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They have prospered in insurance and in thetown, Warsaw residents say, by virtue of carefulplanning. The night before Brad was born, an icestorm was about to hit southern Missouri. Notwanting to risk the drive in bad weather, theCampbells left early for Sedalia, the site of thenearest hospital 40 miles away. The next day,December 20, 1972, the storm, and Brad, appearedin full force...
...high school, Brad would drive his brown 1978Ford Thunderbird 15 miles to school each day. Histeachers say he was the brightest and mostargumentative student they have ever seen. "Weused Macintosh here," says Bob Lemon, his computerteacher at Warsaw High, "and he's a very strongIBM person. We often talked about it....He's anexceptional personality who could talk to adultsas easily at students...
...sport sopopular that as many as 60 of the 150 boys in thehigh school suit up for the varsity. Instead, hewas the announcer for a team that has used arun-oriented veer offense to win two statechampionships in the last six years. He alsoedited the school news-paper, the Warsaw Wildcat,and won an award for his regular column" Little tothe Right...
...they were startled whenBrad, who was known as an actor but not a singer,took the leading role of Curly in Oklahoma!during his junior year. Finishing first in hisclass of 80 was no surprise. Owen, the 92-year-oldunofficial town historian, says he can't recallanyone else from Warsaw ever going to the IvyLeague...
...Warsaw has only one movie theater, and whileCampbell was growing up the closest McDonald's andnearest Interstate (I-70) were more than 40 milesaway. But Campbell says he never found town lifestifling. "I really appreciate having growing upin a place with such a strong sense of values andcommunity," he says "The downside to life in thesmall down, of course, is the gossip net-work...