St. Charles County Business Record, MO articles from April 2005

St. Charles County Business Record, MO archives from April 2005

Clayton-based Solon Gershman merging with Follman Properties.
April 1, 2005... Byline: Leah G. Rothschild When asked to describe Tom Stern, his friends and colleagues consistently refer to his warm and engaging style, his passion for people and causes, and his natural leadership abilities. Stern, the current...

Tax Increment Financing, Transportation Development Districts center of Missouri Senate bills.
April 1, 2005... Byline: Cathy Kingsley Editor's note: This article is the second in a two-part series on bills currently in the Missouri Senate. The first article appeared last Friday, March 25. The use of tax dollars to help pay for redevelopment...

McCay Tool & Engineering expanding with new St. Louis facility.
April 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Defense industry manufacturer McCay Tool & Engineering is expanding with a new $2.4 million facility at Green Park Commerce Center in south St. Louis County. The 50,600-square-foot office/production...

Small mortgage interest rate increases won't deter market.
April 1, 2005... Byline: Jen DeGregorio (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication). The slow but steady increase of mortgage interest rates in the last year has some market watchers spooked that...

St. Louis office of Hellmuth + Kassabaum names new associate.
April 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff David Endsley has been promoted to associate in the St. Louis office of Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. Endsley, a member of HOK's health care group, will be responsible for creating 3-D models and...

Horner & Shifrin Inc. adds two to St. Louis staff.
April 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The board of directors of Horner & Shifrin Inc., engineers/architects/planners, announced that David and Brian Heideman have joined Horner & Shifrin. David has been named manager of mechanical...

St. Louis-based Alberici Constructors posts strong revenues.
April 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Alberici Constructors Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, bucked the reported slowdown in automotive construction during 2004 by posting strong revenues and securing new automotive contracts in excess of...

It's a small world after all: Offshoring gains popularity in architecture.
April 1, 2005... Byline: Claude Solnik (This article originally ran in the Long Island Business News, Long Island, NY, another Dolan Media publication). Michael Jansen, the chairman, chief executive officer and founding managing member of Satellier...

More taxpayers rely on professionals to prepare returns, says IRS.
April 2, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask It's that time of year again. The nation's taxpayers have less than two weeks to file their income tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service. During the past two decades, Americans increasingly have turned to...

MO governor appoints St. Peters attorney to state Dept. of Economic Development post.
April 2, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask As expected, Gov. Matt Blunt this week appointed Randa Hayes of St. Peters as director of business development and trade for the Missouri Department of Economic Development. The St. Charles County Business Record...

Missouri's job picture brightens, entices more people to look for work.
April 2, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask Employment in the St. Louis metropolitan area has rebounded somewhat during the past year. But the percentage of jobless residents still is relatively high in part because of the number of people who have decided to...

Experts advocate caution regarding income tax software.
April 2, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon The Internal Revenue Service anticipates setting a numbers record this tax season. After processing 61 million returns delivered electronically last year - 16 percent more than the previous season - officials have...

CIGNA HealthCare announces appointment of Ken Lanter as senior account executive.
April 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff CIGNA HealthCare, a leading provider of health benefits, has announced the appointment of Ken Lanter as senior account executive for CIGNA HealthCare in St. Louis. In this role, Lanter is responsible for...

James S. McDonnell USO elects Ronald O. Schowalter to its board of directors.
April 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The James S. McDonnell USO elected Ronald O. Schowalter, a Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin partner, to its board of directors. The James S. McDonnell USO is a not-for-profit organization that...

Timothy A. Byrd joins Law Offices of Edward A. Gilkerson as an associate.
April 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Timothy A. Byrd has joined the Law Offices of Edward A. Gilkerson as an associate in litigation. He his a 2004 graduate of Saint Louis University School of Law.

Joanne Kearbey joins Brown Smith Wallace L.L.C. as supervisor in insurance group.
April 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Joanne Kearbey has joined Brown Smith Wallace L.L.C. as a supervisor in the insurance group. Kearbey is responsible for reviewing federal income tax provisions for insurance companies, including...

Polsinelli Shalton Welte Suelthaus P.C. adds Deborah K. Deuster to its St. Louis office.
April 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Polsinelli Shalton Welte Suelthaus P.C. has added Deborah K. Deuster to its St. Louis office. Deuster was an associate city counselor for the city of St. Louis and city attorney for the city of...

Nicholas A. Franke and Milton C. Spaulding elected partners at Spencer Fane Britt & Browne L.L.P.
April 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Nicholas A. Franke and Milton C. Spaulding have been elected partners at Spencer Fane Britt & Browne L.L.P. Franke focuses on bankruptcy and corporate reorganization, while Spaulding practices in the...

Michael V. Novak appointed business analyst at Government e-Management Solutions.
April 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Michael V. Novak has been appointed a business analyst for the financial software team at Government e-Management Solutions Inc., which provides financial, human resources and property management...

Adamson Advertising hires Jason Parks as an account supervisor.
April 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Adamson Advertising has added Jason Parks as an account supervisor, where he will supervise national and regional advertising accounts and oversee comprehensive branding campaigns for television, radio...

St. Louis law firm of Lashly & Baer P.C. names three new partners.
April 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Allison Schreiber Lee, Tyler S. McClay and Lawrence J. Wadsack have been named partners at Lashly & Baer P.C. Lee joined the firm in 2002 and practices civil litigation and products liability law. She...

Gas prices steer auto buyers toward new hybrid models.
April 3, 2005... Byline: Chris Price (This article originally ran in New Orleans CityBusiness, New Orleans, LA, another Dolan Media publication.) New Orleans Saints safety Steve Gleason avoids rising oil prices by refusing to put gasoline in his car....

Internet access to documents creating privacy problems.
April 3, 2005... Byline: Denise G. Callahan (This article originally ran in Lawyers Weekly USA, Boston, Mass., another Dolan Media publication.) With the burgeoning of the Internet in recent years, more and more states are tackling the issue of online...

St. Charles-based Patriot Machine receives award as Boeing's supplier of the year.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Mary Pat Sueme When Judy Burns started Patriot Machine Inc. with her husband, Robert, in 1991, they ran the fledgling business from a spare room in the family's home. Both were desperate to create a firm in their own vision and...

LMI Aerospace reports 2004 net income compared to net loss in 2003.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady With sales of its business jet and commercial aircraft segments up and new orders of sheet metal and parts increasing, LMI Aerospace Inc. 2004 fourth-quarter and year-end reports indicated a promising future for...

U.S. Air Force awards Boeing $609M weapons contract.
April 4, 2005... Byline: Mary Pat Sueme On Thursday, the U.S. Air Force awarded The Boeing Co. a $609 million contract for additional joint direct attack munition tail kits. Boeing's Weapons Enterprise Capability Center in St. Charles will perform the work...

Moody's Investors Service gives good rating to Francis Howell School District bonds.
April 4, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Moody's Investors Service assigned an "Aa1" rating to the Francis Howell School District's $23.7 million general obligation refunding bonds. Moody's also affirmed Francis Howell's "A1" underlying...

Lake Saint Louis and city of Wentzville receive federal park grants.
April 4, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Lake Saint Louis and the city of Wentzville were two municipalities among 22 Missouri communities that were chosen to receive more than $1.7 million in federal grants to assist with park and...

Feng Shui training session scheduled in St. Charles.
April 4, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Feng Shui Success Institute announced its spring training session schedule for people interested in learning the art of environmental design and placement. The training session will be split...

Railroad settles for $8.5 million in accident case that caused conductor to drink himself into dementia.
April 5, 2005... Byline: Natalie White (This article originally ran in Lawyers Weekly USA, Boston, MA, another Dolan Media publication.) Here's one you don't hear every day: Lacking serious injuries, Patrick Phillips sued Burlington Northern Railroad,...

Employers asking amorous workers to sign affidavits declaring relationships consensual.
April 5, 2005... Byline: Nora Lockwood Tooher (This article originally ran in Lawyers Weekly USA, Boston, MA, another Dolan Media publication.) Skittish about the potential legal fallout, an increasing number of employers are asking amorous workers to...

Arbor Homes committed to developing business on Highway 40 corridor.
April 5, 2005... Byline: Rachel Brown Arbor Homes is intensely committed to the developing Highway 40 corridor. Not only are many of the company's home-building projects in the western portion of the county, the corridor is now its new home. Last...

Key to Careers Web site helps students in St. Charles County examine career options.
April 5, 2005... Byline: Mary Pat Sueme Michelle Allen, a local 12th-grader, looks forward to her biology classes the most. So it seems like a "no brainer" that biology will be her major in college and the basis of the career she chooses. "I love...

St. Charles Business Briefs: April 5, 2005.
April 5, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask Lest St. Charles Countians think that what goes on in St. Louis City has no bearing on business activity here, the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Final Four basketball tournament has been a boon for local...

Debtor barred from exempting rents by the 8th U.S. Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel.
April 6, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess A man with three mortgages could not convince the 8th U.S. Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel that the rents paid for his property belonged to him and not his trustee, which reversed a finding by the bankruptcy court of...

Credit education important in growing business.
April 6, 2005... Byline: Mary Pat Sueme Next week, Scott and Lauren Kolbe will go loan shopping at different banks in the hope that credit assistance may help their marketing business grow. "This is totally new for us," said Scott Kolbe, vice...

Commentary: Cashless society makes checking credit reports important.
April 6, 2005... Byline: Richard Slawsky (This article originally ran in CityBusiness North Shore Report, New Orleans, LA, another Dolan Media publication). I haven't seen a $20 bill in months. I don't write checks any more either. Other than the...

GM offers interest rate incentive for SUVs.
April 6, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff GM Certified Used Vehicles announced on Tuesday a nationwide spring rate incentive program to increase consumer interest in its used SUVs. Participating dealers will offer qualified customers GMAC...

MasterCard reports increase in PIN cards issued.
April 6, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff MasterCard International announced on Monday strong growth in PIN debit worldwide for the fourth quarter and full year of 2004, resulting in more than 562.6 million cards issued in the year of 2004,...

Missouri economy shows continued growth.
April 6, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Missouri's economic growth continued in March with strong showings in new orders, inventories, production and employment that indicate continued state economic expansion for the next three to six...

Forum to show executives how to engage employees.
April 7, 2005... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady Most people want to feel they're making a difference in life, that they are improving the world in some way. And many want to feel that they are making a difference in the world through their job. If an...

Gala Force Events and Fund Raising opens in St. Charles County.
April 7, 2005... Byline: Robin Seaton Jefferson Brenda Fraser has brought her events-planning and fund-raising expertise to St. Charles County from Colorado with the opening of her new office at the Advanced Technology Center in St. Charles. Founder and...

O'Fallon Career and Education Fair scheduled.
April 7, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Businesses and educational institutions are invited to exhibit at the O'Fallon Career and Education Fair, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, at O'Fallon Municipal...

St. Peters chamber to hold home, garden show.
April 7, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The St. Peters Chamber of Commerce will hold the 12th annual Home and Garden Show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 24, at St. Peters City...

Missouri Chamber of Commerce encourages passage of sales tax holiday.
April 7, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry applauded the Missouri House of Representatives for passing House Bill 64, which would make the Missouri Sales Tax Holiday an annual event. The chamber...

Assist-2-Sell in St. Peters in top 20 percent.
April 7, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Susan Nagel, owner/broker of an Assist-2-Sell real estate franchise based in the Economic Development Center of St. Charles County was recently recognized as one of the top 20 percent performing...

Premier Bank hires commercial loan specialist at St. Peters branch.
April 7, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Jodi Baldwin has joined Premier Bank as commercial loan specialist. Baldwin will be located at the 22,000-square-foot banking center being built at 4 Richmond Center Court in St. Peters, and she...

NetLogic hires director of channel sales for St. Louis market.
April 7, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff NetLogic, a local telecommunications company, has appointed Stacey Wright as its director of channel sales for its St. Louis market. Wright received a bachelor's degree in communications from the...

Christopher M. Perry opens new office at SSM St. Joseph Health Center.
April 7, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Christopher M. Perry, D.O., family practice, opened a new office April 1 at SSM St. Joseph Health Center, located in Suite 409 of the Medical Office Building 2 on First Capitol Drive in St. Charles....

Russian Delegation of Public Health visits Bridgeway Counseling in St. Louis, St. Charles.
April 7, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The World Affairs Council, through a grant from the State Department, arranged for Russian Delegation of Public Health professionals from Chelyabinsk to tour Bridgeway Counseling Services' St....

Community Living Inc. to honor retired president of SSM St. Joseph.
April 7, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The 2005 recipient of the annual Community Living Inc. Legacy Award is retired SSM St. Joseph President Kevin F. Kast. The award will be presented at Community Living's sixth annual Legacy Ball on...

Missouri Supreme Court finds Web site posting not official rule.
April 7, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess With more governmental agencies posting information on Web sites, how closely should the public follow that information? Can agencies enforce the rules they post there if they cite Missouri law? In a decision handed...

American Bar Association releases disciplinary stats.
April 7, 2005... Byline: Emily Umbright The 26,883 attorneys with active licenses to practice law in the state of Missouri will be content to know that it's that time of year again. Not only tax time, but the season for the annual statistical report...

St. Louis reporting strong recent data to two nationwide real estate reports.
April 8, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess Good news coming out of two reports issued in March. In the latest Federal Reserve's Beige Book, which collected nationwide data from the first two months of 2005, Missouri in particular came out of winter well, with...

Fair or not, REITs take brunt of hikes in federal interest rates.
April 8, 2005... Byline: Jen DeGregorio (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication.) When the Federal Reserve raises or talks about raising interest rates, some investors sell their real estate...

Commentary: Buyers/renters in the legal profession beware.
April 8, 2005... Byline: Chirs Wirken I've repeatedly heard that buying a house is a person/couple's biggest investment of their lifetime. But with the variety of options now available, what should you look for? What is best for you? Some young...

Existing-home sales slip in February, reports National Association of Realtors.
April 8, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Existing-home sales slipped in February but remained above year-ago levels, while home prices rose at double-digit rates, according to the National Association of Realtors. Total existing-home...

Mortgage Bankers Association reports delinquencies, foreclosures down in fourth quarter.
April 8, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The fourth-quarter 2004 National Delinquency Survey, released by the Mortgage Bankers Association, shows that the seasonally adjusted delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential...

Survey finds construction industry employment rising.
April 8, 2005... Byline: Jen DeGregorio (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication.) Thanks to a boom in residential housing, the $1 trillion construction industry is among the biggest drivers of...

Carol, Michael Staenberg establish Staenberg Family Foundation.
April 8, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Michael Staenberg, president of THF Realty, and his wife, Carol, have donated $5 million in assets to create the Staenberg Family Foundation. The nonprofit, philanthropic organization will assist more...

Governor of Missouri attends ground breaking for automotive supply manufacturer's new facility.
April 8, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt helped break ground in Washington, Mo., for an automotive supply manufacturer that will employ 200 area residents within three years and invest $26 million in Missouri's...

MECO Engineering Co. Inc. of Hannibal, Mo. celebrates company's 20th anniversary.
April 8, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff MECO Engineering Co. Inc. of Hannibal, Mo., announced the celebration of the company's 20th anniversary as a civil/structural engineering and land surveying firm. It provides engineering and surveying...

Progress seen in preventing construction accidents while on the job.
April 8, 2005... Byline: Sean Ryan (This article originally ran in The Daily Reporter, Milwaukee, WI, another Dolan Media publication.) The Bureau of Labor Statistics Wednesday reported the construction industry accounted for 155,420 of the 1.3 million...

Now that St. Charles Convention Center is open for business, will groups use the facility?
April 9, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask After almost two decades of planning and close to two years of actual construction, the St. Charles Convention Center is ready to open its doors for business. Approximately 700 were scheduled to attend Thursday's...

Recent legislation may help offset Missouri Dept. of Economic Development budget cuts.
April 9, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask The Missouri Department of Economic Development, like many agencies in state government, has to contend with deep budget cuts this year. But that doesn't mean the business climate in Missouri has been irretrievably...

Convention centers seldom support elevated expectations, warns political science professor.
April 9, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon For several years, there was one hardware store in the small community of Antlers, Okla. Having the only such business within a 20-mile radius, the proprietor of that establishment was able to make a reasonable living in...

Board of Directors of Missouri EnergyCare Inc. announces election of three members.
April 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Board of Directors of Missouri EnergyCare Inc. elected Sr. Jacqueline Dillon, CSJ, to its membership. Sister Jackie, a member of the St. Louis-based Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondolet, will serve a...

Westin St. Louis names P. Alice Fay as director of catering.
April 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Westin St. Louis has named P. Alice Fay as the director of catering. In her new position, Fay is responsible for catering sales for social, corporate, wedding and kosher markets. She also coordinates...

Sabrina D. Merritt joins St. Louis office of Evans & Dixon L.L.C. as an associate.
April 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Sabrina D. Merritt has joined Evans & Dixon L.L.C. as an associate in the firm's workers' compensation practice. Based in the firm's St. Louis office, Merritt represents major insurance carriers and...

Mark B. Hillis joins Clayton law firm of Carmody MacDonald P.C. as partner.
April 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Mark B. Hillis, a former managing partner at Bryan Cave, has joined the growing Clayton law firm of Carmody MacDonald P.C. as partner. Hillis brings more than 30 years of legal experience to the business...

Paul Arthur joins St. Louis-based Drone & Mueller and Associates as a brand manager.
April 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Paul Arthur has joined Drone & Mueller and Associates as brand manager with its St. Louis' Best E program currently launched with the new stlBestE.Com Web site. A native of South Africa, Arthur brings a...

Keli Welch joins St. Louis-based Brown Smith Wallace L.L.C. as administrative associate.
April 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Keli Welch joins Brown Smith Wallace L.L.C. as an administrative associate. In addition to providing administrative support to the tax and accounting services group and the audit group, Welch will...

Interview with owner of Geery's Bed & Breakfast in St. Charles.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Wm. Stage Nestled on tree-lined North Fifth Street in historic Frenchtowne, Geery's Bed & Breakfast is American Foursquare, Colonial Revival style on the outside and lavishly Victorian on the inside, featuring both a ladies' parlor...

Daily Record Justice Award Winner: Beverly Beimdiek.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Emily Umbright Growing up in a legal household, Beverly Beimdiek knew from day one she wanted to be an attorney. "It was something that I always wanted to do. Even probably when I was in high school, I knew this was what I...

Daily Record Citizenship Award Winner: Mildred "Milly" Cohn.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess Activists aren't born, some say, rather they are made. Mildred "Milly" Cohn certainly reflects that sentiment. Through her tireless work promoting the causes of equal rights and justice, she not only shaped the court...

Daily Record Woman of the Year Winner: Mary Anne Sedey.
April 11, 2005... Byline: Donna Walter It all started with the women's movement. In the early 1970s, Mary Anne Sedey, the 2005 Daily Record Woman Lawyer of the Year, was a graduate student in the urban affairs program at Washington University and an...

St. Charles County to be nation's first totally wireless area.
April 12, 2005... Byline: Robin Seaton Jefferson St. Charles County could become the first totally wireless Internet county in the nation, another step toward being a nationally renowned community. That's the message business leaders in the county are...

Owner of unique teddy-bear-making business in St. Louis shares her story with college students.
April 12, 2005... Byline: Amy Amour Last week, a local entrepreneur donated her time and shared her experience of opening a unique teddy-bear-making business during a time when anything but the Internet was considered a risk. "The only kind of business...

Business plan writing offered by Missouri business development groups.
April 12, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Missouri Small Business Development Centers, the St. Charles County Economic Development Center and the University of Missouri Extension Centers will host "The Basics of Writing a Business...

Reducing high school dropout rate in Missouri could generate higher wages.
April 12, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Increasing the number of high school graduates in Missouri could significantly raise wages, resulting in a healthier state economy, according to calculations by Washington, D.C.-based research...

U.S. Supreme Court says age bias plaintiffs can sue for 'disparate impact'.
April 12, 2005... Byline: Reni Gertner (This article originally ran in Lawyers Weekly USA, Boston, MA, another Dolan Media publication.) Plaintiffs who claim that an employer's practices had a disparate impact on older workers can sue for age...

MO Court of Appeals rules statute forces vacation of child support award.
April 12, 2005... Byline: Denise G. Callahan In a remarkable move, a member of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, offered the state legislature advice on how to fix a flawed law, after the court was forced to ostensibly take a college...

St. Charles Convention Center opens on time, under budget.
April 13, 2005... Byline: Amy Amour While it took many years of discussion to get started, construction of the 154,000-square-foot, two-story St. Charles Convention Center was completed early and under budget. Paric Corp., general contractor for the...

Hispanic Expo travels to Wentzville.
April 13, 2005... Byline: James Monahan The city of Wentzville will host the Hispanic Expo 2005 on Thursday, May 26, at the Holiday Inn, 900 Corporate Parkway. The event will provide a venue for the Hispanic business community to connect with other...