Mizzou's Revamp, Arch. Robert Carlson's Deposition, Ivey-Selkirk's Slow Mail

Berger's Beat
September 18, 2013

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A $35 million renovation of Mizzou’s Orthopedic Institute along with parts of the university’s hospital are in the works as approved by the Board of Curators. Mizzou will also receive $400 million in funds released as a result of Gov. Nixon’s veto of HB-253. The university will also provide 1,500 new scholarships. . .Reportedly, St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson will be deposed tomorrow by prosecutors in the criminal child sex case against a priest very close to him, Fr. Joseph Jiang. Why? Because Carlson is accused of trying to get hold of a $20k check Jiang reportedly gave to parents of a girl Jiang allegedly molested. The report doesn’t mention that another high-ranking church official, Deacon Phil Hengen, is also being questioned. It’s not clear what role Hengen may have played in the crucial days since. Jiang supposedly admitted abusing the girl. (But Hengen was involved in abuse cases against Fr. Robert Osborne, Fr. John Wieberg and other clerics.). . .Post-Dispatch retiree-turned entrepreneur Gary Wilson is in a snit over Ivey-Selkirk Auctioneers’ very slow payment to him: “I sold my item at the Spring Modern Art Sale five months ago and still no payment. I emailed Malcom Ivey and he mailed back the next day that the check would be going out in the mail the next day. That was a month ago. Guess it takes a bit of time for the mail from Clayton to reach Creve Coeur”. . .”The Future of Media – A Discussion with Professional Content Creators” is set for 8 p.m., Thursday at Washington University. The panel includes Wall Street Journal scribe Laura Meckler, KDHX director Beverly Hacker, University of Wisconsin prof Philip Sewell (author of “TV in the Age of Radio”), MLB.com beat writer, Mizzou J-school grad Jenifer Langosch and Brian Hamm, who heads an NY Times team focused on building new mobile and web based application. He’s also the former editor of Student Life, the school paper at WashU. . .Antibiotic resistance spreads from animals to humans in food borne organisms, according to the latest report from the Centers of Disease Control.