Daily Record (Kansas City, MO) articles from December 2003

Daily Record (Kansas City, MO) archives from December 2003

New members named to Missouri State Advisory Council on Pain and Symptom Management.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Staff Writer Jane Lesher and Dr. Edward Mosby have been named to the State Advisory Council on Pain and Symptom Management. The council's main function is to create an annual report for the Director of the Department of Health and...

Unmarked Human Burial Consultation Committee names new appointee.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Staff Writer Lenora Gaydusek of Great Plains Energy and an event coordinator in Belton, has been appointed to the state's Native American slot on the Unmarked Human Burial Consultation Committee. Gaydusek replaces her father, Bobby...

Kansas City awarded approximately $4.9M in grant revenue.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Staff Writer The City of Kansas City, Mo. has been awarded approximately $4.9 million in grant revenue. They include: $62,568 to Missouri Americorps; $50,000 to Disparities Grants in Minority Health; $150,000 to Land and Water...

Kansas City's colonnade apartment buildings eligible for National Registry of Historic Places.
December 1, 2003... Byline: Staff Writer The National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places program has approved the City's multiple property cover document for historic colonnade apartment buildings. Kansas City's colonnade apartment houses...

Commentary: Using forms to keep your litigation files organized.
December 3, 2003... Byline: Jim Wirken As I promised last week, this week's column will continue to give you a detailed explanation of Forms 14 - 26 with regard to the use of trial outlines. Trial outlines are another tool that I utilize to handle the...

Commentary: Members of legal secretaries assn. pass certification exams.
December 3, 2003... Byline: Christine Ann Hughes Congratulations to Mary Wise, PLS, a legal secretary at Blackwell Sanders and a member of KCLSA, upon successfully passing the PLS Certification Exam in September 2003. The PLS is the advanced certification...

LaserCycle, Inc. announces new manager.
December 3, 2003... Byline: Staff Writer LaserCycle, Inc. of Lenexa added Everett Turner as the Customer Care Manager. Director of Sales, Mike Williamson said Turner will be on the front lines of providing more customer care and support. Turner comes to the...

Missouri's Senior Rx program to fill gap.
December 3, 2003... Byline: Staff Writer Gov. Bob Holden announced a plan to help ease the financial burden for Missouri seniors paying for expensive prescription drugs. Missouri's existing prescription drug program for senior citizens will be combined with...

Assn. for Women Lawyers collects toys for Sheffield Place.
December 3, 2003... Byline: Staff Writer The Association for Women Lawyers will be collecting toys and gifts for Sheffield Place at their annual meeting and holiday judicial recpetion. The reception takes place 5:00 p.m December 9th at 401 W. 55th Street....

Bar Leadership Academy prepares for kick-off.
December 8, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy Imagine a seminar attended by 25 eager-to-learn lawyers representing a cross section of the Greater Kansas City Area. That's what the planners of the Greater Kansas City Bar Leadership Academy hope to...

Commentary: Using 'fail-safe' concepts to keep your systems running.
December 9, 2003... Byline: Jim Wirken This week's tip deals with "fail-safe" concepts to practice in your law firm to be sure that things are done at certain times so that the systems you implement become relatively "automatic." We have talked about some of...

Gov. Holden makes Missouri Training and Employment Council appointments.
December 9, 2003... Byline: Staff Writer Gov. Bob Holden appointed David Heath as Chair and Dr. Lewis Chartock as Vice-Chair to the Missouri Training and Employment Council. Heath is the Director of Labor and Employee Relations for The Boeing Company. He...

Network of Commercial Real Estate Women elects president.
December 9, 2003... Byline: Staff Writer Elizabeth Fast was named President Elect of CREW (Network of Commercial Real Estate Women). Fast is an attorney with Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLP. She will become president in 2005. The CREW Network is an...

Flu Season Arrives Early and Heavy.
December 9, 2003... Byline: Staff Writer The Kansas City, Mo., Health Department is reporting high numbers of confirmed flu cases in Kansas City, Mo. Such high numbers so early in the flu season indicate that this may be a very heavy season for the flu. ...

Gov. Holden announces $83M for Education.
December 9, 2003... Byline: Staff Writer Missouri and the federal government have agreed to allow the release of $83 million in withholdings to go to education. The federal government will provide the money in social services reimbursement to Missouri a few...

State law upheld across state line in reversed decision.
December 10, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy Despite being across the state line, the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association remains under the jurisdiction of a Missouri trial court, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District said in a...

Kansas City employees receive environmental awards.
December 15, 2003... Byline: Staff Writer Four groups of Kansas City employees received Environmental Achievement Awards. Phil Brown and Marcy Woods of the Aviation Department were awarded for solving the Aviation Department's business needs while...

ABA president urges KC bar members to 'work as healers'.
December 16, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy Lawyers have the power to heal. American Bar Association President Dennis Archer told more than 600 Members of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association that they can be healers of pain in society,...

Kansas City area law firms sign diversification pledge.
December 16, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy Managing partners of 26 Kansas City Metropolitan law firms signed a commitment to increase diversity in their firms. "This is no small task," American Bar Association President Dennis Archer challenged...

Commentary: Continuing the use of 'fail-safe' methods.
December 16, 2003... Byline: Jim Wirken This week we will continue to talk about "tips" that create "fail-safe" methods that ensure all of the important day-to-day work in your law firm is done. Setting up "fail-safe" systems ensures that the things that keep...

Dean Powell leaves UMKC School of Law with vision for future.
December 17, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy On the Friday morning of finals week, the student lounge at the University of Missouri Kansas City School Of Law hums with the sound of students gathered around octagon-shaped tables. Upon first glance,...

Commentary: An atty. reflects on serving jury duty.
December 17, 2003... Byline: Bob Barton When Judge Ortrie Smith's courtroom deputy clerk Eva Will-Fees called my name, I can't repeat what I mumbled under my breath, but the panel member next to me said, "I can't believe they picked you." I concurred. But my...

Failure to appear at depositions leads to dismissal.
December 18, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy A bankruptcy case involving George Harrison's former manager was reversed and remanded to the District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth...

MO Court of Appeals reverses two decisions, rules breathalyzer test met regulations.
December 19, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy Even though a breathalyzer machine sometimes gave readings with a plus .004 error, it was still within regulations, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District ruled in two separate reverse...

Kansas City lawyers weigh in on Maryland v. Pringle.
December 23, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Maryland v. Pringle didn't surprise Jackson County Prosecutor Michael Sanders. Sanders did notice how fast the notoriously meticulous court turned around the case and...

Commentary: Making your non-engagement letters 'fail-safe'.
December 23, 2003... Byline: Jim Wirken We are continuing to talk about "tips" that create "fail-safe" systems in your office in order to facilitate the administration of the daily activities you perform in your law firm. "Fail-safe" systems are an...

Trial court erred in not appointing guardian.
December 24, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy When a husband accused his wife of neglecting and abusing their children, the Circuit Court should have appointed a guardian to investigate the allegations, ruled the Missouri Court of Appeals for the...

Grandparents win visitation rights; mother not required to pay attorney fees.
December 25, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy Grandparents have the right to unsupervised visits with their deceased son's child, but the mother of the child does not have to pay their attorney fees, the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western...

Use and wear determine value of car in Chapter 7 case.
December 26, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy The value of a car, listed as collateral in a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy case, should be its liquidation price which was determined on the date of the trial hearing. In re: Robert Roy Podnar and Evelyn Sue Podnar,...

Maintenance remanded based on length of marriage.
December 29, 2003... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy A trial court's decision to allot a wife $2,060 a month for child support until January 2003 and then $1,757 a month was upheld, but the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District remanded the...

Commentary: Keeping your new matter reports "fail safe".
December 30, 2003... Byline: Jim Wirken We began talking several articles ago about "tips" that create "fail-safe" systems in your office. There were eighteen fail-safe systems I suggested you put in place in order to be sure that all of the client matters in...