Swimming pools are part of the fun of making peace with an Arkansas summer, along with lakes, rivers, creeks and streams, as reported in Saturday's HomeStyle section.
After all, not everyone is willing and able to hole up inside an air-conditioned outpost to await the arrival of autumn or flee to cooler climes elsewhere on the planet.
When it comes to finding the right pool, however, there are many choices to be made, as basic as whether to have a pool in the ground or above it.
If the choice is for the latter, then there are the obvious decisions to be made about whether to opt for a big model or something as basic as the blow-up types, more accurately classified as kiddie wading pools, on sale in a box at most local big-box stores.
Read tomorrow's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.
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