The President of the Federal Reserve is coming to NWA, a camp concerning nighttime critters and other sports this weekend are all outlined in today's notes.
Ozarks At Large
Ahead on Ozarks, Whats in a name, and who was Jenny Lind? She is the namesake of a tiny unincorporated town near Greenwood and of a major road in Fort Smith. Plus, a farm tour takes mothers to the source of their families' food. And a school project teaches students the importance of homegrown produce.
We know Jenny Lind Road and the community of Jenny Lind were named after a Swedish opera singer. We're not exactly sure why. We do know that when she came to the US in 1850, there was excitement.
Women make 90% of the purchasing decisions when it comes to food. Thanks to a program from the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, they get to see where their food domes from. Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas joins the group on a visit to a dairy farm.The city of Fayetteville ponders sharing the cost of adding a railroad crossing gate at Dickson Street in exchange for some needed easements for trails construction. The City of Bentonville aims to add more than a thousand trees to the landscape during October. And results from this year's Secchi Day at Beaver lake are helping officials with the Beaver Water District better understand the effects of drought and flood years on water quality.
A collection of area organizations have helped bring the 36-mile Razorback Regional Greenway closer to reality. But work is being done to try and connect some of the smaller cities of northwest Arkansas to the area's trail network.
The Arkansas Department of Health, Department of Education and local school districts are offering flu vaccinations to students this week. The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality isn't immune from furloughs of some workers. Fayetteville aldermen will consider creating an energy improvement district, which would give incentives to property owners for making energy efficiency improvements to their property.
Ahead on Ozarks: Governor Mike Beebe, Walmart and Redman and Associates come together to announce new jobs headed to northwest Arkansas. And John Brown University in Siloam Springs continues to move ahead with the establishment of a nursing program after the announcement of a six-million dollar gift. We'll also find out why glue has an important role in the latest exhibit at the Fayetteville Underground and get an idea of the deep connection between a church and the city of Bentonville.
This month's gallery show at the Fayetteville Underground includes photography, painting, mixed media works, and sculpture, including these hot glue sculptures by artist Robert Lemming.
Holly Fields discusses raising her nonverbal, autistic daughter Stephanie R. Marks who is now the author of "Paula's Journal: Surviving Autism".Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, May 12, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, an Arkansas judge overturns the states's ban on same-sex marriage, so what's next?
Jodi Beznoska from Walton Arts Center says the tickets to Glen Campbell’s “Goodbye” Tour went on sale today. Details about other events are also in order.
“Little Brown Jug” by Glenn Miller
The Arkansas Legislature is in session this week to discuss the budget version of the annual General Assembly.
“Songnumber3” by Mocean Worker
cycleWood Solutions, a start-up launched by University of Arkansas students, hopes to replace single-use plastic bags with a biodegradable bag called a XyloBag™. Ozarks at Large’s Antoinette Grajeda has the story.
After the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History received a trove of old Depression-era photographs of subsistence Ozarks farmers, University of Arkansas Journalism Professor Dr. Patsy Watkins traced the collection to Boone County resident Ernest Nicholson, a rural rehabilitation caseworker under the New Deal’s Federal Emergency Relief Administration. Her research appears in the fall issue of the “Arkansas Historical Quarterly.”
Photo Courtesy: Shiloh Museum of Ozark History / Katie McCoy Collection (S-95-181-5)
“Delta Skelta” by Garage A Trois
Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers says your time today might be best spent watching eagles at Hobbs State Park, getting to know the library at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, or auditioning for “No Sex Please, We’re British.”
