MCRA PJune 201R0 OGRESS The Missouri Court Reporters Associat ion Quarterly INSIDE MCRA Board of Directors . pg 3 MCRA Convention: All That Jazz . pg 10-11 President’s Message . pg 4 South St. Louis County Chamber MCRA News . pg 5 Honors Local Educators . pg 12 Field Trip to St. Louis County Court . pg 6-8 MCRA Summer Board Meeting Minutes . pg 22 Legislative Cookie Day at Capitol Hill . pg 9 MCRA Membership Application . pg 26 www.mocra.org Missouri Court Reporters Association MCRA PROGRESS Got a Question? Start with INFO LINES 2009-2010 Board of Directors From the Editor Issues Published: MCRA Support and Assistance March, June, August, December PRESIDENT IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT TIFFANY M. THOMPSON, CCR FAITH A. OLLIGES, RDR, CRR, CCR Dear MCRA Members, Deadline for submitting MCRA Website . mocra.wildapricot.org 1312-6 Southwest Blvd. 802 Carman Oaks Ct. information to Progress for Address Changes . Gayle Wambolt (816) 716-2784 Jefferson City, MO 65109 Ballwin, MO 63021 the AUGUST 2010 issue: July 16, Division of Workers' Compensation Gore Perry Reporting & Video Those of you who are 2010, NO EXCEPTIONS. CCR Testing Information . Maggie Burch (573) 751-7342 Ofc: 573-526-3881 Ofc: 314-241-6750 Fax: 573-751-2012 Res: 636-227-9243 familiar with St. Louis histo - Send Submissions to: Continuing Education . Rachelle Sobaski (417) 522-4506 Res: 573-619-7506 Cell: 314-277-6488 ry know that jazz music has Marian Rein Convention 2010 . Shana Crane (636) 244-0453 [email protected] [email protected] MCRA Editor [email protected] played a vital role in this Phone: (314) 807-1323 Distinguished Service Award . Bo Kriegshauser (888) 433-6756 VICE PRESIDENT, REGION I town. While a lot has PRESIDENT-ELECT SHANA CRANE, CCR E-mail: [email protected] Legislative Affairs . Randy Dunn 636-940-0926 DAWN McTEER, RPR, CCR, CSR (IL) 818 Aston Way Dr. changed in the music world, Statements and opinions expressed Long-Range Planning . Joanne Martin (314) 622-4359 6419 Quincy O’Fallon, MO 63368 both nationally and right in editorials and articles are not St. Louis, MO 63109 (22nd Judicial Circuit, St. Louis City) here in St. Louis, jazz music necessarily those of MCRA. NCRA Member Services . .Toll Free (800) 272-6272 (22nd Judicial Circuit, St. Louis City) Ofc: 314-622-4666 Court: 314-622-4312 Res: 636-244-0453 in St. Louis is still thriving. Publication of advertising does not NVRA Member Services . (601) 582-4345 imply endorsement of products/ Res: 314-352-6103 [email protected] This year, MCRA’s con - Progress Publication . Marian Rein (314) 781-3620 Cell: 314-580-6103 [email protected] services or statements made vention will be held in St. concerning them. [email protected] Progress Advertising . Gail Conaway (816) 769-2758 VICE PRESIDENT, REGION II Louis and is titled, “All That RPR Testing Info (East) . Debbie Kriegshauser (314) 244-7449 VICE PRESIDENT ROZANN BRANCATO, RPR, CCR GAIL M. CONAWAY, CVR, CCR Jackson County Courthouse, Jazz.” While you’re here, Student Mentoring . Dawn McTeer (314) 580-6103 13808 NE 187th St. Division 17, 308 W. Kansas enjoying convention, you Holt, MO 64048 Independence, Missouri 64050 (43rd Judicial Circuit: Caldwell, Clinton, (16th Judicial Circuit, Jackson County) might consider spending a Daviess, DeKalb, & Livingston Counties) Court: 816-881-4517 little time with other mem - MCRA PROGRESS ADVERTISING Court: 816-539-3732 Fax: 816-881-4693 MISSOURI COURT REPORTERS ASSOCIATION Res: 816-320-3283 Res: 816-468-6777 bers, hitting some of the St. RATES __________________________________________________ Cell: 816-769-2758 [email protected] Louis jazz hot spots. What a [email protected] great way to mix members For Sale $ 15 Company or Individual Name VICE PRESIDENT, REGION III Business Card $ 30 SECRETARY JULIA A. HUNT, RDR, CRR, CCR while having a great time. 1/4 Page $ 40 __________________________________________________ GAYLE WAMBOLT, RMR, CRR, CCR 6501 Chelan Dr. Don’t forget to register 1/2 Page $ 70 Address 5423 NW Foxhill Rd. Columbia, MO 65203 for convention early this Full Page $120 Parkville, MO 64152 (13th Judicial Circuit: Boone and Callaway (16th Judicial Circuit, Jackson County) Counties) year. Members of the con - __________________________________________________ Court: 816-881-4513 Court: 573-886-4052 FORMAT City, State, Zip Res: 816-584-1031 Cell: 573-777-0830 vention committee are work - All advertisements should have camera-ready art or a digital Cell: 816-716-2784 [email protected] ing very hard to put it all [email protected] ad that can be e-mailed or sent on a CD. Ads need to be __________________________________________________ together, and the earlier that 300 dpi and use either a JPG, TIFF or PDF file format. Contact Name [email protected] VICE PRESIDENT, REGION IV RACHELLE M. SOBASKI, CCR members register, the easier TREASURER 1109 Sleepy Hollow ADVERTISEMENT ORDER – CHECK AD STYLE __________________________________________________ LISA M. HENNON, RPR, CCR Nixa, MO 65714 it is on everyone. For Sale ($15) ______ Contact Phone # 19th Judicial Circuit, Div. IV (31st Judicial Circuit, Greene Cty.) I hope that you will all Business Card ($30) ______ P.O. Box 1870 Court: 417-868-4096 take time to enjoy yourselves 1/4 Page ($40) ______ __________________________________________________ Jefferson City, MO 65102 Res: 417-725-0742 (19th Judicial Circuit, Cole Cty.) Cell: 417-522-4506 this summer. There is no 1/2 Page ($70) ______ Contact E-Mail Court: 573-634-9194 [email protected] Full Page $120) ______ time like the present! PLEASE MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO MISSOURI COURT Cell: 573-291-1290 15% discount on all ads that run for one year (4 consecutive REPORTERS ASSOCIATION AND MAILED TO: Res: 573-659-3609 VICE PRESIDENT, REGION V issues) and paid in full. [email protected] SANDY R. STEWART, CVR, CCR (MO, AR) Kindly, Ms. Gail Conaway P.O. Box 191 FOR FURTHER INFO, CONTACT GAIL CONAWAY AT 13808 NE 187th St. Portageville, MO 63873 Ofc: 573-379-2455 [email protected] (816) 769-2758. Holt, MO 64048 Marian Rein Fax: 573-379-3080 [email protected] 2 3 MCRA Progress • June 2010 mocra.wildapricot.org mocra.wildapricot.org MCRA Progress • June 2010 MISSOURI COURT REPORTERS ASSOCIATION MISSOURI COURT REPORTERS ASSOCIATION Region I NMCREA WS Annual President’s Message Meeting Greetings from Region IV by Shana Crane by Rachelle Sobaski Region I’s annual business We’ve had a few changes occur turnout. A lot of topics were discussed meeting will be held at 6:00 within the last couple months. Tracie including the upcoming MCRA con - p.m. on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at Hacienda Restaurant on you’ve personally reporting jobs. I would like to take Brumley left the employ of the Greene vention to be held in Clayton, Manchester. Please RSVP to served in any capacity this opportunity to, once again, ask County Courthouse to pursue other Missouri, at the Crowne Plaza, October Shana Crane, Region I VP, at on the board , you each and every member of MCRA to avenues and Marilyn Dulaban replaced 1 & 2, so reserve those dates because [email protected] if you plan know there is much to reach out to court reporter non- her. Also Margie Bell who worked at it’s going to be a good time and we on attending. We hope to see learn. We are lucky to members and explain the importance Work Comp came to work for Judge need as much participation as we can you there! have such a wonderful of membership and what MCRA does Jones over in the Juvenile Department get. group this year, eager for them. There has never been a and will also serve as the swing Just last week we had the privilege to learn and work more crucial time in court reporting reporter. So we wish Tracie great suc - of having a student by the name of hard for you. After to band together, get involved, and cess and welcome Margie onboard. Melanie Bisignano, who is currently rescheduling our win - support the association that is sup - I attended the winter board meet - attending AIB in Des Moines, come do Region III ter board meeting porting and protecting our careers. ing in Columbia, Missouri, at the part of her internship here at our Meeting twice, due to weather I could ramble on and on about Boone County Courthouse on March courthouse in an official capacity, so and family issues, we all the exciting things that are hap - 27, 2010 in which we had a great she was able to get a taste of criminal by Julia Hunt were able to convene pening within MCRA and through - as well as civil. She was very delightful after the Leprechauns out Missouri, but I will let you read as well as very professional in all Our annual meeting will be came and went on the articles contained herein. We Avocado Chicken Salad aspects and we wish her the best of held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 24 and had a have a new 2010-2011 slate of offi - luck in her endeavors. Maybe she’ll June 5, 2010 at Panera Bread, Hello, fellow MCRA members! very productive meeting at the cers, legislative-cookie and student Ingredients decide she likes the area and relocate 2226 Missouri Blvd., Jefferson 1 medium ripe avocado, peeled What a joy this time of year is with Boone County Courthouse in fieldtrip reports, convention informa - here. We hope more students will City. and cubed sunny days, green grass – and the Columbia. Our summer board meet - tion, and much more in this issue. I decide to intern in Greene County.