Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88Between Turnrows • 45 Sherman says, “They came over with their trucks and forklifts and started hauling seed everywhere. We didn’t know where all of it was going. Noal Lawhon was put in charge of moving the seed, and he kept a record of where it all went to be stored. They hauled seed everywhere for us.” Cleanup and storing seed were big issues, but the Cullums faced an even bigger decision: Whether or not to rebuild the company. Sherman remembers that on the first morning after the tornado, there were four bankers “waiting like birds on a wire,” asking what he was going to do. “I said, ‘I guess I’ll rebuild; I’m not old enough to retire!’” Politicians and dignitaries also began to arrive. Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton arrived by helicopter to survey the damage and offer assistance. United States Senator Dale Bumpers visited Cullum Seeds and offered the assistance of the federal government. Sherman recalls, “Senator Bumpers came in and sat down and asked me what I was going to do. I said, ‘Senator, I want to rebuild but I can’t do it with a loan at 11 or 12 percent interest.’ He told me to fill out a Small Business Administration loan ap- plication and he’d see what he could do. He expedited that loan for us and that made all the difference in the world!” With the insurance settlement and a Small Business Administration loan, Sherman and Linda Cullum built the most state-of-the-art seed company in the state of Arkansas. U.S. Senator Dale Bumpers played a key role in helping the Cullums rebuild the seed plant after the tornado.