STAND ALONES
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The City of Zachary recently received a record dividend check for $103,637 from Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. At the presentation were LWCC Representative Kelley Quirk, Paul Owen of John Hendry Insurance, Zachary Mayor David Amrhein and Zachary safety officer Bob Whitaker. The city was commended for promoting workplace safety and loss prevention, which ultimately led to the monetary reward the city received as a policyholder.
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Agents with Villar & Co. Real Estate were recognized for 2014 performance at the company’s recent annual Awards Luncheon. The Gold Sales Award went to Darla Villar Bruno, with more than $6.3 million in real estate sales, and Sandy Scallan, with more than $5.2 million in sales. Silver Sales Awards went to Dee Robinson, $3.9 million in sales; Kristina Smallhorn, $3.2 million in sales; and Sherri Rachal, more than $3.2 million in sales. Bronze Sales Awards went to Jeff Gautreau, $1.9 million; and Jonas Crystal, $1.7 million. Individual honors went to Rachal for Top Listing Agent, Bruno for Top Producer, Denise Newton for Rookie of the Year and Gautreau for Most Cooperative Spirit.
COMPANY NEWS
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Foote Family Dental Care announces the opening of its location at 328 South Burnside Ave. in Gonzales. Foote Family Dental Care is a new dental facility for Dr. Nora Richardson-Foote. Foote practiced in Denham Springs for more than 14 years before moving to Gonzales. She offers a wide variety of restorative and cosmetic procedures for patients, as well as sedation dentistry.
Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Company Mortgage Division announced the expansion of its mortgage loan production office in Hammond. As the Hammond housing market continues to grow, Gulf Coast Bank decided to expand its Hammond presence to 1109 Fagan Drive. The office will be led by three mortgage originators: Amanda Prokop Germany, Brenda Saunier and Cindy Grega.
ACCREDITATION | CERTIFICATION
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Aleah Hargrave Guilbeau of Cockfield Jackson Architects in Baton Rouge recently completed her architectural registration exams and is now a licensed architect in Louisiana. Guilbeau joined the firm in 2005 after graduating from the LSU School of Architecture and is a design team member on a variety of new and renovated high-end residential projects, as well as commercial project types.
AWARDS | HONORS
The Baton Rouge Area Chamber has announced award recipients honored at its annual shareholders’ meeting in March. Honorees include Pamela Bounds, Berente Companies, Volunteer of the Year; Patricia “Patty” McMurray, Adams and Reese and 2014 chair of BRAC’s Education Issue Council and BRAC board’s general counsel, D. Jensen Holliday Award; Ben Miller Jr., co-founder of Kean Miller, Community Champion Award; and Pod Pack International, Project of the Year.
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Mary Terrell Joseph has received Lawyer Monthly’s 2015 Women in Law Award in recognition of her work in collections law. The attorney in McGlinchey Stafford’s Baton Rouge office has more than 40 years of experience in collections and creditors’ rights. Joseph has earned other awards for her work, including the Crystal Gavel Award from the Louisiana State Bar Association and an annual ranking in The Best Lawyers in America and Louisiana Super Lawyers for banking law. She has served on numerous boards for organizations such as the Capital Area United Way, the Foundation for Excellence in Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Rotary Club of Baton Rouge and others.
L’Auberge Casino & Hotel Baton Rouge has earned the prestigious AAA Four Diamond hotel rating for 2015, continuing its two-year streak of receiving the distinction. The award ranks the L’Auberge hotel among the nation’s elite lodging facilities with the highest standards of service and amenities. L’Auberge Baton Rouge’s Four Diamond rating resulted from a complete hotel evaluation conducted by professional inspectors. Only 5% of the more than 29,000 properties approved by AAA achieve Four Diamond status.
MESH Integrated Marketing and Advertising brought home two awards in this year’s 36th Annual Telly Awards, an international video and film production competition with more than 12,000 entries this year. MESH received Telly Awards for local TV and local cable hospital commercial as well as local TV and local cable music/jingle for its work with Woman’s Hospital’s OB campaign.
For the second year in a row, MidSouth Bank has been named by Raymond James one of the top community banks in the country. The financial services company announced in late March that MidSouth Bank Inc., parent company of MidSouth Bank, is among 31 community banks in the country to receive its prestigious Community Bankers Cup award for 2014. The recognition ranks MidSouth Bank among the top 10% of the nation’s publicly traded banks with assets between $500 million and $10 billion.
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center has been named the 2015 Alliance Innovation Award winner by the Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers. The hospital was chosen for its implementation of patient safety text reminders. This resulted from a brainstorming session that identified opportunities related to patient safety education among residency programs. Among the inconsistencies identified was the need for increased faculty development in patient safety, a less cumbersome method to report concerns and assurance that the feedback loop was successfully addressed and closed. A team led by the associate medical director of patient safety and chief residents developed a demonstration video on how to lead patient safety rounds, and weekly text messages were sent prior to rounds to all participating faculty. As a result, residents and faculty reported increased participation safety rounds and faculty members reported that the text messaging system was quite useful and minimally burdensome. The AIAMC presents the award on an annual basis to its institutional member that best exemplifies creative and innovative approaches to medical education and research that result in better patient outcomes.
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge and St. Elizabeth Hospital in Gonzales each have been named Hospital of the Year in the large and small hospital categories, respectively, by the Louisiana State Nurses Association and the Louisiana Nurses Foundation. These honors were announced at the 14th annual Nightingale Awards ceremony. The Nightingale Awards also recognizes individuals for excellence in nursing. The following honors were presented to Our Lady of the Lake nurses: Nurse of the Year, Jerre Hinds; Clinical Practice Nurse of the Year, John Wilson; Rookie of the Year, Kieran Foley; Hall of Fame Inductee, Coletta Barrett; and Outstanding Nurse Researcher of the Year, Lisa Skemp, Our Lady of the Lake College. Recognized from St. Elizabeth Hospital were Outstanding Community Achievement by a Registered Nurse, Charla Johnson; Nursing Administrator of the Year, Yvonne Pellerin; and Nurse Educator of the Year, Rosie Kiper.
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Dr. Nicholas Rauber has been named this year’s recipient of the New Dentist Award during the 135th House of Delegates of the Louisiana Dental Association. The award is presented annually to one LDA member who has practiced for less than 10 years and who is engaged in civic involvement, public service and devotion to the dental profession. Rauber is a member of the American Dental Association, the Louisiana Dental Association and the Greater Baton Rouge Dental Association. After completing LSU School of Dentistry in 2007, he partnered with Dr. Daniel Bankhead to create the Aesthetic Dentistry Group. At the state level, he currently sits on the LSU School of Dentistry Admission and Alumni Association Boards. He is a dental volunteer for Give Kids A Smile Day, Greater Baton Rouge Community Clinic, Dental Lifeline Network, and the Louisiana Mission of Mercy.
APPOINTMENTS | MEMBERSHIPS
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Tommy LeJeune, a partner with Faulk & Winkler, has been selected to serve on the board of directors for the Louisiana Arts & Science Museum. With more than 20 years of public accounting experience, LeJeune specializes in audit, review and compilation engagements. He is involved with planning and executing all of the firm’s audits and evaluates the effectiveness of clients’ operating systems. LeJeune focuses his practice on governmental entities, nonprofit organizations and closely held small businesses.
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Janice Pellar has been named chair of the board of trustees for Baton Rouge General Medical Center. Pellar is former owner and CEO of EMCO Technologies and is a longtime patron of the arts, health care, local business and LSU. Pellar has served on the hospital board since 2010 and served on the Baton Rouge General Foundation Board of Governors for nine years. Joseph Juban has been named vice chair and strategic planning chair. Juban is of counsel with Long Law Firm and has been a board member since 2012. He also served on the Baton Rouge General Foundation Board of Governors for seven years. Debra Lockwood, president and chief financial officer at Provident Resources Group Inc., has been named finance chair. Leslie Herpin Marx, an interior designer with Washer Hill Lipscomb Cabaniss Architecture, has been named secretary.
