Front row, from left: West Plains Bank and Trust Company President/CEO David M. Gohn, Christos House Board President Traci Wiley and Executive Director Kelli Neel, and bank VP/Senior Loan Officer Jeannie Cox. Second row, Christos House board members Lori Cox, Jennifer Strange, Barbara Linville, Marty Simpson, Alyssa Collins, bank SVP/Chief Lending Officer Eric Judd, SVP/ Senior Loan Officer Nathan Cropper, and SVP/Chief Marketing and Communications Officer Ann Marie Newberry. Credit: SUBMITTED PHOTO

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Doug Davison is a writer, photographer and newsroom assistant for the Houston Herald. Contact him by phone at 417-967-2000 or by email at ddavison@houstonherald.com.