see what is swimming and crawling beneath the surface. Plus, a conversation with another one of this year's gubernatorial candidates, Mike Ross. The Democrat has aspirations that stretch beyond this November. And back-handsprings and lateral bars: what it takes to be one of the best gymnastics programs in the country. We spend some time with the Arkansas Razorback Gymbacks, who will host this year's national championship regionals this week.
Becca Martin Brown of Northwest Arkansas Media gives us a litany of events for the weekend that even children can afford.
The Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra will present a program of Russian concertos tomorrow night. Featured during tomorrow night's show will be "Fayetteville's Piano Man," Johnathon Story.
Bryce Smith is also performing at the APO tomorrow night. The upstate New York native normally plays violin, but he will play flute during tomorrow night's program.
If a young man with a beard, wearing a t-shirt and blue plastic glasses approaches you on the street and asks “hey, do you like hip hop?’, don’t brush him off, chances are good that it is SmaR-T-Jones, and he’ll probably offer to rap for you.
The Arkansas Senate followed the House's lead in passing a federally backed expansion of the state's Medicaid system, and all that remains is final approval from Washington. The Arkansas Governor's race gets a little more crowded with an official announcement by former Congressman Mike Ross. Arkansas' two Senators give their thoughts on the Gang of Eight proposed immigration reform package. A hearing is held today in Nebraska regarding the Keystone XL pipeline, and a Bentonville group wants to turn Fridays into bike days.
"Lighten Up" by The Beastie Boys