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Three local residents have been hand-picked by Governor Matt Blunt to serve on state boards and commissions. K-S-M-U's Katie Hummel reports...
GOVERNOR MATT BLUNT HAS ANNOUNCED HIS NOMINATIONS TO VARIOUS STATE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN MISSOURI AND AMONG THE SELECTIONS ARE THREE SOUTHWEST MISSOURIANS
DR. LINDA CURBOW, DIRECTOR OF AUDIOLOGY AT THE FERRELL DUNCAN EAR, NOSE AND THROAT CLINIC IN SPRINGFIELD WAS CHOOSEN TO SERVE ON THE MISSOURI BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR HEARING INSTRUMENT SPECIALISTS : A BOARD THAT MEETS FOUR TIMES A YEAR IN JEFFERSON CITY.
AND WITH A DOCTORATE IN AUDIOLOGY, CURBOW IS QUALIFIED TO HEAR THOSE COMPLAINTS
CHARITY SHELTON IS A SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST AT THE MISSOURI REHABILITATION CENTER IN MOUNT VERNON.
SHE HAS BEEN CHOSEN BY GOVERNOR BLUNT TO SERVE ON THE MISSOURI HEAD INJURY ADVISORY COUNCIL : A COUNCIL SHE SAYS WILL ALLOW HER TO EXPAND HER WORK STATEWIDE.
MEMBERS OF THE STATE'S HEAD INJURY COUNCIL INCLUDE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, HEAD INJURY VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
SHELTON SAYS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE COUNCIL DEALS WITH LEGISLATION THAT AFFECTS FUNDING AND DISABILITY RIGHTS ISSUES FOR HEAD INJURY VICTIMS.
AND IT'S THINGS LIKE FUNDING THAT SHELTON SAYS SHE'LL WORK TO CHANGE WHILE SHE SERVES ON THE HEAD INJURY COUNCIL.
GOV. BUNT ALSO APPOINTED DON LANDON, PROFESSOR EMERITUS (AH-MERITUS) OF SOCIOLOGY AT SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY, TO REPRESENT THE RED CROSS ON THE MISSOURI SEISMIC SAFTEY COMMISSION.
