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

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

Active alumnus, appeals court Judge Crahan passes away.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Judge Lawrence G. Crahan died Aug. 29, at St. Luke's Hospital from complications after heart surgery. The St. Louis native was 55 years old. "It's really hard to put into...

Trial consultants' role challenged as their influence grows.
September 1, 2005... Byline: Nora Lockwood Tooher (This article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, another Dolan Media publication). In the decade since the O.J. Simpson trial brought trial consultants to national prominence, their role has...

New ads urge parents to buy the children condos.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Bob Geiger (This article originally ran in Finance & Commerce, Minneapolis, MN, another Dolan Media publication). Call it the empty nest that comes with an expensive price tag. A new advertising campaign is urging parents...

Holland Construction completes Centrue Bank in Fairview Heights.
September 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Holland Construction Services has completed the new Centrue Bank at the Fountains at Fairview mixed-use development in Fairview Heights, Ill. The $3.3 million, 26,000-square-foot facility, located at...

Bill Knopf to take over as executive VP/CEO of St. Louis Assn. of Realtors.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Cathy Kingsley St. Louis native Bill Knopf will take over as executive vice president/CEO of the St. Louis Association of Realtors[R] on Sept. 15. He will accept the reins from the current Executive Officer Jack Goldman, who will...

Missouri Homeowner's Bill of Rights now in effect.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Leah G. Rothschild Missouri homeowners now have new legal rights to service as promised when they list their homes for sale. Supporters of a law that went into effect Sunday, Aug. 28, say it protects homeowners and enhances...

American farm association head gives views on.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Janice Francis Smith (This article originally ran in The Journal Record, Oklahoma City, OK, another Dolan Media publication). The president of the American Farm Bureau Federation visited with Farm Bureau presidents in a "town...

Commentary: For diversification and income, seek real estate trusts.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Gary Williams (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication). For many investors, real estate investing starts and ends with the purchase of a home. Yet by investing in only...

Commentary: Labor falls victim to old ghosts.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Martin Cantor (This article originally appeared in Long Island Business News, Long Island, NY, another Dolan Media publication). The turmoil in the U.S. organized labor movement unveiled at the recent AFL-CIO meeting in Detroit...

Outdoor workers battling the blistering summer heat.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Richard A. Webster (This article originally ran in New Orleans CityBusiness, New Orleans, LA, another Dolan Media publication). Carl Conforto sat atop a house in the hellish heat of July, laying flat roof with a blowtorch. He...

Commentary: A crew, a claim, the courts and the confession.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Candace Doyle (This article originally appeared in The Daily Reporter, Milwaukee, WI, another Dolan Media publication). I have a confession to make that may make a lot of women cringe: I'm often dismissive of sexual...

Clayco Realty Group names new vice president in St. Louis office.
September 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Clayco has added Howard J. Smith as a vice president with Clayco Realty Group. Smith brings more than 22 years of legal and real estate experience to Clayco Realty Group, where he handles all stages of...

Horner & Shifrin adds to staff, makes bridges safer.
September 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Clyde Brooks has joined Horner & Shifrin, engineers/architects/planners, as a mechanical designer/technician. Brooks has spent the last 12 years in design and drafting for HVAC systems. He has worked on...

Delmar Gardens Enterprises headquarters in Chesterfield nears completion.
September 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Work is progressing toward a late August completion on Phase I of the new corporate office campus for Delmar Gardens Enterprises in Chesterfield. According to Larry Milles, principal of Gray Design...

Education is the key to sustainable residential building.
September 2, 2005... Byline: Charlie Devereux (This article originally appeared in the Vancouver Business Journal, a sister publication). When it comes to talking about sustainable construction in the residential home market, mortgage specialist and...

Movie theaters keep popping up despite slump at box office.
September 3, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask Many of the St. Louis area's residents no doubt plan to spend at least part of their Labor Day weekend taking in a movie. Just how many people patronize the numerous theaters here will depend on a number of factors, not...

University given responsibility for enticing film production to Missouri.
September 3, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask When the feature film "The Game of Their Lives" debuted a few months ago, it garnered a fair amount of publicity throughout Missouri, in part because it was shot mostly in the St. Louis area and also because it told the...

Movie fans remain loyal attendees despite new technology.
September 3, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon Entertainment venues thrive on creating an experience. And many times, it is the experience itself that draws loyal attendees even more so than the promoted attraction. Anyone who has ever attended the Indianapolis...

Government e-Management Solutions names VP of tax management.
September 3, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Todd Holliday has been named vice president of tax management for Government e-Management Solutions Inc. GEMS provides financial, human resources and revenue management software to governments...

MO woman awarded Certified ALS status by National Assn. for Legal Professionals.
September 3, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Karen D. Kubiak of the Washington, Mo., firm Zick, Voss & Politte P.C. was recently awarded Certified ALS status by the National Association for Legal Professionals. The basic certification for legal...

U of Missouri appoints vice president for research and economic development.
September 3, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff John C. Gardner has been appointed to serve as vice president for research and economic development for the University of Missouri. Gardner, who currently serves as associate dean of research and...

St. Louis Business Journal names Most Influential Business Women in St. Louis.
September 3, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The St. Louis Business Journal recently recognized Barbara Pierce of Millennium Communications Inc. as one of the Most Influential Business Women in St. Louis. Pierce accepted the award at a luncheon...

Frankie Muse Freeman, Esq. honored by various regional bar assns.
September 3, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff In recognition of her outstanding public service, various regional bar associations honored author Frankie Muse Freeman, Esq., a former member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, in Universal City...

Missouri State Park Advisory Board elects chairperson.
September 3, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Gerald P. Greiman, a partner in the law firm Spencer Fane Britt & Browne L.L.P., has been elected chairperson of the Missouri State Park Advisory Board. The board advises the Missouri Department of...

MO Film Commission approves agreement with U of Missouri-Columbia.
September 3, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Missouri Film Commission has approved an agreement between the Department of Economic Development and the University of Missouri-Columbia to transfer the Missouri Film Office to the university. The...

Stinson Morrison Hecker adds to intellectual property and technology division.
September 3, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Stinson Morrison Hecker L.L.P. announces the addition of Edward Stratemeier to the intellectual property and technology division. He has more than 30 years of legal experience including international...

Enterprise Bank & Trust in Sunset Hills adds to board of directors.
September 3, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Roberta "Bert" Forde, president of Midwest Pool Management, has been appointed to the board of directors of Enterprise Bank & Trust in Sunset Hills. With a focus on serving the lifetime financial needs...

Ascent Power hires business development associate.
September 3, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Peg Johnston has joined Ascent Power L.L.C. as a business development associate. In her position, Johnston will market the Ingersoll-Rand product lines and associated services to businesses and...

Adamson Advertising president appointed to American Assn. of Advertising Agencies board.
September 3, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Norman Berger, president of Adamson Advertising, has been appointed to the national board of directors for the American Association of Advertising Agencies. He will serve as secretary/treasurer of the...

St. Louis exec. chosen to serve on National Educational Telecommunications Assn. board.
September 3, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff James Baum, president and CEO of KETC/Channel 9, the St. Louis public television station, was selected to serve a two-year term as an executive committee member of the National Educational...

Missouri Court of Appeals Summaries of Opinions: September 3, 2005.
September 3, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Civil Law Labor and employment; procedure Cornell Chase appeals from the labor and industrial relations commission's decision affirming the appeals tribunal's dismissal of his appeal....

St. Louis lawyer's tune resonates in courtroom and concert arenas.
September 5, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon Charles Bressler, Placido Domingo, Ray Fournie and Luciano Pavarotti all have something in common. So do Clarence Darrow, Ray Fournie, Charles Henry and Gerald Spence. The first group is comprised of trained and...

8th Circuit affirms drug conviction, draws dissent.
September 6, 2005... Byline: Emily Umbright Guilty as charged, said the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in affirming a three-count drug-dealing conviction last Tuesday brought on as the result of a warrantless arrest. But the decision left one judge on...

With PDAs gaining popularity, will laptops be left on the desktop?
September 6, 2005... Byline: Marylou Doehrman (This article originally ran in Colorado Springs Business Journal, Colorado Springs, CO, another Dolan Media publication). The personal digital assistant is gaining momentum as businesses move from the big...

Justice Rehnquist's visit to St. Louis fondly recalled.
September 7, 2005... Byline: Donna Walter A group of St. Louis women hosted a visit by U.S. Supreme Court Justice William H. Rehnquist just six years after he was named to the bench. On April 4, 1978, Rehnquist gave members of the Metropolitan St. Louis...

Missouri court rules there is no expectation of privacy in back seat of patrol car.
September 7, 2005... Byline: Denise G. Callahan The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, upheld a trial court's suppression of most statements and tipped off the defense attorney on ways to get the admitted statements tossed. Here's what happened...

Commentary: Accounts payable: Keeping track is staying on track.
September 7, 2005... Byline: Jim Wirken I know that you are glad that we are finally out of the area of accounts receivable. We are still talking about the area of billing, which is one of the five areas that make up every business in the world. The other four...

ABA announces effort to assist victims of Katrina.
September 8, 2005... Byline: Donna Walter The American Bar Association is coordinating efforts to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina, including individuals who need pro bono legal services, lawyers who need office space and law students who need a new place...

Failure to forward jury instruction modifier results in new trial.
September 8, 2005... Byline: Denise G. Callahan A junked jury instruction reversed a judgment in a medical malpractice case, giving the deceased woman's husband a new trial. In William Woodward vs. Research Medical Center, Elsie Woodward, 79, entered the...

CORTEX receives silver precertification for core and shell construction.
September 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff CORTEX, the Center of Research, Technology and Entrepreneurial Expertise, has received silver precertification for CORTEX One in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating...

Nominations open for 2005 Greater St. Louis Top 50.
September 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Nominations are now being accepted for the 2005 Greater St. Louis Top 50, to be held Tuesday evening, Dec. 13, at the Gala Awards Dinner at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis. Deloitte and the RCGA are once...

MO Dept. of Natural Resources asks for public comments about Hematite Radioactive site.
September 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the Attorney General's Office recently entered into a consent decree with Westinghouse Electric Co. L.L.C. This consent decree pertains to the Hematite...

Gershman Mortgage finances renovations of Parade Park Homes in Kansas City.
September 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Gershman Mortgage, one of the largest mortgage lenders in St. Louis, provided more than $11 million for renovations on Parade Park Homes in Kansas City, Mo. For more than 50 years, Gershman has provided...

Federal agency wants comments on affordable housing, historic preservation.
September 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Ten years ago, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation adopted its "Policy Statement on Affordable Housing and Historic Preservation." Since then the ACHP amended its regulations to enable federal...

Contegra Construction opens Chesterfield office.
September 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Contegra Construction Co. has opened its first satellite office at 390 S. Woods Mill Road, Suite 160, in Chesterfield, MO 63017. The office will be headed by Russ Henke, a principal of the firm. The...

Federal study criticizes Department of Energy over contracting goals.
September 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff (This article originally ran in the Journal Record Legislative Report, OKC, OK, another Dolan Media publication.) Small businesses haven't been getting their fair share of subcontracts from...

St. Louis' new center for the arts adds to Grand Center's cultural glow.
September 9, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess The Grand Center Arts & Entertainment District's rebirth is in full throes, with the recent announcement of the Arts and Education Council's renovation of the Medinah Temple, located at 3547 Olive St., an architectural...

Land surveys integral part of the property sales process.
September 9, 2005... Byline: Leah G. Rothschild Accurate land surveys are an integral part of the property sales process, and land surveyors and real estate agents in the St. Louis metropolitan area say skimping on a land survey is not in the best interest of...

Several national reports indicate July construction up from same time in 2004.
September 9, 2005... Byline: Alison Ryan (This article originally ran in the Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland, OR, another Dolan Media publication.) Construction activity in July predicts a positive outlook for near-term residential and nonresidential...

Book looks at LEED projects' products.
September 9, 2005... Byline: Justin Stranzl (This article originally ran in the Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland, OR, another Dolan Media publication.) Projects that obtain LEED certification routinely avoid the green or sustainable features that are...

Clayco launches safety initiative at every level of its operations.
September 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Clayco has launched an initiative to promote safety at every level of operation. The campaign, known as "Clayco Safe," takes Clayco's long-standing commitment to workplace safety to a new level by...

More new entrepreneurs are women, but they face long-standing challenges.
September 10, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask Times have changed - to a degree. Women-owned businesses are becoming more commonplace, accounting for more than one-third of all privately held firms in the St. Louis metropolitan area. "We're seeing an increase in...

Commentary: OSHA meets the Fourth Amendment.
September 10, 2005... Byline: John Finerty (This article originally ran in the Wisconsin Law Journal, Milwaukee, WI, another Dolan Media publication.) Published decisions from the U.S. Courts of Appeal in civil OSHA cases are relatively infrequent. Every so...

Encouraging areas known for business success of women.
September 10, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon In an age overwhelmed by the impersonal electronic tools of voice mail, e-mail, computer connections and recorded messages announcing that one's call is so important that there is no human available to take it, a simple,...

ABA examines foster care system at its annual meeting.
September 10, 2005... Byline: Jane Pribek (This article originally ran in the Wisconsin Law Journal, Milwaukee, WI, another Dolan Media publication). Would you be proud of your parenting skills if your child received inadequate health care, was held back in...

Commentary: What is an investor to do in September 2005?
September 10, 2005... Byline: David Clogg (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication). It has been a little more than three years since I started writing this column. My first article appeared in August...

Welsch, Flatness & Lutz hires customer service representative in benefits department.
September 10, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Insurance brokerage firm Welsch, Flatness & Lutz has hired Megan Street as a customer service representative in the benefits department. Street, of Ellisville, Mo., has been in the insurance industry...

Twenty-one Husch & Eppenberger attorneys selected for The Best Lawyers in America.
September 10, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Twenty-one Husch & Eppenberger L.L.C. attorneys have been selected for the 12th edition of the The Best Lawyers in America. Since 1983, The Best Lawyers in America has been compiled annually by...

Adamson Advertising appoints director of interactive marketing.
September 10, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Adamson Advertising has appointed Dana Fowler to director of interactive marketing. In her new capacity, she will manage the interactive department and oversee interactive strategic planning, Web site...

Spencer Fane Britt & Browne adds new partner.
September 10, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Michael W. Forster, who has represented a number of area banks for more than 25 years, has joined the law firm Spencer Fane Britt & Browne L.L.P. as a partner. His practice focuses on counseling...

First Bank names senior vice president of credit administration division.
September 10, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff First Bank recently promoted Thomas D. Ryan to senior vice president of the credit administration division in its loan division. In this new role, Ryan will serve as division manager of centralized...

Paule, Camazine & Blumenthal P.C. adds associate to staff.
September 10, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Paule, Camazine & Blumenthal P.C. has added Tiffany B. Kieffer as an associate focusing on insurance public entity defense, employment discrimination and civil and commercial litigation. Prior to joining...

MO's RubinBrown L.L.P. promotes two to manager.
September 10, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff RubinBrown L.L.P. has promoted Steven L. Harris, CPA, and Brent W. Stevens, CPA, to manager. With more than five years of experience, Harris provides tax, auditing and consulting services to clients in...

Missouri Court of Appeals Summaries of Opinions: September 10, 2005.
September 10, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Civil Law Agency; driving privileges Anton Joseph Kotar appeals the circuit court's order upholding the administrative revocation of his driving privileges by the director of revenue. The...

Communication counsel defends beauty pageant program.
September 12, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon Beth Riggert normally stands taller than Stacie Cooley. But when Cooley was named Miss Columbia and presented with $1,000 in college scholarship money, both young women might have well have been walking on air. ...

Inaccurate record-keeping leads to reduced child support award.
September 12, 2005... Byline: Denise G. Callahan Lesson to be learned in child support disputes: Keep records, and don't file anything unless you're sure it's accurate. It may sound like a no-brainer, but one mother whose husband has stiffed her for years...

MO Court of Appeals, Western District adopts repudiation exception for pension accrual lawsuits.
September 13, 2005... Byline: Denise G. Callahan Public employees have reason to rejoice since the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, adopted the federal court's "repudiation exemption" for pension accrual cases. This is the second go-around at...

Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis responds to hurricane evacuees.
September 13, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Hundreds of Hurricane Katrina victims are being evacuated to cities, including St. Louis, with several hundred arriving here this week. Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis President Marie...

MO Court of Appeals rules driver was prejudiced when trooper made call to attorney for him.
September 13, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, dumped a man's license revocation on the grounds that state troopers failed in properly allowing him the chance to contact an attorney. Also in...

Women Lawyers' Assn. of Greater St. Louis honors DuBois with President's Award.
September 14, 2005... Byline: Donna Walter Kathleen DuBois, director of the Family Court Project, received the President's Award from the Women Lawyers' Association of Greater St. Louis last week at the association's annual banquet and installation of officers....

Kansas City did not show material violated dumping ordinance.
September 14, 2005... Byline: Denise G. Callahan A Kansas City, Mo., homeowner said his neighbors were on a witch hunt and that race played a role when they accused him of forming a landfill in his back yard, a violation of a city ordinance. In City of...

MO Court of Appeals, Eastern District rules deed of release demand letter did not follow the law.
September 15, 2005... Byline: Emily Umbright Although a trial court agreed with a Des Peres couple that their bank failed to provide them with a deed of release, an appellate court said it was the couple who failed to follow the law. On Tuesday, the...

New study identifies leadership styles for top lawyers.
September 15, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Rochester, NY, another Dolan Media publication.) A new study by Hay Group, a global organizational and human resources consulting firm, shows that...

Applicants sought for vacancy on Missouri Court of Appeals.
September 15, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Appellate Judicial Commission now is accepting applications for the position of judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, to fill the vacancy due to the Aug. 29 death of Judge...

Circuit court in Jefferson County prepares to join Missouri's automated case-management system.
September 16, 2005... Byline: Cathy Kingsley The circuit clerk's office in Jefferson County is scheduled to go on the Justice Information System by May 9. Most of the circuit courts in the state are already on the automated court system that eventually will...

American Bar Association Web site prepares Americans for Constitution Day civics lesson.
September 16, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff A new Web site will help Americans rediscover a resilient document that has guided our nation through crises ranging from the Civil War to the current recovery from Hurricane Katrina - the U.S....

Simonson: Recovery from Katrina will take months.
September 16, 2005... Byline: Paul Snyder (This article originally ran in The Daily Reporter, Milwaukee, WI, another Dolan Media publication.) Hurricane Katrina will leave a long-lasting mark on the nation's economy, the construction industry included, said...

HVAC contractor pays $120,000 to homeowner over rotted floor, mold claims.
September 16, 2005... Byline: Ertel Berry (This article originally ran in North Carolina Lawyers Weekly, Raleigh, NC, another Dolan Media publication.) A homeowner has recovered $120,000 on claims that moisture from a "zone" air-conditioning system spread...

Commentary: Million-dollar mortgages are here.
September 16, 2005... Byline: John P. Finnessy (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication.) With the ever-exploding real estate values in the U.S. marketplace, we find the limits of mortgage programs...

N.C. newspaper study finds high mortgage rates four times as likely for blacks.
September 16, 2005... Byline: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff (This article originally ran in North Carolina Lawyers Weekly, Raleigh, NC, another Dolan Media publication.) Blacks who bought homes across America last year were four times as likely as...

Express Scripts, UM-St. Louis unite on one campus.
September 16, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess In a major announcement last week, Express Scripts Inc., one of the nation's leading managers of pharmacy benefit programs, and the University of Missouri-St. Louis revealed plans for Express Scripts to build its new $34...

St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers adopts CII 'Best Practices'.
September 16, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess The St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers unveiled a new method it will be using this year to evaluate its Best Practices Awards, taken from the Construction Industry Institute's "Best Practices." As defined...

Hopewell Senior Village Apartments give elderly new lease on independent living.
September 16, 2005... Byline: Cathy Kingsley A grand opening was held for the Hopewell Senior Village housing community on Sept. 1. The 53-unit complex at 4558 McMillan St., provides housing for low-income seniors and people with disabilities. It is one of one...

Federal government rolls out new energy-saving incentives.
September 16, 2005... Byline: Claude Solnik (This article was originally published in the Long Island Business News, Long Island, NY, another Dolan Media publication.) There's some good news for companies and property owners seeking to save on energy: The...