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Gov. Bob Holden appointed eight individuals to the Citizens' Advisory Commission for Marketing Missouri Agricultural Products, including three people from the Springfield area. Appointed were Ed Hewlett, Springfield; Joann K. Pipkin, Republic; and John Morrison, Fremont Hills. Hewlett recently retired as director of meat merchandising for Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc. Pipkin is a freelance writer and co-owner of Clearwater Farm, a purebred Angus operation. Morrison is the state director of the Missouri Grocers Association, and past-chairman and director of Food Industry Association Executives.|ret||ret||tab|

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Banking|ret||ret||tab|

Kim Senne joined Ozark Bank as vice president in the real estate lending department. She has more than 24 years in banking experience. Senne's primary focus is supervision of the secondary market residential real estate loan department. |ret||ret||tab|

US Bank announced the addition of four staff members in commercial lending. |ret||ret||tab|

Michael Homeyer joined the bank as a senior vice president, responsible for business development and portfolio management. He has a bachelor's degree in business administration and economics from Drury University and a master's of business administration from St. Louis University. Homeyer has nine years of experience with US Bank in St. Louis. |ret||ret||tab|

Jeffrey E. Scott was named vice president. He has a bachelor's degree in accounting and business administration from Drury University, and seven years of experience as a FDIC bank examiner.|ret||ret||tab|

Mike Casey joined the bank as a vice president, with 30 years of commercial lending experience. He has a bachelor's degree from Missouri Western State College and a master's of business administration from Northwest Missouri State University.|ret||ret||tab|

Terry Ikerd was named vice president at the Branson West branch. He has more than 12 years of banking experience and eight years of experience as a certified general real estate appraiser. He has a bachelor's degree in accounting from Southwest Missouri State University.|ret||ret||tab|

Education|ret||ret||tab|

Robert McGlasson was named vice president for information and technology services at Southwest Baptist University. He previously served as SBU's director of instructional technology, and he has been employed with SBU since 1990. McGlasson earned a doctor of education degree in instructional technology and distance education in 2001 from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in communications from Southwest Missouri State University and a master's degree in library and informational science from the University of Missouri-Columbia. |ret||ret||tab|

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Health care|ret||ret||tab|

Freeman Health System announced three administrative and executive staff changes. |ret||ret||tab|

Joe Kirk was appointed executive vice president after serving as COO. He has been with Freeman for 28 years.|ret||ret||tab|

Steve Graddy was named CFO, joining Freeman's senior executive staff. He has been with Freeman since 1988, when he joined the system as controller. Prior to becoming CFO, Graddy acted as vice president of financial operations. |ret||ret||tab|

Charles Bentlage, MD, assumed the position of chief medical officer. He previously served as medical director, a position he held since 1997. A Joplin surgeon since 1970, Bentlage was one of the first physicians to join the Freeman Physician Group as an employed physician. |ret||ret||tab|

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