Daily Record (St. Louis, MO/St. Louis Countian) articles from July 2005

Daily Record (St. Louis, MO/St. Louis Countian) archives from July 2005

St. Louis' Paul Brown Building shines again for downtown residents.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess Despite the sweltering heat of a St. Louis summer, crowds gathered to welcome the latest set of lofts emerging from the dust of neglect in downtown St. Louis: The Paul Brown Building is open for business again. ...

Missouri legislature approves bill to eliminate extraneous inspections in Jefferson County.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Cathy Kingsley A bill approved in the state legislature would reduce the duplication of building inspections performed in Jefferson County. Senate Bill 210 contains a number of items with one section affecting inspections on...

Smaller centers more popular in commercial property.
July 1, 2005... Byline: James Mosher (This article originally appeared in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication.) Not using that parking space that came with your apartment? Tell a developer. He might want to build a...

Negwer Materials promotes Brennan as general manager in central Illinois.
July 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Tom Brennan has been promoted to general manager for central Illinois at Negwer Materials Inc. Scott Negwer, president, made the announcement. Based in Peoria, Ill., Brennan oversees all yard...

St. Louis-based Coldwell Banker Commercial adds Becker to staff.
July 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Beth Becker has joined Coldwell Banker Commercial CRA L.L.C. as an administrative assistant/listing secretary. In her new position, Becker assists principals and brokers with correspondence, sales...

Cerrone-Kelly joins Clayco in St. Louis office.
July 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Clayco has added Beth Cerrone-Kelly as a project manager in the company's St. Louis office. In her new position, Cerrone-Kelly is responsible for managing design-build projects from inception to...

Clarke named to non-profit board, St. Louis lift station phase nearing completion.
July 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff William P. Clarke, P.E., president of Horner & Shifrin Inc., was named to the Kids in the Middle board of directors. Kids in the Middle is a nonprofit organization that provides therapy, education and...

State tax credits awarded to Laclede Power Building in St. Louis for redevelopment.
July 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff State tax credits will help facilitate the redevelopment of the Laclede Power Building, located at 1246 Lewis St. in St. Louis. The Missouri Department of Economic Development has approved up to...

Rataj Krueger Architects to renovate Lillibridge buildings in St. Louis.
July 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The design firm of Rataj Krueger Architects and Interiors has been selected to renovate all of the Lillibridge medical office buildings at the St. Mary's, DePaul and St. Joseph's office complexes. The...

Steinbach, Greenberg join St. Louis-based Grubb & Ellis/Krombach Partners.
July 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Grubb & Ellis|Krombach Partners, a St. Louis provider of office, industrial, retail, land and multifamily real estate services, announced David Steinbach joined the company as an associate, and Ted...

St. Louis realtor earns special designation.
July 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Seniors who need advice about their homes and rental properties can turn to Suzanne Skelly, a Realtor with Coldwell Banker Gundaker who has been in the real estate business for more than 25 years and who...

St. Louis-based Tarlton Corp. announces staff changes, names new project engineer.
July 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Tarlton Corp., a St. Louis-based general contracting and construction management firm, has announced recent changes to its support staff. Liz Rekart, who joined Tarlton as a receptionist in 2003,...

Despite court ruling, eminent domain is rarely used in region.
July 2, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask The day after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a local government in Connecticut could use eminent domain to pave the way for development or redevelopment of a residential site, Wentzville City Hall was flooded with...

Some perspective offered on BRAC proposals to relocate.
July 2, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask (Editor's note: This is a follow-up to a story on the importance of the defense industry in the St. Louis area that ran in the June 25 edition of this paper.) The possibility that several thousand jobs in the St....

Commentary: Unspoken acceptance rationalizes economic segregation.
July 2, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon In the 1947 film "Gentleman's Agreement," the leading character, Phillip Green - an investigative journalist played by Gregory Peck - presented himself as being Jewish to uncover instances of anti-Semitism in everyday...

Commentary: Pay down debt to get ahead of the credit monster.
July 2, 2005... Byline: Dena Frenkel (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication). In the spirit of giving, it's easy to overspend during the holidays. The bad news is that the additional debt...

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal adds two partners to construction law practice.
July 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Joseph A. Colagiovanni and John R. Haug have joined Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal L.L.P. as partners helping build the firm's national construction law practice. Both were previously partners at Bryan...

Bergman, Schraier & Co. announces promotions.
July 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Bergman, Schraier & Co. P.C. has promoted Wendy D. Shireman, CPA, to tax supervisor and Paul Krussel, CPA, to audit supervisor. Shireman holds an undergraduate degree from Huntingdon College. She has...

Kids' Chance Inc. of Missouri elects new officers.
July 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Kids' Chance Inc. of Missouri, a statewide, nonprofit program that provides educational scholarships to children of workers who have been killed or seriously injured on the job, has elected its new...

Husch & Eppenberger adds associate atty. to staff.
July 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Husch & Eppenberger L.L.C. has added Anne E. Bruneel as an associate attorney in the firm's land use development and financing practice group. Bruneel concentrates her practice in the areas of real...

Stinson Morrison Hecker adds senior atty. to biz litigation division.
July 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Daniel R. O'Neill has joined Stinson Morrison Hecker L.L.P. as a senior attorney in the business litigation division. He brings more than 25 years of experience representing St. Louis businesses and...

Armstrong Teasdale, Blackwell Sanders named two of the top law firms in St. Louis area.
July 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Armstrong Teasdale L.L.P. and Blackwell Sanders were recently named as one of the top corporate law firms in the St. Louis area, according to the article "America's Best Corporate Lawyers" in the...

Hinshaw & Culbertson elects 24 attorneys to partnerships nationwide.
July 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff National law firm Hinshaw & Culbertson L.L.P. has elected 24 attorneys to partnerships nationwide. Locally, St. Louis attorney Lori A. Schmidt and Belleville attorney Jeffrey T. Reel have become...

Missouri Court of Appeals Summaries of Opinions: July 2, 2005.
July 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Civil Law Labor and employment; benefits Freddie Ell appeals the labor and industrial relations commission's decision disqualifying him from unemployment benefits for seven weeks. ...

Practice of immigration law advances privilege of independence.
July 4, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon "I like being in America. I always wanted to come here," said Vess Nedevski as he prepared to observe his 10th Independence Day in the United States and noted that the summer of 2005 is his first-year anniversary as a...

MO Court of Appeals reverses workers' comp claim for employee who had heart attack.
July 5, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess Ignore your body's needs, and pay the price yourself. That was the ruling of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, denying an overweight, sedentary, pack-a-day smoker workers' compensation claim, after...

Commentary: Negotiating key terms of a health care joint venture.
July 5, 2005... Byline: Karen A. Gledhill (This article originally ran in North Carolina Lawyers Weekly, Raleigh, N.C., another Dolan Media publication). Joint ventures are on the rise among health care providers. Physicians are joint venturing with...

Romines sworn in as newest member of Missouri appellate bench.
July 6, 2005... Byline: Emily Umbright Casual and low-key was the judicial swearing-in of Judge Kenneth M. Romines to the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, last Thursday afternoon in the jury assembly room at the St. Louis County Courthouse....

Long-running Missouri probate matter laid to rest by court.
July 6, 2005... Byline: Denise G. Callahan Nearly a quarter-century since his death, the dispute over John Byron Corbin's estate may have finally ended. Corbin died in August 1981 at the age of 87 and left some rather rudimentary bequests to...

St. Louis Univ., and Washington Univ. law professors weigh in on Justice O'Connor's retirement.
July 7, 2005... Byline: Donna Walter U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor surprised the nation last week when she announced her retirement after 24 years on the high court. Where the court goes from here is up in the air, although...

Missouri Court of Appeals has new chief judge.
July 7, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess The Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, now has a new chief judge, a man who, despite living in St. Louis County, refers to himself as still "a country guy." Chief Judge Glenn A. Norton plans on using his...

Report shows St. Louis development still gathering steam.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Cathy Kingsley Kicking off summer in the downtown area was the annual meeting of the Downtown St. Louis Partnership, held on June 30 in the Majestic Ballroom of the Renaissance Grand Hotel, with more than 600 people in attendance....

St. Louis County Assessor's Office offers a clear process, open to input.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess Nobody likes to pay taxes, especially when homeowners feel they have no say in the matter. But with the St. Louis County Assessor's Office, they do. This office knows informed citizens can be a great help in the...

Will banks collapse if home values retreat?
July 8, 2005... Byline: Kathleen Johnson Jarboe (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication).When Mike Romanoff wanted to buy a one-bedroom condominium in Bethesda, Md., last summer, the prices chilled...

Federal courts seeking rent relief.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Dolan Media Staff Writer (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Rochester, N.Y., another Dolan Media publication). Judiciary rental rates are almost double the rates charged tenants for comparable space and include...

U.S. House proposes ban on a union-organizing practice.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Jeremy Harrell (This article originally ran in The Daily Reporter, Milwaukee, WI, another Dolan Media publication). Federal lawmakers are reviving a bill to outlaw the union-organizing practice known as salting. Last...

St. Louis Composting acquires 1-800-TOPSOIL.
July 8, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff St. Louis Composting has acquired the rights to the phone number 1-800-TOPSOIL in the east-central Missouri and west-central Illinois regions, including all of the St. Louis metropolitan area. "When...

American Heart Association moving to Creve Coeur.
July 8, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The St. Louis office of the American Heart Association is moving west this summer. The organization has announced the sale of its existing property at 4643 Lindell Blvd. and the purchase of a new...

Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt signs changes to HomesteadBlunt signs changes to Homestead Preservation Act.
July 8, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Gov. Matt Blunt signed House Bill 229 changing the application procedures and expanding eligibility for the Missouri Homestead Preservation Act for seniors and disabled Missourians. "This bill will...

Electrical Connection wires 20 Habitat for humanity homes in Hillsdale.
July 8, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Electrical Connection mobilized an army of union electricians and electrical contractors this summer to wire 20 Habitat for Humanity homes in the St. Louis suburb of Hillsdale, Mo. International...

St. Louis-based THF Realty dedicates 'Clayton Caryatid'.
July 8, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff THF Realty and internationally recognized artist Howard Ben Tre have dedicated Clayton's newest piece of public artwork: "Clayton Caryatid" at the Plaza in Clayton. The commissioned sculpture is THF...

Legislation in U.S. House to ban bid shopping gains.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Paul Snyder (This article orginally ran in The Daily Reporter, Milwaukee, WI, another Dolan Media publication.)Legislation aiming to halt the practice of bid shopping on federal projects is gaining momentum in Washington, D.C. ...

Sports has an 'internal and external' importance.
July 9, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask Hosting major sporting events makes communities feel better about themselves. Witness the reaction Wednesday in London when that city was awarded the summer Olympic Games for 2012, beating out New York and several other...

St. Louis area firms get job-training funds from state.
July 9, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask Missouri companies in the St. Louis metropolitan area fared well during the first round of training grants approved by the state's Department of Economic Development and its Division of Workforce Development. A...

DED appointee from St. Peters quits after her past is revealed.
July 9, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask It didn't take long for Randa Hayes, who this year received a political appointment to an important post in the Missouri Department of Economic Development, to become a source of controversy. Hayes was forced to resign...

Sports emphasis highlights segment of regional business in St. Louis.
July 9, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon What do St. Louis, Nashville and Norfolk, Va., all have in common? That is, besides each being home to respected museums, renowned universities, recognizable monuments, restaurants, theaters, symphonies,...

Missouri Court of Appeals says man must return monetary gifts to widow's estate.
July 9, 2005... Byline: Charles Emerick A man who received cash gifts totaling tens of thousands of dollars from a 94-year-old widow he befriended late in her life must return $43,900 to her estate, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, ruled....

Brown Smith Wallace adds staff accountant to insurance services group.
July 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Arti Shah has joined Brown Smith Wallace L.L.C. as staff accountant in the insurance services group. Shah identifies improper accounting or documentation and makes recommendations to improve...

Government e-Management Solutions names new VP of client services.
July 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Catherine Fritzsche has been promoted to vice president of client services at Government e-Management Solutions Inc. In her new role, Fritzsche leads GEMS' client services staff in delivering all...

Midwest BankCentre names regional president of commercial banking.
July 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Jim Watson has been named regional president of commercial banking at Midwest BankCentre. Watson joined MBC in 2000 and has more than 25 years of experience in relationship banking with privately...

Karll Law Center adds associate to staff.
July 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Jody F. Giordano has joined Karll Law Center L.L.C. as an associate. She will work primarily in the areas of family law, Social Security disability and immigration. Giordano has a background in Medicaid...

Rubin Brown, Gornstein & Co. announces staffing changes: July 9, 2005.
July 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Gregory Smith, CPA, has joined Rubin Brown, Gornstein & Co. L.L.P as a manager in its internal audit group. Smith brings more than 20 years of experience in finance and information technology. His areas...

Marketing Direct hires direct marketing coordinator.
July 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Marketing Direct Inc. has added Larry Perkins to its growing staff as a direct marketing coordinator. His responsibilities include the processing and proofing of data for clients as well as providing...

The Page Law Firm adds associate to staff.
July 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Patrick J. Malone has joined The Page Law Firm, a general practice firm in Festus, as an associate. Malone has experience in litigation in both state and federal court, with an emphasis on family law and...

Brown Smith Wallace analyst receives designation as certified fraud examiner.
July 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Melissa Collins, AVA, a valuation analyst in Brown Smith Wallace's litigation & valuation services group, recently received her designation as a certified fraud examiner. Collins earned the designation...

Missouri Court of Appeals Summaries of Opinions: July 9, 2005.
July 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Civil Law Agency; driving privileges The director of revenue appeals the trial court's judgment setting aside the director's administrative suspension of Steven Orton's driving privileges under...

Life motivates Missouri lawyer to artfully help clients in silence.
July 11, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon Marsha Stiles has a copy of James Christensen's painting "A Lawyer More Than Adequately Attired in Fine Print" hanging on her office wall. That is the work done in a whimsical European Renaissance fantasy style,...

MO Court of Appeals rules tortious infection suit can proceed.
July 12, 2005... Byline: Emily Umbright A woman who contracted genital herpes from her ex-husband can sue for tortious infection, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, said last week. The decision reverses a St. Charles County trial court's...

Lori Jones elected president of St. Louis Bar Foundation.
July 12, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Lori W. Jones, an attorney with the firm of Thompson Coburn L.L.P. and past president of The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, has been elected president of the St. Louis Bar Foundation. ...

Commentary: Harassment claimants don't always claim harassment.
July 12, 2005... Byline: Marshall H. Tanick (This article originally ran in Minnesota Lawyer, Minneapolis, MN, another Dolan Media publication.) Not all claims about sexual harassment at work are claims for sex harassment in the workplace. This...

Law professors dissect U.S. Supreme Court's recent term.
July 13, 2005... Byline: Donna Walter Although the variety of issues decided by the U.S. Supreme Court make it difficult to put a label on the court's term, area academicians agree that liberals are happier with the court's decisions than are...

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, rules mechanic's lien not to be deficient.
July 13, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess The devil is in the details, so the saying goes, and that axiom proved true in a legal fight over a mechanic's lien, as the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, reversed a lower court's decision finding the...

Commentary: How much time do you spend on non-billable hours?
July 13, 2005... Byline: Jim Wirken (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Kansas City, MO., another Dolan Media publication). We are still talking about the area of "billing" as one of the five areas that make up every business in the...

8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals finds partial-birth abortion ban unconstitutional.
July 14, 2005... Byline: Donna Walter The federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 is unconstitutional because it lacks an exception to preserve the health of the mother, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Friday. The case is almost...

Missouri Supreme Court rules that visiting judge had authority to hear case.
July 14, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess The authority of a visiting judge may not be questioned, but how that judge adhered to the law can, held the Missouri Supreme Court, allowing a father a second chance to question the custodial arrangement handed down by...

'Hands Off My Home' campaign addresses eminent domain case.
July 15, 2005... Byline: Cathy Kingsley Disconcerted property owners all across America do not intend to let the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling concerning the use of eminent domain squelch their plans to stop it. The Washington D.C.-based Institute...

Fed notes continued expansion for St. Louis' economic activity.
July 15, 2005... Byline: Leah G. Rothschild Local economic growth continued to expand in the past three months, according to the most recent 8th District Federal Reserve's "Beige Book" report. The report gave high marks to the growing manufacturing and...

Low interest rates and housing demand drive lending.
July 15, 2005... Byline: Mark Anderson (This article originally ran in Finance & Commerce, Minneapolis, MN, another Dolan Media publication). The story line at most local commercial banks this summer is a familiar one: It starts and ends with interest...

Report by American Planning Association studies racial steering by real estate agents.
July 15, 2005... Byline: Kennedy Smith (This article originally ran in the Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland, OR, another Dolan Media publication). Racial steering by real estate agents is still practiced, despite federal legislation prohibiting such...

Commentary: Mainstream news finds the real estate 'bubble'.
July 15, 2005... Byline: Burl Gilyard (This article originally ran in Finance & Commerce, Minneapolis, MN, another Dolan Media publication). It's unsustainable. It can't go on. It will never last. I'm talking, of course, about the current glut of...

MO Dept. of Natural Resources issues cleanup certificates.
July 15, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Missouri Department of Natural Resources issued its 238th Certificate of Completion to Sherwin Williams Brod Dugan Store, located at 2145 Shuetz Road in St. Louis. The certification for the site...

Horner & Shifrin completes facility design for the city of St. Peters.
July 15, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Horner & Shifrin Inc., engineers/architects/planners, has recently completed the design of a major wastewater treatment facility modification for the city of St. Peters. The treatment plant, with a...

Alberici Corp. awarded LEED platinum rating.
July 15, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Alberici Corp. announced that the U.S. Green Building Council has awarded the company's new headquarters, located in St. Louis, with a LEED v2 platinum rating under the category of new construction....

Is interest-only-mortgage boom a possible bust in the making?
July 15, 2005... Byline: David Reich-Hale (This article originally ran in the Long Island Business News, Long Island, NY, another Dolan Media publication). Interest-only mortgage sales have more than doubled nationwide, giving people a crack at...

Commentary: Private property rights receive undeserved hit.
July 15, 2005... Byline: Matt Moroney (This article originally ran in The Daily Reporter, Milwaukee, WI, another Dolan Media publication). The Supreme Court of the United States adjourned their session but not before dealing a severe blow to private...

Leonard Masonry receives landscaping award.
July 15, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Leonard Masonry Inc. has been recognized for the best landscaping project in Masonry Construction magazine's Project of the Year Awards. The St. Louis-based masonry contractor was honored for its...

Freddie Mac, National City team up to support housing services.
July 15, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Freddie Mac and National City have teamed up to provide Beyond Housing/Neighborhood Housing Services with $25,000 to be used for the Freddie Mac "Don't Borrow Trouble" campaign. "It's important to...

MO Real Estate Briefs: July 16, 2005.
July 16, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask Coldwell Banker-Gundaker real estate agents based in St. Peters have no problem keeping busy these days, says Jan Martinez, the company's business development manager. Martinez said just the one office had "more than...

St. Louis area casinos see revenues rise even as admissions fall.
July 16, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask Several St. Louis area gambling operators saw their revenues climb in June when compared to a year ago, even as they reported fewer admissions. Harrah's St. Louis Casino and Hotel in Maryland Heights saw the largest...

Commentary: Refinancing products need examination before acceptance.
July 16, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon A friend recently refinanced his home with an unexpected adjustment. After waiting through the five-year rush of interest changes and having benefited from an adjustable-rate mortgage, he decided, as those same rates...

Commentary: Does Supreme Court ruling undermine the free market?
July 16, 2005... Byline: Sen. Chuck Gross A tremendous blow to property rights and to freedom itself was dealt by the U.S. Supreme Court's decision last month in Kelo vs. City of New London. No longer is a private property owner constitutionally guaranteed...

Fontbonne University adds to Council of Regents.
July 16, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Tony Caleca, member of Brown Smith Wallace L.L.C., has been selected to serve on the Fontbonne University Council of Regents. As valued advisors to the president and board of trustees, regents serve a...

Rubin, Brown, Gornstein & Co. names new partner in internal audit services group.
July 16, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Rubin, Brown, Gornstein & Co. L.L.P. has promoted Cathy Behnen, CPA, CIA, to partner in its internal audit services group. Behnen, who joined RBG&Co. in 1997, has more than 17 years of experience in the...

David L. Tornetto, CLU, ChFC, earns financial consultant professional designation.
July 16, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff David L. Tornetto, CLU, ChFC, financial professional with the St. Louis branch of AXA Advisors L.L.C., has earned the industry's chartered financial consultant professional designation. The ChFC...