St. Charles County Business Record, MO articles from February 2002

St. Charles County Business Record, MO archives from February 2002

St. Charles' Main Street gets ready for Super Bowl Sunday.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Colleen McKernan Dilthey While the St. Louis Rams are battling the New England Patriots in the Big Easy, local football fans will have their pick of hot spots and big screens at bars on Main Street to watch the Super Bowl action....

MEMC launches Optia defect-free silicon wafer for volume.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. recently announced that it has successfully launched a new silicon wafer for mass production. This new product is believed to be the most technically advanced silicon wafer available...

During State of the State address, Missouri governor announces plan to cut $480M from budget.
February 1, 2002... Byline: Mike Nixon Missouri Gov. Bob Holden took a risky gamble last week that just might have sealed his being a one-term holder of the state's top office. Before being narrowly elected, Holden had been complimented for his call to...

Jack in the Box in St. Charles first in area to win cash contest.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady On Thursday the Jack in the Box restaurant at 1016 S. Fifth St. celebrated the Jack's Mystery Money contest awarded to restaurants that received perfect scores on evaluations of customer service. One employee...

Blind man finds success with his vending machine business.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Diane Plattner David Beckley, 25, has been blind his entire life, but his seeing disability does not prevent him from working hard to fulfill his goals and dreams. With the help of the Willows Way Inc. business incubator in St....

First Community Credit Union opens new branch in St. Charles.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Diane Plattner First Community Credit Union has come a long way since it first opened its operations as Monsanto's credit union in 1934. The credit union, which now has 21 locations throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area,...

School District's tuberculosis scare is now over.
February 5, 2002... Byline: Colleen Dilthey Dr. Daniel E. O'Donnell, superintendent for the Francis Howell School District, and Gil Copley, director of Community Health and Environment for St. Charles County, made the announcement Friday that no additional...

Huelskoetter Agency Ltd. celebrates 50 years in insurance.
February 6, 2002... Byline: Kathleen Brady Fifty years ago, at the ripe age of 27, Frank Huelskoetter opened an insurance business by himself. Little did he know that half a century later he would be celebrating his company's 50th anniversary. On Monday...

St. Peters Chamber of Commerce presents awards.
February 7, 2002... Byline: Colleen Dilthey The St. Peters Chamber of Commerce held a luncheon Tuesday honoring distinguished members of the chamber who have devoted their time, service and efforts to the chamber throughout the past year. Although many...

Study finds historic preservation boosts Missouri's economy by $1 billion annually.
February 7, 2002... Byline: Kathleen Brady Researchers at New Jersey's Rutgers University found that historic preservation boosts Missouri's economy by slightly more than $1 billion annually. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources' State Historic...

First Capitol 4WD Auto Performance will move to new, bigger location in St. Charles.
February 8, 2002... Byline: Diane Plattner For more than 20 years, First Capitol 4WD Auto Performance has served customers its currently location at 1900 First Capitol Drive in St. Charles. But the business has steadily grown over the years, and within about...

St. Charles Community College trains in voice recognition software.
February 8, 2002... Byline: Amy Armour With the right training and the right software, you may never have to type again. All you need is your voice, good voice recognition software and a little patience. St. Charles Community College is offering a...

Experience Main Street Web site launched -- St. Charles, Mo.
February 11, 2002... Byline: Amy Armour Looking for an interesting restaurant on Main Street? Or maybe you need to send flowers, and you aren't familiar with the area? Or you just want to see what's happening close to home? Check out the Experience Main...

Wentzville to complete second high school in August.
February 11, 2002... Byline: Kathleen Brady Residents of the city of Wentzville have seen the city's landscape change rapidly with the population growth trend increasing by the thousands every few years. Not only is Wentzville experiencing a boom in...

Nonprofit org. launches ed./health care center.
February 12, 2002... Byline: Kathleen Brady This weekend, Connections to Success, a nonprofit organization located at 523 S. Fifth St. in St. Charles, is rolling out Wheels of Hope, a mobile educational/health care center for low-income residents of St....

Patients flock to new dentist office in O'Fallon, Mo.
February 12, 2002... Byline: Diane Plattner Patients are filling the chairs at a new dentist office in O'Fallon. Dr. Mark Dolson, D.D.S., said his practice has already seen tremendous growth since he opened the doors to his office last fall. Dolson opened...

Auctioneer says she's excited to be in Wentzville.
February 13, 2002... Byline: Colleen Dilthey C&R Auction & Resale Shop relocated to Wentzville in November, and owner/auctioneer Rosalie Cullens said that she couldn't be more excited to be in the area. Cullens bought C&R from her sister almost seven...

CitiMortgage breaks ground in O'Fallon for area headquarters.
February 13, 2002... Byline: Amy Armour Clayco Construction Co. of St. Louis recently broke ground in O'Fallon for a new 515,000-square-foot building that will house all of the St. Louis-based CitiMortgage offices. The building, slated for completion in...

Amer. Diabetes Assn. holds Kiss A Pig fundraiser.
February 14, 2002... Byline: Colleen Dilthey The American Diabetes Association held the kickoff for this year's Kiss A Pig fund-raising campaign Tuesday, encouraging candidates to go "hog wild" and to "bring home the bacon." KAP is an unusual...

SBC leads telecommunications industry in fostering diversity.
February 14, 2002... Byline: Kathy Ioannou-Bouckaert SBC Communications Inc. has recently been recognized as the leader in the telecommunications industry for fostering diversity. Out of 10 U.S.-based telecommunications companies surveyed by the National...

Amer. Diabetes Assn. holds Kiss A Pig fundraiser.
February 15, 2002... Byline: Colleen Dilthey The American Diabetes Association held the kickoff for this year's Kiss A Pig fund-raising campaign Tuesday, encouraging candidates to go "hog wild" and to "bring home the bacon." KAP is an unusual...

Commentary: Reactions to terror threaten freedom of information.
February 15, 2002... Byline: Mike Nixon The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution has probably been the most debated piece of written text in the nation's history. The reason it is so hotly contested is because it contains the fundamental rights that have...

Ameristar Casinos reports fourth quarter 2001 results topping off a record year.
February 15, 2002... Byline: Kathleen Brady Ameristar Casinos Inc.'s fourth-quarter results for 2001 reflected continued strong growth in earnings per share, net revenues, operating income and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or...

Home & Garden Show celebrates 25th anniversary.
February 15, 2002... Byline: Diane Plattner The St. Louis Builders Home & Garden Show, presented by GMC, will celebrate its 25th anniversary. Approximately 100,000 visitors are expected to attend this year's show, scheduled to run Feb. 27 through March 3 at...

Moolah Shrine Circus makes St. Charles Family Arena its new home.
February 18, 2002... Byline: Kathleen Brady On Thursday, St. Charles County Executive Joe Ortwerth announced that the Moolah Shrine Circus is making the Family Arena its new home. The announcement was made during a press conference with members of the Moolah...

Building permits for St. Charles County increase in January.
February 18, 2002... Byline: Colleen Dilthey The St. Charles County Building Department released January building permit figures earlier this month. The numbers show an increase of approximately 35 percent from December's figures. The continually growing...

First phase of luxury apartments nearly completed in St. Peters.
February 19, 2002... Byline: Amy Armour St. Louis-based MLP Investments L.L.C. has completed two buildings at Turnberry Place, a new multifamily, luxury apartment development in St. Peters. Fifty-eight units are ready for occupancy with 24 additional...

County chambers of commerce to hear stadium proposal.
February 19, 2002... Byline: Kathleen Brady ***** CORRECTION: Correction: In Tuesday's publication of this paper, a story was written about county chambers of commerce holding meetings on the proposal for the new St. Louis Ballpark. The story stated that...

Lake Saint Louis Chamber holds luncheon honoring military, families.
February 20, 2002... Byline: Colleen Dilthey As a result of Sept. 11, military personnel from the St. Charles County area have been relocated throughout the world to help fight the war in Afghanistan. The Lake Saint Louis Chamber of Commerce honored those men...

Annual O'Fallon job fair expected to attract large number of visitors.
February 20, 2002... Byline: Diane Plattner This March, the city of O'Fallon will host its third annual job fair, which will bring companies and job-seekers together. Planners of the event say the event has been a success in prior years, and they expect this...

Construction begins on new Wentzville, Mo., shopping center.
February 21, 2002... Byline: Diane Plattner Tuesday's rain could not keep away Wentzville business owners, city officials, Wal-Mart employees and developers, who celebrated the ground-breaking of a new Wal-Mart-anchored shopping center development in...

Former St. Louis-based businesses move to WingHaven.
February 21, 2002... Byline: Colleen Dilthey As the high-tech corridor continues to expand and develop, office space is filling as quickly as it can be built. Paric Corp., McEagle Development and Environmental Management Corp. are putting the finishing...

Identity theft is much easier than people may think.
February 22, 2002... Byline: Colleen Dilthey One false move, and a person's identity can be stolen and their life changed forever. Identity theft is a simple and effective way for a criminal to live in the lap of luxury. New Frontier Bank in St. Charles is...

MEMC, Ibis join forces to distribute wafer technology.
February 22, 2002... Byline: Diane Plattner MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. and Ibis Technology Corp. signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement on Feb. 14 aimed at developing advanced silicon wafers to distribute worldwide. Company representatives say the deal...

Suppliers keep business rolling for large corporations.
February 22, 2002... Byline: Mike Nixon Here is a reminder -- not all marketplace activity is solely dependent on the work of individual large corporations. The present activity or momentary health of large businesses like Enron, Ford, Microsoft or Kmart may...

Technology workshop series to wrap up in March.
February 25, 2002... Byline: Amy Armour What kind of technology would be beneficial to your business? Who do you need to know to set up your technology network? And what is an application service provider? These questions will be answered at the conclusion of...

Missouri governor announces budget cuts for tourism department.
February 25, 2002... Byline: Kathleen Brady Gov. Bob Holden announced a series of budget cuts for the fiscal year 2003 in response to the current recessionary period facing the nation. Missouri is faced with a budget shortfall of about $650 million, according...

St. Charles County Realtors select new CEO.
February 26, 2002... Byline: Amy Armour After leaving the family farm in Iowa, Shane Johnson spent much of his life working with charitable organizations. He has traveled across the Midwest to help these organizations, and after many years of traveling, he...

Businesses get pumped for St. Charles American Heart Walk.
February 26, 2002... Byline: Kathleen Brady Enthusiasm was pumped through the hearts of St. Charles and St. Louis businesses Feb. 21 as team leaders and captains from the metro area gathered at Orlando's restaurant in Maryland Heights to kick off the American...

St. Charles Community College offers hands-on career fair.
February 27, 2002... Byline: Amy Armour What can I do with a degree in psychology? What career opportunities will be available after graduation from college? How do I choose a major? What if I don't know what I want to be when I grow up? These questions will...

MasterCard to provide switching service to PULSE.
February 28, 2002... Byline: Kathleen Brady MasterCard International announced earlier in the month that is has been selected by PULSE Electronic Funds Transfer Association to provide switching and settlement services. MasterCard and PULSE signed a letter...

Businesses can curb the fallout of repetitive motion injuries.
February 28, 2002... Byline: Kathy Ioannou-Bouckaert A joint report compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. Department of Labor and the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses charted that disorders associated with repetitive trauma such as...