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Arkansas Flags To Fly At Half-Staff For Officer

Gov. Mike Beebe is ordering Arkansas flags to be flown at half-staff to honor a wildlife officer who died while attempting a water rescue during flash flooding last week.

Beebe said Thursday that flags will be flown at half-staff on Friday to honor Arkansas Game and Fish Commission wildlife officer Joel Campora of Waldron.

Campora died with Scott County Sheriff Cody Carpenter last Friday while trying to save two women from flash floods. Flags flew at half-staff Wednesday to honor Carpenter.

Campora is survived by his wife and two children.

The governor said in a proclamation that Arkansans owe Campora a debt of gratitude for performing his job with integrity and enthusiasm.