St. Charles County Business Record, MO articles from July 2007

St. Charles County Business Record, MO archives from July 2007

St. Charles County to get more spec office space.
July 2, 2007... Byline: Mike Trask There are plans to put more speculative office space on the market in St. Charles County. The hot locations appear to be along Highway 40. Montgomery Bank recently purchased 11 acres in Weldon Spring to put up two...

St. Charles-based EPC's latest expansion is 'just natural'.
July 2, 2007... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady St. Charles-based Executive Personal Computers has expanded for the fourth time in six years. It recently announced opening a new facility at 1133 Erie in Kansas City, Mo. The office is expected to be fully...

Industrial Development Authority of St. Charles County changes position on wage issue.
July 2, 2007... Byline: Mike Trask The Industrial Development Authority of St. Charles County is now requiring developers who use its tax-exempt bonds to finance projects to pay the prevailing wage to their employees. The IDA board of directors last year...

St. Charles Economic Development Director Nadine Boon discusses development projects.
July 2, 2007... Byline: Mike Trask Close to 300 developers, real estate professionals, bankers and others packed The Columns Banquet and Conference Center June 22 to hear St. Charles Economic Development Director Nadine Boon talk about development...

EQUIS Hospitality Management to renovate TownePlace Suites in St. Charles.
July 2, 2007... Byline: Mike Trask With more hotels getting built in the St. Charles market, EQUIS Hospitality Management decided it needed to renovate its 95-room TownePlace Suites to better compete for the business traveler. The hotel is located at 1800...

Premier Bank holds open house in new St. Charles branch.
July 2, 2007... Byline: Mike Trask An open house last month at Premier Bank's new branch at 1001 S. Fifth St. in St. Charles drew a large crowd. Darrell Roegner, a longtime presence in the St. Charles County banking industry and regional president of...

Mid-Towne IGA in St. Charles does well despite rising competition.
July 2, 2007... Byline: Mike Trask In the face of rising competition from chain grocers and Wal-Mart, independent Mid-Towne IGA in St. Charles continues to do well. The store, located in a strip center at the corner of Elm Street and Hawthorn Avenue, is...

O'Fallon Station project still on track.
July 2, 2007... Byline: Mike Trask There hasn't been much coming out of O'Fallon lately about the O'Fallon Station redevelopment project, but O'Fallon Economic Development Director Jim Curran said the project is still on track. Chicago developer Joseph...

Charter to launch business telephone service in St. Charles County.
July 2, 2007... Charter Business, the commercial division of Charter Communications, will roll out its Charter Business telephone service to St. Charles County business owners in early July. City Business Telephone provides commercial clients with the same...

Cuivre River Electric awards $35,000 in scholarships.
July 2, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff Cuivre River Electric Community Trust awarded 71 students from Lincoln, Pike, St. Charles and Warren counties a total of $35,500 in scholarships. Among the local recipients are Marlene Hoehn of O'Fallon, Mark...

Cuivre River Electric awards $35,000 in scholarships.
July 2, 2007... Cuivre River Electric Community Trust awarded 71 students from Lincoln, Pike, St. Charles and Warren counties a total of $35,500 in scholarships. Among the local recipients are Marlene Hoehn of O'Fallon, Mark Roderique of St. Charles and April...

Charter Business to launch business telephone service in St. Charles County.
July 2, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff Charter Business, the commercial division of Charter Communications, will roll out its Charter Business telephone service to St. Charles County business owners in early July. City Business Telephone provides...

Libel suits in St. Charles fly over drunken driving, 'assassin' allegations.
July 3, 2007... Byline: Tom Herrmann In litigation with all the makings of a quirky daytime drama, a St. Charles County councilman has filed a libel suit against a Kansas City political consultant, who has countersued both the councilman and a weekly St....

Members of country club in St. Albans sue for fee refunds.
July 3, 2007... Byline: Heather Cole A former member is looking to add 400 plaintiffs to his lawsuit against the Country Club of St. Albans. Lawyers for plaintiff Robert Wright are seeking class-action status for the suit, which alleges that 400 members...

Country club members sue for fee refunds.
July 3, 2007... Byline: Heather Cole A former member is looking to add 400 plaintiffs to his lawsuit against the Country Club of St. Albans. Lawyers for plaintiff Robert Wright are seeking class-action status for the suit, which alleges that 400 members...

Two of Mo's largest law firms expand outside their headquarters cities.
July 3, 2007... Byline: Heather Cole Two of Missouri's largest firms expanded outside their headquarters cities with July 1 mergers with smaller firms. Kansas City-based Stinson Morrison Hecker picked up 39 attorneys in St. Louis by merging with...

Letter to the editor: Missouri doesn't need an English-language amendment.(Letter to the editor)
July 4, 2007... Byline: Sarah Brodsky Although official state business is not always understandable to ordinary Missourians, the reason probably has more to do with bureaucratic rules and jargon than with any language barrier. Nevertheless, the...

Commentary: Celebrate our rights while we still have 'em.
July 4, 2007... Byline: Will Connaghan As we grill our pork steaks, enjoy our beverages and celebrate the founding of our nation, it might be a good time to reflect on the current state of our Constitution. On Monday, for instance, President George W....

Missouri leads in inmate reduction.
July 5, 2007... Byline: Tom Herrmann Less than two years ago, Missouri courts began a new program to assess inmates to determine what prison sentences and probation terms would be most effective in keeping inmates from returning to prison after their...

Murder suspect gives up extradition fight from St. Charles to Illinois.
July 5, 2007... Byline: Donna Walter The man charged by the state of Illinois with killing his wife and three children has ended his extradition fight. Christopher D. Vaughn was arrested in St. Charles on a fugitive charge on June 25 and since then has...

Two Lake St. Louis attorneys take suspension of practices over bribery case.
July 5, 2007... Byline: Allison Retka Two Lake St. Louis attorneys agreed to drop their law practices for a year to avoid prosecution by the U.S. Attorney's office on charges of lying to FBI agents. Brian Zink and David Dalton II, both attorneys with the...

Attorneys ask full 8th Circuit COA in St. Louis to hear lethal injection appeal.
July 5, 2007... Byline: Tom Herrmann The attorneys for condemned Missouri inmate Michael Taylor have taken their challenge of Missouri's use of lethal injection one step closer to the U.S. Supreme Court. Attorney Ginger Anders on Monday asked the full 8th...

Thomas L. Greaney, J.D., Professor of Law at Saint Louis Univ., honored.
July 5, 2007... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Thomas L. Greaney, J.D., the Chester A. Myers Professor of Law at Saint Louis University, has been named the 2007 recipient of the Jay Healey Health Law Teachers Award. Greaney, a Fulbright...

St. Louis attorney to make presentation at Illinois Bioterrorism Summit 2007.
July 5, 2007... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff David J. Massa, partner at the law firm of Gallop, Johnson & Neuman be a presenter at Illinois Bioterrorism Summit 2007 on July 17 in Oak Brook, Ill. Massa, the pro bono chairman of the...

Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale has added four new attorneys to its St. Louis office.
July 5, 2007... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale has added four new attorneys to its St. Louis office. Donald G. Kennedy has rejoined the firm as an officer in the real estate practice group. Kennedy originally...

Cole County judge temporarily restrains midwifery law.
July 5, 2007... Byline: Scott Lauck A Cole County judge on Monday granted a temporary restraining order against a controversial law that allows the practice of midwifery in Missouri. Judge Patricia Joyce enjoined enforcement of the law until a hearing on...

Missouri Supreme Court Judge White prepares for quiet exit today.
July 6, 2007... Byline: Scott Lauck In the quiet halls of the Missouri Supreme Court building in Jefferson City, the only way one can tell that one of the judges is retiring today is by looking up. The third floor balcony, adjacent to most of the judge's...

Illinois law firm sued in St. Louis Circuit Court over lease at 1010 Market St.
July 6, 2007... Byline: Donna Walter The Illinois law firm of Hepler, Broom, MacDonald, Hebrank, True & Noce is on the receiving end of a rent-and-possession lawsuit filed by its former landlord. In a lawsuit filed in the St. Louis Circuit Court last...

Newly enacted Missouri-state law OKs use of alcoholic swabs in drunken-driving blood tests.
July 6, 2007... Byline: Scott Lauck A newly enacted state law will allow the admission of blood tests on accused drunken drivers even if an alcohol swab was used before blood was drawn. In a press release Monday that touted the law, Gov. Matt Blunt's...

Retiring Justice Ronnie L. White becomes partner in new law firm in St. Louis.
July 10, 2007... Byline: John DeMoor Retiring Justice Ronnie L. White left the Supreme Court in part because he didn't want to be portrayed as the poster child for judicial activism, he said during a weekend interview. White, whose last day on the court...

Illinois appellate court rules Missouri act inapplicable in Illinois.
July 10, 2007... Byline: Tom Herrmann A lawsuit based on an event in Missouri and arguing Missouri law cannot be fought in Illinois, an Illinois appellate court has ruled. The unanimous decision is the second time a Madison County, Ill., woman has been...

AEM wants to drop case in St. Louis against Ray Vinson.
July 10, 2007... Byline: Donna Walter American Equity Mortgage wants to dismiss its federal case against lender Ray Vinson, famed for his twangy "ninety-nine, ninety-nine" in TV and radio ads, but it doesn't like the conditions the judge would impose on...

Penninger joins St. Louis-based Husch & Eppenberger.
July 10, 2007... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Husch & Eppenberger has added James Robert "Bob" Penninger Jr. as counsel in the firm's tax and estate planning practice group. Penninger practices tax-oriented estate planning and estate and trust...

8th Circuit rules tax refunds in Missouri are fair game for creditors.
July 11, 2007... Byline: Donna Walter State and federal tax refunds can't be shielded from creditors in Missouri bankruptcy cases, the 8th Circuit U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Tuesday in a decision hailed by bankruptcy trustees. In separate cases,...

Commentary: Summer associates have options.
July 11, 2007... Byline: Will Connaghan The dog days of summer are in full swing and so are the summer associate programs at many law firms. But at most firms the summer associates are not treated like dogs until they become full-time associates after...

St. Louis jury awards couple $825,000 for delayed diagnosis.
July 12, 2007... Byline: Donna Walter A St. Louis jury last month ordered Saint Louis University and Dr. Paulo Bicalho to pay a South County couple $825,000 for injuries suffered after the husband's hip fracture went undiagnosed for three months. Phillip...

Kevin Sweeney to chair Polsinelli life sciences law group.
July 12, 2007... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus has added Kevin Sweeney as chair of its multidisciplinary life sciences law group. Sweeney, who has 25 years of experience as a securities and corporate...

Maltby, Walsh join Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal's St. Louis office.
July 12, 2007... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal has added Richard B. Maltby and Timothy J. Walsh to its St. Louis office as associate attorneys in its litigation group. Maltby received his JD in 2002 from...

Stewart receives Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys Oustanding Service Award.
July 12, 2007... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Thomas L. Stewart, the outgoing president of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, has been honored with MATA's Outstanding Service Award for 2007. A 1986 graduate of Saint Louis...

Mandel elected Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys vice president.
July 12, 2007... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Alan S. Mandel has begun serving a term as vice president of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys. Mandel a partner in the firm of Schlueter, Mandel & Mandel in St. Louis and is a...

Saint Louis Galleria worker receives $400,000 settlement.
July 12, 2007... Byline: James Goodwin A mentally retarded woman who reported being raped while she was working at Saint Louis Galleria is receiving more than $400,000 from a settlement reached last month with an affiliate of the shopping mall's previous...

Conspiracy not necessary for guilt in co-conspirator's offense, 8th Circuit says.
July 13, 2007... Byline: Donna Walter A criminal defendant does not have to be charged with a conspiracy offense to be found guilty of an offense committed by a co-conspirator, a divided panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday. This is...

St. Louis-area developers to pay for polluting waterways.
July 13, 2007... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Several St. Louis-area developers responsible for polluting streams and lakes with runoff from three construction sites will adhere to a strict compliance program at future construction...

Commentary: What to do with middle-school murder suspects?
July 13, 2007... Byline: Will Connaghan Twelve-year-olds are not supposed to commit heinous crimes. At that age, most boys are usually more concerned about music, sports and the latest video games. They are perched on the brink of their teenage years and...

Tow truck driver will sue estate of deceased St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock.
July 13, 2007... Byline: James Goodwin The tow truck driver being sued by the father of deceased Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock will proceed with his own legal cases - in two states, the truck driver's attorney said Thursday. Robert Pedroli, who represents...

Correction.(Correction notice)
July 13, 2007... A story in Thursday's paper about a settlement received by a former worker at Saint Louis Galleria should have said the settlement totaled $775,000. The former worker received about $400,000 after attorney's fees and expenses.

Duke Realty selects Clayton-based Gateway Commercial to market Premier 370.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff Duke Realty Corp. has selected Gateway Commercial, a member of the Cushman and Wakefield Alliance, to market the land component of its 505-acre portion of Premier 370, an 835-acre business park located at the...

H & S Corporate Park III in St. Charles to be completed in fall 2007.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff Kim York, president of Corporate Group Inc., and Denise O'Mara, commercial leasing agent, announced that H&S Corporate Park III will be completed in the fall of 2007. The corporate park will have 15,000 square...

St. Peters-based Cissell Mueller announces $4 million Greenmount Plaza development.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff St. Peters-based Cissell Mueller Co. has announced the development of Greenmount Plaza, a 14,000-square-foot retail center at Highway 161 and Greenmount Road in Belleville, Ill. The development is projected to...

Gov. Blunt appoints John P. Orr to safety board.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff John P. Orr of St. Peters was appointed to the Elevator Safety Board by Gov. Matt Blunt on July 2. Orr is a graduate of Ranken Tech and is a business representative for the International Union of Elevator...

Brenda Newberry appointed to board of Missouri's Enterprise Bank.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff Enterprise Bank & Trust, the principal subsidiary of Enterprise Financial Services Corp., appointed Brenda Newberry, chairman and CEO of The Newberry Group Inc., to the board of directors. As one of eleven...

Julie Prinkey, of St. Charles, joins Argent Capital Management.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff Julie Prinkey, a resident of St. Charles, joined Argent Capital Management as director of marketing. Prinkey will oversee the firm's marketing needs. She previously worked for Edward Jones, A.G. Edwards & Sons...

Evelyn Harris, of Lake Saint Louis, joins Johnson Realty.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff Lake Saint Louis resident Evelyn Harris recently joined Johnson Realty as sales manager. In her new position, Harris will be responsible for overseeing daily operations and managing multiple buyers and listing...

RubinBrown promotes Richard Feldt, of O'Fallon, to partner.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff O'Fallon resident Richard Feldt has been promoted to partner in the Internal Audit Services Group at RubinBrown. As a partner, Feldt will complete internal audit and Sarbanes-Oxley engagements and consulting...

Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital welcomes Sergio Garcia, M.D.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital announced that critical-care specialist Sergio Garcia, M.D., will serve as the medical director of the intensive care unit for the hospital. Garcia earned his medical degree...

Pam Kratovil named St. Charles-based St. Joseph cardiology service-line manager.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff Pam Kratovil recently accepted the position of cardiology service-line manager at SSM St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles. Kratovil will be responsible for the management of the cardiac catheterization and...

St. Charles-area chambers hold ribbon cuttings.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff St. Charles General Manager Chuck Schoene and the St. Charles Chamber of Commerce celebrated the grand re-opening of the TownePlace Suites by Marriott with a ribbon cutting on June 29. TownPlace Suites is...

New SBA regulations help small businesses obtain government contracts.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff New U.S. Small Business Administration regulations took effect on June 30 that requires companies with federal contracts to recertify their size status as small businesses. This will increase opportunities for...

St. Louis region's residents combat commuting concerns by ridesharing.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff The St. Louis regional rideshare program announced another record-breaking increase in the number of commuters choosing to carpool to work. RideFinders exceeded the 400-mark in carpoolers registered in a...

Bass Pro Shops announces agreement with Dale Earnhardt.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff Bass Pro Shops signed a three-year agreement with Dale Earnhardt Inc. to sponsor the No. 1 Chevrolet and driver Martin Truex Jr. through the 2010 NASCAR Nextel Cup season. Bass Pro Shops started with DEI in...

Socket telecommunications offers services in St. Charles.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff St. Charles resident John Coleman, account executive with Socket, is bringing Socket services into the St. Charles, Greater St. Louis and surrounding areas. Socket, headquartered in Columbia, Mo., is a...

St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles opens new orthopedic unit.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff A renovated orthopedic unit opened on June 25 at the SSM St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles. The new therapy rooms house equipment for both physical and occupational therapy, such as a set of practice...

St. Charles County residents purchase second business.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff Gary and Laura Gillespie, residents of St. Charles County and owners of Tiger Blue Inc., purchased a Spray Green distributorship on June 18. Spray Green is a liquid lawn fertilizer containing natural...

FrenchTown Lofts to bring urban style to historic area in St. Charles.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Amy Armour It's like city living in a small, historic town. New construction in the Frenchtown neighborhood in the city of St. Charles will try to emulate an urban-living style to attract young professionals. "As an architect for...

Growth dictates St. Charles-based LMI's move into new facility.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Mike Trask St. Charles-based LMI Aerospace Inc. is spreading its wings. Last month, the local manufacturer of structural components, assemblies and kits to the aerospace, defense and technology industries announced that it had...

While Highway 40 in St. Charles County is upgraded, Page Avenue project stalls.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Mike Trask The good news is that the St. Charles County stretch of Highway 40 is one step closer to achieving interstate status. The bad news is that there are a couple of planned transportation projects in the county in major need...

Donna Costellia to resign from Greater St. Charles Convention and Visitors Bureau.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Mike Trask Employees have come and gone through the years at the Greater St. Charles Convention and Visitors Bureau, but the glue that has held everything together through all the growth and recent controversies has been Donna...

National Assn. of Realtors awards grant to St. Charles County chapter.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Mike Trask The National Association of Realtors has awarded a $2,550 grant to its St. Charles County chapter. The chapter said the grant money would be used to help sponsor a summit on housing some time this fall. HOME St. Charles,...

Habitat for Humanity of St. Charles County in demand.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Mike Trask It's no secret that there's a slowdown in home building, but there still is very much a demand for homes produced by Habitat for Humanity of St. Charles County. The local affiliate of the international not-for-profit...

Royal Canin expands operation at Fountain Lakes in St. Charles.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Mike Trask France's Royal Canin has expanded its USA headquarters in the Fountain Lakes Commerce Center in St. Charles. The pet food manufacturer recently added approximately 4,000 square feet to its leased headquarters space to...

St. Louis-based Q10 Triad Capital Advisors secures more than $60 million of loans.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff Q10 Triad Capital Advisors announced that the St. Louis-based firm arranged for more than $60 million of loans in recent transactions for properties located in the metropolitan area. The transactions included a...

James M. Loft joins Gateway Commercial/Cushman Wakefield.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff James M. Loft joined Gateway Commercial/Cushman Wakefield as an associate. Loft will focus primarily on landlord and tenant representation in the suburban office markets as well as land disposition. Loft...

Andrea Lenzen joins Missouri-based Conrad Properties as sales manager.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff Andrea Lenzen recently joined Conrad Properties Corp. as sales manager for Conrad's 4545 Lindell Condominiums in the Central West End. Lenzen will work with prospective purchasers and the residential brokerage...

Missouri Attorney General Nixon sues over Ameren rate hike.
July 17, 2007... Byline: Scott Lauck Calling a $43 million rate hike "unlawful, unjust and unreasonable," the Missouri Attorney General's Office has asked for a review of the increase Ameren UE won from the state earlier this year. In a petition for a writ...

Mound City Bar Assn.'s new president Rufus Tate is looking out for the everyman.
July 18, 2007... Byline: Donna Walter "Karen," running late one morning, was pulled over after making a so-called St. Louis stop. When asked for her proof of insurance, the young mother could produce only an expired insurance card even though her car was...

Error in Devlin case won't impede venue change, experts say.
July 18, 2007... Byline: Allison Retka Michael Devlin's defense attorneys are facing new scrutiny about their most recent efforts to secure a new judge and trial venue for their client. At a Monday hearing in Washington County, where Devlin faces several...

Commentary: Constitution shields questionable entertainment.
July 18, 2007... Byline: Will Connaghan, Associate Editor The Internet can be a strange and violent place filled with images and material that a majority of people find objectionable. Despite this dark side, the Internet is also a bastion of First Amendment...

How many hours did you work this week? Your answer might depend on your age.
July 18, 2007... Byline: Bridget Heos When Weylin Watson interviewed with law firms for a summer internship, he made something clear upfront: He wanted to spend time with his family, so long hours were not for him. "That was perhaps the most important...

Quarry neighbors must sue individually, Missouri court rules.
July 18, 2007... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff Homeowners who live near the Fred Weber Inc. quarry in O'Fallon, Mo., do not qualify as a class in a lawsuit against the quarry because explosions there would impact each property...

Mandatory retirement catches up to Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Judge Gaertner.
July 19, 2007... Byline: Scott Lauck Judge Gary M. Gaertner Sr. gives a wry laugh at the irony of his situation. He chairs the state's Commission on Retirement, Removal and Discipline of judges, although he personally thinks 70 is too young an age at which...

St. Louis Board of Aldermen hire clerk/counsel.
July 19, 2007... Byline: Donna Walter The St. Louis Board of Aldermen's decision to hire attorney Denise Watson-Wesley Coleman as its clerk and legal counsel is groundbreaking three times over. Coleman, 61, will be the first African-American and the first...

Missouri Supreme Court resurrects campaign limits.
July 20, 2007... Byline: James Goodwin and Tom Herrmann Missouri's campaign contribution limits are being reinstated under a unanimous decision handed down Thursday by the state Supreme Court. According to the high court, lawmakers linked two important...

St. Louis police officers given qualified immunity in discrimination case.
July 20, 2007... Byline: Donna Walter St. Louis Police Chief Joe Mokwa and two of his supervising officers are entitled to qualified immunity in an employment discrimination lawsuit filed by three female police officers who were assigned to the night...

Commentary: 'Mr. Redevelopment' helped revive downtown St. Louis.
July 20, 2007... Byline: Will Connaghan There are many in the legal profession who go about their business without a lot of fanfare. Some of society's most important legal work is done by these individuals. We take for granted, much of what they do on a...