St. Charles County Business Record, MO articles from December 2004

St. Charles County Business Record, MO archives from December 2004

O'Fallon reports healthy manufacturing base in city.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Mike Trask Reports of the demise of American manufacturers have been greatly exaggerated - at least in O'Fallon. A recent report on the state of the city's manufacturers shows that a substantial majority expects to increase...

Changes to federal contracts could affect St. Charles County businesses.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Erin Conroy Changes in the federal government's policies on awarding contracts to small and women-owned businesses could affect companies in St. Charles County. Currently, the federal government has established a goal of...

St. Charles branch of A.G. Edwards turns into donation drop site.
December 1, 2004... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The St. Charles branch of A.G. Edwards is one of four locations in St. Charles County that will be accepting gifts of canned food, clothing and toys as part of the Salvation Army's annual holiday...

St. Charles Police awarded traffic grants for 2005.
December 1, 2004... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The St. Charles Police Department was recently awarded three Traffic Safety Grants from the Missouri Department of Transportation Division of Highway Safety. Grant money was awarded to various...

PRIDE of St. Louis publishes fifth edition of construction manual.
December 1, 2004... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff PRIDE of St. Louis Inc. published the fifth edition of its Careers in Construction manual. The handbook highlights career opportunities for skilled workers and describes entry-level requirements,...

Commentary: 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejects recent rulings, revives racial bias claims.
December 1, 2004... Byline: Marshall H. Tanick (This article originally ran in Minnesota Lawyer, Minneapolis, MN, another Dolan Media publication). It's relatively rare for juries and judges in Minnesota and surrounding states to find racial...

St. Louis County Bar Association to hold annual luncheon, elections.
December 1, 2004... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The St. Louis County Bar Association will hold its annual State of the Bench and Bar luncheon on Friday, Dec. 10, at the Radisson Hotel in Clayton. The election of officers and the executive...

Applicants sought for vacancy on St. Louis City circuit court.
December 1, 2004... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The 22nd Judicial Circuit Commission (St. Louis City) announced Monday that it is now accepting applications for the position of circuit judge. The vacancy is created by the appointment of Judge...

Award of litigation expenses erroneous in visitation suit, MO Court of Appeals says.
December 2, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy A circuit court erred in awarding $2,500 to a father for litigation expenses, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, ruled, remanding and entering a new judgment for expenses owed to the father....

Gov. Bob Holden's chief of staff resigns.
December 2, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Jane Dueker, chief of staff for Gov. Bob Holden, is rejoining Stinson Morrison Hecker L.L.P. in its St. Louis office. Her resignation was effective Nov. 30. Dueker, the first woman to hold the...

Lake Saint Louis-based NetLogic secures $1 million.
December 2, 2004... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady Lake Saint Louis-based NetLogic Inc. announced last week that it secured $1 million in venture capital from St. Louis-based Gateway Associates. In addition to the Gateway investment, St. Charles-based...

St. Charles-based LMI Aerospace signs credit agreement with Wells Fargo.
December 2, 2004... Byline: Mike Trask LMI Aerospace Inc. has signed a three-year financing agreement amounting to more than $26 million with Wells Fargo Business Credit Inc. The financing deal includes a revolving loan of up to $18 million, a $4.72...

St. Charles-based Sommer & Worsham CPAs relocates office.
December 2, 2004... Byline: Amy Amour Sommer & Worsham CPAs, a local certified public accounting firm, has relocated its office half a block down the street to attain more than three times the office space. Sommer & Worsham were previously housed in a...

St. Charles-based eWomenNetwork to hold monthly meeting.
December 2, 2004... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff eWomenNetwork will hold its monthly meeting at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 16, at Whitmoor Country Club in St. Charles. The keynote speaker will be Jeanene Volmert, a professional presenter,...

Human resources group releases survey results.
December 2, 2004... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Society for Human Resource Management released the results of its 2004 U.S. Job Recovery and Retention Survey it performed on randomly selected SHRM members, yielding 389 responses from HR...

Conditions for small business continues to improve.
December 2, 2004... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Office of Advocacy for the U.S. Small Business Administration released the findings of a report that indicated economic conditions for small businesses were improving in the third quarter. As...

Missouri Education Briefs: December 3, 2004.
December 3, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Planning Reform in the New Century On Friday, Dec. 3, and Saturday, Dec. 4, Washington University School of Law will host "Planning Reform in the New Century," featuring keynote speakers Rep. Marcy...

HOK of St. Louis designs cost-effective correctional center.
December 3, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The new Jefferson City Correctional Center is now home to nearly 1,400 Missouri inmates. The maximum-security facility, which opened in September, replaces the storied Missouri State Penitentiary. Built...

Mortgage Bankers Association backing veterans benefits.
December 3, 2004... Byline: Mike Nixon The Mortgage Bankers Association voiced approval to the House of Representatives passage of an updated Veterans Benefits Improvement Act just hours before legislators adjourned for the Thanksgiving holiday. Passed by...

St. Louis-based Leonard Masonry Inc. receives national recognition.
December 3, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Leonard Masonry Inc. has received an Honor Award and a Merit Award for craftsmanship from the St. Louis AIA/CPC. The St. Louis-based masonry contractor also was honored for Best Residential Building in...

Edward Ehret Jr. rejoins Gray Design Group in St. Louis.
December 3, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Edward J. Ehret Jr. returns to Gray Design after three years with an Illinois design firm. He previously worked at Gray Design from 2000-2001 as a project associate. As part of Gray's design team,...

Cushman & Wakefield's Joe McGauley named director of Missouri Assn. of Realtors.
December 3, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Cushman & Wakefield's Joe McGauley was named a statewide director of the Missouri Association of Realtors for a three-year term, with specific emphasis on commercial and industrial real estate matters....

Thomas A. Stevenson joins Clayco Construction as assistant superintendent.
December 3, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Clayco Construction Co. has added Thomas Arnez Stevenson as an assistant superintendent. Stevenson brings more than 16 years of construction and project management experience to Clayco. In his new...

Paul J. Donnelly joins St. Louis office of Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc.
December 3, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Paul J. Donnelly, FAIA, P.E., has joined the St. Louis office of Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. in the firm's Science + Technology Group. In his new position, Donnelly is collaborating on the...

8th Circuit rules railroad employees can sue in state court over disputed drug testing.
December 3, 2004... Byline: Emily Umbright In a railroad case of a different nature, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that two railroad employees could present common-law claims against their employer and a lab that allegedly produced...

Dean Seligman to depart Washington University School of Law.
December 3, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff St. Louis is losing a great legal scholar next year as Joel Seligman, dean of Washington University School of Law and the Ethan A.H. Shepley University Professor, has accepted the position as the...

St. Louis construction council addresses problem of technology when collaborating on projects.
December 3, 2004... Byline: Erin Suess "They use Constructware? But we're using Bricsnet, and the subcontractors are using Buildpoint!" Does this conversation sound familiar to you? It does to many in the construction industry, and the St. Louis Council...

Mortgage applications hit a seasonal decline, according to banker assn. survey.
December 3, 2004... Byline: Mike Nixon Mortgage applications have declined in the fourth quarter and reflect a seasonal pattern and overall slowdown, according to the latest mortgage application survey released last week by the Mortgage Bankers Association....

Mortgage Bankers Assn. offers expanded residential underwriting certification.
December 3, 2004... Byline: Mike Nixon The Mortgage Bankers Association is expanding its educational opportunities by offering both MBA members and nonmembers a new advanced designation of Certified Residential Underwriting for residential real estate....

Tony's Barber Shop moves to Kingshighway in St. Charles.
December 3, 2004... Byline: James Monahan For some Italians, barbering is in the blood. The owner of Tony's Barber Shop in St. Charles is one good example. His name is Anthony Lohagen, but he says everyone just calls him Tony, a moniker he prefers. In...

St. Charles County-based Wahoo Marine Sales named Gibson Houseboat dealer.
December 3, 2004... Byline: Amy Amour As a third-generation boat owner who purchased his first boat at age 14, boating has been in Scott Bachman's blood his entire life. Bachman has since owned a multitude of different kinds of boats and has made a business...

GM Corp. posts vehicle deliveries for month of November.
December 3, 2004... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff In its monthly report, released on Wednesday, General Motors Corp. showed an increase in sales of vehicles manufactured at the General Motor Assembly Plant in Wentzville. GM reported it sold 8,315...

Boeing's 100,000th JDAM celebration in St. Charles attracts officials.
December 3, 2004... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., attended a ceremony on Thursday at the Boeing plant in St. Charles County celebrating the plant's 100,000th delivery of Joint Direct Attack Munition kits to the United...

Brown Smith Wallace L.L.C. in St. Charles starts nonprofit division.
December 3, 2004... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Brown Smith Wallace L.L.C. in St. Charles has decided to open a nonprofit practice division to meet the needs of the growing number of nonprofit agencies in the region. The accounting firm has...

First Bank promotes two at its St. Charles office.
December 3, 2004... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff First Bank announced the promotion of Kurt Beanblossom to senior vice president, St. Louis commercial banking division, and the promotion of Christy Mundy to commercial loan officer. Both will be...

Anderson joins Brown Smith Wallace as risk manager.
December 3, 2004... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Jay Anderson, CPA, CISA, has joined Brown Smith Wallace L.L.C. as a manager in the risk services practice. Anderson is responsible for carrying out information technology audits of complex...

St. Charles resident Richard J. Schaefer named PRIDE owner co-chairman.
December 3, 2004... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff St. Charles resident Richard J. Schaefer has been named owner co-chairman of PRIDE of St. Louis Inc., the nation's first and oldest voluntary construction industry labor-management organization. He...

O'Fallon wins two International Festival & Events Assn. Pinnacle Awards.
December 3, 2004... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The city of O'Fallon is the recipient of two awards from the International Festival & Events Association competition, the Haas & Wilkerson Pinnacle Awards. Sponsored by Haas & Wilkerson Insurance,...

Rick Whisman joins RBC Mortgage at its Chesterfield Valley location.
December 3, 2004... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff RBC Mortgage has announced the addition of Rick Whisman, a Wentzville resident, to its staff as a residential lending officer. In his new position, Whisman will be working from RBC Mortgage's...

O'Fallon, St. Peters, and Wentzville chambers hold ribbon cutting ceremonies.
December 3, 2004... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff On Monday, Nov. 15, the O'Fallon Chamber of Commerce and city officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Curves of O'Fallon Northside, located at 621 N. Main in O'Fallon. Its owner is Theresa...

Holiday shopping starts with assurances and little surprise.
December 3, 2004... Byline: Mike Nixon It was really no surprise that the extended Thanksgiving weekend proved successful for retailers. Yet the components in this surge of consumer confidence do offer insight as to where and how holiday shoppers in 2004 have...

Five court divisions in St. Louis City switch to individual docketing.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Donna Walter In January, five judges of the 22nd Judicial Circuit will begin an experiment that's expected to pave the way for individual docketing for the entire circuit court. Judges Robert H. Dierker Jr., Joan Burger,...

Homebuilders bring wrong relief for nuisance claim, MO Court of Appeals rules.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy Two home developers asserting claims against a city for ballpark lights that shined into neighborhood homes they developed will have a second chance to state the proper claim of relief in their case. ...

St. Charles County, region face critical challenges, officials say.
December 6, 2004... Byline: Mike Trask The computer age has brought with it a great deal of benefits but also presents a significant challenge to local government. So says St. Charles County Executive Joe Ortwerth, one of three speakers Friday at Premier...

Park Place fills need for senior housing in O'Fallon's WingHaven.
December 6, 2004... Byline: James Monahan WingHaven in O'Fallon bills itself as a mixed-use community, but until now, there has been no housing there designed specifically for senior citizens. That's about to change. McEagle Development and First Capital...

Beneficiary deed invalid, MO Court of Appeals rules.
December 7, 2004... Byline: Erin Suess One man's death altered his family irrevocably, leaving a wife and a stepson embroiled in a legal battle over a trust sorted out by a divided Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, the majority of which found...

Survey shows compensation for in-house attorneys rising.
December 7, 2004... Byline: Daily Record Staff According to the Altman Weil Law Department Compensation Benchmarking Survey of U.S. corporate law departments, published in partnership with the Association of Corporate Counsel, 2004 showed an increase in total...

The Corner Bar & Grill in St. Charles offers good food, low prices.
December 7, 2004... Byline: James Monahan There's no big secret to the success of The Corner Bar & Grill in St. Charles. Proprietor Vicki Rayfield puts it succinctly: low prices, good food, good service and the cutest bartenders in Missouri. That...

Home Showcase Design Center in St. Charles holds open house.
December 7, 2004... Byline: Amy Amour More than 3,000 people from St. Charles County visited the Home Showcase & Design Center, located at 1696 Country Club Plaza, over the weekend to help celebrate the company's grand opening. The Home Showcase & Design...

St. Charles Community College, Robert Half Technology to present free IT seminar.
December 7, 2004... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff St. Charles Community College and Robert Half Technology Inc. will offer a free seminar on the state of the information technology field at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 13, in room 101 of the Technology...

Federal grant awarded to Duckett Creek Sanitary District.
December 7, 2004... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Omnibus Appropriations bill approved by Congress has allocated $247,925 to Duckett Creek Sanitary District for wastewater infrastructure improvements. The money comes in addition to $750,000...

Trial court had jurisdiction to enforce back-pay order, MO Court of Appeals finds.
December 8, 2004... Byline: Emily Umbright A St. Charles County trial court has jurisdiction to determine the enforcement of a commission's back-pay order, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, said Tuesday, attributing the delay in the employee's...

Ford layoffs hit 120 St. Charles County residents.
December 8, 2004... Byline: Mike Trask Approximately 120 St. Charles County residents are among the more than 900 workers who will be laid off next month from Ford Motor Co.'s St. Louis Assembly Plant in Hazelwood, according to Don Holt, executive director of...

Crooked Tree Coffee House readies new St. Charles digs.
December 8, 2004... Byline: James Monahan Currently, the sounds and smells at The Crooked Tree Coffee House's new St. Charles location aren't from espresso machines and freshly brewed coffees but rather from power tools and fresh paint. However, that will all...

St. Charles Convention Center progressing, events scheduled.
December 8, 2004... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Construction of the new 154,000-square-foot, multifunctional St. Charles Convention is on schedule, according to facilities manager Global Spectrum. The center is enclosed, the heat is on, and work...

Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital increases efficiencies as patient volume rises.
December 8, 2004... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital Emergency Department has seen a record number of patients this fall, and to ensure patient care continues to run smoothly, the hospital is adding some equipment and...

Home Builders Assn. of Missouri elects president.
December 8, 2004... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff S. Richards Bruno, president of St. Louis-based Bruno Homes, has been elected president of the Home Builders Association of Missouri. His term will expire in 2006. Bruno previously served as...

St. Charles Community College signs transfer agreements with Truman State University.
December 9, 2004... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff St. Charles Community College and Truman State University finalized 33 articulation and credit transfer agreements Monday, Dec. 6, that will allow SCC students who complete an associate's degree to...

Economic Development Center of St. Charles County may catch a break with funding.
December 9, 2004... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady It looks like St. Charles County Council will continue to help fund the Economic Development Center of St. Charles County after all. Despite an agreement last month among five St. Charles County Council...

Scarab Printing Arts survived test of time, technology in St. Charles.
December 9, 2004... Byline: Amy Amour After buying a printing company in 1976, husband and wife Greg and Marge Greenwald have seen technology change the image of the printing industry. And after 29 years in the business, the printing company has seen the test...

Bridgeway Counseling to provide detoxification services in St. Louis.
December 9, 2004... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff St. Charles-based Bridgeway Counseling Services, a nonprofit treatment organization, acquired a contract from the Department of Mental Health to provide medical alcohol and drug detoxification...

MO Supreme Court finds couple failed to follow requirements in demand letter.
December 9, 2004... Byline: Emily Umbright A couple seeking a 10 percent penalty for a mortgage company's failure to timely release their deed of trust did not follow statutory requirements in their demand letter, the Missouri Supreme Court held Tuesday in a...

MO Court of Appeals says dismissal of property dispute lawsuit was reversible error.
December 9, 2004... Byline: Erin Suess A trial court's abrupt dismissal of a case with no explanation left the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, little choice but to send the case back for the trial court to finish what it started. Judy...

Court did not err in allowing jury instruction, MO Court of Appeals finds.
December 9, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, did not reverse a jury verdict in favor of a railroad company in a case involving personal injuries sustained while a railroad employee was on the job. ...

Traffic stop search and seizure ruled unlawful by MO Court of Appeals.
December 10, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Mitchum Murphy A search and seizure at a routine traffic stop which produced evidence that resulted in the conviction of a man as a persistent drug offender was unlawful, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District,...

Plaintiff gets second chance to seek damages in law suit over injuries from electrocution.
December 10, 2004... Byline: Emily Umbright A man allegedly electrocuted by Union Electric power lines will have a second chance to seek damages from the electric company for a series of injuries triggered by the shock, the Missouri Supreme Court held Tuesday...

David L. Hoven appointed to fill 20th Circuit associate judgeship.
December 10, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Gov. Bob Holden announced on Wednesday the appointment of David L. Hoven of Pacific, Mo., as associate circuit judge for the 20th Judicial Circuit in Union, Mo. Hoven replaces Associate Circuit...

Missouri investors see real estate as attractive alternative to Wall Street.
December 10, 2004... Byline: Mike Nixon Many investors were burnt by the dot-com bubble burst during the immediate years of the latest century change, so they began looking for other places to put their money. Some might have considered taking a lesson from...

Home prices outpace other costs across country.
December 10, 2004... Byline: Mike Nixon The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight announced last week that average home prices increased nearly 13 percent from the third quarter of 2003 to the third quarter of this year - surpassing the pace of any...

Missouri to encounter the 'Great Escape' experience.
December 10, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Work has begun on Missouri's first "Great Escape" movie theater. The 14-screen theater will debut in fall 2005 at McEagle's $40 million Caledonia lifestyle retail center bordering WingHaven[R] in...

Clayco Real Estate's St. Louis office hires project director.
December 10, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff In his new position as a project director, Matt Prickett is responsible for the planning, marketing and administration of real estate development projects for Clayco Real Estate. With more than five...

St. Louis-based Coldwell Banker Commercial adds sales, leasing associate.
December 10, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Coldwell Banker Commercial CRA L.L.C. has added Michael A. Zangara as a sales and leasing associate. In his new position, Zangara utilizes his marketing background to locate, facilitate and negotiate the...

St. Louis-based Christner adds architect, urban designer to staff.
December 10, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff William G. McCuen Jr., LEED AP, has joined Christner as an architect and urban designer for higher education, campus planning and urban design. His professional commitment to design excellence and...

St. Louis-based Murphy Co. names new human resource director.
December 10, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Kathy Johnson has been promoted to human resources director at Murphy Co., the St. Louis area's largest mechanical contractor. Making the announcement was James J. Murphy Jr., chief executive officer....

PRIDE of St. Louis Inc. names owner co-chairman.
December 10, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Richard J. Schaefer has been named owner co-chairman of PRIDE of St. Louis Inc., the nation's first and oldest voluntary construction industry labor-management organization. He joins Gerald T. Feldhaus,...

Sunset Hills-based Cole & Associates honored by trade publication.
December 10, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Cole & Associates Inc., a planning, engineering, surveying and landscape architecture firm based in Sunset Hills, Mo., has been selected by Civil Engineering News as one of the 2004 Best Civil...

St. Louis-based Ascent Corp. expands.
December 10, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Ascent Corp. has moved to expanded headquarters at 9643 Olive St. Road in St. Louis. "Our expansion reflects the continuing maturation of the company and our desire to serve clients in the most...

St. Louis-based Ascent Corp. to provide tech support to Greystone Partners.
December 10, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Greystone Partners Inc., a commercial real estate services company, has selected Ascent Corp. to provide technical support to its information technology systems at its offices at 8047 Litzsinger Road in...

MO's Horner & Shifrin undergoes leadership transition.
December 10, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Horner & Shifrin's board of directors announced the firm's first major leadership transition in 16 years and only the fourth in the company's 71-year history. Len Kirberg, P.E., who has served as...

St. Paul Travelers relocates its MO office to West Port Plaza.
December 10, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff St. Paul Travelers Cos., one of the largest property/casualty insurance firms in the area, has moved its headquarters and field offices to West Port Plaza in Maryland Heights, Mo. The firm leased 50,000...

Paric Corp. is rolling ahead on St. Charles convention center.
December 10, 2004... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff While Paric Corp. advances the construction of the new $49 million St Charles Convention Center in St. Charles, Mo., reports are that 26 events have already been lured to the new venue. The facility,...

Report plays up impact of creative industries on Missouri economy.
December 10, 2004... Byline: Mike Trask Those starving artists you keep hearing about may be more important to the economy than you think. "Creative industries have a substantial effect on the Missouri economy," states a new report by the Missouri Economic...

W.W. Grainger Inc. branches out in St. Charles County.
December 10, 2004... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff W.W. Grainger Inc., the nation's leading distributor of facilities maintenance supplies with sales of $4.7 billion in 2003, will open a new branch store at 9 Commerce Drive in O'Fallon near the...

St. Charles-based Harmony Inside & Out to offer programs in January.
December 10, 2004... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Harmony Inside & Out, a holistic health & Feng Shui consulting company owned by Linda Binns, will hold a series of programs in the month of January. The programs include "Transitions, Life Balance...