St. Charles County Business Record, MO articles from December 2006

St. Charles County Business Record, MO archives from December 2006

Farmer class action seeks Missouri venue.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Allison Retka Despite the icy rain pouring outside the Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse, several lawyers argued Thursday morning that Missouri is the most desirable venue for a national class-action suit against Bayer...

Univ. of Missouri-St. Louis coach posts $1.2M win over university.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Donna Walter Chalk up another win for University of Missouri-St. Louis baseball coach James Brady. The coach's win, however, means a loss for the university and two of its employees -- to the tune of more than $1.2 million. On...

Commentary: 'Tis the season for slip and fall suits.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Will Connaghan "Yes, the newspapers were right: Snow was general all over Ireland. It was falling on every part of the dark central plain, on the treeless hills, falling softly upon the Bog of Allen and, farther westward, softly...

Courtney M. Brunsfield joins Missouri-based Lashly & Baer PC.
December 2, 2006... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Courtney M. Brunsfeld has joined Lashly & Baer PC as an associate. Brunsfeld holds a JD from Washington University School of Law and will focus her practice in government and school law. She...

Ten Lashly & Baer lawyers named 2006 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers.
December 2, 2006... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Ten Lashly & Baer PC lawyers were named as 2006 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers by their peers. They are John Fox Arnold, Judith C. Brostron, Kenneth C. Brostron, Kevin L. Fritz, Stefan J....

Missouri-based Husch & Eppenberger names eight new associates to the firm's St. Louis office.
December 2, 2006... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Husch & Eppenberger LLC has named eight new associates to the firm's St. Louis office. Melissa Z. Baris practices in the appellate and complex litigation support group and the general...

Robert B. Gallin joins Missouri-based Carmody MacDonald PC.
December 2, 2006... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Robert B. Gallin has joined Carmody MacDonald PC as Firm Administrator. He joins the firm with more than 14 years of law office administration, including the management of daily operations,...

St. Louis-based Midwest BankCentre promotes Henry Watkins to executive vice president of operations.
December 2, 2006... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Henry Watkins was promoted to executive vice president of operations at Midwest BankCentre and is now responsible for spanning information systems, deposit operations, loan operations and...

Businesses pay for St. Charles County parks system.
December 4, 2006... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady Many agree that parks are an essential part of a community's makeup. But there's considerable evidence they also can spur economic development. It is natural to assume that businesses harbor an interested in...

Transportation dominates St. Charles County executive's list of priorities.
December 4, 2006... Byline: Mike Trask When Joe Ortwerth first ran for the office of St. Charles County executive more than 12 years ago, transportation issues dominated his campaign. Now, as he prepares to leave that office, Ortwerth says leaders must...

Demand for carpooling in the St. Louis region rises even as gas prices fall.
December 4, 2006... Byline: Amy Armour With limited mass transit available to help transport workers to or from jobs in St. Charles County, RideFinders offers an alternative to commuters. "There's really no [mass] transportation in St. Charles County, and a...

St. Louis region retail business keeps it together.
December 4, 2006... Byline: Amy Armour Ann Hazelwood doesn't like to think about how long she's been in business. But her longevity shows her success in a difficult industry in which many small businesses failed to survive. This year Hazelwood celebrates the...

MO's 63304 ZIP code makes magazine's affordable suburb list.
December 4, 2006... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff BusinessWeek.com recently ranked the portion of St. Charles County included in the 63304 ZIP code as one of its "25 Best Affordable Suburbs in the U.S." The ZIP code includes all or parts of...

St. Charles-based Quilogy promotes Chandak to president.
December 4, 2006... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff St. Charles-based Quilogy recently promoted Manish Chandak to president. He will be responsible for the strategic and operational leadership of Quilogy's sales and delivery teams, the company...

SBA names St Charles business owner to regulatory board.
December 4, 2006... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff The U.S. Small Business Administration has appointed local business owner Joe Balsarotti to its Region 7 Regulatory Fairness Board. Balsarotti has operated a software business in St. Peters...

Midwest BankCentre in St. Charles promotes Watkins.
December 4, 2006... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Midwest BankCentre has promoted Henry Watkins of St. Charles to executive vice president of operations, with responsibilities spanning information systems, deposit operations, loan operations...

Sheltered workshop in St. Louis elects Fenton president.
December 4, 2006... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Industrial Aid Inc. has elected Suzanne Fenton of St. Charles as its president. The not-for-profit sheltered workshop, located at 4417 Oleatha Ave. in St. Louis, provides employment for about...

Foundry Art Centre in St. Charles elects board members.
December 4, 2006... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff The Foundry Art Centre in downtown St. Charles has elected its executive board members for the coming year. David Strautz, president of First State Bank in St. Charles, will serve as board...

CenterPointe Hospital execs honored.
December 4, 2006... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Drs. Azfar M. Malik and George Schoedinger III each received the Missourian Award during a recent ceremony in Jefferson City. Malik is CEO of CenterPointe Hospital in St. Charles County, and...

SSM labs in St. Charles, Wentzville receive accreditation.
December 4, 2006... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff The laboratories of SSM Health Care's hospitals in St. Charles and Wentzville have received accreditation by the Commission on Laboratory Accreditation of the College of American...

Pursifull joins St. Charles office of Brown Smith Wallace.
December 4, 2006... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff The accounting and consulting firm Brown Smith Wallace has hired Dena Pursifull of St. Charles as business intelligence developer in the risk management services group. Prior to joining the...

First Bank strikes ATM pact with Walgreens in the St. Louis region.
December 4, 2006... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff First Bank says it will have the second-largest distribution channel among banks in the St. Louis region following an ATM-branding agreement with Walgreens, the country's largest pharmacy...

St. Charles Convention Center abolishes parking fee.
December 4, 2006... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff A joint committee that oversees operation of the St. Charles Convention Center has decided to abolish parking fees that had been charged to attendees of consumer shows at the facility. The...

St. Charles office of Schneider Real Estate launches new Web site.
December 4, 2006... Byline: Business Record Staff Schneider Real Estate last month launched a new, interactive Web site. The new site, www.SchneiderSells.com, maintains its existing domain name. Besides listings of homes for sale, there are links to...

Wentzville Chamber of Commerce to honor businesses.
December 4, 2006... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff The Wentzville Chamber of Commerce has announced the winners of its annual awards, to be presented next month. The Small Business of the Year award goes to Oasis Kwik Wash, while the chamber...

St. Charles chamber to hold Citizen of the Years gala.
December 4, 2006... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff The St. Charles Chamber of Commerce will hold it annual Citizen of the Years gala beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 2, at The Columns Banquet & Conference Center. The 2006 Citizen of the...

Karr named VP for Ellisville-based Friedla.
December 4, 2006... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff David Karr, a resident of Wildwood, has been named vice president for construction and land development at Friedla Development Group LLC. As VP, Karr is responsible for overseeing all...

Conrad opens Maryland Walk in downtown Clayton.
December 4, 2006... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Conrad Properties has opened Maryland Walk, a 17-story condominium building in downtown Clayton. In addition to 101 condominiums on floors two through 17, the $17 million project includes...

DESCO breaks ground in Belleville, IL.
December 4, 2006... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff The DESCO group has broken ground on Belleville Crossing, a $90 million retail and commercial development that will be anchored by the first Home Depot and Target stores in Belleville, Ill....

Kwame's Thompson honored 100 Black Men of Metropolitan St. Louis Inc.
December 4, 2006... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Kwame Building Group President Anthony Thompson has received a Corporate Executive Award from 100 Black Men of Metropolitan St. Louis Inc. Thompson received the award during the...

Flexibility added to new docket rules in St. Louis Circuit Court.
December 6, 2006... Byline: Allison Retka A final set of rules for the new docket system will be put to a vote Thursday in a meeting of St. Louis Circuit Court judges. Final-hour changes to the rules focused on creating more flexibility in case assignments...

Commentary: You can give time, money or food, but give.
December 6, 2006... Byline: Will Connaghan The holiday season is a time for giving. We give presents to our family and friends. We give warm greetings to our coworkers. And we give to help those who are less fortunate than ourselves. There are many worthy...

St. Louis newswoman Helen Thomas helps ACLU salute Bill of Rights.
December 8, 2006... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Don't forget: former White House Bureau Chief Helen Thomas and The Second City Touring Company are coming to St. Louis tonight as part of the ACLU of Eastern Missouri's 36th Annual Bill of...

Missouri judges to fight new child support system.
December 8, 2006... Byline: Allison Retka A parent and attorney from Seneca has taken the state's social services department to court, arguing that only a judge can approve changes to her child support agreement. The Missouri Attorney General's Office, on...

Survey to look at federal courtroom availability in Cape Girardeau.
December 12, 2006... Byline: Donna Walters A study will begin next month that has implications for any new federal courtroom construction that's being planned. "The presumption has been that courtrooms are over-built," said Judge John R. Tunheim, a district...

Two suits filed in St. Louis County Circuit Court over muscle car.
December 13, 2006... Byline: Allison Retka A fierce dispute over a revamped classic car has returned to St. Louis County Circuit Court for the second time in six months -- and the plaintiff still wants his wheels. Grant Dino, named in the suit as Gateway...

Commentary: Justice shouldn't waver on need for attorney privilege.
December 13, 2006... Byline: Will Connaghan Attorney-client privilege is one of the cornerstones of our justice system, but the Department of Justice has spent the past few years chipping away at it with a sledgehammer. In the wake of the Enron debacle and...

Correction.
December 13, 2006... Byline: Staff Report The article Survey to look at federal courtroom availability on the front page of the Dec. 12 paper inadvertently omitted giving credit to The Third Branch, the federal judiciary's newsletter, for information on the...

Verizon Wireless protests cell tax in St. Louis County Circuit Court.
December 14, 2006... Byline: Allison Retka In the newest round of tax disputes between Missouri cities and cell phone companies, an operator of Verizon Wireless has taken the tiny city of Wellston to court. The suit, filed Nov. 22 in St. Louis County Circuit...

MO AG Nixon sues Ameren over dam disaster.
December 14, 2006... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon filed suit Wednesday against Ameren for its alleged negligence in causing the massive breach of the Taum Sauk reservoir in Reynolds County. The suit, filed...

St. Louis County Circuit Court hits Countrywide Home Loans Inc. with $6.1M judgment.
December 14, 2006... Byline: Donna Walter Charging fees for preparing home-closing documents has cost Countrywide Home Loans Inc. more than $6.1 million. The judgment, for a total award of $6,150,966.59, was handed down in the class-action lawsuit last week by...

Condemnation hearing in St. Louis County Circuit Court examines 'blight' in the heart of Clayton.
December 15, 2006... Byline: Allison Retka Condemnation proceedings started Thursday morning in St. Louis County Circuit Court for some property owners in Clayton reluctant to give up their land in the name of redevelopment. The hearing before Judge James J....

Eminent domain debates abound.
December 15, 2006... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Use of eminent domain by communities has been controversial, particularly when it's done to benefit development plans by private companies. In June of last year, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld...

St. Louis-based grocery store chain sues Liberty Mutual over July outage.
December 15, 2006... Byline: Donna Walter A St. Louis-based grocery store chain and its insurance company are fighting in federal court about whether the damages the store suffered by the July power outage are covered in its policy. Dierbergs Markets suffered...

Commentary: What in God's name is happening?
December 15, 2006... Byline: Will Connaghan The holiday season is in full swing and I am not aware of anyone filing a lawsuit over any public holiday displays in Missouri. What is this world coming to? Maybe the governmental entities in our fair state know...

U.S. District judge gives preliminary OK to Edward Jones settlement.
December 15, 2006... Byline: Heather Cole U.S. District Judge Henry Autrey gave preliminary approval Dec. 12 to the settlement of nine class-action lawsuits against Edward Jones, one of several steps in a process that likely won't be finished until the end of...

Next month local advocates become lobbyists, according to MO law.
December 18, 2006... Byline: Mike Trask For years St. Charles attorney Keith Hazelwood has represented developers before local boards of aldermen or city councils, not thinking of himself as a lobbyist. But beginning next month the state of Missouri will. "Can...

St. Peters faces lawsuit regarding approval of Wal-Mart.
December 18, 2006... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady Size matters -- at least when it comes to approving commercial projects in the St. Peters special district, according to attorney Fred Berger of Rieman & Berger P.C. Berger said he plans to file a lawsuit against...

St. Peters faces lawsuit regarding approval of Wal-Mart.
December 18, 2006... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady Size matters -- at least when it comes to approving commercial projects in the St. Peters special district, according to attorney Fred Berger of Rieman & Berger P.C. Berger said he plans to file a lawsuit against...

Young but experienced Ashlee Johnson takes over Habitat chapter.
December 18, 2006... Byline: Mike Trask Ashlee Johnson of St. Charles is the new executive director of the Habitat for Humanity chapter in St. Charles County. Johnson started her new job last Monday. She replaces Arlene Hogue who retired several months ago. At...

"Excelling as a Manager or Supervisor" seminar held.
December 18, 2006... Byline: Amy Armour It's common knowledge that most employees will not stay with one company forever. However, there are some things managers can do to help slow down fast turnover rates, according to Pat McWard, president of the National...

Dr. Mark Hingst moves practice to New Town.
December 18, 2006... Byline: Business Record Staff Dr. Mark Hingst of SSM St. Charles Clinic Medical Group has relocated his office to the Center at New Town Boulevard, located at 3785 New Town Blvd. in St. Charles. Hingst offers primary care services for...

Three appointed to Midwest BankCentre board.
December 18, 2006... Byline: Business Record Staff Three new members have recently been added to the Midwest BankCentre's board of directors: Steven Tharpe, principal of Discovery Group LLC; William Cocos, president of William G. Cocos Plumbing Co. Inc.; and...

Cancer Society recognizes Sharon Lee for volunteer excellence.
December 18, 2006... Byline: Business Record Staff On Dec. 6, Sharon Lee, R.N., manager of the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital, received the American Cancer Society's Wendell G. Scott Memorial Award, which recognizes medical...

Carol Mangles wins local awards for infection-control efforts.
December 18, 2006... Byline: Business Record Staff Barnes-Jewish Healthcare recently honored Carol Mangles, R.N., an infection control specialist at Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital, with the Infection Control and Healthcare Epidemiology Consortium Outstanding...

St. Charles-based Snap Creative wins communications awards.
December 18, 2006... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Snap Creative, an image marketing company in St. Charles, received four international awards in the 2006 Creativity 36 annual competition. Creative 36 recognized Snap Creative for outstanding...

St. Charles Community College Foundation receives grant from US Bank.
December 18, 2006... Byline: Business Record Staff The St. Charles Community College Foundation received a $1,000 grant from US Bank to help support SCC's Artists-in-Residence program. The college's music department created the program earlier this year to...

Cuivre River awards $29,500 in scholarships.
December 18, 2006... Byline: Business Record Staff Fifty-nine students from Lincoln, Pike, St. Charles and Warren counties recently received a total of $29,5000 in scholarship awards from the Cuivre River Electric Community Trust. Scholarship funds are donated...

Glantz & Associates Architects receive multiple contracts.
December 18, 2006... Byline: Business Record Staff Glantz & Associates Architects Inc. received a contract from Johnson Homes for the architectural work on a custom-built home in Creve Coeur. The company also received a contract from Touchstone Homes, formerly...

THF Realty introduces first SuperTarget to Brighton.
December 18, 2006... Byline: Business Record Staff THF Realty has introduced the first SuperTarget to Brighton, Colo., as it advances it $500 million Prairie Center master development. As planned, the 1,887-acre, mixed-use development will have 3 million...

Ayele Belayneh joins Kwame Building Group as project engineer.
December 18, 2006... Byline: Business Record Staff Ayele Belayneh has joined Kwame Building Group as project engineer. Belayneh is responsible for preliminary study of sewer systems for the Metropolitan Sewer District. Belayneh has more than nine years of...

Michelle Noelke joins June Roesslein Interiors as design assistant.
December 18, 2006... Byline: Business Record Staff Michelle Noelke has joined June Roesslein Interiors as a design assistant in the model-home division. In her new position, Noelke assists interior merchandisers in selection of model- home furnishings. Noelke...

Walton Construction completes four MetroLink stations.
December 18, 2006... Byline: Business Record Staff Walton Construction, in joint venture with Mosley Construction, completed the finishes on four MetroLink light-rail stations in St. Louis County: Big Bend, Maplewood, Central and Shrewsbury stations. The $7.3...

Kwame Constructors completing historic renovation at university.
December 18, 2006... Byline: Business Record Staff Kwame Constructors is completing a $2 million interior renovation at Macelwane Hall, located at 3507 Laclede Avenue on the campus of Saint Louis University. The project includes renovation of laboratory space,...

Murphy Co. ranked 10th largest contractor in nation.
December 18, 2006... Byline: Business Record Staff Murphy Co. Mechanical Contractors & Engineers is now among the nation's top 10 specialty contractors, according to a national survey by Engineering News-Record magazine. In October, Murphy Co. was listed in...

Whittaker Homes HQ moves to New Town.
December 18, 2006... Byline: Mike Trask Whittaker Homes Inc., the developer of the New Town community in St. Charles, has moved its headquarters there from St. Peters. The 20,000-square-foot facility, located at 3333-4 Rue Royale, will house some 400...

St. Charles County Executive-elect to announce new head of economic development.
December 18, 2006... Byline: Mike Trask The Donald returns (no, not that one): If he hasn't done so already, Republican St. Charles County Executive-elect Steve Ehlmann is expected any day to announce that Don Boehmer will fill county government's economic...

St. Charles County civic group adds six new members.
December 18, 2006... Byline: Mike Trask Progressing nicely: The St. Charles County civic group Partners for Progress recently added six members, bringing the membership total to 32. Those executives joining the ranks are: * John Antes, president of BJC...

Landowners in Clayton reject blight designation.
December 19, 2006... Byline: Allison Retka Clayton property owners will today resume their aggressive defense of the city's eminent domain proceedings, claiming their buildings are in fine shape and worth much more than Centene Corp. was offering. Their...

Merchants near failed dam file suit in Reynolds County Circuit Court for loss of business.
December 19, 2006... Byline: Donna Walter A year after AmerenUE's Taum Sauk reservoir collapsed, releasing 1.3 billion gallons of water on the surrounding landscape, 10 Arcadia Valley businesses joined together to file a lawsuit against the utility company....

Bryan Cave Strategies recruits Democratic lobbyist.
December 20, 2006... Byline: Heather Cole Less than a month after losing all its Democratic lobbyists to a new enterprise, Bryan Cave Strategies is starting to restock by raiding Armstrong Teasdale. Health-care lobbyist William Applegate is only an elevator...

Missouri high court: nudity, DUI law don't mix.
December 20, 2006... Byline: Donna Walter Nudity in a so-called adult establishment is not an intoxication-related traffic offense and cannot be regulated in a bill that was introduced to change the state's drunken driving laws. So said the Missouri Supreme...

Commentary: New laws change rules for U.S. coins.
December 20, 2006... Byline: Will Connaghan Last week the U.S. Mint announced it is implementing regulations that will limit the exportation, melting and treatment of pennies and nickels. It seems the prices of copper, nickel and zinc have soared, so that it...

'Prince of a guy' shot dead in Clayton law office.
December 21, 2006... Byline: Allison Retka The shooting death of Ernest "Ernie" Brasier has left Clayton police and the St. Louis legal community searching for answers. An insurance defense attorney and partner at Boggs, Boggs & Bates, Brasier was killed in...

St. Louis property owners find Centene chairman and CEO 'arrogant'.
December 22, 2006... Byline: Allison Retka Centene chairman and CEO Michael Neidorff was the focus of Tuesday's testimony in the now weeklong condemnation proceedings for properties on Forsyth Boulevard. Three property owners facing condemnation described...

'Twas the Friday before Christmas.
December 22, 2006... Byline: Will Connaghan 'Twas the Friday before Christmas and all through the courts Not a lawsuit was stirring, not even for torts; The new filings were stored in the file room with care, In hopes that the Clerk soon would be there; Most...

Lawsuits brought by Midwest rice farmers are consolidated and heard in St. Louis Federal Court.
December 22, 2006... Byline: Allison Retka Lawsuits brought by Midwest rice farmers against Bayer CropScience have been harvested into a single matter and shipped to the federal court in St. Louis. A Tuesday order from the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict...

'Twas the Friday before Christmas.
December 22, 2006... Byline: Will Connaghan 'Twas the Friday before Christmas and all through the courts Not a lawsuit was stirring, not even for torts; The new filings were stored in the file room with care, In hopes that the Clerk soon would be there; Most...

Letter to the Editor: Missing old content.(Letter to the editor)
December 22, 2006... Byline: Anne-Marie Clarke I've been reading the new content for some time and decided that, if I saw the column requesting comments, then I would write. As it happened, the column was in the paper I was reading so, I'm writing. I miss the...

Memorial Mass scheduled for Ernest `Ernie' Brasier in St. Louis.
December 22, 2006... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff A memorial mass for Ernest "Ernie" Brasier will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 27, at St. Clement Parish, according to the parish. The church is located at 1510 Bopp Rd. in Des Peres.

James R. Dankenbring, Gerald P. Greiman awarded Super Lawyer designation.
December 23, 2006... Byline: Business Record Staff James R. Dankenbring and Gerald P. Greiman, from the St. Louis office of Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLP, have been awarded the Super Lawyer designation, according to Law & Politics magazine. The magazine...

Rodney J. Boyd, Kevin D. Gunn, Megan L. Werner join law firm of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal.
December 23, 2006... Byline: Business Record Staff Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP announced that Rodney J. Boyd, Kevin D. Gunn and Megan L. Werner have joined the law firm's St. Louis office as members of the national Public Law & Policy Strategies Group....

Gary H. Feder named president of Clayton Chamber of Commerce board.
December 23, 2006... Byline: Business Record Staff Husch & Eppenberger LLC announced attorney Gary H. Feder has been named president of the Board of Directors of the Clayton Chamber of Commerce. Feder's one-year term as president will run from Dec. 13, 2006 to...

Blackwell Sanders adds Stephen R. Clark to Litigation Dept.
December 23, 2006... Byline: Business Record Staff Blackwell Sanders has announced the addition of Stephen R. Clark to the firm's Litigation Department. Joining the St. Louis office, Clark will continue his national practice, litigating on behalf of clients...