Ozarks At Large

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Thursday, April 24, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, golf is a sport, but it's also a vehicle for life lessons about honesty and perseverance. We visit the green as First Tee of Northwest Arkansas spends an afternoon teaching values to area youth. Plus, a look at the senate race in Arkansas.
Governor Mike Beebe says no modifications to the state’s budget are expected; Northwest Arkansas Community College in talks to purchase land in Springdale; and more – on today’s Segment A.
"Mama's Irish Jig" by Maybelle Carter
Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas traveled to Winslow to see a special exhibit about the legacy of Maud Dunlap Duncan, former mayor of Winslow who led the first all-woman city government in the country. For more information, email winslow.museum@yahoo.com.
We talk to Carroll County native Jason Ball as he paddled on the Mississippi, part of a month-long solo journey--by kayak--through the White River chain of lakes to New Orleans. In between course corrections and dodging barges, Jason shares some of his river adventure en route.
“Mother” by Christopher O’Riley
Our food expert Teresa Maurer and Heather Fredrick, a program technician in the Horticulture Department at the University of Arkansas, visited KUAF to explain the two-for-one dollar program for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program customers.
The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in Arkansas. The Civil War Sesquicentennial will be celebrated between 2011 and 2015.