St. Charles County Business Record, MO articles from February 2008

St. Charles County Business Record, MO archives from February 2008

Federal judge upholds west St. Louis County municipality's anti-illegal workers ordinance.
February 1, 2008... Byline: Donna Walter A federal judge upheld a Valley Park ordinance that threatens to withhold or revoke the business licenses of people who hire illegal immigrants. U.S. District Judge E. Richard Webber said Tuesday in a 57-page opinion...

Missouri Supreme Court considers sex offender distance limit.
February 1, 2008... Byline: Donna Walter A state attorney argued Thursday that registered sex offenders should be forced from their homes near schools, even if they moved in before a ban was established in 2006. Missouri law, which also aims to protect day...

Voting begins for diversity seats on Missouri Bar board.
February 1, 2008... Byline: Allison Retka Members of The Missouri Bar are casting ballots this month to fill three new positions on the organization's governing board. The seats, created by a controversial measure adopted in September, are meant to increase...

Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Opinons: February 2, 2008.
February 2, 2008... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Report Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Administrative law Annexation; non-contested case ED89230 The City of Valley Park, Missouri, Plaintiff/Respondent, v. Matthew...

Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District Opinions: February 2, 2008.
February 2, 2008... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Report Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District Criminal law DNA transfer; evidence 28150 State of Missouri, Plaintiff/Respondent v. Samuel A. Freeman, Defendant/Appellant....

Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Opinions: February 2, 2008.
February 2, 2008... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Report Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Civil practice Oral argument; contribution claim WD67623 Randee L. Ingram, f/k/a Randee L. Wisdom, et al., Respondent v. Missouri...

8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: February 3, 2008.(Case overview)
February 3, 2008... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Report 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Criminal law Search warrant; particularity requirement; incorporated document 06-2203 Keith Byron Baranski, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. USA,...

Cottleville gets grant for Old Town redevelopment planning.
February 4, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The city of Cottleville has been awarded $8,000 through the federal Historic Preservation Fund. The city will use the money for its Old Town Cottleville redevelopment survey and planning project....

St. Peters Chamber of Commerce, city host fashion show.
February 4, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The St. Peters Chamber of Commerce and city of St. Peters will co-host their Wedding Extravaganza from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, at St. Peters City Hall. A fashion show at 1 p.m. will highlight the...

Engineer-turned-mayor keeps Cottleville running smoothly.
February 4, 2008... Byline: William Stage For a man who claims "there's not much to me," Don Yarber has a lot to show for his 68 years. Born and raised in East St. Louis, Don had his first job at age 9, delivering groceries for nickel and dime tips. After...

SSM Hospital West in Lake Saint Louis has new physician services manager.
February 4, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff SSM St. Joseph Hospital West in Lake Saint Louis has named Nancy Phillips as its physician services manager, serving as a liaison between doctors and hospital staff. She started working at the...

SSM St. Charles Clinic Medical Group hires McKeon.
February 4, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff SSM St. Charles Clinic Medical Group's Internal Medicine Department has hired Eileen McKeon where the nurse works in conjunction with and under the supervision of Dr. Howard Goldstein. In addition...

O'Fallon-based George Butler Associates announces promotions, new hires.
February 4, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Engineering and architectural firm George Butler Associates Inc. in O'Fallon has named John Choinka as group leader of its Water Environment Group. He has been with the firm 13 years, working in...

Wentzville School District hires 2 execs.
February 4, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Wentzville School District's Board of Education has named Kari Moncees as its chief financial officer, effective July 1. Moncees currently is the assistant superintendent for finance in the...

St. Peters-based Community Living announces board members.
February 4, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff St. Peters-based Community Living has announced that its board of directors has elected Kevin D. DeSain as chairman for 2008. Mark A. Hollander will serve as vice chairman; Mary Alsup-Niedergerke as...

Missouri state Sen. Dempsey hires Montgomery.
February 4, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff State Senator Tom Dempsey has hired Christa Montgomery as district coordinator. The Republican represents Missouri's 23rd district. Montgomery's experience includes three years as program manager...

Suite spot: Ameristar in St. Charles partially opens its luxury hotel.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Mike Trask Ameristar Casinos' partial opening of its 400-suite hotel in St. Charles has excited more than company officials. The Las Vegas-based company opened the first 100 of those suites last week. Plans now call for between 80...

St. Charles will host bike race Sept. 13.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Mike Trask St. Charles again will serve as a host city when the second edition of the Tour of Missouri cycling event takes place in September. Last year's inaugural Tour of Missouri was a 600-mile, six-day bicycle race that...

St. Charles-based American Railcar extends Unger's contract.
February 4, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The compensation committee of St. Charles-based American Railcar Industries Inc.'s board of directors has extended the employment contract of President and CEO James J. Unger. The contract now runs...

Economic Development Center of St. Charles incubator celebrates 15 years.
February 4, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Economic Development Center of St. Charles County will celebrate its 15th anniversary this March with an open house. The event will run 3-7 p.m., March 6, at 5988 Mid Rivers Mall Drive in St....

St. Charles economic development seminar set on employee retention.
February 4, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Ways that employers can retain talent will be the topic of the EDC's next Alliance Seminar. The three-hour seminar will begin at 8 a.m., this Thursday, at Old Hickory Golf Club, #1 Dye Club Drive in...

Shareholder sues Richmond Heights-based Panera Bread Co.
February 5, 2008... Byline: Donna Walter Richmond Heights-based Panera Bread Co., owner and franchisor of more than 1,100 Panera Bread and St. Louis Bread Co. bakery-cafes in the United States, is facing allegations in federal court of misleading investors...

Forget the bells and whistles: The basics of business are more exciting.
February 5, 2008... Byline: Joe Monteleone Read a newspaper, watch television, listen to the radio or surf the Internet, and chances are that if you come across the business news you will undoubtedly come across a headline that reads, Recession? Are we headed...

Boeing gets JDAM contract.
February 5, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The U.S. Air Force has awarded The Boeing Co. a $116 million contract for the production of more than 4,000 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail kits. The kits are manufactured at the company's...

Case in 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals called 'huge win' for car creditors.
February 6, 2008... Byline: Donna Walter Shedding debt in bankruptcy court just got a little harder. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday said bankruptcy law does not eliminate the debt on a vehicle that's been repossessed if the debtor bought it...

Judge in Missouri offers tweaks to court plan; critics push for more.
February 6, 2008... Byline: Kelly Wiese Just minutes after a hearing where critics bashed Missouri's plan for selecting judges, Chief Justice Laura Denvir Stith directly responded to efforts to undo it, and offered an olive branch to opponents. The annual...

Surgeon wins new hearing in Missouri Supreme Court over loss of clinical privileges.
February 6, 2008... Byline: Donna Walter Doctors may sue to compel private hospitals to follow their own bylaws in disciplinary matters, the Missouri Supreme Court said Tuesday. The decision is a departure from the court's 1965 decision in Cowan v. Gibson,...

8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules judge was wrong to suspend sentence.
February 7, 2008... Byline: Charles Emerick A U.S. district judge was wrong to suspend a woman's two-year prison sentence, a federal appellate court has ruled. This decision by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the punishment U.S. District Judge...

Missouri to net $16M in Merck settlement.
February 8, 2008... Byline: Donna Walter Merck & Co. Inc. agreed Thursday to pay about $650 million, including $16 million to Missouri, to settle multiple federal and state claims of Medicaid fraud. The drug maker is accused of underpaying mandatory rebates...

Settlement reached before trial in St. Louis Circuit Court in death from birth control patch.
February 8, 2008... Byline: Kelly Wiese A woman who sued a drug maker after her teenage granddaughter died while using a birth control patch has reached a settlement. Details of the agreement were confidential, court filings show. But an economist who helps...

Kahn joins St. Louis office of Bryan Cave.
February 8, 2008... Byline: Staff Report Michael Kahn has joined the St. Louis office of Bryan Cave. Kahn is a trial lawyer focusing on trademark, copyright, entertainment, libel and First Amendment issues. His clients have included Oprah Winfrey, the...

Wees joins Clayton-based Goffstein, Raskas, Pomerantz, Kraus & Sherman.
February 8, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Joshua H. Wees has joined Goffstein, Raskas, Pomerantz, Kraus & Sherman as an associate concentrating his practice in litigation and insurance defense. Wees was previously affiliated with the firm...

O'Fallon voters to decide parks, storm water initiative.
February 9, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff O'Fallon voters on April 8 will be asked to approve a half-cent increase in the city's sales tax to fund parks and recreation facilities and to pay for improvements to the storm water system. A...

Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Case Summaries: February 9, 2008.(Case overview)
February 9, 2008... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Trusts and estates Medicaid; recovery of funds ED89849 In the Estate of: Raymond V. Shuh, Deceased Handdown date: 01/29/2008 Appeal...

Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Case Summaries: February 9, 2008.(Case overview)
February 9, 2008... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Elections Contested ballots WD68098 C. Kay Dolan, Respondent, and Monica Penrose, Plaintiff, v. Gilbert Powers, Defendant, and Teresa A....

Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Case Summaries: February 11, 2008.(Case overview)
February 9, 2008... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Missouri Court of Appeals Western District Elections Contested ballots WD68098 C. Kay Dolan, Respondent, and Monica Penrose, Plaintiff, v. Gilbert Powers, Defendant, and Teresa A....

Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District Case Summaries: February 9, 2008.(Case overview)
February 9, 2008... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District Criminal law Sex offender; registration 28626 Brian Hansen, Appellant v. State of Missouri, Respondent. Handdown date: 01/24/2008...

8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and Bankruptcy Appellate Panel.
February 10, 2008... U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the 8th Circuit Bankruptcy Transfers; preferential payment 07-6036EM In re: Falcon Products Inc., et al., Debtors. Falcon Creditor Trust, Plaintiff/Appellant v. First Insurance Funding,...

A blue county? Where have all the Republicans in St. Charles County gone?
February 11, 2008... Byline: Mike Trask A blue county? Where have all the Republicans gone? Primary election results in St. Charles County don't bode well for Republicans this fall. The county has been a Republican stronghold for about the past 15 years. So...

St. Louis-area locals agree: Don't phone when you can e-mail.
February 11, 2008... Byline: Amy Armour Hang up the phone and pick up the laptop. E-mail is the communication most business executives prefer to receive, according to a recent survey. The OfficeTeam survey, which included interviews from 150 executives from...

Commentary: Hiring the millennial generation -- don't generalize.
February 11, 2008... Byline: Ed Mayuga Much has been written recently about the "Millennial Generation" (this generation is sometimes referred to a Generation Y and corresponds roughly those born between 1976 and 2000) and the differences in their work ethics...

O'Fallon voters to decide parks, storm water initiative.
February 11, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff O'Fallon voters on April 8 will be asked to approve a half-cent increase in the city's sales tax to fund parks and recreation facilities and to pay for improvements to the storm water system. A...

Vitale Bakery in St. Louis selects Cissell Mueller for expansion.
February 11, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Vitale Bakery in St. Louis has selected St. Peters-based Cissell Mueller Construction Inc. as general contractor of the bakery's 3,000-square-foot expansion at Marconi and Bischoff avenues. The...

Nonprofit opens senior apartments in O'Fallon.
February 11, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The nonprofit North East Community Action Corporation has opened Mill Pond Senior Apartments in O'Fallon. The $7.4 million, 52-unit complex is NECAC's fifth housing development in St. Charles...

New business licenses in St. Charles.
February 11, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The following businesses and organizations have applied for licenses to operate in the city of St. Charles: Bangkok Chef, restaurant, 2009 Zumbehl Road. 636-947-6288 Chirco's Italian Grill,...

Vision St. Charles County Leadership taking applications.
February 11, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Vision St. Charles County Leadership is accepting applications for its next class, which runs from August through March. The group's mission is to help participants develop leadership skills and...

St. Charles Chamber of Commerce forms new leads group.
February 11, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff A new leads group is forming within the St. Charles Chamber of Commerce. The Rise and Shine Leads Group will have a formation meeting at 7:30 a.m. Thursday at Java G's, 2031 Old Highway 94. Only one...

O'Fallon hearing set on community block grant program.
February 11, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff O'Fallon will conduct a public hearing on an evaluation report on the city's Community Development Block Grant program. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the O'Fallon...

Missouri's general revenue collections climb.
February 11, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Missouri's general revenue collections for 2008 fiscal year-to-date increased 4.9 percent to $4.25 billion when compared with the previous year. Commissioner of Administration Mike Keathley also...

U.S. Cellular names Michelle Hoeft as its events manager in Missouri, Kansas areas.
February 11, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff U.S. Cellular has named Michele Hoeft of O'Fallon, Mo., as sponsorship and events manager in its Missouri and Kansas service areas. Her responsibilities include planning and directing all...

SSM St. Joseph names Ellen Rader, Sheila Brown registration supervisors in St. Charles, Wentzville.
February 11, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff SSM St. Joseph has named Ellen Rader and Sheila Brown to registration supervisor roles at St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles and St. Joseph Health Center-Wentzville, respectively. In their new...

Daniel Edgar, Kara Steinhour join Missouri's Brown Smith Wallace.
February 11, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff CPA and business consulting firm Brown Smith Wallace has hired Daniel Edgar of O'Fallon and Kara Steinhour of St. Charles as staff accountants. The firm said Edgar's responsibilities include...

St. Peters-based Parameter Security hires well-known hacker.
February 11, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff St. Peters-based Parameter Security has hired Ralph Echemendia, who has advised the United Nations and a number of companies on computer hacking. He also has been featured in Forbes magazine and USA...

St. Charles Community College Foundation, businesses award $65,000 in scholarship money.
February 11, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The St. Charles Community College Foundation has awarded $65,000 in scholarship money to students enrolled in spring classes at the college. Several businesses and community organizations also...

St. Charles County Assn. of Realtors to launch PR blitz.
February 11, 2008... Byline: Mike Trask The St. Charles County Association of Realtors has budgeted up to $40,000 for a public relations campaign aimed at stimulating the local housing market. The association has hired AMP Creative Group in St. Louis County to...

Voters approve research park annexation in Weldon Spring.
February 11, 2008... Byline: Mike Trask Weldon Spring voters gave their overwhelming approval of the city's annexation of the Missouri Research Park, but it may be some time before the annexation takes effect. Mayor Don Licklider doesn't know whether a...

St. Charles County's image takes hit.
February 11, 2008... Byline: Mike Trask From fame to infamy: It wasn't very long ago that St. Charles County was generating great press. National business magazines were doing positive articles about the tremendous job creation taking place in the county and...

St. Charles County residents participate in survey on intracounty bus system.
February 11, 2008... Byline: Mike Trask To bus or not to bus? We should soon know the results of a survey on whether county residents want an intracounty bus system established. The results might be released this week, said Greg Prestemon, spokesman for...

O'Fallon Chamber of Commerce to move offices.
February 11, 2008... Byline: Mike Trask A chamber on the move: The O'Fallon Chamber of Commerce will move its offices to a new location by April. The chamber has signed a five-year lease with Paul and Sandy Kessler to occupy approximately 2,100 square feet in...

Public defenders in Missouri won't refuse cases for months.
February 12, 2008... Byline: Kelly Wiese Despite more than a year of saying it's in crisis mode, the state public defender system is proceeding cautiously with its plan to begin refusing new cases in overworked offices. The Public Defender Commission voted in...

Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis lunch club expected to reopen.
February 12, 2008... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff The lunch club for St. Louis lawyers is reopening after several months. The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis plans a news conference this afternoon to announce it has found a company...

Companies win lawsuit in St. Louis Circuit Court over fireworks deaths.
February 12, 2008... Byline: Kelly Wiese Fresh from a courtroom victory, a maker and a distributor of fireworks parts are looking ahead to future trials over an explosion that led to five deaths. The lawsuit filed by Angel Moran, the mother of a 22-year-old...

Missouri patient sues over publication of nude photos.
February 13, 2008... Byline: Donna Walter A plastic surgery patient expected her medical files to remain confidential. Instead, full frontal views of the Georgia woman's naked body, except for her head, were published in the Riverfront Times. On Thursday, the...

Wrongful death suit requires Missouri Supreme Court's help.
February 14, 2008... Byline: Donna Walter The Missouri Supreme Court will decide whether a woman can move forward with a lawsuit blaming Bellefontaine Gardens nursing home for her grandmother's death. The problem is that the defendant, Sharon Peyton, doesn't...

Armed only with Shakespeare, Missouri felons step into new roles.
February 15, 2008... Byline: Julia M. Johnson Edgar Evans entered prison a convicted rapist. He emerged a Shakespearean actor. It's no exaggeration, he said -- acting profoundly transformed his life. "You learn to be committed," he said about his theatrical...

Court considers law charging Missouri inmates for room and board.
February 15, 2008... Byline: Kelly Wiese An inmate whose money is being seized to cover his prison costs is challenging the statute that allows it. Missouri law allows the attorney general to take inmates' assets, upon court approval, to help offset the cost...

SSM to invest $27 million in local hospital.
February 16, 2008... Byline: Mike Trask SSM Health Care--St. Louis will spend $27.3 million to renovate its St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles and expand services there. The investment will take place over a three-year time period. Plans call for the...

Poll finds little support for intracounty bus system in St. Charles County.
February 18, 2008... Byline: Mike Trask St. Charles County voters won't be asked this year to support a sales tax proposal to fund an intracounty bus system. The Business Record has obtained the preliminary results of a poll of county voters that shows there...

St. Charles County realtors' big guns hype housing market.
February 18, 2008... Byline: Mike Trask Realtors here are taking a proactive approach when it comes to news coverage about the local real estate market. Concerned about how negative national news stories about real estate might be affecting people here, the...

Working Women Survival Show in St. Charles offers market for new products.
February 18, 2008... Byline: Amy Armour Women are said have natural instinct to multi-task, and they will need to utilize that skill in order to take in all of the entertainment and products on display at the 21st Annual Working Women's Survival Show this...

SSMHealth Care-St. Louis to invest $27 million in local hospital.
February 18, 2008... Byline: Mike Trask SSM Health Care--St. Louis will spend $27.3 million to renovate its St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles and expand services there. The investment will take place over a three-year time period. Plans call for the...

Cissell Mueller gets contracts.
February 18, 2008... Byline: Bloomberg News Cissell Mueller Construction Inc. of St. Peters has been named general contractor of the Elm Pointe Vet Clinic project for veterinarian Daniel Lange. Plans call for construction of the 7,000-square-foot, two-story...

Corporate Group Incorporated has new tenants in St. Charles County.
February 18, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Corporate Group Inc. has a couple of new tenants. CPA firm MPP&W has located into a Corporate Group property at 2460 Executive Park in St. Charles County. Ancob Realty Inc. has located in the...

Cissell Mueller gets contracts.
February 18, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Cissell Mueller Construction Inc. of St. Peters has been named general contractor of the Elm Pointe Vet Clinic project for veterinarian Daniel Lange. Plans call for construction of the...

Ribbon-cuttings.
February 18, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Jeff and Kellie Goddard, the new owners of Rizzo's Bar & Grill, will celebrate with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11 a.m., Tuesday, at 1155 Wentzville Parkway in Wentzville. Fitness Fuzion owners...

St. Peters Home & Garden show seeks vendors.
February 18, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Applications are sought for the 15th annual St. Peters Home & Garden and the Great Outdoors Show. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 26 and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 27,...

St. Charles County Habitat for Humanity dedicates house.
February 18, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The St. Charles County chapter of Habitat for Humanity has dedicated a home to Tara Rhodes. Rhodes, the mother of two children, is on of eight families chosen to move into Habitat's Ashland Meadows...

Commentary: 'Partnering' with your business.
February 18, 2008... Byline: Larry M. VandeVen, CLU, ChFC Owning and managing a successful business in today's ever-changing world can be an overwhelming task. You want to keep your books balanced and your creditors happy; you want to understand changes in tax...

Ameristar names Senior VP of Ameristar in Black Hawk in Colorado.
February 18, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Las Vegas-based Ameristar Casinos Inc. has named Reginald Fullwood Jr. as senior vice president and general manager of Ameristar Black Hawk in Colorado. He will report to Michelle Shriver, the...

Clayton on the Park hires Robin Desmond of St. Peters.
February 18, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Clayton on the Park has named Robin Desmond of St. Peters to the position of director of community relations. Clayton on the Park is an apartment building at 8025 Bonhomme Ave., operated by McLean,...

St. Charles County honors employees.
February 18, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff St. Charles County government has honored 18 of its employees as "Exceptional Performers" for 2007/2008. Also Parks Director Bettie Yahn-Kramer received the Joe Kernell Exceptional Manager Award...

Missouri Senate confirms local appointments.
February 18, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Missouri Senate has approved Gov. Matt Blunt's appointment of several area residents to state boards and commissions, Republican Sen. Scott Rupp of Wentzville recently announced. The...

Alumnus will head Lindenwood University performing arts center.
February 18, 2008... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Lindenwood University has hired an alumnus to oversee the operation of its new Center for Fine and Performing Arts. The school named Peter Bezemes, a 1979 Lindenwood graduate, as the center's first...

Costs in civil lawsuits could rise in Missouri.
February 19, 2008... Byline: Kelly Wiese Litigation costs could increase in Missouri, with pending legislation to increase the fee for serving legal papers. A bill that has won initial approval in the Missouri Senate would raise by $10 the costs for sheriff's...