St. Charles County Business Record, MO articles from July 2005

St. Charles County Business Record, MO archives from July 2005

St. Louis' Paul Brown Building shines again for downtown residents.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess Despite the sweltering heat of a St. Louis summer, crowds gathered to welcome the latest set of lofts emerging from the dust of neglect in downtown St. Louis: The Paul Brown Building is open for business again. ...

Missouri legislature approves bill to eliminate extraneous inspections in Jefferson County.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Cathy Kingsley A bill approved in the state legislature would reduce the duplication of building inspections performed in Jefferson County. Senate Bill 210 contains a number of items with one section affecting inspections on...

Smaller centers more popular in commercial property.
July 1, 2005... Byline: James Mosher (This article originally appeared in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication.) Not using that parking space that came with your apartment? Tell a developer. He might want to build a...

Missouri Governor Blunt to create a task force on eminent domain.
July 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt announced his intention to issue an Executive Order creating a special task force to study federal and state eminent domain laws. Blunt's decision to form the Missouri Task...

Negwer Materials promotes Brennan to general manager for central Illinois.
July 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Tom Brennan has been promoted to general manager for central Illinois at Negwer Materials Inc. Scott Negwer, president, made the announcement. Based in Peoria, Ill., Brennan oversees all yard...

St. Louis-based Coldwell Banker Commercial adds Becker to staff.
July 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Beth Becker has joined Coldwell Banker Commercial CRA L.L.C. as an administrative assistant/listing secretary. In her new position, Becker assists principals and brokers with correspondence, sales...

Cerrone-Kelly joins Clayco in St. Louis office.
July 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Clayco has added Beth Cerrone-Kelly as a project manager in the company's St. Louis office. In her new position, Cerrone-Kelly is responsible for managing design-build projects from inception to...

Clarke named to non-profit board, St. Louis lift station phase nearing completion.
July 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff William P. Clarke, P.E., president of Horner & Shifrin Inc., was named to the Kids in the Middle board of directors. Kids in the Middle is a nonprofit organization that provides therapy, education and...

State tax credits awarded to Laclede Power Building in St. Louis for redevelopment.
July 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff State tax credits will help facilitate the redevelopment of the Laclede Power Building, located at 1246 Lewis St. in St. Louis. The Missouri Department of Economic Development has approved up to...

Rataj Krueger Architects to renovate Lillibridge buildings in St. Louis.
July 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The design firm of Rataj Krueger Architects and Interiors has been selected to renovate all of the Lillibridge medical office buildings at the St. Mary's, DePaul and St. Joseph's office complexes. The...

Steinbach, Greenberg join St. Louis-based Grubb & Ellis/Krombach Partners.
July 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Grubb & Ellis|Krombach Partners, a St. Louis provider of office, industrial, retail, land and multifamily real estate services, announced David Steinbach joined the company as an associate, and Ted...

St. Louis realtor earns special designation.
July 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Seniors who need advice about their homes and rental properties can turn to Suzanne Skelly, a realtor with Coldwell Banker Gundaker who has been in the real estate business for more than 25 years and who...

St. Louis-based Tarlton Corp. announces staff changes, names new project engineer.
July 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Tarlton Corp., a St. Louis-based general contracting and construction management firm, has announced recent changes to its support staff. Liz Rekart, who joined Tarlton as a receptionist in 2003,...

Despite court ruling, eminent domain is rarely used in region.
July 2, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask The day after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a local government in Connecticut could use eminent domain to pave the way for development or redevelopment of a residential site, Wentzville City Hall was flooded with...

Some perspective offered on BRAC proposals to relocate.
July 2, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask (Editor's note: This is a follow-up to a story on the importance of the defense industry in the St. Louis area that ran in the June 25 edition of this paper.) The possibility that several thousand jobs in the St....

Commentary: Unspoken acceptance rationalizes economic segregation.
July 2, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon In the 1947 film "Gentleman's Agreement," the leading character, Phillip Green - an investigative journalist played by Gregory Peck - presented himself as being Jewish to uncover instances of anti-Semitism in everyday...

Commentary: Pay down debt to get ahead of the credit monster.
July 2, 2005... Byline: Dena Frenkel (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication). In the spirit of giving, it's easy to overspend during the holidays. The bad news is that the additional debt...

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal adds two partners to construction law practice.
July 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Joseph A. Colagiovanni and John R. Haug have joined Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal L.L.P. as partners helping build the firm's national construction law practice. Both were previously partners at Bryan...

Bergman Schraier & Co. announces promotions.
July 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Bergman, Schraier & Co. P.C. has promoted Wendy D. Shireman, CPA, to tax supervisor and Paul Krussel, CPA, to audit supervisor. Shireman holds an undergraduate degree from Huntingdon College. She has...

Kid's Chance Inc. of Missouri elects new officers.
July 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Kids' Chance Inc. of Missouri, a statewide, nonprofit program that provides educational scholarships to children of workers who have been killed or seriously injured on the job, has elected its new...

Husch & Eppenberger adds associate atty. to staff.
July 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Husch & Eppenberger L.L.C. has added Anne E. Bruneel as an associate attorney in the firm's land use development and financing practice group. Bruneel concentrates her practice in the areas of real...

Stinson Morrison Hecker adds senior atty. to biz litigation division.
July 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Daniel R. O'Neill has joined Stinson Morrison Hecker L.L.P. as a senior attorney in the business litigation division. He brings more than 25 years of experience representing St. Louis businesses and...

Armstrong Teasdale, Blackwell Sanders named two of the top law firms in St. Louis area.
July 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Armstrong Teasdale L.L.P. and Blackwell Sanders were recently named as one of the top corporate law firms in the St. Louis area, according to the article "America's Best Corporate Lawyers" in the...

Hinshaw & Culbertson elects 24 attorneys to partnerships nationwide.
July 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff National law firm Hinshaw & Culbertson L.L.P. has elected 24 attorneys to partnerships nationwide. Locally, St. Louis attorney Lori A. Schmidt and Belleville attorney Jeffrey T. Reel have become...

Barbara Griffith, director of Community Living, teaches the community how to care for the disabled.
July 4, 2005... Byline: Wm. Stage A native of Lincoln, Neb., Barbara Griffith attended the University of Nebraska, earning a degree in recreational therapy as well as a place in the national honor society, Phi Beta Kappa. She started in the mental health...

MO Court of Appeals reverses workers' comp claim for employee who had heart attack.
July 5, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess Ignore your body's needs, and pay the price yourself. That was the ruling of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, denying an overweight, sedentary, pack-a-day smoker workers' compensation claim, after...

Commentary: Negotiating key terms of a health care joint venture.
July 5, 2005... Byline: Karen A. Gledhill (This article originally ran in North Carolina Lawyers Weekly, Raleigh, N.C., another Dolan Media publication). Joint ventures are on the rise among health care providers. Physicians are joint venturing with...

O'Fallon-based Development Dynamics helps track special districts.
July 5, 2005... Byline: Amy Amour The use of government-approved special development districts, such as transportation development districts and community improvement districts, is prevalent among Missouri counties and municipalities today. To help...

Great Rivers Habitat Alliance's invited to weigh in on development.
July 6, 2005... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady Great Rivers Habitat Alliance's attempts at thwarting economic development plans in St. Peters have not gone unnoticed. The environmental agency is currently involved in a lawsuit with the city of St. Peters...

Bridgeway Counseling Services expands in St. Charles.
July 6, 2005... Byline: Amy Amour Bridgeway Counseling Services, a not-for-profit 503(c) agency specializing in treatment for addictive disorders, domestic violence and sexual assault, recently celebrated the opening of its new 17,000-square-foot,...

Missouri lawmaker to sponser restriction of eminent domain law.
July 6, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Sen. Charles "Chuck" Gross, R-St. Charles, announced last week that he would sponsor state legislation to restrict the power of eminent domain in response to the recent Supreme Court decision...

St. Peters encouraging water conservation.
July 6, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The city of St. Peters issued a notice to residents on July 1 urging them to voluntarily conserve water due to the lack of rain and hot temperatures in the last several weeks. Until further notice,...

City of O'Fallon to hold public hearing for HOME funds.
July 6, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The city of O'Fallon will hold a public hearing to discuss the allocation of HOME Investment Partnership funds that will become available after Jan. 1, 2006, and the Community Development Block...

Romines sworn in as newest member of Missouri appellate bench.
July 6, 2005... Byline: Emily Umbright Casual and low-key was the judicial swearing-in of Judge Kenneth M. Romines to the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, last Thursday afternoon in the jury assembly room at the St. Louis County Courthouse....

Long-running Missouri probate matter laid to rest by court.
July 6, 2005... Byline: Denise G. Callahan Nearly a quarter-century since his death, the dispute over John Byron Corbin's estate may have finally ended. Corbin died in August 1981 at the age of 87 and left some rather rudimentary bequests to...

St. Louis Univ. and Wash. Univ. professors weigh in on Justice O'Connor's retirement.
July 7, 2005... Byline: Donna Walter U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor surprised the nation last week when she announced her retirement after 24 years on the high court. Where the court goes from here is up in the air, although...

Judge Glenn Norton named new chief judge of MO Court of Appeals, Eastern District.
July 7, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess The Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, now has a new chief judge, a man who, despite living in St. Louis County, refers to himself as still "a country guy." Chief Judge Glenn A. Norton plans on using his...

O'Fallon couple opens Stage Left, a coffeehouse and cafe in WingHaven.
July 7, 2005... Byline: Amy Amour After two years of contemplation and discussion, an O'Fallon couple decided to open their first small business, which owner Leigh Diehl describes as a combination of several of their loves. "My husband and I were...

Human resource survey finds that poor management equals low productivity.
July 7, 2005... Byline: Michelle Kowalski Working under bad management can negatively affect a person's productivity. And it seems many people agree. According to the 2005 Workplace Productivity Survey, conducted by the Society for Human Resource...

St. Charles County Economic Development Center announces next Executive Forum.
July 7, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Joe Pine, co-author of the international best-seller "The Experience Economy: Work is Theatre and Every Business a Stage," will be the featured speaker at the next Executive Forum event from 7:30...

Missouri governor signs protection bill against overly burdensome proposed regulations.
July 7, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Small businesses in Missouri have a new protection against overly burdensome proposed regulations due to Gov. Matt Blunt signing House Bill 576 into law on July 6. The new law strengthens Missouri's...

Federal Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005 helps small businesses.
July 7, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff With the passage of the Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005, Congress has acted to stop junk faxes while ensuring that small businesses can communicate with their customers. The legislation will ensure...

Karl Wilson, Ph.D., appointed to National Mental Health Association.
July 7, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Karl Wilson, Ph.D., president and CEO of Crider Center for Mental Health, has been appointed to the board of directors of the National Mental Health Association, based in Arlington, Va. The National...

Nikki Pethtel promoted to audit supervisor at Brown Smith Wallace L.L.C.
July 7, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Nikki Pethtel has been promoted to audit supervisor in the insurance services group at Brown Smith Wallace L.L.C. Pethtel's new role as audit supervisor recognizes her more than six years of...

Sergio G. Garcia, M.D., joins medical staff of SSM St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles.
July 7, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Sergio G. Garcia, M.D., a pulmonary disease specialist, has joined the medical staff of SSM St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles and SSM St. Joseph Hospital West in Lake Saint Louis. Garcia...

O'Fallon K-9 unit wins regional field trials.
July 7, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff For the second year in a row, the O'Fallon Police Department K-9 team walked away with top honors at the U.S. Police Canine Association Regional Field Trials held June 17-19 in Jerseyville, Ill....

Arthritis Foundation in its second year of fund raising in St. Charles County.
July 7, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Arthritis Foundation announced a second year of fund raising and partnership with local businesses in St. Charles County. In 2005, the Arthritis Foundation held its Arthritis Walk in May at...

Ribbon cuttings held by St. Charles-area chambers of commerce.
July 7, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff On Thursday, May 19, the O'Fallon Chamber of Commerce and city officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Mobile On The Run, located at 3000 Highway K. Lynn Walis is the owner. On Wednesday,...

Report shows St. Louis development still gathering steam.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Cathy Kingsley Kicking off summer in the downtown area was the annual meeting of the Downtown St. Louis Partnership, held on June 30 in the Majestic Ballroom of the Renaissance Grand Hotel, with more than 600 people in attendance....

St. Louis County Assessor's Office offers a clear process, open to input.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess Nobody likes to pay taxes, especially when homeowners feel they have no say in the matter. But with the St. Louis County Assessor's Office, they do. This office knows informed citizens can be a great help in the...

Will banks collapse if home values retreat?
July 8, 2005... Byline: Kathleen Johnson Jarboe (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication).When Mike Romanoff wanted to buy a one-bedroom condominium in Bethesda, Md., last summer, the prices chilled...

Commentary: Property ruling raises concerns.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Darren Currin (This article originally ran in The Journal Record, Oklahoma City, Ok., another Dolan Media publication). The U.S. Supreme Court decision on eminent domain sent shockwaves throughout the country. While such...

Federal courts seeking rent relief.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Dolan Media Staff Writer (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Rochester, N.Y., another Dolan Media publication). Judiciary rental rates are almost double the rates charged tenants for comparable space and include...

U.S. House proposes ban on a union-organizing practice.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Jeremy Harrell (This article orginally ran in The Daily Reporter, Milwaukee, WI, another Dolan Media publication.)Federal lawmakers are reviving a bill to outlaw the union-organizing practice known as salting. Last month, a...

St. Louis Composting acquires 1-800-TOPSOIL.
July 8, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff St. Louis Composting has acquired the rights to the phone number 1-800-TOPSOIL in the east-central Missouri and west-central Illinois regions, including all of the St. Louis metropolitan area. "When...

American Heart Association moving to Creve Coeur.
July 8, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The St. Louis office of the American Heart Association is moving west this summer. The organization has announced the sale of its existing property at 4643 Lindell Blvd. and the purchase of a new...

Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt signs changes to Homestead Preservation Act.
July 8, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Gov. Matt Blunt signed House Bill 229 changing the application procedures and expanding eligibility for the Missouri Homestead Preservation Act for seniors and disabled Missourians. "This bill will...

Electrical Connection wires 20 Habitat for humanity homes in Hillsdale.
July 8, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Electrical Connection mobilized an army of union electricians and electrical contractors this summer to wire 20 Habitat for Humanity homes in the St. Louis suburb of Hillsdale, Mo. International...

St. Louis-based THF Realty dedicates 'Clayton Caryatid'.
July 8, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff THF Realty and internationally recognized artist Howard Ben Tre have dedicated Clayton's newest piece of public artwork: "Clayton Caryatid" at the Plaza in Clayton. The commissioned sculpture is THF...

Legislation in U.S. House to ban bid shopping gains.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Paul Snyder (This article orginally ran in The Daily Reporter, Milwaukee, WI, another Dolan Media publication.)Legislation aiming to halt the practice of bid shopping on federal projects is gaining momentum in Washington, D.C. ...

Sports has an 'internal and external' importance.
July 9, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask Hosting major sporting events makes communities feel better about themselves. Witness the reaction Wednesday in London when that city was awarded the summer Olympic Games for 2012, beating out New York and several other...

St. Louis area firms get job-training funds from state.
July 9, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask Missouri companies in the St. Louis metropolitan area fared well during the first round of training grants approved by the state's Department of Economic Development and its Division of Workforce Development. A...

DED appointee from St. Peters quits after her past is revealed.
July 9, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask It didn't take long for Randa Hayes, who this year received a political appointment to an important post in the Missouri Department of Economic Development, to become a source of controversy. Hayes was forced to resign...

Sports emphasis highlights segment of regional business in St. Louis.
July 9, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon What do St. Louis, Nashville and Norfolk, Va., all have in common? That is, besides each being home to respected museums, renowned universities, recognizable monuments, restaurants, theaters, symphonies,...

Missouri Court of Appeals says man must return monetary gifts to widow's estate.
July 9, 2005... Byline: Charles Emerick A man who received cash gifts totaling tens of thousands of dollars from a 94-year-old widow he befriended late in her life must return $43,900 to her estate, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, ruled....

Brown Smith Wallace adds staff accountant to insurance services group.
July 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Arti Shah has joined Brown Smith Wallace L.L.C. as staff accountant in the insurance services group. Shah identifies improper accounting or documentation and makes recommendations to improve...

Government e-Management Solutions names new VP of client services.
July 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Catherine Fritzsche has been promoted to vice president of client services at Government e-Management Solutions Inc. In her new role, Fritzsche leads GEMS' client services staff in delivering all...

Midwest BankCentre names regional president of commercial banking.
July 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Jim Watson has been named regional president of commercial banking at Midwest BankCentre. Watson joined MBC in 2000 and has more than 25 years of experience in relationship banking with privately...

Karll Law Center adds associate to staff.
July 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Jody F. Giordano has joined Karll Law Center L.L.C. as an associate. She will work primarily in the areas of family law, Social Security disability and immigration. Giordano has a background in Medicaid...

Rubin Brown, Gornstein & Co. announces staffing changes: July 9, 2005.
July 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Gregory Smith, CPA, has joined Rubin Brown, Gornstein & Co. L.L.P as a manager in its internal audit group. Smith brings more than 20 years of experience in finance and information technology. His areas...

Marketing Direct hires direct marketing coordinator.
July 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Marketing Direct Inc. has added Larry Perkins to its growing staff as a direct marketing coordinator. His responsibilities include the processing and proofing of data for clients as well as providing...

The Page Law Firm adds associate to staff.
July 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Patrick J. Malone has joined The Page Law Firm, a general practice firm in Festus, as an associate. Malone has experience in litigation in both state and federal court, with an emphasis on family law and...

Brown Smith Wallace analyst receives designation as certified fraud examiner.
July 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Melissa Collins, AVA, a valuation analyst in Brown Smith Wallace's litigation & valuation services group, recently received her designation as a certified fraud examiner. Collins earned the designation...

Wentzville planned ahead for population boom.
July 11, 2005... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady As the county takes in more people, houses and cars, its cities are being challenged to meet the rapid population boom. According to the latest population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, which lag by...

GC Services settles in at MCI's Weldon Spring campus.
July 11, 2005... Byline: James Monahan GC Services, a leading provider of telecommunications services and collection solutions with its long-term relationship to its client MCI, last fall moved onto the MCI campus in Weldon Spring. Since September...

Truck deliveries from GM Wentzville Assembly Plant up 16 percent.
July 11, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The total number of truck deliveries of brands manufactured at the General Motors Wentzville Assembly Plant were up 16 percent in the month of June, compared with the number of deliveries during the...

SBA-backed loans maintain record pace.
July 11, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The U.S. Small Business Administration reported on Wednesday that through the first three quarters of fiscal year 2005, small businesses secured 71,131 loans from its 7(a) program, a 21 percent...

MO Court of Appeals rules tortious infection suit can proceed.
July 12, 2005... Byline: Emily Umbright A woman who contracted genital herpes from her ex-husband can sue for tortious infection, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, said last week. The decision reverses a St. Charles County trial court's...

Lori Jones elected president of St. Louis Bar Foundation.
July 12, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Lori W. Jones, an attorney with the firm of Thompson Coburn L.L.P. and past president of The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, has been elected president of the St. Louis Bar Foundation. ...

Commentary: Harassment claimants don't always claim harassment.
July 12, 2005... Byline: Marshall H. Tanick (This article originally ran in Minnesota Lawyer, Minneapolis, MN, another Dolan Media publication.) Not all claims about sexual harassment at work are claims for sex harassment in the workplace. This...

ProTronics Technologies Inc. wants all of St. Charles County to have wireless access.
July 12, 2005... Byline: Robin Seaton Jefferson While Partners for Progress recently began studying the possibility of enabling the entire county of St. Charles to provide free wireless Internet service for its residents, many may not know that a local St....

Commentary: Many perils to guard against at most public Internet places.
July 12, 2005... Byline: Rick Edvalson (This article originally ran in the Idaho Business Review, Boise, Idaho, another Dolan Media publication.) According to the AAA, a lot of us will be traveling this summer, despite the painfully high gas prices....

Missouri state treasurer announces record amount of unclaimed property returned to owners.
July 12, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Unclaimed Property Division of the Missouri Treasurer's Office returned $20.7 million during the fiscal year that ended June 30, setting a new record for the amount of unclaimed property...

U.S. Small Business Administration announces Web chat series.
July 12, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The U.S. Small Business Administration announced the first of a live Web chat series for small-business owners beginning in July. The live Web chat series will provide business owners with the...