The amount of the gift was stunning for a town as small as Eureka Springs: $34 million. That s what the Walton Family Foundation is giving to fund a facility for Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Point, an institution that has been around for more than seven decades.
I'm walking across the Clear Spring School campus in Eureka Springs as nationally known woodworker Doug Stowe tells me how much he has enjoyed teaching here the previous 20 years.
okay. i ll yield now to the ranking member and see if he has additional questions. doctor, do you have any additional questions? i have a few questions. you talked about the quality of the orthotics. and you mentioned the masters degree program. uh-huh. is it easy to find people that can do this work? i mean, is there a lot of people out there that do this? i m kind of curious as to the experiences that you have in finding qualified people to do this job? frankly, there s probably not enough, between certainly the growing problem we have in this country with diabetes. we ve got increasing veteran population. the baby boomers in general. so the need and demand for these services are growing, and the reality if it is we have a limited number of schools. so graduating students for, that have their their training in orthotics and prosthetics. it s an issue and concern, yes, but one we face in the private practice as well as within the veterans administration. do
either in-house or outside the system. okay. i have some additional questions, and we may have a section round, but at this time i ll yield to my colleague, representative donnelley for his questioning. thank you, mr. chairman, and to all of you, thank you for your service to our country. and mr. shaw, my nephew is a 2005 academy graduate, and flew helicopters in iraq and as a notre dame grad rit wigraduate u have been unkind to us in football this past season. i m sorry? ohio state is trying to be unkind. football. and it was well deserved, mr. shaw. your players were extraordinary to watch every year i ve had the chance. i wanted to ask you, as section 812378 prevented the va from providing veterans with assistive devices they may need? i m not sure i understand the question, sir. okay. has that have we didn t able to get the best products that the vets have needed through section 8123, or do you think there are better ways? i think as we ve discussed, there