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Preserving Sight to Fight by Ensuring Effective Military Eye Protection

Despite the continued development of munitions that create new types of blast fragments that can injure eyes, evidenceopens NIH.gov indicates decreasing rates of eye injuries in the military. This is largely due to the Department of Defense’s efforts to ensure that service members wear protective eyewear that meets necessary ballistic-impact criteria through the development and continued updating of the Authorized Protective Eyewear List, commonly referred to as the APELopens Army.mil “The APEL was developed in 2006 to address high and increasing numbers of battlefield eye injuries,” said Dr.
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Lightin Ridge

Every year about this time, fall webworms begin to appear in trees around the Ozarks. I have a quick solution for the ones I find around my place.
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Coach of the Year, April Martin

“Dynasty” and “legacy” are two words that represent some pretty big concepts. These words are often bandied about, much of the time in reference to sports, and sometimes prematurely. But, when you can back those words up with stats and achievements, it deserves to be recognized. Such as, if you coach your team to four consecutive state championships. And when you are named Coach of the Year in a sport
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State Parks

As July rolls around, so does National Parks and Recreation Month, a time to recognize the importance of parks and recreation in establishing and maintaining the well-being of communities. We invite you to celebrate this month by visiting one of Arkansas’s 52 state parks.
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Sanders Signs an Executive Order to Provide Additional Relief in Regards to Tax Filing and Payment Deadlines

Storm victims will gain a bit of relief when it comes to filing taxes this year. An executive order was signed by Sarah Huckabee Sanders, governor, because of storms that brought tornadoes, straight-line damaging winds and heavy rain to residents across the Northern part of Arkansas.
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