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E E B 26 1982 BOOK 19 TRE os ' Judge Stikelether then related various incidents when he was teaching a class in one of the courtrooms recently and several people became ill and had to leave. They adjourned the class and went outside to get some fresh air and one of the ladies in the class said she did not want to return to the courtroom to continue the class as it was making her ill, and others in the class agreed. The Judge also spoke of having a constant bad taste in his mouth, apparently from the problems attributed in the Courthouse. He continued that he wished he had the answer to this major problem and expressed great concern for the health of his assistant, Mrs. Edwards. Judge Smith's former secretary, Shirley Woodward, spoke out to the Board that she was also feeling the effects while being in the present Commission Chambers just a short time this morning. Her eyes were watering. Judge Stikelether commented that it has been the women who have suffered the most serious effects. They have gone back to the Courthouse and have given it another try, but the problem definitely is still present. Commissioner Lydns was satisfied that there was a problem and he feels committed to getting this problem solved as rapidly -as possible. He stated that he wished he had not asked the judges to go back to the Courthouse. Judge Stikelether commented, in closing, that he has been called "nuts" and "crazy" but he could assure the Board that he was not. There are problems in the Courthouse. Shirley Woodward then came before the Board. She noted that the Board now does acknowledge that there really is a problem at the Courthouse because for a year nobody did. Since leaving the Courthouse, she does not experience the symptoms, other than the one she is having now in the new Commission Chambers. Mrs. Woodward commented that she went to Gainesville for tests and she has been harassed for � � i