CAUSE AND EFFECT: Free cancer programs and services offered by The Wellness Community got a boost of about $400,000 at the group’s “Celebration of Hope” fundraiser at the Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark.

Some 700 Wellness backers were on hand to…

JUST THE TICKET: Save the date, Oct. 2, when The Wellness Community honors Peggy and Jerry Ritter and Bob O’Loughlin and his company, Lodging Hospitality Management, at a fundraiser for the organization that helps families affected by cancer.

The event, “Celebration of…

Bob and Kathy O'Loughlin

STEPPING UP FOR MARCH OF DIMES: Jerry Clinton, former head of Grey Eagle Distributors, stepped out of his gleaming black Bentley Rolls-Royce looking fit and dapper, a cane being his only concession to the rare form of…

HIGH ACHIEVERS: Nearly 800 people gathered yesterday in the Ritz-Carlton ballroom to honor the 2009 Women of Achievement, a group that included Joan Lee Berkman, Susan S. Block, Arlen Chaleff, Susie Knopf, Amanda L. Murphy, Noemi K. Neidorff, Cheryl D. Polk,…

Hi there blog readers! I’m back from furlough and brimming with news and info about what’s been happening around the Lou. Here’s my first appetizer.

Howard Mallott

HOWARD HEADS ON: You had to know somebody to get reservations last Thursday at Schneithorst’s…