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Today's "Sound Perimeter" celebrates music inspired by children, where innocence and playfulness meet the genius of skilled composition. We hope you feel the joy and wonder of a child’s world and the profound depth of the music we chose to represent it.

On today's show, we learn more about civic engagement on the local level. Also, voting on the six finalists for the I Voted Sticker in Washington County. Plus, determining just who can compete in next month’s World Championship Squirrel Cook-Off in Springdale.

The Washington County Election Commission held a competition this summer for students to design this year’s "I Voted" sticker. Jennifer Price, the election commissioner in Washington County, says they had more than 50 submissions.

Members of an Arkansas Legislative Committee are questioning the price tag of a state corrections contract. Wellpath LLC is contracted to provide medical care to prison inmates and dental, mental health and pharmacy services. Lawmakers were concerned about the cost, which they said is higher than many state healthcare plans.

Early next month, the World Champion Squirrel Cook Off will be hosted in Springdale. The event is exactly what it promises to be— squirrel prepared in many ways and more. Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams spoke with organizers to learn more about the competition and what's new this year.

In this week's edition of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal, Roby Brock interviews Robert Burns, director of the Walton Family Foundation Home Region, about the organization's recent survey regarding how northwest Arkansans feel about their quality of life.

A dozen Benton County residents gathered at the Arvest Conference Center in Bentonville as part of the Civic Arkansas Listening Session tour.

"A Raisin in the Sun" debuted on Broadway in 1959 and still retains its power and ability to move audiences. TheatreSquared’s production of Lorraine Hansberry’s script is on stage through Sept. 15. Two actors from the cast of "A Raisin in the Sun" came to the Anthony and Susan Hui News Studio: Vanessa R. Butler and Kathy Tyree, Ruth Younger and Lena Younger on stage, respectively, to speak with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams about the production.

Talk Business and Politics' Michael Tilley Joins Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams to discuss headlines from around the Fort Smith area, like a multi-million dollar jail death settlement, Parrot Island Waterpark's lease deal approved by Sebastian County Quorum Court, Crawford County costs related to library censorship, and Ecotech, not Chinese Communists, working to convert former Trane site into plastics manufacturing plant.

For some Americans, the sport of curling sweeps in and out of their lives over a couple of weeks during the Winter Olympics. But in Canada, it’s a way of life. John Cullen hosts the podcast Broomgate: A Curling Scandal and explains how a sweet sport turned sour over a piece of sports gear.