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      <image:caption>Bryar Burks communicates with another lineman during storm restoration in a remote area. (Photos by Alex Boyd.)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The love for Stilwell strawberries starts young. Alivia Davis, Arden Davis, Asa Davis, Nora Felice, Carson Salomon and Caleb Felice enjoy the 2025 festival. (Photo by Andy Massie.)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Stetson Starr and Jett Spear from Zion School 4-H were winners in the Youth Contest  (Photo by Andy Massie.)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Cherokee Nation Color Guard in the 2025 parade  (Photos by Andy Massie.)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Karlee Ingram, 2025 Strawberry Queen (Photo by Andy Massie.)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>From top: Ozarks linemen Brock Oktay, Foster Layman and Wyatt Simco pictured during their time at the High Voltage Lineman program. (Photos provided.)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>KNWA's chief meteorologist Dan Skoff explains one of the storm models he uses. (Photos by Alex Boyd.)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>FayMTB coach Adam Rogers leads a practice at Mount Kessler. (Photo by Ben Spiking.)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Eli Park tackles a trail at the NICA state championships at Centennial Mountain. (Photo by Jodi Holifield.)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Clarence Featherstone, whose son Maddox is on the FayMTB team, volunteers as a crossing guard during the Mid-Season Classic race in Conway in September 2025. Parents volunteers are essential to the races. (Photo by Clay Gambill.)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Josh Borgstadt, left, and Bret Park take part in the NICA coach training clinic in May 2025 at Centennial Mountain in Fayetteville. (Photo by Clay Gambill.)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>FayMTB coach and GRiT coordinator Shana Rogers during a pre-ride at the Arkansas NICA Mid-Season Classic in Conway. (Photo by Clay Gambill.)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The GRiT tent offers a way for girls to support each other and show their creativity. (Photo by Clay Gambill.)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Bryar Burks communicates with another lineman during storm restoration in a remote area. (Photos by Alex Boyd.)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Pace Maddox, senior line technician, whose son, Thomas Hayes, who was born during the busy 2025 storm season.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Tristian Rector, senior line technician</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Wyatt Simco and Brock Oktay work on new underground wires in west Fayetteville.  (Photo by Alex Boyd.)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A right-of-way crew works north of Westville, Okla., in the 1940s. (Ozarks Electric archives.)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The members of the new co-op were often the same ones who built the lines. (National Archives.)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Morsanis on their wedding day, Dec. 29, 1927, with, from left: Mary Bastianelli, Frank Baudino, Rose Bastienelli Morsani, Father John Francis McBaron, Memo Morsani and Amerigo Morsani. (James Riley Tessaro Collection, Tontitown Historical Museum.)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Ozarks Electric’s office employees in 1946. (Ozarks Electric archives.)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A 1930s-era educational poster highlights how electricity can aid in life on a farm. (National Archives.)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>An Ozarks Electric right-of-way crew in 1956. (Ozarks Electric archives.)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Becky Barnum reads to students in a Head Start classroom. Head Start offers free child care and other family support for qualifying families. (Photo provided by Head Start.)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Ozarks Electric Community Outreach Coordinator Jessica Greenhaw shows an Owl Creek student how much energy different household appliances use. (Photo by Alex Boyd.)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Accepting the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce Infrastructure Excellence and Regional Impact Award were, from left: Justin Northcutt, Ozarks Electric; Shiloh Burchfield, Allgeier, Martin and Associates; Robert Erickson and Donald Pinkley, both of Ozarks Electric; Jon Steel and Ben Draper, both of Capital Electric Construction Co. (Photo by Alex Boyd.)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Erin Rogers, far left, delivered gifts donated by Ozarks employees to, left to right, Gracie Andrews, Lauren Allen, Amanda Quillen, Victoria Boyd and Kayla Tave at CASA. (Photo by Alex Boyd.)</image:caption>
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