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Letters to the Editor and Newspaper Articles
in the BOLIVAR HERALD-FREE PRESS

Letter 1: We Must Limit the Use of Chemicals
Letter 2: SBU Responds
Letter 3: Don't Condone Destruction
Letter 4: Tells of Bad, Good
Letter 5: The Name Says It All
Letter 6: Even Oppressed People Can Exhibit Happiness

Article: Student Sues SBU and its Pest Controller

====Letter 1: We Must Limit the Use of Chemicals===

BOLIVAR HERALD-FREE PRESS, Bolivar, Mo.
Wednesday, March 21, 1990 Page 5-A
Letter to the Editor (Judy Kallenbach)

[NOTE: Judy Kallenbach, the Editor of the BOLIVAR HERALD-
FREE PRESS, is/was a special instructor of Communications Arts
at Southwest Baptist University.

Her son, John Kallenbach, is an associate law partner in the firm --
(Kerry) Douglas, (Gary) Lynch, (Verna) Haun, and (Jerry "Jay") Kirksey
P.C. -- who are the corporate attorneys for Southwest Baptist University,
the City of Bolivar, the County of Polk, Empire District Electric
Cooperative, and Citizen's Memorial Hospital.]

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

We Must Limit the Use of Chemicals in Our Community

There's a horror story worthy of Stephen King set right here at
Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar.

Picture it: you or your children are in a classroom when a pungent
odor assaults you. You gasp for breath that feels like fire consuming
your bronchial tubes, and lungs. Fighting nausea and pain, you struggle
out. In the hall, you stumble through a mist, into the outdoors where
you vomit, violently.

(You later learn the mist was Diazinon, an organophosphate
neurotoxin similar to chemical warfare nerve gases, known to
cause long-term neurological, cardiopulmonary, gastrointestinal,
and immunological damage.)

[NOTE: In December of 2000, all remaining Diazinon
formulations were banned for all indoor uses.
(CNN Coverage)
The formulation used at SBU had already been banned
for indoor use in the summer of 1988; the September
1988 application at SBU was, in fact, illegal.]

Other students soon emerge from the building, some showing signs
of discomfort; but the mist is clearing and none seem affected as
you. Your pain is incredible; you cough up blood.

Later, you experience severe bleeding in your lungs, asthmatic
attacks, vomiting, diarrhea, extreme fatigue, weakness, blackouts,
confusion, and seizures.

The pain never leaves.

Yet, when you report several times to the school nurse, you're
informed that without a fever you're not really sick and must
attend classes. You go to a doctor and learn that your lungs
are chemically burned.

Your doctor and a specialist prescribe medication and inhalants.
Unfortunately, you've had such a toxic overload you system has
become sensitized to all chemicals, and the medications cause
reactions.

Still recovering several months later, you try to register for
the next semester, but while in the building you encounter a man
spraying a mist again. With this second exposure, your
condition severely worsens.

A year latter, you are even worse. You can't work; your adverse,
at times life-threatening, reactions to the environment escalated to
the point that nonorganic food, polyester clothing, plastics,
perfumes, gasoline fumes, all smoke, and even your beloved
books are toxic to you.

You are isolated, fearful of infection and chemical exposure.
You are out of money, and your widowed mother, due to distance
and her own health problems, can't help. [Marie's mother died
in May 1994; Marie was too ill to attend her funeral.] Many
friends shun you, not wanting to deal with you injury.

The school fails you in all classes. Your $3,000 or so already
paid for those classes [the sum actually totaled $5,721 in tuition--
now $8,167 with interest] is apparently wasted.

No one from the school has inquired after your well-being.
(One teacher even told you have no right to "bitch" if you haven't
been crucified), nor have they offered to compensate you for
lost wages and school time, necessary nursing care, or anything
beyond a small insurance payment for the initial medical care.

You now realize that all the "sicknesses" that started since you
came to this school were due to pesticides sprayed in the dorms
and the classroom buildings. The pesticides accumulated in
your tissues, and these more direct exposures were almost the
final straw.

Sadly, the school continues to spray every month.

This is no fictional horror tale, but a true account of a bright
SBU senior eager to finish her degree.

I'm very concerned about her. But I'm also concerned about
the community as a whole. What harms one harms all.

Pesticides mist into the into the air and are carried by the
wind to anyone's lungs and skin. They wash into the earth,
entering the food chain and water supply. They accumulate
in our fatty tissues, creating health problems ranging from
minor to severe, often culminating in cancer -- sometimes
in sudden death.

Some are affected more quickly than others, but they are not
freaks. Much as canaries sent ahead into mines, they are
warnings to us all.

Chemically sensitive people aren't just born that way. All of
us are at risk. Continued exposure to low levels of pesticides
causes them to accumulate in our bodies-until one day, we too,
may reach "critical mass."

The EPA reports that 99 percent of us has one or more toxic
chemicals stored in our fatty tissue. In addition, 70 percent of
all pesticides have fraudulent safety test reports (Federal Register,
EPA, Sierra Club).

We must take stock of the chemicals used in our community
and take steps to limit their use! Evaluate how you use chemicals.

Insist that public places do so, too. There are safe ways to control
pests-ways that won't harm our children, ourselves, our only planet,
and our future.

Meanwhile, if you'd care to send cards or letters to the above
mentioned student, her address is Marie O'Hara, P.O. Box [now
closed].
Also, if you'd like to contribute toward her living expenses, you may
do so at First Savings and Loan in Bolivar [account now closed].

Sincerely,

Edna Ryneveld
Humansville

[NOTE: The President of First Savings and Loan Bank (now
Union Planters) spoke to those one of those who had established
the Donation Account for Marie and asked that the account
be closed -- in order, he said, to get him (the bank president)
"out of the doghouse."

He explained that several prominent townspeople had called
the bank to say that they would withdrawal their funds from
his bank if he continued to offer assistance to the injured
student.

As a result of this Letter to the Editor, the student received a
much-appreciated card with a $20 gift from a very sweet older
woman.

The Donation Account at First Savings and Loan in Bolivar,
which remained open for over eight years, finally closing last
summer due to inactivity.

When the student's health became even more critical after a
number of further injuries and assaults to her health, friends placed
a series of seven advertisements in the BOLIVAR HERALD-FREE
PRESS hoping to obtain funds to help her moved to a safer, less
hostile environment.

However, the account received one anonymous donation of $50 --
which was, unfortunately, less than it cost to place the seven
advertisements.

No one from the Southwest Baptist University gave or even offered
financial assistance.

In fact, SBU officials issued a directive that no one was to speak to
the student or to her friends -- not even members of friends' Sunday
School classes -- and actively (and illegally) discouraged any kind of
assistance from other students, community members, and church or
community organizations.

A new donation account has been established at the Bank of Hillsboro
to assist with Marie's medical and living expenses.

Please click here for information on the account.]

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Letter 1: We Must Limit the Use of Chemicals Letter 2: SBU Responds
Letter 3: Don't Condone Destruction Letter 4: Tells of Bad, Good
Letter 5: The Name Says It All Letter 6: Even Oppressed People Can Exhibit Happiness
Article: Student Sues SBU and its Pest Controller

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====Letter 2: SBU Responds===========

BOLIVAR HERALD-FREE PRESS, Bolivar, Mo.
Wednesday, March 21, 1990
Page 5-A letter to the Editor (Judy Kallenbach)

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

SBU Responds

Because of federal laws protecting the privacy rights of students
to records kept by institutions of higher education, Southwest
Baptist University is unable to respond to any of the statements
related to student, Marie O'Hara.

However, with regard to the statement related to the health and
safety of the campus for its students, the administration of the
university is thankful for the opportunity to respond.

First, students are the lifeblood of the university. For more
than a century the university has thrived because it is a place
for students. The university has not and will not knowingly
take any action which would cause any area on its campus to
be harmful for its students.

Second, for the health of its students the university, as any
institution which houses and supports human beings, must
provide for the eliminations of pests in its facilities. For
this purpose the university contracts with highly qualified
bonded professionals who use only such chemicals as are
approved by the appropriate government agencies and who
apply such chemicals in the approved manner.

Third, the university's mission is to provide an educational
atmosphere for its students. A healthy student body is important
in carrying out this mission. For this reason, the university
provides a school nurse to assist its students who have minor
medical problems. However, the university is not, and because
of the cost cannot be, an insurer of the health of each person
who enrolls as a student. The responsibility for an individual's
health care is upon that individual or his parents if under age.

If anyone has any specific questions about the safety of any
location on the university campus the administration of the
university, as it always has, would welcome such inquiries.

Claude Pressnell
Senior Director of Admissions and
Student Development
Southwest Baptist University

[NOTE: Shortly after this letter appeared, Mr. Presnell
resigned his position and accepted a position working
for "Focus on the Family," Dr. James Dobson's Colorado-
based, religious radio program which deals with issues
affecting the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual life
of the family.

Mr. Pressnell's assertions that the pesticide applicators were:
"...highly qualified bonded professionals who use only such
chemicals as are approved by the appropriate government
agencies and who apply such chemicals in the approved
manner..."
proved to be GROSSLY INACCURATE.

Please see Dr. Richard Lipsey Pesticide Toxicology Report
for more details on the pesticide applicators and their methods.]

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======Letter 3: Don't Condone Destruction====

BOLIVAR HERALD-FREE PRESS, Bolivar, Mo.
Wednesday, April 4, 1990, Page 5-A
Letter to the Editor (Judy Kallenbach)

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Don't Condone Destruction

Hooray to Edna Ryneveld--the time is indeed upon us
to take responsibility for our environment. Thank you Edna,
for the courage to come forward. Now its my turn.

The earth, the very manna of our physical existence, has been
filled with waste, bombarded by explosion and poisoned by
gasses, pesticides and a myriad of man's "wondrous" inventions.
Yet, the existing system stands by and condones the very methods
of that destruction.

The Southwest Baptist University response to Ms. Ryneveld's
letter was a limp, irresponsible mimic of that system.

The fact that the person applying the poison in our schools is
bonded is of no value. Anyone without a criminal record can be
bonded. Bonded does not eliminate the danger of a substance
or ensure us against its cancer-causing properties. Bonded
ensures only the liability of the holder.

Second, SBU used the old adage that the "system" has approved
the poison they use. Come on, SBU, they approve cigarettes
and alcohol also, one of which is labeled "may be harmful."

I have news for the old-guard: you will, like it or not, make
way for the new. The "new" says, "We are tired of being
poisoned at the hands of the very system whose job it was
to preserve and protect this and its people." No longer will
we stand silent while your rivers flow with the sludge of your
industry. No longer will we accept the polluted air of your
cigarette smoke and poison mists. One day your crops so
laden with pesticides will lie beside your once-held dream,
unwanted by those of us who demand change.

You can no longer slam a steel door shut on change, it will
succeed. An open door can save a lot of struggle.

Why not research other avenues, SBU? There are safe, effective,
organic pesticides available. Why not be prepared for the
"glorious" kind of world you expound upon by being part of
the solution, not the problem?

The earth will be a place of peace and the earth will heal;
with or without some of you who refuse to take responsibility
for maintaining a safe environment. The time of change is now --
welcome to "new world" -- like it or not.

I challenge SBU and the public to learn about alternatives. There
are safe organic foods, medicines and pesticides available and
most of the health food stores can help you. Now, given the
knowledge that you do not have to use or eat poison anymore,
which will you choose?

Taylor Lee
Bolivar

[NOTE: This Letter to the Editor was written, without the input or
knowledge of the injured student, Marie O'Hara, by another former
SBU student, Judy Lee Taylor, using her penname -- "Taylor Lee."

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=========Letter 4: Tells of Bad, Good========

BOLIVAR HERALD-FREE PRESS, Bolivar Mo.,
Wednesday, September 5, 1990
Page 5-A Letter to the Editor (Judy Kallenbach)

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Tells of Bad, Good

Last winter Southwest Baptist University came under fire
when Edna Ryneveld spoke out about the use of pesticide
at SBU . I responded to her letter at that time. Since, I have
been a student at SBU and found the indiscriminate use of
pesticides to be true. I also found a few other factors I felt
uneasy with.

The first was that SBU has a mandatory chapel requirement.
Yes, right here in the "free" USA that guarantees us the right
to religious choice and the practice thereof, we have a school
that requires a student to attend "their" services each morning
before class. I an told that if a student does not "comply",
he or she can be expelled.

A student can apply for a "chapel exemption", usually limited to
commuters or those who work mornings. I received an exemption
for a diabetic condition, however, it was not without much ado.
In fact, the person "in charge" at "Student Development" even
suggested that I bring my insulin and take my shot in the public
restroom at SBU. Really, SBU, is my attendance of your service
that important? And where would you have me keep my insulin
cool?

I'll spare you my response to her suggestion, but I "did" get
my exemption. Why would a school in a "free" country demand
their students go to church? The school claims it is for "Student
development," development into what, a Baptist specifically?

Well, wake up, SBU. All of your students are not Baptists nor
do they want to be. Some of us want to take advantage of the
high academic standards at SBU.

Some of us have our own faith to follow and are already
"developed." I know I have a choice. I don't have to go to
SBU and today I don't. It is hard enough to study and keep
my above-three point average without all the extra.

But, back to development. One day at SBU I was again called
into the "Development" center. Groan, what now?

"P," I'll call her, received a complaint from a woman in
accounting that I did not wear a bra. "P" stated that I would
have to do so to be in compliance with dress code at SBU
which, in fact, said nothing about "women must wear bras."

"P" continued to rake me over the coals and I raked back that
I always wore loose, over-sized shirts and would continue to
do so, but no bra.

I asked then if a man has ever been asked to wear a jock strap
at SBU? "P" indicated verbally that a male would be asked to
wear a jock strap if his bulge warranted it.

My question, who decides, the woman in accounting?

Next I was squeezed out of school by the newest price hike.
Why? For that new driveway SBU is installing? What was wrong
with the old one? I can understand improvement, but get real,
beautification at the expense of student's education? All I can
say is, "When are you going to bring down the wall at SBU?
The communists brought theirs down!

Finally, to close, I do want to thank the SBU library personnel,
the terrific faculty, my brother (who is a student), and the others
who supported me while I was a student at SBU. You were
appreciated.

Judy Lee Taylor
Bolivar

[Note: This Letter to the Editor was written, without the input
or knowledge of the injured student, Marie O'Hara, by another
SBU student, Judy Lee Taylor.]

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====Letter 5: The Name Says It All====

BOLIVAR HERALD-FREE PRESS, Bolivar, Mo.
Wednesday, September 26, 1990,
Page 5-A letter to the Editor (Judy Kallenbach)

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The Name Says It All

In response to Judy Lee Taylor's letter regarding Southwest
Baptist University and its policies. I must admit that there are
a few that I disagree with, but I take exception to her point of
view regarding chapel requirements and the Baptist point of
view that is presented.

I remind her and others of different denominations that attend the
school that the schools name is Southwest Baptist University.
The school is largely funded by the Missouri Baptist Convention
and the Southern Baptist Convention and the was founded primarily
for Baptists.

As a private school of a particular denomination, I think that the
school has a right to present that denomination's beliefs and
doctrines.

I'm also not sure why her having to take insulin caused such a
problem. If the school did not have chapel, it would have classes
during that time period. What would she do then? And what does
she do about insulin during the rest of the day? If she takes the
shot once a day, can't she change the time the shot is taken?

Sincerely,

Robert Reynolds
Bolivar

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===Letter 6: Even Oppressed People Can Exhibit Happiness=

BOLIVAR HERALD-FREE PRESS, Bolivar, Mo.
Wednesday, September 26, 1990
Page 5-A letter to the Editor (Judy Kallenbach)

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Even Oppressed People Can Exhibit Happiness

In response to Rev. Bill Hodgson regarding the merits of
Southwest Baptist University. I have found that all institutions
have their merits; likewise they also have their drawbacks.

I did not find SBU to be a pleasant place to study when a man
wearing a canister of pesticide began spraying my study
environment with poison. He was spraying during a class
session, in the early afternoon, in the science building.

I sat in class with approximately 35 other students; all of us
taking a test. Our eyes were burning, the smell was foul and
upon leaving the classroom I saw the cause of our distress,
a man spraying a pesticide from a canister. By the time I
reached the exit, my throat was constricted and other students
were coughing and rubbing their eyes.

One day I would have studied in my truck, the wind was
cool and I had some spare time, but the wind was also
blowing a poison about the parking lot, for the men with
canisters were spraying the grass.

Even if some of you are too stubborn of ignorant of pesticide
alternatives, would you concede that SBU could choose better
times to spray poisons, maybe after or before class hours.

SBU has a lovely campus and it would be as safe as it is lovely
if it were maintained organically. There are many successful
organic gardeners right here in our community. I offer the Amish
people as one example. Aren't you ever curious as to how
they do it?

Now to address the mandatory chapel requirement in regard
to Rev. Hodgson's response. The policy of "mandatory"
was the oppressive factor I found here, not the threat to my
denomination.

I am an American. I have the freedom to "choose" whether
or not I will attend a church service regardless of its
denomination, and as an American I will continue to exercise
that right even at the cost of not being popular with the
"general" community.

I don't feel there is any indication, as alluded to by Rev. Hodgson,
that SBU students are any happier than the general American public.
I am sure there are many happy people at SBU and I think my
classmates and teachers found me to be a happy "individual"
as well.

Still yet, looks can be deceiving, and humans in general have
always been able to create a sustaining amount of happiness
even when oppressed, for one learns to adapt to survive.

Why, even while the Negro slaves in the fields sang songs
of lament they also sang songs of gratitude and joy.

Isn't that something!

Judy Lee Taylor
Bolivar

[Note: Judy Lee Taylor did not begin her studies at SBU until
AFTER Marie O'Hara had been acutely injured (not once,
but twice) by the pesticides while attending SBU.

This Letter to the Editor was written, without the input or
knowledge of the injured student, Marie O'Hara, by another
former SBU student, Judy Lee Taylor.]

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==Article: Student Sues SBU and its Pest Controller==

BOLIVAR HERALD-FREE PRESS, Bolivar, Mo.
Wednesday, December 11, 1991

Bolivar Woman Sues SBU and its Pest Controller
Alleges permanent, disabling injuries from pesticides used on campus

by Dave Berry

Southwest Baptist University and a Springfield pest control
firm hired by the university are being sued by a Bolivar
woman.

Marie Ann O'Hara, in a petition filed in Greene County
Circuit Court, alleges that she "suffered severe and permanent
damage to her immune system; central nervous system; internal
organs; visual/motor abilities; sense of touch, smell, and hearing;
respiratory system; circulatory system, genitourinary systems;
reproductive system; and cardiovascular system."

She seeks "fair and reasonable damages against each defendant"
plus prejudgment interest from October 9, 1991. That was a
deadline she had given the defendants to accept an offer to settle
the claims. Her proposed settlement was made Aug. 8. The
amount is not specified in her petition.

The plaintiff, represented by Springfield attorney Thomas G. Strong,
says she was a student at SBU from August 1977 until 1982. She
re-enrolled as a student in the fall of 1988 and was on the campus
periodically between 1982 and 1988.

Her alleged exposure and reaction to the pesticides happened
during those 14 years.

She alleges SBU to be negligent in allowing Campbell to apply
pesticides to SBU buildings during times when students, faculty,
employees and others are present.

She alleges Campbell to be negligent in applying the pesticides
while people were present and failing to provide warning
of the hazards.

Bolivar attorney Gary Lynch, local counsel for SBU, says the
university "will vigorously defend itself" against O'Hara's
charges.

"It's a fascinating case that raises a lot of interesting questions,"
Lynch says. "If the university is subject to be sued for controlling
its pests, a lot of businesses and even private homes may be
subject to being sued."

In helping to defend the university, Lynch says he welcomes
any information that anyone might have in regard to the case.
He says he expects the discovery process to be lengthy in the
case, mainly because of the 14 years of alleged exposure.

Also representing the university are Springfield attorney Gary
Cunningham and Kansas City attorney William Sanders
[of the firm Blackwell, Sanders, Matheny,Weary & Lombardi
who represent ITT Hartford Insurance].

"We certainly regret any illness she (O'Hara) might have, but
we don't believe the university is responsible," [Gary] Lynch says.
"The implication that we (SBU) don't take care of our students
is offensive to us."

==== end article ====

[Note: Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri is
a private, Christian institution, owned and operated by the
Missouri Baptist Convention and is closely affiliated with
and partially funded by the membership and churches of the
Missouri Baptist and Southern Baptist Conventions.

SBU's corporate attorney, Gary Lynch, is a law partner in
the firm (Kerry) Douglas, (Gary) Lynch, (Verna) Haun, and
(Jerry "Jay") Kirksey P.C. -- who are the corporate attorneys
for Southwest Baptist University, the City of Bolivar, the
County of Polk, Empire District Electric Cooperative, and
Citizen's Memorial Hospital.

Gary Lynch is also a deacon at the First (Southern Baptist)
Baptist Church of Bolivar, Missouri which is pastored by
Dr. Ray Leininger -- a longtime SBU Trustee; former head of
the Polk County Ministerial Alliance; member of the Executive
Committee of the Missouri Baptist Convention, and Board
member of the Missouri Baptist newspaper, The Word and Way.

Others of the SBU administration who have enjoyed leadership
positions at First Baptist Church of Bolivar include:

*Dr. James Sells, former SBU Chancellor and CEO; terminated
from SBU in the Fall 1992 as a result of the "Saddlegate Scandal";
Dr. Sells is Gary Lynch's former Sunday School teacher and mentor.

*Dr. Ben Sells, Dr. James Sell's son; the former SBU Vice President
of Admissions and Student Affairs, who abandoned his ambitions to
succeed his father as SBU Chancellor and left SBU in 1994 when
questions surfaced regarding his possible unethical conduct.

*Roy Blunt, also mentored by Dr. James Sell and "hand-picked"
(by means of the "Saddlegate Scandal") to succeed Dr. Sells; served
as the Missouri Secretary of State (1985-1992); member of the SBU
Board of Trustees (1985-1993), and the President and Chief Executive
Officer of Southwest Baptist University (December 30, 1992-
November 1996) before being elected to Congress in 1996.

*C. Pat Taylor, the current President of Southwest Baptist University
since the January 1997.

*Dr. Bill Little, former Vice President of Academic Affairs;
current SBU Director of International Studies and Senior Advisor
to the President; former interim mayor, and recently-resigned
president of City Counsel Alderman of Bolivar, Missouri.

*Nancy Hodges, Director of Health Services; Southwest Baptist
University's Nurse since 1982.
In 1996, Nurse Hodges was presented with the SBU Life Beautiful
Award, by her pastor, Dr. Ray Leininger.
This award, the University's highest honor, is given to those who,
in the opinion of the professor's peers, colleagues, demonstrate
a mature Christian fellowship -- indicated by active church membership,
interpersonal relationships, Christian lifestyle and excellence in
teaching or service.

* Dr. Rosalyn Snellen, [1973 SBU Alumnus] Professor of Biology since
1978; was named Associate Dean and later (1995) Dean of the College
of Science and Mathematics.
In 1996, Dr. Snellen was awarded, along with her friend, Nurse Hodges,
the SBU Life Beautiful Award, the SBU's highest honor given to those
who, in the opinion of the professor's peers and colleagues, demonstrate
a mature Christian fellowship -- indicated by active church membership,
interpersonal relationships, Christian lifestyle and excellence in teaching
or service.

*Dr. Gordon Dutile, former Associate Dean of College of Christian
Studies (Redford School of Theology) and professor of the Bible since
1980; recently promoted from Associate Provost to Provost (January
2000) succeeding Dr. Michael Awad, who died of lymphoma in March
1999.

* John Wheeler, former deacon of First Baptist Church, Bolivar; former
Assistant Chairman for the Department of Education; Assistant to the
Vice-President for Academic Affairs (under Dr. Little); promoted in 1996
to Dean of College Education and Social Science (Human Services).

*and Steven Whistler, former Director of Alumni Relations and current
Director of Gift Planning; current and past Alderman of Bolivar.
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John Porter, an associate in the firm of Douglas, Lynch, Haun and
Kirksey, is now the Prosecuting Attorney of Polk County.

Verna Haun, a partner in the same firm, is/was a Trustee of the
(national) Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, Tennessee.]

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~~~~~~~*Letters and Articles*~~~~~~~

Letter 1: We Must Limit the Use of Chemicals Letter 2: SBU Responds
Letter 3: Don't Condone Destruction Letter 4: Tells of Bad, Good
Letter 5: The Name Says It All Letter 6: Even Oppressed People Can Exhibit Happiness
Article: Student Sues SBU and its Pest Controller

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