Secure Arkansas

Why is it that none of the Arkansas State Board of Health Members  are listed with a contact number of any kind?  There is no email address or telephone number. Secure Arkansas did get the email addresses via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request.  We do expect that the Arkansas Department of Health will post all of these email addresses along with a telephone number at which the Arkansas State Board of Health Members can be contacted.  We, the people, expect complete transparency. If everything is above board, there is no reason to hide.

Fluoride is a toxic poison that must be addressed by the Arkansas Department of Health and its members.  We must all start contacting them and demand that they make the public water supplies safe and free from all lead and fluoride contaminants. The Fluoridation Fact Sheet posted by the Arkansas Department of Health is old and outdated, and much of the data is erroneous. A FOIA was requested to show the source of the information supporting the Fluoridation Fact Sheet.

We had requested the email addresses and telephone numbers of each of the Arkansas State Board of Health members on April 28, 2015 via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. On May 4, 2015, we received a partial answer on our FOIA. We requested the telephone numbers also but only received the email addresses. The information provided in the FOIA contained the email addresses of all State Board of Health members as follows:

• Alan Fortenberry alan.fortenberry@arkansas.gov
• Anika Whitfield, DPM anika.whitfield@arkansas.gov
• Anthony N. Hui, MD anthony.hui@arkansas.gov
• Beverly Foster, DC beverly.foster@arkansas.gov
• Catherine Tapp catherine.tapp@arkansas.gov
• Clark Fincher, MD clark.fincher@arkansas.gov
• Gary Bass, PharmD gary.bass@arkansas.gov
• George Harper, JD george.harper@arkansas.gov
• Glen Bryant, MD glen.bryant@arkansas.gov
• Greg Bledsoe, MD greg.bledsoe@arkansas.gov (Arkansas’ Surgeon General)
• James Zini, MD james.zini@arkansas.gov
• Jim Lambert jim.lambert@arkansas.gov
• Larry Fritchman, DVM larry.fritchman@arkansas.gov
• Lawrence Braden MD lawrence.md@arkansas.gov (President of the Board)
• Marvin Leibovich, MD marvin.leibovich@arkansas.gov
• Mary B. Ringgold mary.ringgold@arkansas.gov
• Nathaniel Smith nathaniel.smith@arkansas.gov
• Patricia Westfall-Elsberry, OD patricia.elsberry@arkansas.gov
• Peggy Walker, RN peggy.walker@arkansas.gov
• Robbie T. Knight, MD robbie.knight@arkansas.gov
• Susan W. Jones susan.jones@arkansas.gov
• Terry Yamauchi, MD terry.yamauchi@arkansas.gov
• Thomas Jones (ADH) thomas.jones@arkansas.gov

We have started researching each of the State Board of Health Members, starting with President Lawrence Braden, MD:  lawrence.md@arkansas.gov .  We will be taking a look at the other board members in the near future…

The bits of information below were found in this article from the Arkansas Medical News.  It explains Larry Braden, M.D., an Episcopalian priest and a doctor.

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Larry Braden—who came to Camden, Ark., as a family practitioner in 1983—has for the past several years also served St. John’s Episcopal Church in Camden as an ordained priest. In addition, Braden also took a leading role in establishing the city’s Christian Health Center, an innovative, community-supported clinic for the working uninsured.

Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Braden said he entered the U.S. Navy immediately following his high school graduation; he served four years and then returned to Hawaii, where he completed his first two years of undergraduate work. Originally a physics major, Braden said he didn’t decide on a career in family practice until he’d relocated to Little Rock, Ark., switched his academic major, and completed his undergraduate degree in nuclear medicine…

Braden earned his medical degree at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, and there he remained to complete his residency in family practice. He then moved to Camden, where he has been ever since…

The center draws some equipment funding from grants, but the day-to-day operations are supported almost entirely through two annual fundraisers and private donations from the community. Some of the donations come from local churches; others, are provided by private citizens. This, according to Braden, is as it should be.

“Healthcare is a community responsibility,” he said. “The sustenance of the program is supported by the community. If the community ever stops supporting it, it’ll close.”

That, however, seems unlikely to happen.

Since its inception, the center has steadily grown. It recently moved into a new building and has added a number of services, including laboratory services, a pharmacy, and a dental program.

And if Braden’s regular clinical work and his work at the CHC weren’t enough, he also fills a major role at St. John’s Episcopal Church.

“I’m an ordained Episcopal priest,” he said.

Braden explained how he came into this, his most recent area of service.

“The way that happened is, we’re in a small town and we’re a small church. We decided that, rather than pay a priest $60,000 a year, a group of us would go through a five-year curriculum locally to become ordained.”

Braden said he completed this curriculum—which he described as quite rigorous—about four years ago, and now, he added, the church can use the funds it would have been paying as a priest’s salary to further its work in the community…

Issue:

June 2009

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Here is more information about Dr. Braden:

 

Arkansas State Board of Health Member

Lawrence Braden, M.D., President    District 2 Term Expiration 12/31/2017

Lawrence F. Braden

Age 65 (Born May 1950)

Home (870) 836-5852

Business (870)-836-8101

 

(Home Address)

1077 Ridgeview Rd

Camden, AR 71701

 

Dr. Lawrence Braden is the Register Agent of the following corporation:

 

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Ouachita Valley Family Clinic / A Baptist Health Affiliate: Branden, L.F. MD is organized under Arkansas Health Group

Address: 353 Cash Rd SW, Camden, AR 71701

Phone 870-836-8101 

Will Rusher is the Register Agent of Arkansas Health Group, Baptist Medicare Inc., BHWC Inc. and Redhead Properties LLC.  Ouachita Valley Family Clinic is affiliated with the Arkansas Health Group.

PLEASE NOTE that the ARKANSAS HEALTH GROUP filing type below is shown as nonprofit corporation.

In the information above, does it appear to you that this man (the President of the Arkansas Board of Health) is very well-connected?  It seems to us that he is not concerned with the best interests of Arkansans.  Is there an agenda which they’re concealing from us?  Possibly Sustainable Medicine?

The following is listed only to show how the medical industry is organized.  For Baptist Health, over 100 fictitious names are being used as affiliates under one corporation name.

Troy Wells is the Register Agent of the following corporation. All the corporations below except Baptist Health Physicians Partner, LLC are listed as nonprofit corporations.  Baptist Health Physicians Partners, LLC, is listed as a Limited Liability Corporation.

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ACTION:  It’s important that we all email the Arkansas State Board of Health members and demand that they make the public water supplies safe and free from all lead and fluoride contaminants.  Their email addresses are listed at the beginning of this article.  Arkansas Surgeon General Dr. Greg Bledsoe’s email address is included, so be sure to email him, too.

Remember, the Arkansas Board of Health could call for a moratorium on the fluoridation mandate.  We know that so very many of you are concerned about the health effects of this toxic chemical via forced medication.  We should have more to report in the coming days ahead, so stay tuned.

 

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