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Banking

William Dunn Jr. joined the Bank Midwest board of directors. Dunn is executive vice president of Dunn Industries, and senior vice president of purchasing and warehouse operations for J.E. Dunn Construction Company.

Great Southern Bank announced two staff changes.

J.R. Payne was named branch manager of the bank's 430 South Avenue location. Payne is re-sponsible for working with staff and customers, and for development of new business.

Pamela Stone was named branch manager of Great Southern's 1607 W. Kearney branch. Stone has 23 years of experience in banking, and previously served as an assistant vice president and manager for Southwest Community Bank in Ozark.

John E. Moore joined the board of directors at Metropolitan National Bank. Moore serves as president of Drury University.

Distribution

Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr Pepper Bottling Com-pany announced three promotions.

Becky Adams was promoted to corporate cold drink manager. Ad-ams manages the tell-sell, service, special events and cold drink sales departments. She has been with the company since 1998.

Jack Burrell was named Springfield branch manager. Burrell manages both convenience and grocery store business in the Spring-field market, as well as the employees of the Springfield branch. He has served the company since 1984.

Bruce Long was promoted to corporate marketing manager of O-zarks Coca-Cola/Dr Pepper. Long is responsible for parent company relations, local company marketing and managing key account sales.

Manufacturing

Thomas Gallagher was named national sales manager of professional products for SLS Inter-national. Gallagher is a graduate of the Univers-ity of Wisconsin-Madi-son, and previously worked as president and owner of CGN Audio Labs in Chicago.

Service

Todd Houk has acquired ownership of H and H Cleaning in Springfield.

Houk is responsible for meeting local managers and public relations for the company, which services kitchen exhaust hoods for restaurants and service departments.