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Mark Levin
Mike Pence: 'Deeply Troubled' by Trump Indictment
"Records we fully operated with the Justice Department I took full responsibility yeah but you're not being hunted like a you know like a hog in in Arkansas Donald Trump is Donald Trump is I like Mike Pence too you're not getting any listeners on that particular show though but what is he gonna do Vivek Ramaswamy I've gotten to pronounce his name mr. but is you understand it it's actually pretty easy Vivek Ramaswamy he was on Fox today News what did he have to say about all this cut six go this is selective actual investigation and eventually selective prosecution that is not justice that is a perversion of justice and what we need in the federal government including in federal law enforcement is reinstilling a culture of the rule of of law not doing the law as a constraint or an inconvenience but the motivation for actual federal enforcement law itself that culture is completely missing at the FBI prosecuting certain things while making up investigations on others depending on your politics that is not justice it's gonna take a president who leads and willing to take the actual hard steps like shutting down
News, Traffic and Weather
Fresh update on "arkansas" discussed on News, Traffic and Weather
"News Radio 1000 FM 97 .7 stay connected informed. stay Good evening it is 805 I'm Kelly Flyer and here's what's happening. Following indictment the of former President Trump in the Mar -a -Lago classified documents case. Washington Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal says we're finally seeing that nobody is above the law including a president. The Democrat and chair far of the left House Progressive Caucus says it's about accountability. Jayapal says she wants to read the indictment but I think that the special prosecutor is known for his thoroughness and I'm looking forward to what seeing the indictment papers actually hold. Jayapal also referred to a statement from former Arkansas Governor and Republican presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson. If somebody is convicted they should not be president of the United States and I think that this is really important. In a tweet House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says it is unconscionable for a to president indict the leading candidate opposing him. Joe Biden kept classified documents for decades. I and every American of the United Congress is working on the once every five years farm bill so Northwest News Radio's Ryan Harris tells us one of our senators has brought an important colleague to hear from Washington farmers. Democratic U .S. Agriculture Senator and Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow of Michigan is here with fellow Democrat Maria Cantwell who says Washington's AG industry did $9 billion in revenue in 2019. If you put in food processors AG with it's more than 160 ,000 people employed in our state. We always hear about software and aviation but people need realize to AG is still right there. The farm bill includes facets from the Clean Plant Network which helps farmers ensure they're not planting crops already infected with disease to the Market Access Program which Washington State Potato Commission Director Chris Voigt says has made a big difference in promoting our crops overseas. work We with the supermarket chain in Japan. We're able to increase purchase rates by 132 % and then online grocery in Taiwan, a whopping increase of 2 ,552 % increase in sales. Senators Cantwell and Stabenow will in be central Washington this weekend for a roundtable with farmers they hope will help them as they craft this newest farm bill. Ryan Harris, Northwest News Radio. The House now has its hands on the five -year FAA Authorization Act passed by the Transportation Committee today. More from Northwest News Radio's Kim Sheppard. Washington Democrat Rick Larson chairs the committee. He says the nationwide ground stop that followed a breakdown of the NOTAM system earlier this year is just one of their concerns. Though the outage was initially caused by human error, the system's lack of season outdated technology were what allowed it to happen in the first place while the FAA is in the midst of a month. It nota modernization effort. We do need to strengthen the IT infrastructure that supports the national airspace system. One of the more controversial changes included in the proposal, rolling back an Obama era rule requiring airlines to show the total cost of a ticket when advertising fares. In its current form, the act would allow airlines to taxes exclude and fees so long as there's a hyperlink where customers can see the total cost. The measure now to heads the House floor for debate. Kim Shepard, Northwest News Radio. The Seattle Maritime Academy was one of stops the of the US Education Secretary Miguel Cardona's swing through the western Washington today. Cardona says learning skills with hands on training is great for the students, and he says reinvestment in America will us take to the next level. We learned during the pandemic that we shouldn't be waiting for other countries supply chain issues, so we're going to make it in America. And that requires an investment in America. So you know, the infrastructure plan, for example, the Chips and Science Act. There are so many opportunities now that we haven't the had in past. Cardona says it's also good for our future economy as we continue building a skilled workforce. He also says the Biden administration is determined to make student loan debt relief a reality, but that they still have to wait for decision a from the US Supreme Court. And a state commission charged with recommending a site for a regional new airport has adjourned its final session without naming a final choice. We are ambivalence. Mark Iglesian and other members of the Commercial Coordinating Aviation Commission voted to submit a final report to the legislature without a site administration. In July, the newly formed Commercial Aviation Work Group assumes the task of finding a new airport site pressure to take off the overcrowded SeaTac. Time to check the Beacon Plumbing Sports task. It's time to check 6 to 32 and the Mariners resume their road trip against the L .A. Angels. Right now, the bottom fifth of the is tied up three apiece. Bill Swartz says the M's add a player who might help them score more runs. Through the game,
AP News Radio
Brother: Authorities told family that body of missing Missouri ER doctor was found in Arkansas
"A Missouri ER Doctor Who's been missing for more than a week has been found dead in northwest Arkansas. Doctor John fourth size was last heard from in text messages on May 21st with his fiance, according to his brother, Richard Forsyth also says, on Tuesday, authorities told him the doctor was found dead. Police in Cassill, which is in the Missouri Ozarks, say the sheriff's office embedded county Arkansas is investigating, and an autopsy and official identification were pending. The doctor's car was found unlocked with his wallet two phones, a laptop and other items inside in a remote area near an aquatic parking cast Bill, Richard Forsyth, says his brother had been at the Castile hospital for about 15 years and described him as a doting father family physician and part time math nerd. I'm Julie Walker.
Afternoon News with Tom Glasgow and Elisa Jaffe
Fresh "Arkansas" from Afternoon News with Tom Glasgow and Elisa Jaffe
"Known as a by the book prosecutor. This is not a by the book move. This press conference that released the indictment before the defendant makes the first appearance, but he's indicting the former president of the United States is in the court of public opinion as well. And I think one of the things to the great public interest requires perhaps a departure from that by the book approach. And also, as suggests there is a strategic necessity here for the government's case to get the the former president former is expected to appear in court in Miami Tuesday. ABC's Alex Stone spoke with chief investigative a Josh reporter Margolin about that part of the story. Once again, we will see what used have never happened and was totally unprecedented will not happen for the second time in two months. President United States will be traveled by the Secret Service to a courthouse where he will then be booked, processed, arrested and brought before a judge so he can most likely say not guilty plead not guilty at his first appearance and then they will talk about bail. They'll talk about trial schedule. They'll talk about how they're going to exchange evidence and proofs between the prosecution and the defense. All these things that we've never seen before and we're also hearing that he's at least right now considering leaving the courthouse to hold his own political rally because he is of course a candidate for president of the United States once again. Running for president and we expect that to be pretty quick like a normal arraignment. You go in, you go out. We have no idea at this point. We thought it was going to be really fast in and out in New York and it wasn't. There was a lot of talk about scheduling. There were talks about terms and conditions and all sorts of other things. You and I have both covered first appearances and they they are entirely unpredictable. It won't take all day, but it could be five minutes. It could be an hour and we also, because it's federal court, only people who are in the courtroom will actually see him. He will be brought brought in most likely through a private secure entry. He will be traveled out through the same private entry and there's no cameras allowed in court in federal court. Ahead of all that, though, ABC's and Karen travel says the former president is planning to campaign over the weekend. None of these charges against the former president or any of his legal issues right now prevent him from running for president and his campaign is in fact fundraising off of this. There are a dozen Republican candidates in this race. Donald Trump, based on polling right now, is far away and still the front runner and it's been notable to see since last night when this news first broke how other the candidates are trying to thread a needle here in terms of addressing this the not disrupting supporters of the president who are such fervent part of Republican the base. Only one candidate, Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas, has outright said that Donald Trump should drop out of this race. Mike Pence, the former president's former vice president, said today this is a sad day America in that the former president faces an unprecedented indictment by a Justice Department that is run by the current president and the former president's political rival. You have Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida saying there are political motivations behind this, talking about the weaponization of federal law enforcement being a mortal threat to a free society. Stay with Northwest News Radio as we continue to bring you the story. Drivers who use westbound I -90 between Preston and Issaquah should get ready in just a couple of weeks. WSDOT crews planning to reduce the freeway down to just one lane there west of Preston and into Issaquah. Now this work starts this Sunday night at 9 p .m. and the roadway won't reopen until the next Sunday morning. That's June 18th at 6 a .m. These are 24 hour closures all day all night down to just two lanes for drivers to travel in. Now if you need an alternate route let's say you're going to the Green River Valley area in Auburn or even maybe Renton. WSDOT is recommending drivers use Highway 18 as an alternate route. That way you avoid the there backups on the westbound side of I -90. Now that's only the first round of the closures is going to be a round two the same exact closure happening in the next two weeks that's June 18th until June 25th. WSDOT will then be reducing the less bound lanes of I -90 down to just one lane so just plan ahead for that one. Of course we'll remind you as we get closer to the date but for now just keep in mind mark your calendars if you use that route. That's coming for us Ira major is by the way highway 18 is currently under construction so not really sure why they're that direction. Northwest news time coming up on 650 let's get your stock charts .com money updates from ABC News Wall Street now stocks drifted toward a fourth straight winning week hitting a few week high earlier in the session and the S &P added five for the day it's now in a
AP News Radio
Ban social media for kids? Fed-up parents in Senate say yes
"Introducing legislation to prohibit young children from using social media. Democratic senator Brian schatz of Hawaii says the bill is simple. 12 and under your off, 13 through 17, you need your parents permission and 13 through 17, no algorithmic boosting. And I think people appreciate the simplicity. If a parent can't understand the bill, it's hard for them to rally behind it. Republican senator Tom cotton of Arkansas has many parents feel powerless when it comes to monitoring their children on social media. They have the right and responsibility to raise their kids at home and in school and when they're out in the town,
Mark Levin
Fresh update on "arkansas" discussed on Mark Levin
"Records we fully operated with the Justice Department I took full responsibility yeah but you're not being hunted like a you know like a hog in in Arkansas Donald Trump is Donald Trump is I like Mike Pence too you're not getting any listeners on that particular show though but what is he gonna do Vivek Ramaswamy I've gotten to pronounce his name mr. but is you understand it it's actually pretty easy Vivek Ramaswamy he was on Fox today News what did he have to say about all this cut six go this is selective actual investigation and eventually selective prosecution that is not justice that is a perversion of justice and what we need in the federal government including in federal law enforcement is reinstilling a culture of the rule of of law not doing the law as a constraint or an inconvenience but the motivation for actual federal enforcement law itself that culture is completely missing at the FBI prosecuting certain things while making up investigations on others depending on your politics that is not justice it's gonna take a president who leads and willing to take the actual hard steps like shutting down
The Hugh Hewitt Show: Highly Concentrated
Arkansas Governor Slams DeSantis Over Disney
"Each action is running on with CNN, Dana bash this weekend, cut number 7 assassins and former governor of Arkansas, former head of Homeland Security former congressman fine fellow 72 years old, talking to Dana bash cut number 7. Let's be more specific about Disney. I don't like what Disney said. About the legislation that I would have supported in Florida, but it's not the role of government to punish a business when you disagree with what they're saying or a position that they take. If that was the view of a Republican, then we're going to be in all kinds of trouble in our businesses in blue states. If they start punishing businesses for taking a more conservative speech or position. And so I don't understand a conservative punishing a business that's the largest employer in the state. In Arkansas and as governors, we recruit industry. We support our industry because it provides jobs and we're not dictating to them what their speech is. To me, that's a conservative position and you air when you go otherwise.
Mark Levin
Fresh update on "arkansas" discussed on Mark Levin
"Like me not or the one thing that makes America the city on the hill is confidence in our justice system and today what we see is a justice system where the bills are weighted that seems to be the outcome of where we are today as president of the United States I would purge all of the injustices and impurities in our system so that every American can have confidence that they will be seen by the lady of justice with a blindfold on that is what we need in this nation not more politicizing of the issues and that is his in response to the charges against President Trump Mike Pence cut 5 go I'm deeply troubled to see this to see this indictment move forward work and I yesterday on the road in Iowa it said that I had hoped that DOJ the would see its way clear not to move forward here but let be me very clear no one is above the law as you know better than classified materials is a very serious matter that was why in my own case after multiple the personal residence of President Biden with documents and records dating back to when he to was vice president of the United States like I had my record to examine we found that there were some classified documents that have made their way back into my personal records we fully operated with the Justice Department I took full responsibility yeah but you're not being hunted like a you know like a hog in in Arkansas Donald Trump is Donald Trump is I like Mike Pence too you're not getting any listeners on that particular show though but what is he gonna do Vivek Ramaswamy I've gotten to pronounce his name mr. but is you understand it it's actually pretty easy Vivek Ramaswamy he was on Fox today News what did he have to say about all this cut six go this is selective actual investigation and eventually selective prosecution that is not justice that is a perversion of justice and what we need in the federal government including in federal law enforcement is reinstilling a culture of the rule of of law not doing the law as a constraint or an inconvenience but the motivation for actual federal enforcement law itself that culture is completely missing at the FBI prosecuting certain things while making up investigations on others depending on your politics that is not justice it's gonna take a president who leads and willing to take the actual hard steps like shutting down this institution and reinstilling law itself you know it's an amazing thing for a long period of time the FBI was it's true the FBI open investigations into civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King they spied on him they J. Edgar Hoover who took directions from Robert Kennedy who took directions from John Kennedy of course we're not allowed to talk about any of this but I
AP News Radio
Asa Hutchinson formally launches 2024 campaign in Arkansas
"Former Arkansas governor asa Hutchinson, a Republican announced he's running for president in 2024. Hutchinson's goal is to draw contrast with other GOP hopefuls on top issues. Let me assure you, as president, I will bring out the best of America, we will stand with our allies and we will stand with our friends. Hutchinson's announcement comes a day after President Biden announced he is running for reelection. Every hardworking American family gets a double hit from the Biden economy. He pointed out higher interest rates and higher prices for groceries. That is not acceptable. Hutchinson has also been willing to criticize former president Donald Trump, calling him to drop out of the 2024 race. Former UN ambassador Nikki Haley, entrepreneur Vivek rumor Swami and radio host Larry elder are also in the Republican race. I'm Ed Donahue
Morning News with Manda Factor and Gregg Hersholt
Fresh update on "arkansas" discussed on Morning News with Manda Factor and Gregg Hersholt
"FM 97 .7 your information station sponsored by Fast Water Heater. Bill O 'Neill at the editor's desk. I'm Taylor Vansice. In his own words, Special Counsel Jack Smith is speaking publicly for the first time about the federal indictment of former President Donald Trump. This indictment was voted by a grand jury of citizens in the Southern District of Florida. And I invite everyone to read it in full to understand the scope and the gravity of the crimes charged. ABC's Terry Moran was listening in. Jack Smith is known as a by the book prosecutor. This is not a by the book move. This press Trump on the conference to release the indictment before the defendant makes the first appearance, Indicting the former president of the United States in the court of public opinion as well. And I think one of the things to the great public interest requires perhaps a departure from that by the book approach and also, as you suggest, there is a strategic necessity here for government's the case to get out because Donald Trump is going to put his case out. And so I think that's one of the reasons we're seeing this. The former president is expected to appear in court in Miami Tuesday. Alex Stone spoke with ABC News chief investigative reporter Josh Margolin. Once again, we will see what what used to be what used to have never happened and was totally unprecedented will not happen for the second time in two months. President of the United States will be traveled by the Secret Service to a courthouse where he will then be booked, processed, arrested and brought before a judge so he can most likely say not guilty, plead not guilty at his first appearance. And then they will talk about bail. They'll talk about trial schedule. talk They'll about how they're going to exchange evidence and proofs between the prosecution and the defense. All these things that we've never seen before. And we're also hearing that he's at least right now considering leaving the courthouse to hold his own political rally because he is, of course, a candidate for President of the United States once again. And running for president. And we expect that to be pretty quick, like a normal arraignment. You go in, you go out. We have no idea at this point. We thought it was going to be really fast in and out in New York and it talks about terms and conditions and all sorts of other things. You and I have both covered first appearances they and are entirely unpredictable. It won't take all day, but it could be five minutes, it could be an hour. And we also, because it's federal court, only people who are in the courtroom will actually see him. He will be brought in most likely through a private secure entry. He be will traveled out through the same private entry. And there's federal court. And ahead of all that, ABC's Karen Travers says the former president is planning to campaign over the weekend. None of these charges against the former president or any of his legal issues right now prevent him from running for president. And the campaign is in fact fundraising off of this. There are a dozen Republican candidates in this race. Donald Trump, based on polling right now is far and away still the front runner. And it's been notable to see since last night when this news first broke how the other candidates are trying to thread a needle here in terms of addressing this while not disrupting the supporters of the president who are such fervent part of the Republican base. Only one candidate, Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas, has said outright that Donald Trump should drop out of this race. Mike Pence, the former president's former vice president, today said this is a sad day in America that the former president faces an unprecedented indictment by a justice department that is run by the current president and the former president's political rival. You have Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida saying there are political motivations behind this, talking about the weaponization of federal law enforcement being a mortal threat to a free society. ABC's Karen Travers. Stay with Northwest News Radio for the very latest as this story continues to develop. It's 150. Time for our StockCharts .com money update from Frank Miller. Well, stocks finished with some modest gains this Friday as investors are awaiting the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates, which is set for next week. The Dow finishing up around 40 points, the S &P gaining around five points, while the Nasdaq seeing a gain of around 20 points. 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Asa Hutchinson to formally launch 2024 campaign in Arkansas
"Former Arkansas governor asa Hutchinson is expected to announce today that he's running for president. The former two term Republican governor and former congressman will formally launch his campaign in his hometown of Bentonville, Hutchinson said in a TV interview earlier this month that he intended to run the 72 year old conservative, has been a rare figure among announced or expected GOP presidential hopefuls in his willingness to criticize former president Donald Trump, calling for Trump to drop out of the 2024 race because of his legal troubles. Trump has fixated his campaign messages around false claims about the 2020 election he lost and Hutchinson has said that voters need a candidate who has not focused on the past. I'm Donna warder
AP News Radio
New wave of GOP candidates poised to join 2024 campaign
"President Biden has a smooth path to the democratic nomination next year, but the Republican field is muddled. Donald Trump is the FrontRunner in a race that already has Nikki Haley. Former Arkansas governor asa Hutchinson will launch his campaign tomorrow in Bentonville. I want America to understand my common roots. Senator Tim Scott is expected to join as well, former vice president Mike Pence says he'll have a decision in coming weeks, but the focus has been on Trump versus Ron DeSantis, who has not formally announced a bid but is already losing backers. Trump has now landed his first endorsement from a Senate GOP leader with Montana, Steve daines backing him, potentially opening support from other chamber Republicans. Sagar Meghani, Washington.
AP News Radio
Radio host Larry Elder announces 2024 GOP bid for president
"Radio host, Larry elder is throwing his hat in for the 2024 GOP bid for president. I'm Lisa dwyer. Conservative talk radio host, Larry elder, who sought to replace the California governor and have failed 2021 recall effort has announced that he is running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024. Elder made the announcement on Fox News's Tucker Carlson tonight and followed up with a tweet out to receive the most votes out of 46 people who were hoping to replace California governor Gavin Newsom, elder says his numbers show that his message resonates with voters, the long shot candidate joins a Republican field that includes former president Donald Trump former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley and former Arkansas governor asa Hutchinson. I'm Lisa dwyer
AP News Radio
More severe weather forecast for battered South, Midwest
"Forecasters are warning of a new threat of fierce storms and potential tornadoes for later today in some of the same areas that were pummeled last week. Residents are still trying to grapple with the loss of life and property from tornadoes last week, and now there's a new threat. In Little Rock, Arkansas, stedman Thomas says he wouldn't want to experience those fierce winds from Friday again. I was inside of my bathroom, my wife was inside the other bathroom, and we were just praying. Forecasters say the very same conditions, another area of low pressure, combined with strong southerly winds, could bring new storms to Arkansas, Missouri, and west central Illinois. Matt Elliott at NOAA's storm prediction center says this is the time to prepare. Start checking batteries on your weather radios, making sure you have multiple ways to receive weather warnings. 11 states were caught in last week, swarm of tornadoes, which killed nearly three dozen people. I'm Jackie Quinn
AP News Radio
Broad swaths of US reel from tornadoes that killed 27
"There's grieving and hard work ahead in a handful of states left reeling after fierce tornadoes last week. There were dozens of tornadoes cutting a wide swath of damage throughout the Midwest and south, with 11 states affected. More than two dozen people were killed, and homes and businesses have been pulverized into splinters. This is amazing to see the devastation. I had no idea that it could look this bad. Maria Wright's home was smashed up in North Little Rock where she spoke to KA TV. The mayor of Little Rock, Frank Scott junior, says it will take months to recover. Flattening a neighborhood's flattening of a commercial building. At least four people died in the storms in Arkansas, where fema officials toured the damage this weekend, at least 9 were killed in just one county in Tennessee. I'm Jackie Quinn
AP News Radio
Ex-Arkansas GOP Gov. Asa Hutchinson is running for president
"Former Arkansas governor asa Hutchinson, a Republican is running for president, positioning himself as an alternative to Donald Trump. Asa Hutchinson says he'll make a formal announcement later in April, but when asked on ABC this week with George Stephanopoulos. My decision is I'm going to run for president of the United States. Hutchinson is called another Trump presidential nomination, the worst scenario for Republicans. I'm convinced that people want leaders that appeal to the best of America and not simply appeal to our worst instincts. The 72 year old who left office in January after 8 years as Arkansas governor says he's an alternative for Republicans ready to turn the party away from Trump and that the former president should focus on his legal challenges. I'm truly walker
AP News Radio
Tornadoes kill at least 11 across US Midwest and South
"At least 18 people are dead across the Midwest and mid south as severe weather hit several states Friday, bringing with it reports of more than 65 tornadoes. Deaths were reported in Tennessee, Illinois, Indiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi. Plus thousands of homes and buildings destroyed or damaged according to officials at a strip mall in Little Rock Arkansas Joanna McCain huddled with other customers as a tornado blew the roof from another building. We ran to the back, we huddled together, and we pray for our lives. Airline Abrams was in her store when the same tornado blew out a glass window. But we all made it into the bathroom, and it was only one person in storm prediction center forecaster Jared guyer says, these were fast moving tornadoes and the region will see more, possibly as soon as Tuesday. Severe weather becomes more common as we go through the remainder of the spring. I'm Julie Walker
AP News Radio
Tornadoes kill at least 10 across US Midwest and South
"There's widespread damage in parts of the south and Midwest. After a swarm of tornadoes ripped through communities leaving at least ten people dead in their wake. Arkansas appears to be the hardest hit, the small town of wind near the Tennessee border is covered in the debris of smashed homes, businesses, and downed trees. There are fatalities, several injuries, and some people reported missing in the Little Rock area. Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders on K ATV. We will get back up the next day and keep moving. We will help our neighbors. We will ensure that every arkansan who needs assistance has it. In Belvedere, Illinois, the roof of the Apollo theater collapsed during a tornado, one person was killed two dozen hurt. Police say the theater was packed and downed power lines made the evacuation difficult emergency managers in Sullivan county, Indiana. Say at least three people there were killed during the storm. I'm Jackie Quinn
AP News Radio
Tornadoes slam Arkansas, shredding rooftops and tossing cars
"A massive storm system threatening a large part of the Midwest and south as generated substantial damage and injuries on Norman hall, and the Little Rock Arkansas area a tornado injured dozens while spluttering homes overturning vehicles and tossing trees into debris onto roadways. A university of Arkansas medical center in Little Rock went into mass casualty level mode to treat injuries some of them critical, and other tornado hit the town of win in eastern Arkansas near the Tennessee border where officials reported widespread damage. In Iowa there were more confirmed twisters that was damaging hail at Illinois and went with grass fires blazed in Oklahoma, power outages were reported in several states. The storm system affecting 15 states comes on the hills of death and destruction last week in Mississippi. On Norman hall
The Charlie Kirk Show
Kash Patel Joins Charlie to Mourn America As It Once Was
"Joining us now is cash Patel. Cash Patel is a great American. I think he sees this the way I do cash, your thoughts. I love the fire this morning. I think, you know, you said it on your show first. We do not utilize the state attorney general system the way it needs to be in this country. Why is no state attorney general prosecuting George Soros? Are you telling me his money to every political campaign? He's ever participated in his crystal clean and forget that their playbook is they don't care about the rule of law. And I'm not saying we should discard the rule of law. But why aren't we using it and why aren't we going on offense? Every state attorney general should be listed by name every district. And if you're not up to it, if you're not up to it, get out of the way. Get out of the way. And so here's a good example, cash. What is the big relic of the left? Their religious organization. BLM. BLM got donors from every state. They are an outright from based on what we understand. Fraudulent charitable organization. Where are the perp walks for Patrice colors? Do something. Show some action. Show some action that, okay, you indict Trump, BLM is going to get indicted in Louisiana and Arkansas. We need action. We need perp walks. We need handcuffs. We need sentencing. We investigations. I don't like talking this way, but they're laughing at us because they say, oh, we get to indict you and you guys send press releases. Exactly. But done are the days where, you know, this is what I've been calling on for this Congress. Stop sending letters. The January 6th committee showed us the powerful congressional subpoena. Don't issue 5. Issue 500 and issue them to Alvin Bragg. Don't give him a letter that allows him to a podium on the national stage to be like, you guys are buffoons. Alvin Bragg is basically admitted he used federal funds to bring this case against Donald Trump. There's your hook and there's no more powerful subpoena right now than a congressional one because the DA's and state attorneys aren't acting. So those guys in leadership positions in Congress have to go after Alvin Bragg and say, we want all of your evidence, all of your records, all of your finances, and you have to sit in the hot seat for days on end under oath. You can not avoid a congressional
The Charlie Kirk Show
Darren Beattie Shares His Thoughts on the RESTRICT Act
"Joining us is Darren Beatty. He runs one of the most important websites revolver news. You guys should visit it every day. I certainly do Darren. Welcome back to the program. Darren, I want to talk about Israel. You have a very unique take on that. But first, I just want to get your thoughts on this restrict act that we've been talking about that more Republicans than Democrats are sponsoring. And I just want to remind our audience what Republicans are sponsoring this. John boozman from Arkansas, my crepo from Idaho, Lindsey Graham from South Carolina, Tom tillis from North Carolina chuck grassley from Iowa, Kevin Kramer from North Dakota. Shelley Moore capito from West Virginia, Mitt Romney from Utah. Susan Collins from Maine, Dan Sullivan from Alaska, Jerry Moran from Kansas, Deb Fischer from Nebraska and John thune from South Dakota. Darren, your thoughts on the restrict act. Well, you have a bill that supported by Lindsey Graham, Tom tillis and Mitt Romney. You know you're in for a beauty. The restrict act, what can we say about it? Well, first thing to know is that it's a Trojan horse type Bill. What it's being packaged as is some kind of way to counteract the nefarious foreign communist infused influence of TikTok, which is a natural cell. Everybody can get behind that. But what it actually is, is a Trojan horse. And amounts effectively, I think the best description of it that I've heard is the Patriot Act for the Internet. Even though the marketing is specifically tailored to TikTok, something that we all love to hate, the actual substance of the bill is very vague and it is no way limited to TikTok. It's vaguely constrained to technologies associated with quote unquote foreign adversaries.
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Mike Huckabee Endorses Donald Trump for 2024
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"Gonzaga is headed to the elite 8 after Julian's trout there's three pointer with 7 seconds to play help send the third seeded bulldogs to a 79 76 west regional semifinal win over second seeded UCLA. Strauder's three pointer answer to Mari Bailey's three and it helped Gonzaga overcome a 13 point halftime deficit. Those are literally the moments you dream of, you know, just to even make a shot like that in March Madness. And then just to be back home in Vegas, it's like the cherry on top. Drew Timmy scored 36 points for Gonzaga, who will take on fourth seeded Connecticut on Saturday after the huskies beat 8 seeded Arkansas 88 65 behind 24 points from Jordan Hawkins. I'm Adam spelling.
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"I mean this is like the sun subtlest infomerrcial friends karate studio but it has been life changing that kids that were very you know just kind of like inward focused and not really not really outgoing. Just changed by being able to kind of find their inner strength through martial arts and he does a great job of it. I've seen videos of some of his students breaking boards with their hands with their feet going to competitions. And really just as we like to say wrecking shop and shot out to michael felix in into all the great work that he's doing here in northwest arkansas with adults but primarily with children really changing their trajectory and just changing their attitudes about things that were very proud of him though. Absolutely absolutely and you have two other kids and spencer down charlotte charlotte and charlotte's at the u. of a. and spencer. i. I've i've got a chance to know those guys even spencer watch arcades a couple of times and so you know we've had a chance to kind of meld our families together and your beautiful. I've shantelle and my wife. Nicola are very good friend. I really good friends. You know they they hang and they model together. They do all kinds of stuff together. They have found some simpatico in terms of cool stuff to do. Yes most arkansas. A good fit for sure it has been it has been so so continue on in terms of you talked about kind of finding your lane if you will. How did you end up with Becoming joining the board of sonar. So i was on a advisor. Council for crystal bridges was called arden fusion so the thought process around that was finding activities in coordinating events for young professionals people from twenty one to forty years old to do outside of work where they were for walmart. J. b. hunt tyson or any of the suppliers or where they on their own business helping them connect to the community and a good friend of mine. Julian brown and i served on that in our organization together and then she was vice chair persona so she asked me if i would join the board there and kind of capitalize on some of the ones we had at crystal bridges and as far as expanding our outreach to a younger audience and as well as getting sony into spaces that we haven't typically gone to a m- around north west arkansas right. Yeah no and. I think that's great and you guys have done a great job. You invited nicole. And i to an event i think it was like the first sonal event Since the pandemic started that they had the walmart center and it was nice. I mean we were socially distanced and spaced out but it was so nice to be in an audience and listen to music exactly. I mean it was great. It was fabulous was nice so that was where we announced our madden season. So we'll continue to have our masterworks programs at the walton arts center but we also have more programming outside of traditional venues of looking forward to this upcoming season for what a conductor paul hossan and rally. Nicholson having a more executive director in store for us. Yeah no it's i think it's great in and then you're you're also on. I think is still on the board of single parent scholarship fund which has changed. Its name yes so we are On the board for the single scholarship fund in northwest arkansas so we combined with the bitten county organization so it's one organization that serves madison carroll washington and bitten counties. Shout out to tyler clark yet. Will you engine use me too. And then i had him on this podcast and we did an episode early on about the single parents cowshed on and he told some amazing stories about some of the families whose lives have been changed because of this program for sure. Yeah so we help students who are within two hundred twenty five percent of the poverty level. I'm go to college and we give them a twenty five hundred dollars scholarship each semester. For those who are ten either a two year four year degree program as well as we support people who are in involved in trade school so everything from welding computer programming bike repairs coming up as well as cosmetology and programs like that as well and the healthcare industry so we have a lot of avenues to help me. People move from a poverty to prosperity when thing that we love about seeing within organization is how our recipients over time become donors and advocates for the program and we have great alumni association on. Were pass recipients help mentor current recipients and help them along their path yet. I mean. I think the program is is highly integrated. I mean tyler. And his team do a great job at. They're they are really all in and what they're trying to do now that they've kind of combined forces i mean that's it's the sky is the limit for those guys. Yeah so definitely gonna have a big impact on north west arkansas for the future. Yeah absolutely absolutely so now. you have. You've actually had a chance to experience number of the different companies. I mean you you said you work. You worked with tyson wing now. Did you also work at walmart. So yeah was with walmart for five years and then i moved over to sam's club okay. Three years ago. And it's part of the same organization so so so talk about that just your experience coming to north west arkansas and working and we talk about the big three. All the time and the big three is tyson j. b. hunt in walmart. You know three fortune. Fifty companies with walmart being the biggest the biggest employer in the united states. I'm one of the largest companies in the world and rightfully so their thumbprint is on north west. Arkansas you know a lot of ways. Yeah we're talk about just your overall experience coming here and being affiliated with those different oriented organizations and what. It's like because i know a lot of people from the outside when i tell them i mentioned bentonville or are mentioned. North west arkansas. They say oh walmart. And i like yeah walmart but it does so much more to it. What was what has your experience been like when you think about these companies and what they represent here in this area so they definitely give back to the area number one not only from an economic standpoint but from a philanthropic standpoint. There's a lot of passion for their customer and investment in their associates or team members that they call it tyson they both are very competitive but also focused on being agile and nimble and adapting for the time. So you've seen tyson experiment with a meatless proteins. And for a while they were involved in some renewable energy sources and then you seem walmart or relapse five to ten years expanded footprint in the digital space sure taking advantage of technology. I think that's what's key. Both companies have a founders mentality. But you also see them adapt for the time so that they are able to last for generations to come And continue to to Press yom elope against the competition. Yeah and there's some be competition. They are mayor especially walmart yet. Gins with a and ns within. That's that's amazon for those of you. That did figure it out. So but i gotta say that the more that i learned about walmart in what its potential capability. What it's capabilities are what its potential is. I wasn't so much sure that amazon would just have. It's way i think walmart is kind of figured things out. And they've moved forward and they keep bringing in new people and great talent. And so what would you say to people that are really thinking about coming here to work specifically at walmart but but also at at sam's or j. b. hunt or tyson. What would your advice be to them before they step foot into the state i in terms of learning more about what this place has like sure. I would definitely encourage them to do their research. Know failure in the top five cities to live with the university. And all of its arts. The way i describe arkansas or north west arkansas. People who don't live here randy is. It's kind of like a suburb without a city. So you have the events cultural events. You have good schools. You have recreational activities for your children. You have a relatively low crime rate and a lot of prosperity jobs and growth. But you don't have the hustle and bustle for the most part that comes with the city. So traffic is definitely improved here. Over the last five years with the expansion of i forty nine. So it's a it's a great place to live. We plan on calling it home for years to come and scrape place to raise a family but if you whatever your interests are you're going to be able to find it within north west arkansas short. Great restaurants Monoculture activities. I'm as i mentioned a couple of times before and then you might surprise yourself and find that. There's things to do here that you'd never knew would be interested in so you think about the bike trails or kayaking or things along those lines that you might find out that this is something you have a passion for and not only do. We have great restaurants. But if you're into libations there's lots of microbreweries and a here northward circle. There's a little bit for everybody and what you can't find here With the direct flights to a lot of major airports everywhere from new york to la to miami dc chicago dallas. You can get to what you wanna do relatively quickly and then when then a five hour drive of here there's so much history especially when you look at the events of the last year and a lot of people going on an a journey reeducate themselves about other parts of american history and wine to know understand more about the civil rights journey. So you've got little rock which is only two hours two and a half hours from here and you have the the little rock nine museum. And you've got up the road. In tulsa you have the greenwood arts district and our the tulsa race massacre happened. So there's a lot of street exact by wall street so there's a lot of history within three and a half hours from here that you would not maybe be able to get to as easily if you lived on the coast. Yeah and he's even just up the road up in missouri. There's even the site for the george washington carver museum and i think it as his childhood home. Yes childhood home. But there's a lot of lot of history and information that so. Yeah i mean you've got joplin when when you think of music in so i mean there you yeah you in. You're scratching the surface. I like to tell people in northwest arkansas. Wow you know getting out of a you know since the pandemic is decreased the number of flights but that will go back in time but the nice thing about being a northwest arkansas's. You're three hours from kansas city. Good barbecue up there. Five hours from saint louis good barbecue hair. Four and a half hours. I just did the strive to memphis great barbecue memphis less than three little rock less than five just a little under fire under five to dallas. So you can get three two. Okay caesar you can get you know you're not you know not too far away. That was the one thing. I had a concern about for those of you that are. Nba fans like man. We're going to miss out on mba. But but no. We've made a couple of trips down. Okay seen to see the thunder play. And it's actually it's a great facility. Great fan base down there and Gotten a chance to see some some good team come into town. So there's you know there's that in you've got the be okay center and tulsa and and then of course all the stuff that you have right here in our own backyard. We've got the amp we've got this brand new. What's the golf course program. That's right there off top golf off his right there next to the app and you got some outstanding people i think i i think i've seen them. Dave matthews band has been there. Twenty one pilots. Jimmy buffett coming hit. Bowl's coming seasonable. Yeah i mean there's just a little bit of everything right here in north west arkansas. So speaking of our music and arts and you've exposed me to a lot. I i mean i grew up going to the museum. I mean i grew up right outside of new york city. So you mean the moma was not. There's nothing for me to go there on the weekend on saturday or the guggenheim. Yeah and that was it but you know one of the things that i have enjoyed here. Immensely has been crystal bridges. And you'd like you said you've had a lot of involvement with them and you brought me to a lot of events we've seen some great people speak bear to bryan stevenson ryan stevenson. We saw the piano coupole. They're not couple. But there may the piano anderson in a row anderson row. They were there and they were fabulous. I actually that happened like right before the pen over those happened. Like right before a democ- south and i've been back one time since the pandemic but he acts it's just nice. I mean crystal. Bridges is is a kind of special place it is what they've done and the one family now walton had done. There is just amazing. I remember my son. Spencer was writing a report about crystal bridges. I think he was like an third or fourth grade now. So what are you talking about. And then we went to it opening weekend. A few years later runs totally blown away with what they had to offer. And and the level of works that were on display there and then they continue to update in an invest in the arts Not only visual arts erm visuals but we seen Jason moran his wife alicia hall moran to an amazing talent. i think they've had cheech marin. Come and speak so not only with the artists but they've had some Amazing guest speakers that have come crystal bridges absolutely ear and what was that Black artists that was The tightest kofar. No the other guy he came there. We actually met him we. We saw him speak but then he had his exhibit there with the afro pilkin Hank willis thomas lewis tom. Yes yeah he's doing some great work in in brooklyn right now and just a piece. That was commissioned by the city. I think for that area there but yeah he's an outstanding artists but we we have so many original works of art for sure there at crystal bridges. And i'm just like ads. It's kind of nice. Yeah rosie the riveter and you kinda go people just when you tell them all this like not north west arkansas. And i'm like yeah rob. No i think i got See jeff koons speak with my friend. Wendy jean bennett. And he's the one that did the gold heart shaped balloon therein the eleven restaurants so these are world renown artists We're lucky and and Bust have here north arkansas absolutely and it's only gonna get better. I think it. It really is and i mean you look at the arts when you look at the the museums and and just there's a little bit of everything to do and then all the activities that are going on now you and i ride a live on the trail and it's just nothing to just jump on a trail somewhere and go right out. Twenty twenty five miles. And you know you're never get on a road now you don't have to worry about getting hit except for some of those intersex. Where if you don't yell clear it. If you don't wait for the light invite could run into a problem but you know it is quite safe in and there's many so many trails to ride both ashphalt trails as well as gravel and off road mountain biking. You can't does. there's just so much your yeah absolutely. So what what is your what are you. What are you bullish about in the on the future of north west arkansas. So i i think you're gonna see Continued shift to being tech hub. An incubator for other businesses. I think that You'll also see an an increase investment in Biking and cycling and then i'm excited about the arts corridor. That's coming to fatal. yeah you know. Hopefully in the next ten or fifteen years where you have a large arena for concerts. That'd be nice. I know going malefic are gonna see john legend in tulsa which is only ninety minutes away in september. But it'd be nice to not have to make that drive right but Yeah i think it's going to be a continued focus on business whether it be tekere or retail and then the hartson than outdoor activities. Yeah so i mean. We didn't even mention the northeast. Arkansas natural the myrlie baseball team here. Yeah can't forget them. And you know i do wanna give a shout out in in the only reason why i'm bringing this up is because it you know i've talked about it before but i wanna give a shout out to the good folks at the children's hospital that's right here. Some renew hostile. That hospital did not exist. When i moved here in two thousand fourteen. But it's here now and My youngest son had a pretty bad bike accident the other day the day before we recorded this episode and I was really concerned. I thought he broke his leg. We ended up over at the emergency room children's hospital and they were just absolutely fabulous. They really were. I mean granted. We're in the midst of a pandemic right now. In healthcare workers are overworked. They arm at a high level. And and you know that personally but but it's just I gotta give a shout out to the children's hospital here in north west arkansas. Prior to this being built the closest children's hospital would have been little wrong and so it's something that we actually have a children's hospital here and then with some of the recent announcement that alice walton has made about the plans to to more opportunities for for learning in the medical field arena. That will you know we're gonna have a much more robust community of medical practitioners in the next five ten to fifteen years in this area and so you know there are good things happening here because that was a that was another concern. We moved here from boston. I mean it's like come on you know tops. The tops cities with great healthcare. And that's you don't think about it till you need it and we're straight up healthy but things happen and it's nothing like a bike to bring it to the emergency room and caused you to say. Oh my gosh my know my child or am i gonna be okay and so yeah i just just a shout out to those guys and for people listening to this aren't from year and i've talked to you in the past and others that are thinking about coming here. We have the infrastructure. And if we don't have it it's in the work that's the easiest i mean. That's the way that i can describe it. It's definitely in the work young. So you know my wife. And i joke all the time about a couple of retailers that we would just lament. We wish were here. No arkansas. But they're not far away and on top of all that we pretty much can get most of what we need and even even seafood stuff like that you come out on the west coast. East coast seafood. There's some good seafood places here where you can order stuff and get it the next day. I would be remiss if i didn't mention my One of my peers. Dan by food for sam's club. He does a really good job. Give them a try. Listen trust me. The sam's club no joke. The sam's club seafood section is to be reckon they've got some great stuff and the sushi People don't realize that sam's club sushi now they didn't do sushi before but those folks cut that sushi in it looked so fresh and it's good. Yeah so definitely recommend most do all. The sam's half that. I think we had that an about two thirds of her clothes. Okay yeah so. I would assume that. All the sams in north west arkansas would have they do. Yeah okay yeah ness the other thing too if you're coming here recognized that like walmart and sam's specifically they test out all the stuff that they're gonna do and roll out and other places. They do a lot of that testing ear. So you get you get first crack at it. You get the first experience. Like i had never heard of neighborhood walmart and before i came here i was like what is that and it was like you. Come here and it's like it's a little walmart right in your neighborhood. Like i have when i was there last night and it's convenient and it got a little bit of everything so you know i should get them to sponsor this no seriously though it's good stuff. There's a lot of good things whereas yeah we'd love to hear a like i said we've Been here seventeen years in its home. No pressure on my kids for grandkids in the future. But hopefully we'll be here for for quite a while and there's definitely a lot to deal like i said there's something for everybody and there's there's not pretending for connect with what you're familiar with and also an opportunity explore new things. Yeah absolutely i love and so we can end on that. But before i let you end i do wanna put you on the spot if i had to put a gun to your head and i said you could only take me to one restaurant. I know it's hard. Because i know you know a number of people that have restaurants. Aaron you go to a lot of different places. I do by Gimme your top three three so top three restaurants so i'm going to pizza so that account as one so giraldi for all the all of you from the northeast who complain about not being able to find good pizza here northward circle. Try giraldi down in downtown. Feb office center street also would stone and then My neighborhood spot as tim's pizza and then for can't go wrong with rights barbecue mitchum barbecue a couple of times on stores a great shout. What join right and his team are doing. Yeah they either got two locations. They have a location. That's right up on the trail in bentonville So yeah no. And they're barbecue sauces on point. Yeah my brother requested from texas. I mean to send him barbecues who carries their barbecue sauce walmart. And sam's anthony aso. Yeah we bought the pack and then pursue for special occasions. We'll go to atlas restaurant or heirloom heirloom shift. Jason paul That's another of amazing chef here in in atlas work going to have those guys on the pot elliott. Yeah we're gonna have a chef hunt on the podcast very soon so can't wait to share that. Yeah so those are my kinda go. To's yeah we will certainly share that with everybody on the show notes and make sure they know about those in. I don't know if heirloom is open yet. I think it might be. But i know for sure that atlas has open and they're doing They they obviously are doing reserve seating but There's a little bit of everything here to choose from. If you had to twist my arm at one place that i would say i i really is. One of my go-to spots now has leverett loud. Okay yeah. I love leverett lounge Shutout the hannah withers and her family and all the good folks at work there and all the good people that are in the service industry here in north west arkansas. They really know how to take care folks so yeah and we have a multitude of food trucks. You come from you come from a big city. Oh you fake. All every big city has a lot. You know food truck parks here and there. We've just got we've got food. Trucks littered all over north west architecture and the yacht club in fayetteville. All the way up to a great little food trucks spot that. I just found off the airport exit up there in. It's kind of like rogers. Johnson and then even bentonville course a street market and they even have food trucks there so slow but everything exactly. Yeah a little bit of everything. So 'cause there's a lot of people that are from different places here so the restaurant industries found a way to connect with all of them. So yeah for sure for sure will anthony man. This has been a pleasure. This is more like this is just us having a conversation but i told you one day i was gonna get you on this podcast and finally i did so i appreciate you. Coming on the podcast. Thanks for being a great friend. And thanks for all of your advice and for willie your willingness to open up your electronic rolodex right because when i say rolodex some people like what is a roller. Yeah now like an age myself. Now but Opening up your phone and connecting with so many great people here north west arkansas. That i've had on the podcast. And i will have on the future. No we definitely appreciate what you're doing. Randy. i can tell you that abuse the podcast for a to share with people who were new to the area people that we've tried to recruit to the area for them to get a feel what northwest arkansas is about a size what they can find a neat digital internet so they wanted to listen to your podcast. And we've helped you've been a great resource for us and in recruiting and as well as helping people feel connected to the community. Because that's one reason on thing that i've i've noticed her. North west arkansas is getting people connected to the community helping them find significant other helps them stay in northwest arkansas and So that's like what you're doing here and keep it up. And i'm just glad to be in honored to be here on the program with you so thank you so much. Thank you so much. Well there you have it folks. Anthony sunlen and Just a good friend of mine a good friend of the podcast and just wanted to have him on and have him tell his superhero origin story. Which was a great wine. And so i hope you liked that output. Some contact information as well as the anthony's linked in profile so you can check him out online and reach out to him if you if you just want to thank him for being on the podcast. That's another episode of the. I am north arkansas. Podcast to learn more about us or to read or download the show notes from today's episode visit. I am northwest. Arkansas dot com. 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"Stay closer to tyson and and also fade bill and when back then when you look at the diversity numbers on on the internet. It was the difference between one percent and three percent. And you know we had that concern with how. How's michael going to adjust north west arkansas. Come in from columbus georgia and where we think we moved. Here is sophomore year and when we left her when he graduated. I think in two thousand seven he was elected prom. King of the diversity challenges were not too much of a challenge for him got magnetic personality so so that was a win for the family. Oh my god yeah. And and and his name is michael felix. And i want to give a shot to his karate studio northwest. Arkansas martial arts academy over on crossover in mission right yes. I kids actually went there and we first moved here next. I think that might have been before we knew you guys that they went in and took He offers a great program there. I have several friends that have their children in their in their and it has been a life changing. I mean this is like the sun subtlest infomerrcial friends karate studio but it has been life changing that kids that were very you know just kind of like inward focused and not really not really outgoing. Just changed by being able to kind of find their inner strength through martial arts and he does a great job of it. I've seen videos of some of his students breaking boards with their hands with their feet going to competitions. And really just as we like to say wrecking shop and shot out to michael felix in into all the great work that he's doing here in northwest arkansas with adults but primarily with children really changing their trajectory and just changing their attitudes about things that were very proud of him though. Absolutely absolutely and you have two other kids and spencer down charlotte charlotte and charlotte's at the u. of a. and spencer. i. I've i've got a chance to know those guys even spencer watch arcades a couple of times and so you know we've had a chance to kind of meld our families together and your beautiful. I've shantelle and my wife. Nicola are very good friend. I really good friends. You know they they hang and they model together. They do all kinds of stuff together. They have found some simpatico in terms of cool stuff to do. Yes most arkansas. A good fit for sure it has been it has been so so continue on in terms of you talked about kind of finding your lane if you will. How did you end up with Becoming joining the board of sonar. So i was on a advisor. Council for crystal bridges was called arden fusion so the thought process around that was finding activities in coordinating events for young professionals people from twenty one to forty years old to do outside of work where they were for walmart. J. b. hunt tyson or any of the suppliers or where they on their own business helping them connect to the community and a good friend of mine. Julian brown and i served on that in our organization together and then she was vice chair persona so she asked me if i would join the board there and kind of capitalize on some of the ones we had at crystal bridges and as far as expanding our outreach to a younger audience and as well as getting sony into spaces that we haven't typically gone to a m- around north west arkansas right. Yeah no and. I think that's great and you guys have done a great job. You invited nicole. And i to an event i think it was like the first sonal event Since the pandemic started that they had the walmart center and it was nice. I mean we were socially distanced and spaced out but it was so nice to be in an audience and listen to music exactly. I mean it was great. It was fabulous was nice so that was where we announced our madden season. So we'll continue to have our masterworks programs at the walton arts center but we also have more programming outside of traditional venues of looking forward to this upcoming season for what a conductor paul hossan and rally. Nicholson having a more executive director in store for us. Yeah no it's i think it's great in and then you're you're also on. I think is still on the board of single parent scholarship fund which has changed. Its name yes so we are On the board for the single scholarship fund in northwest arkansas so we combined with the bitten county organization so it's one organization that serves madison carroll washington and bitten counties. Shout out to tyler clark yet. Will you engine use me too. And then i had him on this podcast and we did an episode early on about the single parents cowshed on and he told some amazing stories about some of the families whose lives have been changed because of this program for sure. Yeah so we help students who are within two hundred twenty five percent of the poverty level. I'm go to college and we give them a twenty five hundred dollars scholarship each semester. For those who are ten either a two year four year degree program as well as we support people who are in involved in trade school so everything from welding computer programming bike repairs coming up as well as cosmetology and programs like that as well and the healthcare industry so we have a lot of avenues to help me. People move from a poverty to prosperity when thing that we love about seeing within organization is how our recipients over time become donors and advocates for the program and we have great alumni association on. Were pass recipients help mentor current recipients and help them along their path yet. I mean. I think the program is is highly integrated. I mean tyler. And his team do a great job at. They're they are really all in and what they're trying to do now that they've kind of combined forces i mean that's it's the sky is the limit for those guys. Yeah so definitely gonna have a big impact on north west arkansas for the future. Yeah absolutely absolutely so now. you have. You've actually had a chance to experience number of the different companies. I mean you you said you work. You worked with tyson wing now. Did you also work at walmart. So yeah was with walmart for five years and then i moved over to sam's club okay. Three years ago. And it's part of the same organization so so so talk about that just your experience coming to north west arkansas and working and we talk about the big three. All the time and the big three is tyson j. b. hunt in walmart. You know three fortune. Fifty companies with walmart being the biggest the biggest employer in the united states. I'm one of the largest companies in the world and rightfully so their thumbprint is on north west. Arkansas you know a lot of ways. Yeah we're talk about just your overall experience coming here and being affiliated with those different oriented organizations and what. It's like because i know a lot of people from the outside when i tell them i mentioned bentonville or are mentioned. North west arkansas. They say oh walmart. And i like yeah walmart but it does so much more to it. What was what has your experience been like when you think about these companies and what they represent here in this area so they definitely give back to the area number one not only from an economic standpoint but from a philanthropic standpoint. There's a lot of passion for their customer and investment in their associates or team members that they call it tyson they both are very competitive but also focused on being agile and nimble and adapting for the time. So you've seen tyson experiment with a meatless proteins. And for a while they were involved in some renewable energy sources and then you seem walmart or relapse five to ten years expanded footprint in the digital space sure taking advantage of technology. I think that's what's key. Both companies have a founders mentality. But you also see them adapt for the time so that they are able to last for generations to come And continue to to Press yom elope against the competition. Yeah and there's some be competition. They are mayor especially walmart yet. Gins with a and ns within. That's that's amazon for those of you. That did figure it out. So.
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"Magnetic personality so so that was a win for the family. Oh my god yeah. And and and his name is michael felix. And i want to give a shot to his karate studio northwest. Arkansas martial arts academy over on crossover in mission right yes. I kids actually went there and we first moved here next. I think that might have been before we knew you guys that they went in and took He offers a great program there. I have several friends that have their children in their in their and it has been a life changing. I mean this is like the sun subtlest infomerrcial friends karate studio but it has been life changing that kids that were very you know just kind of like inward focused and not really not really outgoing. Just changed by being able to kind of find their inner strength through martial arts and he does a great job of it. I've seen videos of some of his students breaking boards with their hands with their feet going to competitions. And really just as we like to say wrecking shop and shot out to michael felix in into all the great work that he's doing here in northwest arkansas with adults but primarily with children really changing their trajectory and just changing their attitudes about things that were very proud of him though. Absolutely absolutely and you have two other kids and spencer down charlotte charlotte and charlotte's at the u. of a. and spencer. i. I've i've got a chance to know those guys even spencer watch arcades a couple of times and so you know we've had a chance to kind of meld our families together and your beautiful. I've shantelle and my wife. Nicola are very good friend. I really good friends. You know they they hang and they model together. They do all kinds of stuff together. They have found some simpatico in terms of cool stuff to do. Yes most arkansas. A good fit for sure it has been it has been so so continue on in terms of you talked about kind of finding your lane if you will. How did you end up with Becoming joining the board of sonar. So i was on a advisor. Council for crystal bridges was called arden fusion so the thought process around that was finding activities in coordinating events for young professionals people from twenty one to forty years old to do outside of work where they were for walmart. J. b. hunt tyson or any of the suppliers or where they on their own business helping them connect to the community and a good friend of mine. Julian brown and i served on that in our organization together and then she was vice chair persona so she asked me if i would join the board there and kind of capitalize on some of the ones we had at crystal bridges and as far as expanding our outreach to a younger audience and as well as getting sony into spaces that we haven't typically gone to a m- around north west arkansas right. Yeah no and. I think that's great and you guys have done a great job. You invited nicole. And i to an event i think it was like the first sonal event Since the pandemic started that they had the walmart center and it was nice. I mean we were socially distanced and spaced out but it was so nice to be in an audience and listen to music exactly. I mean it was great. It was fabulous was nice so that was where we announced our madden season. So we'll continue to have our masterworks programs at the walton arts center but we also have more programming outside of traditional venues of looking forward to this upcoming season for what a conductor paul hossan and rally. Nicholson having a more executive director in store for us. Yeah no it's i think it's great in and then you're you're also on. I think is still on the board of single parent scholarship fund which has changed. Its name yes so we are On the board for the single scholarship fund in northwest arkansas so we combined with the bitten county organization so it's one organization that serves madison carroll washington and bitten counties. Shout out to tyler clark yet. Will you engine use me too. And then i had him on this podcast and we did an episode early on about the single parents cowshed on and he told some amazing stories about some of the families whose lives have been changed because of this program for sure. Yeah so we help students who are within two hundred twenty five percent of the poverty level. I'm go to college and we give them a twenty five hundred dollars scholarship each semester. For those who are ten either a two year four year degree program as well as we support people who are in involved in trade school so everything from welding computer programming bike repairs coming up as well as cosmetology and programs like that as well and the healthcare industry so we have a lot of avenues to help me. People move from a poverty to prosperity when thing that we love about seeing within organization is how our recipients over time become donors and advocates for the program and we have great alumni association on. Were pass recipients help mentor current recipients and help them along their path yet. I mean. I think the program is is highly integrated. I mean tyler. And his team do a great job at. They're they are really all in and what they're trying to do now that they've kind of combined forces i mean that's it's the sky is the limit for those guys. Yeah so definitely gonna have a big impact on north west arkansas for the future. Yeah absolutely absolutely so now. you have. You've actually had a chance to experience number of the different companies. I mean you you said you work. You worked with tyson wing now. Did you also work at walmart. So yeah was with walmart for five years and then i moved over to sam's club okay. Three years ago. And it's part of the same organization so so so talk about that just your experience coming to north west arkansas and working and we talk about the big three. All the time and the big three is tyson j. b. hunt in walmart. You know three fortune. Fifty companies with walmart being the biggest the biggest employer in the united states. I'm one of the largest companies in the world and rightfully so their thumbprint is on north west. Arkansas you know a lot of ways. Yeah we're talk about just your overall experience coming here and being affiliated with those different oriented organizations and what. It's like because i know a lot of people from the outside when i tell them i mentioned bentonville or are mentioned. North west arkansas. They say oh walmart. And i like yeah walmart but it does so much more to it. What was what has your experience been like when you think about these companies and what they represent here in this area so they definitely give back to the area number one not only from an economic standpoint but from a philanthropic standpoint. There's a lot of passion for their customer and investment in their associates or team members that they call it tyson they both are very competitive but also focused on being agile and nimble and adapting for the time. So you've seen tyson experiment with a meatless proteins. And for a while they were involved in some renewable energy sources and then you seem walmart or relapse five to ten years expanded footprint in the digital space sure taking advantage of technology. I think that's what's key. Both companies have a founders mentality. But you also see them adapt for the time so that they are able to last for generations to come And continue to to Press yom elope against the competition. Yeah and there's some be competition. They are mayor especially walmart yet. Gins with a and ns within. That's that's amazon for those of you. That did figure it out. So.
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"Folks and welcome to another episode of. I am northwest arkansas. I'm your host randy wilbur. And i'm excited to be here with you today. Have i got a great guest for the podcast. This individual is actually a very dear friend of mine. Somebody that i met early on when i moved here to northwest arkansas. We ended up attending the same church. And you know for a lot of folks that may or may not understand this when you go to a place in. They're not a lot of people that look like you when you see people that look like you. You tend to gravitate towards them and connect with them right. And so i'm always explaining this to my friends and especially my wife friends and i'm just like hey you know it's when you go to a place and they're not a lot of black people you tend to stand out and so one of the things that i was always concerned about. When moving to north west arkansas was what was it going to be like as a black man in north west arkansas. Raising my kids in north west arkansas for my wife as a black woman. North west arkansas. Not that that was a bad thing. But it's just. It's just the reality. That african americans have to think about when they moved to a new place especially a place where they're not the dominant or the primary group of people there and so coming from new england specifically boston where there's a huge african american population is a huge west indian. Population is a huge very diverse. Population of all types of people from all walks of life is very interesting and so coming to north west. Arkansas was certainly a game changer. And it was definitely different and Anthony my guess. Anthony sunlen had kind of helped me through this process. As i've been here now almost seven years. I can't believe that and i love. I've loved every minute of my time here in north west. Arkansas have nothing but great things to say about my experience here just as a human being but even as a black person. I've had a great experience here in north west arkansas and so i've told people all the time that this podcast was the podcast. I would've wanted to have listened to a four. I relocated here to north west arkansas just to learn more about the area and what it's like and so without further. Do i wanna welcome my good friend. If any some to the. I am northwest arkansas podcast. And now we'll say before. I let him speak. And i'm holding his mouth before i let him speak anthony's name has been mentioned multiple. I i can't even keep track. I should probably have a counter. For how many times anthony's names as been mentioned by mutual people that have been on the podcast mutual friends of ours and others and he's the real reason is the reason why i've had a lot of really outstanding individuals on this podcast and i mean i could go on and on the list of names. I was trying to make a list. But i lost track but but you know i would say the folks from a sonal where anthony is on the board and and what will. I'll let him talk more about that. But without further do anthony sunlen. Welcome to the podcast. Thanks renae it's great to be here today looking forward to having a conversation in just chopping it up all right now. Well you know. I mean i'm just going to keep a real with you. You know you listen to the podcast. 'cause you're always sending me text messages or i like that episode or if i don't hear from you for a week i know maybe that episode wasn't for you and that's fine because not every episode is meant for everybody right. That's why we say the where. The intersection of business culture entrepreneurship in life and saw everything. All those topics may not float your boat but some of them do needless to say. You've been a huge advocate for me for the podcast and and and and you know a dear friend. We ride bikes together. We we've got to experience a lot here north west arkansas together and i'm very thankful for that that we were able to meet like that. I didn't know you from adam before i moved here. North west arkansas. So that's the cool thing and now you know we're we're good friends and so people ask me well. Have you made friends here. And i'm like yeah. I've got several friends. I talk about you talk about one of my newer friends been clark. And there's of course marks y who could who could never forget mark and he's another individual. That's been a real big cheerleader of mine. And a proponent of this podcast and somebody that has made so many introductions for me but but anthony you have. I'd love for you just to share with our audience a little bit about your superhero origin story. Because you've actually been in northwest arkansas for a while you're kind of like an. Og you're not from here but you've been here for a little bit. No you're exactly right rainy so we my family and i moved to northwest arkansas. In two thousand four so going on seventeen years this november mood appear with tyson foods and my first visit to northwest. Arkansas was in nineteen ninety-five. When i came up here for a microbiology class at tyson was conducting up here and i can tell you in that. Nineteen ninety-five today. The areas changed drastically. Am i think when i first visited here. The holiday inn convention center was brand new. And so we've had the lot of growth in the area a lot more restaurants diversity. A lot more cultural events to do. I mean it's great place to raise a family and we'll talk a little bit more about that but yeah glad to be here. I'm from. I call san antonio texas home. My dad was a social worker in the military so we moved around every three years. So i kinda call myself. A citizen the world because we spent about three years in the philippines. I kinda exposed me to a lot of different cultures and when you move around every three years you learned to make friends wherever you go and kind of lean into the things you have in common rather than your differences. So it's kinda helped shape me to where i am today. I think you've done a good job of that. Because like i said i mean. I'm always amazed at the people that you know. And and you certainly don't let grass onto your feet and you get out and you get involved in. What would you say was the was the thing that kinda put you over the top with regard to north west arkansas. When you first got here that allowed you to acclimate to this area. Fairly quickly so for me. It was just finding things to do outside of work hamson. Fortunately i build relationships at tyson. For the i guess twelve years before we moved up here and knew a lot of people in the area. I'm having come up here to the corporate office but making sure that the family was able to get connected so headline good friends to help my wife find employment. She's in the medical field. And then our oldest son michael was really involved in or and still is involved in martial arts so getting him connected in his activities and was very important to us and when we looked at schools. I'm in the area. We looked at kratie schools just as closely as we looked at the k..
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"Northwest arkansas. I'm your host. Randy will burn. And i'm excited to be with you day. I've got a great guest joining me. Keating smith well he is i would say he's a man about town. He's a man of many hats. He does a lot of things in the community. And i ran across him. We've got a bunch of mutual friends. But i i ran across him after reading a really great article. In the north west arkansas business journal by jeff dolorosa who wrote about the issue of housing in our area and and how housing in the rapid growth of north west arkansas. It's kind of on a collision course. And i think the worst but we're still at a point if you read the article where it's like we can come up with some solutions now for smart growth and i said you know. I really wanna talk with keaton about this. I really wanna learn more about his skill set and background and just for him to kinda share with our audience. Some of his concerns about the the housing sector. Here north arkansas. And since we deal with so many people that are coming here to relocate to work for the big three or already live here and you know they call north west. Arkansas home in this is a really important place to them. I think this was an important episode to have for the podcast and without further keaton smith. Man how are you doing. I'm hanging in there. Thanks for having me. Yeah no absolutely. It is certainly my pleasure. Man i I appreciate you taking time out of your schedule. I would love for you just to kinda give the audience. A glimpse into who. You are as as i alluded to you. Work with partners for better housing. You're a senior leader at an ida berea bank. She also are on the fayetteville school board. I mean what else do you do. Mandy work at slim chickens. Part time. I mean what's the deal also. Yeah thank you so. I'll go with the hats analogy that you use earlier. I sort of sort of think about four different hats on on the work professional side of life first of all has been to two meg in bothered a four year old cora we live in fayetteville and and then as my day job. I'm a commercial banker with iberia bank in there for twelve years and in the housing space. My role is the board chair of partnership better housing which is a nonprofit housing developer and then served on the school board for three years and then you know The driving passion or the vocation for me for ten plus years has been an interest in sustainability issues environmental sustainability climate and energy issues. And so. that's been sort of the driving passion and and the why for for for getting involved in a number of of different issues but you know once you take a deep dive on one issue you see how interconnected it is with every other issue and when you see that interconnectedness you can't unsee so trying to take a systems approach to to help in the region flourish in drive and become more resilient and welcome whole bunch of new neighbors over the next twenty years. Yeah no i mean it's you're right. There is a lot that goes into that. And i know i was looking on your profile and you had four words that actually really resonate with but those words curiosity patients empathy in action. And you know it's it record. All of those words fall in line directly with everything that you do both in your public life in your professional life with the bank on the school board. what you're doing with partners for housing. There's a lot of patients that's involved in this process among other things. But what are your. What are the things that you're you're really focusing on. And i mean that article came out but obviously that was an issue for you prior to jeff villarosa writing about it. But what did that article cement for you in terms of where we are right now with housing issues in north west arkansas. There's been really impressed by the the quantity and the quality of the local cover. John housing recently in the media. You know jeff's article the democrat. That had a four part series on on housing. It's it's such a multifaceted issue so interconnected with with other issues. It can be tough to to cover up to communicate about tough to write about. But i think folks are doing a great job with it and i think what. This influx of media coverage signifies is a real recognition. Housing is a key issue for the region. It's key to our quality of life. It's key to managing the population growth. That we're seeing now. That will continue to see key to talent retention key to growing in a smart inclusive way. And you know i think. Et as regional stakeholders align around housing. Is this as a key. Regional issue that will take a lot of collaboration. Continued collaboration to tackle. I think there's some some some exciting exciting times ahead for for stakeholders across the space. Certainly a lot of work to be done. Yeah no it is. And i mean if i backed up a little bit just to kind of think about you know you coming here. You're originally from michigan. Is that correct. Yeah and traverse city is at area. Yeah i know that the there's a there's a beautiful resort. there the lied. Be the i can't think of the name of it but i went up there. One time in Is it the great bear lodge. Or there's that grand travers orange adverse resort. Yes golf course called the bear. Jack nicklaus course yup right right yeah beautiful beautiful area up there people. I always tell folks. And that's that's below the the up but it's it's north of the detroit area. Do the hands pinky that's right. Yeah absolutely so. I'm curious i mean just before we get to all of the stuff that you're into. How did you get down the university of arkansas. Did you did you just see favillas. I've got to come or was there something else that just drew you to this area. Yeah it was pretty random. So i came for college came for school and stuck around so two thousand and three. I was already thinking about going out of state for college. I definitely wanted to go.
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"Today. With paul gatling paul is the editor and associate publisher of the north west. Arkansas business journal and paul and i have been connecting back and forth. Of course. I've been reading the journal. Since i got here to north west arkansas in twenty fourteen and we have mutual friends and we had just connected a few times online and became linked in buddies. But i finally convinced him to sit down with me for a podcast episode so without further. Do i wanna walk. Paul gatling to the i am. North star saw podcast. How're you doing today randy. I'm doing great. It's great to sit down with you like you said. We have been trading emails and messages for a while the first of all thanks for reading we always enjoy the faithful and loyal readers of the business journal. So appreciate that man it is my pleasure and of course. I just a confession. I read primarily online right which is how a lot of people consume their information nowadays. And i just like the fact that they're always updates available in letting me come to know what's happening in this area and you know for the longest time i just wanted to. I've always been a business junkie. You know i was a kid growing up. I read black enterprise. i read fortune. I read forbes. I read all the business magazines. I didn't know why i just did. But you know it's just kind of one of those things but now being here and trying to understand the ecosystem of business in northwest arkansas specifically and let alone the state. I wanted to have something that i could sink my teeth into an in the north west arkansas business journal is just so well we like to think we do a pretty good job of covering the business news and north west arkansas as any good niche publication does right not not a. It's not a daily newspaper type format. It's a niche publication. We have our magazine that prince every two weeks as you mentioned. We do have a what. I think's a pretty robust website where we post stories on a daily basis sometimes as many as fifteen to twenty items a day depending on who makes what announcement who's donating this and who's ceo is left this company. Whatever it might be but what better place to cover business news than north west arkansas. You talk about all the development that's going on all that the of course the waltons are doing in all the healthcare initiatives that are announced every day and just big business from walmart. Tyson j. b. hunt to the small entrepreneurs small business and logistic space the retail space transportation. All of it. It's a fun job to have day in and day out it is. It is in so. And what i wanna do for the listeners. I wanna kinda back up just a little bit. And i want i want people to find out. Who is this good looking guy that writes these articles and and you see a space online. And you just you know people want to know who paul gatling is and and i would love for you just to kinda share your superhero origin story with our audience. Hobbling share my origin story. I don't know if we call it a superhero origin story. So i am an arkansas native. Despite as we discussed my affinity for the north carolina tar heels arkansas native. i was raised in bald knob. Arkansas people might know that as ten miles from sir see between sir and jonesboro the northeast corner of the state. Mother was a schoolteacher. She got a new job at bryant so we moved to bryant or attended nine through twelve graduated bryant. High school went to college henderson. State university arkadelphia graduated in henderson state. Played little golf on the golf team for the readies had a couple of jobs. There after graduation working for the daily newspaper was one working for the henderson state. Media relations office was another. And i remember my dad called me. This was in the fall of twenty or fall of two thousand said. He noticed an ad in the newspaper for sports editor of the daily paper. in bentonville. my work study job. Henderson was working in sports information office. I like sports. He thought that would be something that i should check out. You know twenty years ago. Twenty one years ago north west. Arkansas was starting to gain some attention. People were noticing. What's going on in north west. Arkansas people were moving the north west arkansas and so for that reason and the good fit for the job. Dad told me to should look into that. So i did. And the current sports editor at the daily record newspaper was getting married and was going to move to little rock in april so they wanted to hire somebody early. Two thousand and one to kind of train to be his replacement as the sports editor so came up here a good interview. They offered me the job. So i moved to arkadelphia move from arkadelphia bentonville in january two thousand and one wow and Have been in bentonville ever since the longest place. I've ever lived anywhere in arkansas. Lived here for twenty years. Came from state at the newspaper for about nine years went to the business journal in february of twenty eleven and became the editor in may of twenty thirteen. And like i said it's a great place to work. We've got a talented staff. Great group of people great ownership group good company to work for and like i said what better place to cover business news than than this part of the country as just a fascinating area dynamic area of all the things that are going on. I think we're all blessed to live here. And i'm blessed to be able to a hope document. Some of the things that are going on for our readers. Yeah no i love that. You talked about the ownership group a little bit and just account for the audience. The ownership group has other papers down in In the central arkansas. So i'll give you a quick history lesson so the business journal was started in nineteen ninety seven as a division of arkansas business which is based in little rock there have been a couple of ownership changes since then the most recent is and really want to underscore the because a lot of people still get this confused because they grew up with arkansas business. And the business cheryl being worn the same. Those two companies are completely separately owned separately operated. It's slide time magazine and sports illustrated. They are two different companies to different owners to different advertising departments business departments everything no longer affiliated with each other in the fall of two thousand sixteen the business journal was acquired by natural state media group. Which is headed up by roby. Brock and michael tilly and rob gutteridge publisher and a couple of other investors. And we have. We have the magazine here. North west arkansas that prince every two weeks. We have a magazine and northeast arkansas. The jonesboro market that prince once a month and then of course. We have our website in a business journal dot com and the sister website. Talk business dot net where we post business news. Every day we have a radio segment on the npr affiliate. Each thursday and sunday called the northwest. Arkansas business journal port. That's on ozarks large on ku af. And of course we have the sunday morning. Talk show anchored by roby brock that airs in jonesboro market little rock market and the north west. Arkansas market you can see it here. I believe it's ten thirty. Am each sunday on channel five. Okay yeah no. And i've i've seen that and also i listened to the biz journal report on ozarks at large which i don't miss murphy and the cool thing about this because ozarks at large comes out as podcast. I can catch that episode all the time off the physically on the same but i listen to it all the time just to kind of find out what's happening because if nothing else especially those of you that are listening. That didn't realize that this this great resources available to you. I mean you're there are a lot of ways that you can kind of stay abreast of what's happening in this market. And i know some people like to some people don't like to read some people just like the listen And that's one way to do that. Just to kinda get your your business fix if you will force it to have those good content partners. Kf in the npr affiliate says a laugh.
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"I was really going or what I want to do and it was important. Well, I'm a big student in biography is actually cuz I think you know there's nothing new Under the Sun and if you read I mean if you read a biography you can glean so much from the life of somebody else. As I've read Ben Franklin's Ulysses S Grant by Ron chernow is amazing and you start to really especially historical figures, you start to really you know you see what they went through. And so yeah, I mean I I I agree one hundred percent person that made an influence on me that that I just remember cuz it's such a great story. Is when I had for restaurants I got a guy named Ralph and Ralph Mason was at one point. The largest Sonic franchisee in the system and I got to go to his office in Oklahoma City and didn't have lunch with him. And you know, took you in the presence of royalty and you sit there and just want to listen and he was in his seventies late seventies probably and we talked and you know I just tried to discuss with him and you know, I wanted to be him. On a foreign restaurants and I asked him, I said, you know, how did you do this? Like I want to be like you, I want to have a big system. I want to take care of people. I want to have a lot of restaurants, I want to make money and he said, he looked at me as well. Tom, I thought, man, here, I'm, I'm not to catch the overnight right here and I was ready from the tell me any of those one store at a time. That's it. And you know it just I tell my story all the time because yeah so true meaning I don't make them all work and only way to make them all work is one at a time. Right? You know it's like it's almost like when you tell somebody, how do you get somewhere? It's not steady plotting and nobody wants to hear that. Cuz it's not sexy. It's not, you know, it's just you get in, you roll up your sleeves and you get your hands dirty. And that's what it takes to talk about the ten years overnight success. Thought that was true. And I don't know how many, you know, really wealthy guys. I I spoke to my younger days about business and they all said, you know, you don't make any money to your forty, you know? Like man, I'm going to beat that I'll get so far out of life. I didn't. I was wrong right there on the track. That's awesome. That's awesome. So, you know, speaking of Northwest Arkansas, if somebody listening to this that doesn't know a lot about this area. What is a one thing that really stands out to you about North West Arkansas? Maybe something that you like to do when your off time or that really, you know is one of the reasons that kind of keeps you grounded here outside of slums but yeah, Well, I think that it's hard to separate, you know, life and work for all of us. Right, absolutely. Northwest Arkansas has a wonderfully supportive, entrepreneurial and start up, yep. And that's been a great support system for all of us, but then you, you arrange the whole whole gamut to the gigantic organizations that are here. And I think that mix of people that ought to do their own thing along with, you know, Big Time experienced Executives that come in and out, in Northwest Arkansas, for these big companies, you know, that outcome is really interesting and it really allows for opportunity to Bubble Up. And so if you've got that, you got a great place to live, that's supportive of families, and kids, and Arts, and Music and life, and it's a great mix and a great blend of ideas, just cultures. And it's a very open and welcoming place. And it's been, it's been great for for me and my family, and my company. Yeah, I love that. Okay. Finally, finally, if someone, if I press somebody that job You really well and said what what is Tom's favorite quote or what do you hear come out of Tom's mouth all the time? What would it be man? I don't know what comes on my mouth all the time. I don't know if I can say it on there. Probably what I say anything else but I tell you what, I what I tell my team all the time or anything, it's kind of a mantra that we try to live by. As I tell them, never tell yourself. I'll get to see you tomorrow. Yeah. You get to it today. Do it. Do it to that? Yeah, absolutely. I could call us in the last email. Go check on that one restaurant. Whatever it is that you got to do if it's off today. Do it today. Yeah, I love that. He had never put off till tomorrow. What you can do today. So I just don't think. Never tell yourself that. Yeah, just never let that be right the months. Yeah, that's good. That's good advice. I need that it just that helps me. I'm writing a book and I need to that reminder every day that I've got to get up and get some writing in. So yeah, yeah, I still do it to also mailed to us more like, wait a minute. No, can't do it. I got a dog. Created right? Well yeah, it's just important. If you can if you say it out loud and think about it, yeah, then it kind of pops up in your daily life. Absolutely, I love that. Well, we'll end on that note, I'm Gordon, thank you so much. I really appreciate you taking time to sit down with me and share a little bit of your story here at Slim Chickens and what you and Greg have done over the years. I congratulate, you guys will be twenty years soon, so that's a big deal. But we really appreciate it. And thank you for sharing your story. With my audience has been growing up for church, and absolutely, absolutely. 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"Was like what have I been dead? I know that's a deal. That's a deal. Like my kids, my kids go through. They make quesadillas all the time and they go through tortillas like they're going out of style. Oh yeah, you need to go. Yeah, I do need to go and there's a Panaderia, as well. So it's like a Mexican bakery. So they have you pick up the the little tray, like a lunch tray. Basically, like you would and you they have tongues where you pick out like the pastries. And it's like sweetbreads so colorful, Mexican sweet bread and then you go check out and they'll, you know, whatever you got, they'll ring it up. They also have the best month lease, like the mess tamale. So they have lunch at that. You can order as well just the best stuff so if you're at Lobby to go to La Popular next door as well. And then also honorable mention, a lot of people mentioned La, Finca and Supermercado. Toronto was the other one as well. And like we mentioned I mean there's so many amazing. Kids, like if we missed your favorite one, tell us like DMS on Instagram, email. I mean, they were so many amazing markets. We couldn't get to all of them, but these are just at least some of the favorites. Yeah, no. Well that listen, that's a comprehensive and exhaustive list it will certainly try to give each of these different ones some face time. But certainly, we encourage you to share Thursday's episode with a friend, or somebody else that's been asking about great markets to go to and definitely check out the show notes, cuz you can get the instant gratification of knowing where these places are right away. But if you want to hear a bit more about them, I mean, there's nobody better than Gera to kind of walk you through all the ins-and-outs of that and I certainly, I could do it, I'm sure. But but it would be more of a challenge but she has, she called it together a call together. A really nice list of places that you should check out here in Northwest Arkansas, that I think, would really benefit you, especially if you're trying to raise your cooking game to try, New Jersey, Yes, it's just it's there for you. It's definitely there for just, just give it a try. If you don't like it, there's probably something else on the shelf right next to it. That you'll like but it's like if you want to make the ultimate Indian curry foreign students like get the whole spices and really do it, right? And I mean, these are going to be the places that you're going to be able to do it, which we're very lucky. Like, in central Arkansas, these places don't exist. So at least in Benton, they may have some in Little Rock, right? Like a lot even I'm still willing to bet the farm that it doesn't exist. I mean, I think again, I would say it's an embarrassment of riches of what we have right here off of West Arkansas, and sometimes you just don't know it until you peel back a layer ten, take a closer look. So, but now this has been great. Certainly, we went over our time but I think that's a moving Target for us. But life is this is one of those episodes actually that I think is going to have some legs..
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"That's like the best way to do it, right? But I didn't know the whole spices and Karim Saleh until now. So I know we're having get it but they had, I mean, lentils, on lentils, on lentils, like bags and bags of every lintel you can never think of. I didn't know. There were this many lentils wage. So much and like rice and the fresh produce that I mentioned the Frozen items. They had ice cream. They tend ice cream. Frozen on Frozen Paratha, bread. Just, I mean, so many amazing things and we were talking about it. If I'm making a curry at home, it's a process. Like it's a lot of work and I can make my own naan bread. Sometimes I just don't want to add that to my plate. So I'm probably going to go and get some Frozen on and just like, keep it. Yeah. And I have, you know, some of those mixes like, where you can make falafel and like I want it own naan bread. So I'm probably just going to like keep that in my freezer, but they had so many things just an amazing Market in Bentonville would highly recommend, and I did want to give honorable mention to Christian mentioned, two other great places indiamart and I'm going to butcher this name. I'm so sorry, some bed Hall. My that's how it's spelled, I'm not sure if if I'm saying that correct. But we'll put it in the show notes so you know what the name actually is and there are those both in Bentonville. Those are both in bed. They're actually they're probably less than a mile from India Plaza. So they're all within the same, like airbags, which is really, really convenient. And the last place I wanted to talk about is actually less than a mile than where we're sitting Came From There, came from here, it's fresh on your yeah, fresh on my mind. If she called, This is a Hispanic supermarket. And I mean, the word Supermarket which I'll get into. It's called super mercado La villita in Rogers. So it's on a street and I mean, it is a massive Supermarket, like everything you can think of from Personal Care items to food and every Hispanic item, like, I could think of it was so much so much stuff tons of amazing produce, especially peppers, like a lot of fresh peppers from and I'm not a pepper person normally, but like I saw red jalapeno, Don't see those anywhere. There was some kind of a yellow pepper and I'm not talking a bell pepper. I'm talking like it was kind of a whitish yellow pepper. Unsure how spicy it was not going to try it off, but they had Habanero's, I mean, and the produce just looked amazing, like, I mean amazing-looking produce. They had poblanos, they had Citrus that, I mean, they had everything tons of dried peppers as well. So you'll see like, especially chefs use the dried peppers, and they'll rehydrate them and put them in a sauce, but you can't find them anywhere to save your.
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"Folks and welcome to another episode of. I am north west arkansas. This is a special episode back. I decided to do. Because i got an email from a very avid listeners. Somebody that's relocating here to work with one of what i call the big three. I don't want to name the company but you can figure out that would either be tyson j behind or walmart. But they sent me a really interesting letter with some concerns about how kobe nineteen and more specifically this new delta variant is being handled in northwest arkansas. And just in arkansas general right. I think we all have been watching the news lately and we've all seen all the problems that are coming up. Are that this. New variant is posing for people. Because we've kind of let our guard down in some ways But i decided you know what. I can't talk about this because i'm not a medical professional but i know people that know. Medical professionals shout out to people like State representative denise garner To meredith lowery from a right lindsay jennings and to some others for recommending to my two guests. That are coming on the podcast. That is dr. Mardi sharkey dr gary burner and i wanted to welcome you guys. I m north west arkansas. How are you guys doing. Thank you valionis. Absolutely so dr sharkey. What don't i start with you later. Good thank you sir for incumbent. Absolutely dr sharkey. I want to start with you. Why don't you just kinda tell your superhero origin. Story real quick. And then let's we're going to get into this and then we'll we'll let dr bernard give his quick Sharing leah's and then we'll get into it so My name is dr mardi shirke and i am the city health officer. I have a background. i'm trying to sepedi attrition Vanderbilt medical school did my residency training at johns hopkins and then Studied for my masters in public health at emory university in atlanta in my background has been in vaccine research and infectious diseases. I always kind of thought that we were moving on a little bit from that. Public health has been more centered on behavior. Changing honestly not something. I am passionate about. Infectious diseases is my mind. Gay in backseat. So i of had this little niche and when the pandemic started happening i started tracking what was happening in northwest arkansas in realizing nobody was following the data day today in our jumping cases so i was one of the first ones to sound alarm bells Last may when we started seeing increase here in northwest arkansas. At the same time that the federal city council reinstituted the board of health. Which dr bernard is a member of and then asked me to service. City obser- k. And dr bernard you want to introduce yourself real quick. Yeah i'm gary burr. Inner.
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"Eighty seven to nine hundred ninety one and we used to. We used to have a t shirt that was really popular on historically black colleges university campuses and it was called. It's a black thing you wouldn't understand. And so every historically black college you know fam- you north carolina a and t spelman morehouse. How're we all had our version of it. And then i came up with another t shirt. I didn't come up with that. But i came up with a t shirt that i did because i kind of dip my toe in the water of creating t shirts called late night at how university and it was. It was though the top ten lies it was brought up was the take on david. Letterman's top ten. Titans yeah so we did late night at howard university top ten lies and they were just like these. You know like every school has stuff that you know people talk about. You know folklore. Whatever that everybody's like that's a liar. That's you know and so we had a bunch of different things that were not true. That people would say all the time and so at the time that i was there i had like the top ten and i actually sold like ten thousand units of that t shirt and about eight month period. It was yeah. I mean i'm in school right. Oh gosh yeah. I'm waiting tables helping you pay for college scholarship. But still i was out there hustling and two thousand units and you're still paying money exactly so it was a big deal and it was one of the most successful t shirts in eighty eight eighty nine and we sold it around our homecoming and a bunch of other stuff but it just kind of a woken me to the possibilities right. I never went on to do that but it was. I did it for a while. It was a lot of fun selling t shirts but leading up to something nowadays. It's a lot easier if somebody wants to you know. Get a t shirt business started. Actually you've got parental and principally and all these other drop shipping companies where you can either come up with some really great designs. Share them with a company that will then drop ship them for you to whoever wants to order them and so there's always going to be new opportunities out there. What advice would you have for somebody. That's trying to maybe leveraged that. And i know that's not it's a little different. I think i think right. Now whenever there's chaos and all this stuff going on in the world. I think i feel like it's a i feel like it's a great time to start a business for one just any business but and if you wanted to start a t shirt company i think that's. That's a great time to start. A t shirt on one is that you can just you can be whoever you want to be and you can pivot and you can you can change and more to whatever the need is and there's so many for the first ten years here. We didn't have any print equipment. Actually i'd i farmed it all out right so it was you know we were a printing company. They didn't print pretty much as funny. But that's really the case. I you know we. We contacted everything out and then it was because our contractors could meet our neater are fulfil you know the timeliness are the the quality and things that we were really pressing for our the price and things like that. I mean that's when we had if forced us into buying our equipment and then we slowly gotten became a huge press operating facility but it's But until then you know we farmed it out and just kind of just grew. Slow me an artist really at one point. So and then we farmed out everything else really. I could have farmed out the artwork to as well. Some 'cause i'm not a designer. I'm not a printer right. You know but i do. I do love textile of color design. And i love to meet people to talk to people. I won't randy to be one of my best friends. Hope he feels the same way. Ever since. I met him a year ago the but i just saw i think right now is a good time and definitely with all the all the platforms that there are out there that there never was back in the dam. And you shamu by. Oh yeah you can easily own store you know. Everyone has their own network. it's it's really more about distribution. And you know. I mean there's a lot of people that have a great idea but they just don't have a good just distribution are there's people that have a poor idea and they get into walmart and it's the best i'd i mean they're the best distribution in the world. So it's going to sell you know so exact So it's really about just how you're gonna distributed how you're going to get the word out how you're gonna how's your website and you know whose hands it's getting into. How do you get it there. How do you get in those email boxes and things like that. So i mean i know women on that. See that sell like really like very like they'll sell Really vent it. Not vintage but Like limited runs on certain designs. That i think are really cool. And and the thing that i've noticed because you can easily stand up shop on facebook or a bunch of other sites to kind of get the word out so you don't have to create even your own website drive can still you know you go into a shop on facebook and say you have a couple of really great ideas or somebody has seen a t shirt that you had printed up. Because i've had because one of the things that's one of the things i've looked at. And even i did worked out a deal with you guys where we did. We were raising money. And i did. I did my I am northwest. Arkansas t-shirt you guys. For a while. And i don't know what was what was raised. But i know that. Like i even thought about man i could put my t shirts out there and a lot of people ask me from the get one percent better t shirt. Because they're like man. That's that's a great t shirt and house a gash. Put more of those out and of course. I'm only one person you know. I've had them printed up in what i thought it would be easier to. Just go ahead and just have it just drop ship so that anybody could order them if they wanted it period so so there's options out there for people to consider with regard to that so i think that's definitely an opportunity that some people have and the other thing is that the only real cost getting that started. Is you coming up with a great design and then maybe a little bit of money with some facebook ads and then just go from there and see if there's a market we'll tell you. Oh yeah definitely for sure for sure right away though. Yeah but i mean. I love that. I love that. So listen i wanna ask you about this because this is something that you and i talked about just a little bit. We haven't really dabbled into this. You're fifty six fifty one. And i know that for you. I mean on one of the things that you're thinking about as the and you mentioned the word legacy earlier and i know that there's a lot of people that are in at midlife in middle age and i'm trying to be more intentional by tension about having this conversation with certain guests that i have on the show just of talk about it because i think it's interesting but what are you hoping for for for the next fifteen or twenty years in terms of what you're able to do and granted you have a platform that you can that you can build off right. Not everybody has that right. You know at this point in time. There's still a lot of gas tanks absolutely tread on the tires. What are you. What are you hoping for me. It's it's more about significance leaving a legacy just about helping others really. I love helping start up businesses and things like that so if you're listening and you're thinking about starting apple or maybe you're in the startup phase or your you've already gotten through that and you're almost a million and whatever and it's like and you want to reach out to me talk to me. I'd be more than happy but the Because i remember those although stages in my business very well and the struggles we had and loved encourage him the but i mean really literally. I think the. I've been the books. I'm reading now or about the second half. You know which is funny. Like i've been stuck in the first half for a long time right longer. Probably the most honestly because my work forces in their twenties. I'm right here at our work with university students. And and so i kind of mirror off them. The way i act just. I don't know it's just it's been crazy. I feel like i've lived in my twenties over and over and over and over and over and over again and now all of sudden found myself in my fifties and going whoa and fiftieth and reich. I'm looking around. And i bought a house down in florida and i'm i'm looking in meeting neighbors and worn way. I don't even know how to interact. Variety mama fifties and i. I mean literally one of my goals this year on my top ten goes is like hanging around more people in my fifties. I mean really and just kind of you know are even fine friends in their seventies to know when i'm fifty six fifteen years i'll be seventy and so i'm thinking wow i need to know how to be seventy good you know. And like whom i'd seen in their seventies that are good you know and so for me personally. I'm sitting there looking at these people going. Wow really like the way they look are the way. They're they're pouring into others and they're doing this and they're you know they're living life with significance and purpose and and i'm like i wanna be that person you don't want to be active. I want to be on the boat. I wanna. I still want to be snow skiing. I want to be doing things and so I don't want to be on a couch with a bag of potato chips wasting wipe watching family guy. Yeah watching family i don. I can't imagine doing that. And so i've never been if not you know that i don't watch tv and so bareilly anyway but i just don't have tv's i don't watch era but the but also just You know i wanted to live life with significance and just continue to pour into others younger and outer really in my same age. And i think that you're asking may kind of what i'm looking at for the next fifteen years. I mean the books. I'm reading is Think one the one book. I'm reading right now from got him. Bob belford devoured beford yet halftime halftime. Yes i'm going to amazing book. He just died a couple years ago. I think we were talking about that recently. So really just like. I just really love that book and it's just like it's really help these chapters kinda get his good questions at the short just short chapters. But i'm telling you if you're in your if you're forty five to you know then you need to probably get that book and read it. I think it's very helpful. But no those are the kind of things that i'm i'm looking at. I definitely i'm not looking at like retiring. I've never thought about retirement. I actually joked to my wife one time about like maybe i should just sell the unlimited and retire. She's like what are you going to do like this. You know retire right. She's like no. You're gonna work my and she pointed their finger at me later. You're gonna work work. I mean we could just like live on a you know the money. We made them the business or something. She's now you're gonna work and thinking and she wasn't saying she wasn't being that wife. You're gonna work because i want you to work. She saying that she knows me. She knows that. I love work. I love what i do. I love getting up in the morning. I love talking to people. And she's like all right. You're right. I am going to work. I like what am i. i'd never. I've never been a person to live. I've never even thought about retirement. Just kind of crossed. My mind is a conversation. We hadn't thought you really set off a light bulb right now for me because i'm never gonna stop you know and so just what i want to continue doing. I wanna make sure that everything i do now is just significant and purposeful. You know those are the things that really drive me right now. So i love that. Yeah i've told the story before and and I don't wanna be dead or but my grandfather got into his dream career at the age of fifty four and then worked it for another twenty nine years so he only stopped when When we took his license away from him because he was driving into new york city every day to go to work at the united nations covering news are at the united nations and we knew that he couldn't see as well and We it was just a matter of time before the the new jersey division of motor vehicles was gonna take his license away so we kind of got in in between that because we didn't know how he was getting to work every day because it was just getting their figured out. Well you know he gets in the car and our joke was that jesus will get in and sit over to the passenger side and just drive him to work everyday and that was the running joke then after like now we probably need to take his license and we did and within a year he had a stroke. And then you know and i think the challenge was always in. He even said it. I think when he was like eighty five he was like. Yeah you know. I just that y is just not there anymore. Because he's not going to work. And so i've lived with that for a long period of time but i never really reflected on it until recently and i think a lot of it was once i turned fifty i realized. Wow okay so yeah you know. I still got a lot lot of gas and a tank latitude on the tire. Whatever analogy you wanna use. You wanna make the most of it and just keep going until you can't go any longer. Yeah oh yeah. There's something to be said for that. So i'll be able to take vacations. I'll be able to do all that stuff and little full life but you know. I've never been excited about just sitting on a beach day in day area life even though i live near the beach when i'm when i'm down in florida you better be you're gonna meet me if you see me you're gonna see me at a coffeehouse with twenty other guys talking about business right talking about this. A lot of creativity hadn't done there. And it's just it's funded down there doing that too as well just like here. In north west airing some absolutely absolutely will man. This has been great. I appreciate you giving us a glimpse into you know what life has been like over the last year. I'll let everybody listening to this. Be the judge of the original episode will put that out so that people can check it out and then you can hear what things were like back in our march third twenty twenty and then here you know hear from ben now and and kind of check in and see going on so it'd be interesting for me to hear that too as well right now. I think you'll like it. I think you'll like it. So what's the best way for people to get in contact with you. Honestly the best way to get in contact me is through Either through instagram honestly has become such a great way to contact people as a been underscore underscore our underscore underscore clark. If you wanna look that way or you can look me up. You can just email may have been dot. Clark be dash limited dot com. Those are two good ways to get hold of me but honestly some time. The social media's taken over oh it is and emails gotten so full that it's almost ridiculous and it gets messy and so it's hard to kind of come through. I actually default to instagram before. Actually check my email though. And i get. I respond back to people like my guy. He responded back so quickly. And i'm like yeah. Well i i mean i checked this Mean to me..
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"People welcome to another episode of. I am northwest arkansas. I'm your host. Randy will burn and this is a unique episode to say the least. I'm sitting here with ben clarke who is the owner founder of be unlimited and We actually sat down. We would just sitting here figuring it out almost a year to the date that we recording this podcast. Podcast is actually being recorded on march first. Twenty twenty one and we actually sat down on march third twenty twenty right before the pandemic hit and before everything just changed in our universes did the two.
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"My husband doesn't care he drinks hot coffee like whenever but he made hot coffee. And i had it my office house like this feels i and it's just 'cause i ran out. It's like no what happened. Is i my stopper for my little taty. Cold brew machine is missing. Somehow so i had to order placement. And i've got a beautiful box of onyx coffee waiting to go into cold brew and i'm just sitting there looking at it like Ati yeah it's the hot soup and the hot coffee. i just can't do it in the summer. I mean especially arkansas summer. it's brutal no house definitely not so well. No this is good. I certainly Those of you that are listening to this. If you have stuck with this long clearly we did not we did not meet our goal of keeping it short and like i said this is a brand new program so you know. This is part of the north west arkansas family of programs. And so we're trying something different here. We appreciate you kinda sticking with us and one of the things that we really want to do is is is. I know that jared feels the same way that i do about local businesses. We wanna try to support them as much as possible. And that's why. I think it's important to do stuff like this. That's why people like i am gastronome. And the hang the hungry pal replacement spokes out there. You know pumping up folks a lot of times. These guys aren't getting paid for this. This is just this is purely a passion play. Yeah this is what. I know you love doing this. I love doing this. I could talk about this all day long. And it's not a challenge for me but if you're a business locally here in northwest arkansas and you're looking for some exposure and you want someone to maybe talk about what you're offering talk about your menu some of the new stuff that you're doing for the summer or what your plans are for the fall. You should reach out to us here. I am northwest arkansas. You know jaren. I would love to chat with you and figure out how we can Put you guys as i like to say on blast in out there to to the bigger audience because the one thing i will say about the i am northwest arkansas audiences that we also get a lot of people that are either relocating. Here are considering relocating here. So they'll come to visit and when they come to visit they then we can give them a wealth of places that they can go and check out before they decide to make north west. Arkansas home definitely. So i really want to encourage you as a business owner to be thinking about that. We can help you as far as that's concerned. And so i'm glad to be partnering up with jared on this and again she is out out and about an all time so i'm going to try to capture that lightning in a bottle that she has created with all this great information and put it out to you And this consumable format of audio so we hope you like this particular episode and we wanna keep this coming if you have any insight if you have any ideas any thoughts were certainly open to them. Please reach out to us here. Hello i i am north west. Arkansas dot com email us. I'll share that. With jared and of course you can also reach her and talk to her directly on instagram at jared..
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"Brian bach and the rest of the team here. There's some great folks but But yeah a lot of lot of growth a lot of great things that are happening in this area and so i can't wait to check out. Shameless food yeah. I betcha flavors just i mean it just sounds fantastic and they seem like really cool people just very high energy and so like when i was messaging than back and forth just to get more information and they were so excited just sending me photo that i didn't tell them you were going to talk about no. I didn't. i told him. I would put it on instagram or so. Yeah of that. So they'll be excited. But and the last one that i want to talk about is actually in eureka springs. We kinda talked about. Eureka is still a part of north west arkansas. It is the ultimate weekend trip. As i mean get away i personally am on the board for main street eureka's so i get to hear about a lot of really cool things and you know i. My fellow board members all all live in eureka springs. So i'm the only one that doesn't live in eureka so i will often text them and say. Hey what's this newest thing that is going over here. Can you drive down and go see it like that. I'll actually be in eureka tomorrow. So intel more doing a main street cleanups so we're gonna clean some things up and the main street organization just such a phenomenal job. They maintain the rainbow stairs. They support the businesses just so many amazing bangs and one of those new businesses is the spring on main which is a new restaurant on main street. Hence the spring on me so So it is a new casual. Dining restaurant just opened on main street featuring american fare unique shirk coutry options and craft cocktails and weekend brunch which is just a an excellent combination in eureka springs They're open every day. Except tuesday and wednesday from eleven to nine. They're open longer on the weekends. So like kind of tend to ten on the weekends I will say for eureka. If you're going to eureka. i would go later in the week. Like thursday to sunday kind of thing. A lot of the businesses. It's very tourism driven so like monday tuesday wednesday. Some of them may or may not be open so the spring on main close tuesday and wednesday for that reason. So if you're going to go for your first time definitely go on a weekend at the height of the summer. Yeah it's like wednesday. A lot of them will be open on wednesday. Monday is kind of rough in. Tuesday is kind of rough. And it's just it's mostly. The shops like a lot of the restaurants open every day obviously for the locals. But if you're a very tourist driven kind of special occasion restaurant they may be only open on the weekends. So you always can check their social media. Of course they're they're very clear about it. But if you're going to go for the first time i would go a long weekend and you'll be totally fine and then you start to figure it out like i've been there enough times that i know who's open monday and tuesday but It is very tourism driven which means a lot of stuff for the restaurants but In terms of the spring on main the food. Look so good if you are not following them on instagram. Do so right now. Like it is a masterclass. In food photography it looks so good and they have everything from a panko crusted avocado with crab to chicken and waffles. At brunch to a limestone sour cocktail like everything burgers. I mean huge menu..
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"I went to kansas city and shopped at me. sean. I said hey. You've been acquired from bentonville walmart. And i said do you think they'll put one in bentonville and they said they've been talking about it. I don't i don't know and it's finally happening. We're finally getting a store in bentonville. I personally love me shaw. For the women's active wear especially their yoga leggings. They carry a lot of brands that we don't have here so like riyan yoga. Hopefully i'm saying this right piranha hopefully And they just. It's just a huge selection clothing footwear gear like camping gear. I mean everything you can think of for the active lifestyle which is perfect for north west. Arkansas it's just absolutely perfect for this area And it features brands that are not currently carried out a lot of the stores here. So it'll bring some good variety. Some good options. I mean my husband gets a lot of hats. They're randomly and loves their hats. Like it's just very different kind of things to what we have here and the closest moose jaw is actually kansas city. Okay so this is really exciting. It's open now or it will be open the fall so it's coming soon. They're going to be at south east a and maine which is kind of near the library. I was looking at the map yesterday. Like trying to put it in my mind where it is. It's going to be like right there near the library. Kind of like down towards oven and tap area so So they'll be open this fall which will be again. Amazing for fall. Outdoor like fall leaf hikes. And everything else and perfect timing. So i'm excited about them on the nature kind of track as well. This is a really interesting new place. it's called sacred hollow farm in lowell Recently opened july twelfth. It is a you pick flower farm where you can pick your own bouquet of wildflowers which is really really cool. I don't know if you know of any other place in our area and even in the state that you could do that maybe another part of the state. But i mean here. I've never heard of it. I haven't either in the closest thing i would think there would be to. That would be like a lot of the local flour offerings that you find natural foods or if you go to the farmer's market yes arms market has most of the farmers markets locally here having selection of local flowers yes dutiful bucase so this is another option that you know if you to go pick your own make it. I feel like this would be a really good Mother's day activity or bring your kids out and letting them pick their own flowers. Would-be really fun. Just just a really good activity for people They also have holistic health and wellness practitioners on the farm It's called sacred hall..
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"I don't know how that slowed down during the pandemic. But i'm sure it's gonna pick back up walmart still hiring tyson is still hiring at ab huntsville hiring. All of these major fortune fifty fortune five hundred companies are still hiring. So you know there's there's still a lot of work to be done and if we're gonna hit that goal of what they say almost a million people by twenty forty five. We absolutely will hit the. Oh i think yeah. I think so too and it'll be interesting to see how that all comes about. But i mean i think we'll be old heads by then as far as far as being around this area and because you're originally from little rock right. Yeah from benton to south. So but i grew up. My parents both went to the university of arkansas. So i grew up coming to bill razor by cheerleader. As a child and my parents have a custom razorback shape sink in their base. My love so. I grew up coming here and then you know came for college obviously spent one summer at home and then every summer after that job stayed i even worked for the north west arkansas business journal in college. So i've been kind of in that for a while and you know in north west arkansas businesses and i don't know why you would live anywhere else just an amazing place but listen. I seven years. Here i say the same thing and i really love it and i. It just keeps getting better. It keeps having done well. Let's dive into some of that. Some of the things that you are finding and and like i said you know each week. It's going to be something a little different. But why don't you kinda give me the list of of of of what you have found this week. That's worth mentioning. So the first one i want to mention i'm really excited about is a new smoothie food truck coming to fayetteville this is one of two. Actually you're coming to fayetteville. This one is called groovy smoothie severi like seventies ski no and the branding reflects that it is a new food truck going into the yacht club. Food truck parche Which is on college. So if you're not familiar with yacht club it's basically. It's kind of like a starting point for a lot of food truck so it's in the heart of college avenue like right next to babu. Dan's espresso and so it has a lot of different food trucks and they are moving in and opening july first opening as we record this the end of this week. So what i'm excited about to is. It's going to be another like healthier option in yacht club because you have dots nashville hot chicken. Which i love. I love everything that wrestle does. But and you've got an asian food truck in there you've got some kind of richer heavier delicious charleston's and then you've also got barbies. Say thanh food stands said. They are vegan. But it's also fried. It's fried sandwiches and fried nuggets. And the best vegan ranch you'll ever taste nominee so i tried it this week..
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"arkansas" Discussed on I am Northwest Arkansas
"Hey folks in welcome to a special edition of. I am north west arkansas. Your host randy wilburn in a year today. I'm really really excited. Because i got somebody as a guest on today's special edition. Episode bet might actually be a a recurring guest. And that is jared. Nellie tom and jerry is one of the original founders of leisure list and a good friend of my now we..