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

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

St. Charles, Wentzville, and O'Fallon Chambers of Commerce hold ribbon-cutting ceremonies.
January 2, 2004... Byline: staff On Wednesday, Nov. 19, the St. Charles Chamber of Commerce held ribbon-cutting ceremonies for three companies: the Sub Shop, ABChiropractic Family & Wellness, and Y2 Marketing. The Sub Shop, located at 1821 Zumbehl Road in...

Tax authorities Mueller and Samples speak at National Real Estate Conference.
January 2, 2004... Byline: staff Nationally recognized tax authority, Douglas M. Mueller, CPA, chairman of the Executive Committee of MPP&W P.C., the third-largest, locally based CPA firm in St. Louis, recently spoke at the National Real Estate Conference...

St. Charles County-based LMI Aerospace Inc. appoints BDO Seidman as company's accountant.
January 2, 2004... Byline: staff St. Charles County-based LMI Aerospace Inc., a leading provider of assemblies, kits and detail sheet metal and machined components to the aerospace, defense and technology industries, appointed BDO Seidman L.L.P. as the...

SSM St. Joseph Hospital West in Lake Saint Louis to offer room service to inpatients.
January 2, 2004... Byline: staff Beginning Tuesday, Jan. 13, SSM St. Joseph Hospital West in Lake Saint Louis will be the first hospital in the eastern Missouri area to offer At Your Request Room Service Dining to all inpatients. Patients will be able to...

Three marketing specialists at Coldwell Banker Gundaker receive SRES designation.
January 2, 2004... Byline: staff Sherri Strick, Jackie Highfill and Jennifer Ferrell, marketing specialists with Coldwell Banker Gundaker Highway 94 at Mid Rivers office, were recently awarded the Seniors Real Estate Specialist professional designation by...

Lisi Croucher joins St. Louis-based Rubin, Brown, Gornstein & Co. L.L.P.
January 2, 2004... Byline: staff St. Peters resident Regina Lisi Croucher, CPA, has joined Rubin, Brown, Gornstein & Co. L.L.P. as a manager in the firm's assurance services group, where she specializes in the manufacturing and distribution industries with...

St. Peters city clerk awarded Missouri Registered City Clerk designation.
January 2, 2004... Byline: staff St. Peters city clerk Rhonda Fleming Shaw, MRCC, has been awarded the designation of Missouri Registered City Clerk from the Missouri City Clerks and Finance Officers Association and Southwest Missouri State University. The...

EEOC offers national mediation program for work-related discrimination cases.
January 2, 2004... Byline: Erin Conroy Discrimination claims in the workplace have traditionally led to high costs, high emotions and arduous court appearances. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission wants businesses to look at mediation as a...

St. Charles County Family Arena director named; Otters hockey team under new management.
January 2, 2004... Byline: Mike Trask It's now official. Earl "Nick" Nichols will keep his job as director of the St. Charles County Family Arena. Nichols has been serving as the arena's acting director during the past several months. He assumed the...

Focus St. Charles County show discusses small-business loans.
January 2, 2004... Byline: staff The next edition of Focus St. Charles County highlights the Economic Development Center of St. Charles County's small-business loan programs. The EDC assists business in St. Charles, Warren and Lincoln counties with the...

Commentary: New rule on cell numbers spurs business, questions.
January 5, 2004... Byline: Bill Mocca Phone companies reported brisk business as cell phone users took advantage of new federal rules enabling them to change providers without switching their numbers. Verizon Wireless, the nation's biggest mobile...

Local Realtors group gets attention from state association.
January 5, 2004... Byline: Mike Trask Real estate transactions can be rather complex, involving a number of entities including mortgage companies, appraisers and title companies. As a natural result of these transactions, partnerships form, and the St....

Judge Ehlmann tapped as St. Charles County administrator.
January 6, 2004... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady St. Charles County Executive Joe Ortwerth announced Monday that St. Charles County Circuit Court Judge Steve Ehlmann will replace Joe Kernell as county administrator effective Jan. 19. "Steve is a person with...

World Outdoor Emporium expands in Wentzville.
January 6, 2004... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady The current residential housing boom in Wentzville is spurring its city government to turn away some home builders and promote more commercial and industrial development. At least that is what Douglas Gross,...

St. Peters Chamber of Commerce holds awards banquet.
January 7, 2004... Byline: Mike Trask The St. Peters Chamber of Commerce kicked off the awards season Tuesday by honoring two prominent members of the local business community, and several officials who were instrumental in extending Page Avenue into St....

New Waterworks hotel up for vote in St. Charles.
January 8, 2004... Byline: Amy Amour The city of St. Charles may soon see a new hotel chain in its downtown area. Waterworks Hotel Development Group L.L.C., an unnamed group of investors in the area, is working to bring Country Inn & Suites By Carlson,...

St. Charles County ranks fourth in nation in job growth.
January 8, 2004... Byline: Mike Trask The federal government on Wednesday confirmed what many people here already knew - St. Charles County is seeing more job creation than any other county in the St. Louis metropolitan area. In fact, St. Charles County...

Guaranteed Returns takes control of Easy Returns.
January 8, 2004... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady Back in August 2003, Easy Returns Worldwide, a pharmaceutical redistribution company, made news when it announced that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency revoked its license to handle controlled substances. At...

O'Fallon chamber welcomes new members.
January 9, 2004... Byline: staff The following are the newest members of the O'Fallon Chamber of Commerce: David Gaule, O'Fallon Nutrition; Fred Houdei, PrePaid Legal Services; Trish Lange, Curves for Women; Dr. Jeff Becker, Advance Chiropractic; Steve...

New businesses open in city of St. Charles.
January 9, 2004... Byline: staff The following are businesses that opened in the city of St. Charles in December: Advanced Home Inspection L.L.C., 1741 Sundrop; Guaranteed Returns Midwest Division, 100 Teduke; McGraws First Capitol Cleaners, 1025 First...

Forum on green space in St. Charles County on Monday.
January 9, 2004... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady The controversy over preserving green space in St. Charles County has consistently been a concern for residents. Many debates involving development and green space in the county usually take place at either local...

Commentary: Medical insurance legislation becomes repeat resolution.
January 9, 2004... Byline: Mike Nixon For the past few years, it has been the same promise at the first of the January. One tells himself, his wife and his physician that he will lose those 50 pounds and take up a healthier lifestyle. But this time none of...

Midwest BankCentre names new senior VP of commercial lending.
January 9, 2004... Byline: staff Jan Dunham, former vice president of private banking at U.S. Bank, has accepted a position as senior vice president of commercial lending at Midwest BankCentre in WingHaven, at 2299 Technology Drive in O'Fallon. The change...

Deal$ Store opens in St. Peters.
January 9, 2004... Byline: staff The new Deal$ Store, at 4015 Veterans Memorial Drive, opened for business Jan. 7. The store is known for offering general merchandise and consumable goods for $1, $3 or $10. The store opening in St. Peters is part of the...

Regina Rickey named St. Charles County Business Record publisher.
January 12, 2004... Byline: staff It's always good to start the new year right. This year started off great for Regina Rickey, general manager of the St. Charles County Business Record. Rickey was promoted to publisher of the newspaper at the first of the...

Shockley Realtors focuses on commercial property.
January 12, 2004... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady For several years Shockley Realtors, located at 501 First Capitol Drive, has been known for buying and selling residential property and dabbling in some commercial real estate. But five years ago, Shockley changed...

Commentary: Buy or lease? - What makes financial sense when buying a vehicle?
January 12, 2004... Byline: Steve Stillman Americans love their cars, and automobiles typically rank as one of the highest expenses in a family's budget. That's why many financial planners help their clients make automobile decisions. And there are many...

Politics puts St. Charles City redevelopment on back burner.
January 12, 2004... Byline: Mike Trask The need to redevelop certain areas of the city of St. Charles has been a topic of discussion for some time. Last summer Ward 9 Councilman Kevin Riggs again raised the issue, and later in the year a public meeting on the...

Casinos in St. Charles and Maryland Heights see increase in revenues.
January 13, 2004... Byline: Mike Trask In another sign that people in the metropolitan area may have more disposable income in their pockets these days, both Ameristar Casino St. Charles and its nearby competitor, Harrah's St. Louis Casino and Hotel in...

St. Charles County builders enjoy another successful year.
January 14, 2004... Byline: Mike Trask 2003 ended as the year began, with most new St. Charles County homes being built in the city of O'Fallon and the home building industry showing no signs of slowing down. A total of 3,352 permits for the construction...

MO road construction firms say materials taxes detrimental to business.
January 15, 2004... Byline: Mike Nixon Missouri road construction firms contend that sales taxes imposed on their materials used for highway projects create an unnecessary expense to residents, amounts to double taxation, and are forcing businesses out of the...

Jackson Products files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection.
January 15, 2004... Byline: James Monahan Jackson Products Inc., a private company based in O'Fallon, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Jackson Products filed a prepackaged plan that the company said would reduce debt and emerge from bankruptcy...

THF Realty prepares for phase 2 of Wentzville Crossroads Marketplace.
January 15, 2004... Byline: James Monahan THF Realty Inc. plans to begin development of phase two of the Wentzville Crossroads Marketplace later this year. The expansion, on 40 acres north of Interstate 70 and east of the Wentzville Parkway, will include...

Allstate agency opens in St. Peters.
January 16, 2004... Byline: staff Allstate Insurance Co. has announced the opening of an agency in St. Peters. The office is operated by Allstate agent Johanna Hamrick and is located at 1236 Jungerman Road. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays through...

SSM medical park opens cancer center.
January 16, 2004... Byline: staff SSM St. Joseph recently opened a cancer center in its new 100,000-square-foot medical park near Highway 94 and Kisker Road in St. Charles County. SSM said the center features state-of-the-art technology including an advanced...

Attorney Chuck Gray opens Wentzville law office.
January 16, 2004... Byline: staff Attorney Chuck Gray has opened a law office in Wentzville at 2 Main St. He previously was with a law firm in St. Charles. Gray specializes in estate planning, business law, personal injury, family law and criminal law. ...

Quilogy to host school-business partnership meeting.
January 16, 2004... Byline: staff St. Charles-based technology services company Quilogy will host the January meeting of the St. Charles Regional School-Business Partnership. The meeting will take place from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 26 at the company's...

Goddard to open school in WingHaven this year.
January 16, 2004... Byline: Mike Trask In yet another sign that the WingHaven development is living up to its motto as a community where people live, learn, work and play, a preschool is scheduled to open there later this year. Once MasterCard...

Demand for technology still exists even as tech start-ups fade away.
January 16, 2004... Byline: Mike Trask It wasn't that long ago St. Charles County leaders were touting high-tech corridors and how technology companies would line highways 40 and 370 and other locations in the county. Just a few years back business...

Commentary: Judge selection questioned with election year vacancies.
January 16, 2004... Byline: Mike Nixon When former state senator and now former circuit court judge Steve Ehlmann takes on a new position Monday as administrative director for St. Charles County, detail-oriented balloters in Missouri will begin examining the...

jWeb designs cancer society's Web site.
January 16, 2004... Byline: staff jWeb New Media Design of St. Charles is designing a Web site for St. Louis-based National Children's Cancer Society. The Web site is scheduled to debut in April. "We previously have not leveraged powerful interactive media...

Family Arena names sales, booking manager.
January 16, 2004... Byline: staff Mark Reifsteck has been named the St. Charles County Family Arena's sales and booking manager, a newly created position. The position replaces the director of sales position formerly held by Denny Bond. As sales and booking...

SSM St. Joseph Health Center has half of needed $4 million for health education resource center.
January 19, 2004... Byline: Mike Trask With a donation Friday from AmerenUE, SSM St. Joseph Health Center is at the halfway point in raising the $4 million needed to build a health education resource center at the hospital, located at 300 First Capitol Drive...

Renovations of Mount Carmel Senior Center progressing.
January 20, 2004... Byline: Amy Amour Although the sign outside St. Joseph Carmelite Nursing Home doesn't show it, last fall the nursing home changed its name to Mount Carmel Senior Living Center. But that is not the only change coming to the senior living...

O'Fallon appoints new director of economic development.
January 20, 2004... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady "It's been a long time coming," said Libbey Simpson of her appointment to director of economic development for the city of O'Fallon. Simpson, formerly assistant director of economic development, took Jim...

Mount Carmel project adds senior apartment complex.
January 20, 2004... Byline: Amy Amour In addition to renovating the Mount Carmel Senior Living Center, the partners of Mount Carmel Senior Living Center L.L.C. are planning to build The Arbors at Mount Carmel, a 14-unit independent living senior apartment...

Better Business Bureau study finds St. Louis metro holiday shoppers were satisfied.
January 21, 2004... Byline: staff The holiday shopper this past season spent more, made significantly more purchases online and more often strongly agreed that local retailers treated them well as a customer. These are some of the conclusions drawn from...

MasterCard gives Major Indoor Soccer League All-Star game a boost.
January 21, 2004... Byline: Mike Trask Turn on the television to see a nationally televised sporting contest and it's not unusual to see MasterCard International as one of the major sponsors. But the company this year is helping to sponsor a lesser-known...

Wentzville business seminar series to begin on Thursday.
January 21, 2004... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady As the western region of St. Charles County develops quickly, the Wentzville Chamber of Commerce is trying to provide more services for its growing membership. This Thursday, the Wentzville chamber will host...

Nonprofit women's organization celebrates second year, new horizons.
January 22, 2004... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady With just two years of experience behind it, ESPW is planning to go national - and eventually global. And if Tuesday's event was any indication of the popularity of it, the women's organization just might...

Mid Rivers News Magazine to debut in March.
January 22, 2004... Byline: Erin Conroy Residents of O'Fallon and St. Peters will soon have a new source for local news. A news magazine tailored to coverage of local community events prepares to make its way to 47,000 area homes. From politics to sports...

Better Business Bureau announces record number of contacts.
January 23, 2004... Byline: staff For another year, a record number of consumers contacted the Better Business Bureau in St. Louis last year seeking services. Altogether, the BBB received 1.5 million requests for services, a 32 percent increase from 2002. ...

St. Charles City Clerk receives designation.
January 23, 2004... Byline: staff Marilyn McCoy, MRCC, city clerk for St. Charles, has been awarded the designation of Missouri Registered City Clerk from the Missouri City Clerks and Finance Officers Association and Southwest Missouri State University. The...

St. Charles developers gear up for favorable economy.
January 23, 2004... Byline: Amy Amour Times are changing, and many believe 2004 will be a year of economic well-being. St. Charles developers seem to agree with that and have been busy getting ready for it. The Wentzville Board of Aldermen approved the...

H&R Block opens new offices to meet demand.
January 23, 2004... Byline: staff In a nationwide push to meet an anticipated increase in demand for tax services during the 2003 tax season, H&R Block is opening 300 new tax offices. One of the company's newest local offices, located at #26 Wentzville...

O'Fallon delegation to visit Ireland.
January 23, 2004... Byline: staff The city of O'Fallon has been working toward establishing a sister city relationship for the past two years and will be taking the first step in 2004. A delegation of local business, community and elected leaders will be...

SBA reopens 7(a) loan program.
January 23, 2004... Byline: staff The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced it will reopen its 7(a) loan program on Wednesday, Jan. 14, with an additional $470 million in lending authority and a loan cap of $750,000 per loan recipient. With the...

Doctor establishes medical practice in Wentzville.
January 23, 2004... Byline: staff Aaron Peimann, M.D., a native of the Wentzville area, has established his medical practice on the campus of Crossroads Regional Medical Center in Wentzville. Peimann states, "It was an easy decision to come back to Wentzville...

Coldwell Banker Gundaker agent receives accreditation.
January 23, 2004... Byline: staff Lee A. Cowap, agent at Coldwell Banker Gundaker Hwy 94 at Mid Rivers, has been awarded the accredited buyer representation designation by the real estate Buyer's Agent Council Inc. of the National Association of Realtors. The...

MEMC Electronics reaches agreement with Belgium research center.
January 23, 2004... Byline: staff MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. this week announced it has entered into an agreement with Inter-University Micro Electronics Center to join its Industrial Affiliation Program. IMEC, located in Belgium, is a leading independent...

St. Louis-based Medical Transportation Management Inc. plans to acquire Abbott Ambulance Inc.
January 26, 2004... Byline: Mike Trask Medical Transportation Management Inc. plans to acquire Abbott Ambulance Inc., a not-for-profit ground ambulance service in the St. Louis metropolitan area. MTM said it recently entered into a nonbinding letter of intent...

City of Wentzville to use tax increment financing to promote redevelopment.
January 26, 2004... Byline: James Monahan The city of Wentzville has taken initial steps to promote redevelopment of 110 acres of prime real estate known as 70 Corporate Plaza. The area includes the Mall at Wentzville Crossings. In an effort to generate...

Wentzville Auto Plaza to meet needs of residents.
January 26, 2004... Byline: Amy Amour The old saying that retailers follow rooftops is beginning to unfold in Wentzville as more retail services sprout up around its many housing developments. Two Wentzville businessmen will take one-stop shopping to the...

Commentary: Disaster recovery, what does it cost your business?
January 26, 2004... Byline: Bill Mocca Disaster recovery costs corporations on average between $100,000 to $1 million a year for desktop-oriented disasters alone. When you add it up, the market could grow to more than $71 billion by 2004. What is a data...

Senator Bond hopes to get federal money for former nuclear workers.
January 27, 2004... Byline: Mike Trask The federal government spent almost $1 billion to clean up the site in Weldon Spring where uranium was processed for the country's nuclear weapons. The work began in the 1940s and continued into the 1960s. Now,...

SCC Workforce Development offers resources close to home.
January 27, 2004... Byline: Amy Amour Small business is no small affair. To help small businesses and home-based businesses find inexpensive ways to improve themselves, the Small Business/Home-Based Business Committee invited Lita Pener, director of Workforce...

Boeing gets $215M contract.
January 28, 2004... Byline: staff The U.S. Air Force this week awarded Boeing Co.'s McDonnell Douglas Corp. unit a contract for up to $215 million to integrate its Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) weapon system on military aircraft sold to foreign...

MEMC Electronics to acquire Taisil Electronic Materials.
January 28, 2004... Byline: Mike Trask MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. on Tuesday announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the remaining share of Taisil Electronic Materials Corp. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. ...

WSI offers small companies high-tech solutions to do business on Internet.
January 28, 2004... Byline: Dan Turpin It is hard to imagine that only a few years ago a chat with friends about buying online led to the inevitable, "I've bought books from Amazon." Now, books generate only 3 percent of all U.S. online sales, verses 14...

Nothing But Noodles offers variety of international cuisine.
January 28, 2004... Byline: Amy Amour Carey Mulwee may not have a background in the restaurant industry, but he said he knows what good food tastes like. So after he and his business partner Rodney James flew to New Mexico to personally taste test every...

National human resources survey shows more employers performing background checks.
January 29, 2004... Byline: Amy Amour How much information does your company require when hiring a new employee? Does your company consider using a background check as an additional source of information? Does your business make sure to verify past...

MO Housing Development Comm. approves two affordable housing projects for St. Charles County.
January 29, 2004... Byline: Mike Trask The Missouri Housing Development Commission has approved funding for two affordable rental housing developments for senior citizens in St. Charles County. The two housing developments will be located in the cities of...

Zafar opens doctor's office in WingHaven Medical Bldg. in O'Fallon.
January 30, 2004... Byline: staff Sajid Zafar, M.D., has opened a new office at the WingHaven Medical Building, 5551 WingHaven Blvd., Suite 132, in O'Fallon. Zafar is board certified in gastroenterology and has office hours on Tuesdays from 1 to 5 p.m. An...

O'Fallon chamber announces 2004 board.
January 30, 2004... Byline: staff The 2004 executive board members are chairman of the board, Cindy Goldschmidt, St. Johns Bank & Trust Company; first vice chair, Fran Caradonna, O'Fallon Brewery; second vice chair, Bill Mocca, Innovative Business Technology;...

Doug Tracy joins Cuivre River Electric Cooperative.
January 30, 2004... Byline: staff Doug Tracy joins Cuivre River Electric Cooperative, Troy, as the new manager of administration. He comes to Cuivre River from National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC) in St. Peters, where he implemented software...

Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital announces new physician, new diabetes teacher.
January 30, 2004... Byline: staff Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital announced the addition of Don Icker as manager of physical medicine. And Karen McLaughlin, RN, CDE, senior community education coordinator for the hospital, has achieved certified diabetes...

Brett Davey joins St. Louis-based Marketing Direct.
January 30, 2004... Byline: staff Brett Davey joins Marketing Direct Inc. as the help desk analyst. His job responsibilities include assisting clients with all campaign management tools and assisting the systems administrator. Davey comes to MDI with three...