
Ozarks At Large


Healing Touch, an international healing program, is a biofield therapy, meaning it deals with the magnetic field around the body, to promote various areas of healing. The Healing Touch ministry at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Fayetteville is more than a decade old, and now has its own location, ten practitioners and provides more than 600 treatments annually.

Governor Mike Beebe last week issued a disaster declaration for 22 Arkansas counties that were impacted by the recent winter storm. Lt. Governor Mark Darr is found to have misspent thousands of dollars of state funds for personal or undocumented purposes. Walmart announces a new president for the retailer's India operation, and First Security Bank has a new CEO in northwest Arkansas. And a Little Rock museum has a new exhibit regarding the history of an Arkansas staple: the Bowie Knife.

This week's montage was inspired by the 80th anniversary of prohibition being repealed.
1. Untouchables television series, 1959
2. Some Like It Hot
3. "Gin House Blues" by Nina Simone
4. Untouchables film, 1987
5. "Rye Whiskey" by Punch Brothers
6. The Great Gatsby, 1974
7. "One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Beer" by John Lee Hooker
8. Lawless
9. "Gin and Juice" by The Gourds
10. Boardwalk Empire
11. "Black and Tan Fantasy" by Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong
2. Some Like It Hot
3. "Gin House Blues" by Nina Simone
4. Untouchables film, 1987
5. "Rye Whiskey" by Punch Brothers
6. The Great Gatsby, 1974
7. "One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Beer" by John Lee Hooker
8. Lawless
9. "Gin and Juice" by The Gourds
10. Boardwalk Empire
11. "Black and Tan Fantasy" by Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong
Becca reminds us it's that time of year when The Nutcracker is being performed across the area.

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we head out on the campaign trail with GOP gubernatorial candidate Asa Hutchinson. Plus, an update on SWEPCO's plan to construct a major new transmission line across the region.
The Symphony of Northwest Arkansas ends its first season with Masterworks III concert this Saturday. Ozarks at Large’s Katy Henriksen has this preview.
Ozarks at Large’s Antoinette Grajeda visited with vaulters who are in Fayetteville this week for the annual horse festival at the University of Arkansas.
Northwest Arkansas has the lowest unemployment rate in the state; the Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock begins a new program to fight childhood obesity; and more on this round-up.
“Anxiety is Cheap” by El Ten Eleven
Dr. Misty Bastian, the chair of anthropology department at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, talks about her experiences studying folks who make contact with spirits and paranormal researchers.
To hear more about some famous ghost stories, including some about the University of Arkansas, click here.
Becca Martin Brown with Northwest Arkansas Newspapers gives us too many entertainment choices today.
“Get Happy” by Bud Powell