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

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

Federal appeals courts find growth in senior status.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Donna Walter The number of senior judges serving federal appeals courts grew by 63.5 percent in the past 17 years, and the number of authorized judgeships in the same courts grew by just 6.5 percent, according to statistics...

Investigation by ATC clears Mike Shannon's restaurant in Missouri criminal case.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Allison Retka and Donna Walter The Missouri Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control will not take any actions against Mike Shannon's Steak and Seafood for the death of Cardinals relief pitcher Josh Hancock. The division announced...

Upcoming federal law starts battle over veterans representation.
June 1, 2007... Byline: James Goodwin and Guy Loranger National veterans groups disagree about the value of a federal law that will allow vets to hire attorneys earlier in the benefits process. Some who support the change say it doesn't go far enough....

Missouri estate attorney Voran picked as Lathrop chief.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Heather Cole After the turbulent exit of former Lathrop & Gage Chief Executive Tom Stewart, the firm's partners have picked respected "numbers guy" and estate attorney Joel Voran as their new leader. Voran, elected to a three-year...

The Boeing Co. joins Billion Dollar Roundtable.(Discussion)
June 4, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff The Boeing Co. became one of the newest members of the Billion Dollar Roundtable. The roundtable was created in 2001 by Don McKneely and Sharon Patterson to recognize corporations that spent at least $1...

The Boeing Co. awarded two multimillion U.S. Air Force contracts.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff The Boeing Co. has been awarded a $30 million U.S. Air Force contract to upgrade the B-52 fleet's integrated weapons interface units, which provide flight crews with enhanced smart weapon visibility and...

Bass Pro partners with Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation to introduce people to fishing.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff Bass Pro Shops will help promote the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation's Angler's Legacy program. The program is designed to encourage people who enjoy fishing to introduce someone new to the sport....

Kelley Scheidegger Barbee celebrates 10 years with Corporate Group Inc.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff Kelley Scheidegger Barbee is celebrating her 10th year with Corporate Group Inc. Scheidegger Barbee is the executive vice president, director of development and is responsible for new developments in St....

MO Higher Education Loan Authority introduces two new loan forgiveness programs.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff The Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority recently announced details for two loan forgiveness programs for engineering, math and science education. The first MOHELA loan forgiveness program is for math and...

Missouri seniors win Charter Collegiate Scholarship Awards.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff Charter Communications has named 10 Missouri and Illinois high school seniors winners of its Charter Collegiate Scholarship Award. This is the second year for the awards, which provide $500 to graduating...

Home builder may change plans for St. Charles land.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Mike Trask Home builder Greg Whittaker appears to having second thoughts about his plans to redevelop the so-called Noah's Ark site at Interstate 70 and Fifth Street in St. Charles. Whittaker last year proposed a $385 million,...

In St. Charles, neighborhood improvement districts don't need a neighborhood.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady Whittaker Homes Inc. is using a popular redevelopment tool to facilitate the construction of his new development at New Town in St. Charles. Neighborhood improvement districts mostly have been used in St. Charles...

Work begins to widen eastbound stretch of I-70 through St. Charles County.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Amy Armour With an estimated 140,000 cars traveling daily through St. Charles County on Interstate 70, work started last month to widen a stretch of road eastbound to accommodate the growing number of drivers. Plans call for the...

St. Charles County Department of Workforce Development to expand office space.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady St. Charles County Department of Workforce Development will be expanding its office space very soon. After only two years at its 212 Turner Blvd. residence in St. Peters, the department needs more room in which...

Housing slowdown starts to take its toll in St. Charles County.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Mike Trask Even in St. Charles County, the hotbed of home construction in the St. Louis metropolitan area for the past decade, the home-building industry is experiencing a definite slowdown. What is less clear is just how severe...

Cuivre River Electric Cooperative accepting bids on Lake Saint Louis office, warehouse.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff Cuivre River Electric Cooperative is accepting sealed bids through noon Friday, June 15, on the sale of their Lake Saint Louis office and warehouse at Highway 40/Interstate-64 and Prospect Road. The utility...

O'Fallon Chamber of Commerce celebrates ribbon cuttings.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff The O'Fallon Chamber of Commerce announced a ribbon cutting was held on April 27 for the grand opening of Abs Works Pilaties Studio. The studio is owned by Mary Peacock and is located at 717 Soundern. The...

St. Charles Chamber of Commerce celebrates ribbon cuttings.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff Dr. Jennifer Kane celebrated the grand opening of Dynamic Health Chiropractic with a ribbon cutting on Wednesday, May 23. Dynamic Health Chiropractic is located at 2745 W. Clay St., and the phone number is...

Wentzville Chamber of Commerce holds ribbon-cuttings: June 4, 2007.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff The Wentzville Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting for the re-opening of McDonald's at 1231 Wentzville Parkway on May 30. The restaurant is owned by Barb Jones. Classic Marine will be welcomed by the...

Hank Bellina named director of accounts at St. Louis-based ARCO Construction.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff Hank Bellina has been named director of major accounts for ARCO Construction Co., a design/build general contractor. Bellina's responsibilities will include identifying emerging national construction markets...

DESCO Group reports Loughborough Commons in South St. Louis 98 percent leased.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff The DESCO Group recently announced Loughborough Commons, a $40 million retail center in development, is 98 percent leased within nine months of opening. The 250,000-square-foot development is expected to...

U.S. Supreme Court drops case after local murder.
June 5, 2007... Byline: Allison Retka The murder of a 23-year-old convicted drug dealer on the streets of St. Louis last week has thrown the U.S. Supreme Court for a loop. The nation's highest court was on the cusp of issuing a decision in Mario...

Fake marriage charge could lead to prison, disbarment in Missouri.
June 5, 2007... Byline: James Goodwin Losing his license to practice law might not be Eric Affholter's most pressing concern right now, but the possibility looms for the former head of the state public defender's office in St. Louis. Affholter, who was...

Missouri House committee begins review of second injury fund.
June 5, 2007... Byline: Scott Lauck A House committee on Monday began a summer-long review that could result in proposals to reform or eliminate the state's Second Injury Fund. Some of the most critical information needed to make a decision -- a...

Federal appeals court in St. Louis upholds lethal injection in Missouri.
June 5, 2007... Byline: Tom Herrmann A federal appeals court ruling in St. Louis upholding the constitutionality of using lethal injection to carry out a death penalty is a landmark vindication of the state's practice of executing condemned inmates, a...

Five board members of St. Louis Public School District fight takeover with lawsuit.
June 6, 2007... Byline: Allison Retka Five board members of the St. Louis Public School District are trying to fend off a looming takeover date with a lawsuit in Cole County Circuit Court. Alleging various constitutional and statutory violations, the...

Mo. judge says judges can be taught about Americans with Disabilities Act.
June 6, 2007... Byline: Will Connaghan When the Americans with Disabilities Act was enacted in 1990, it represented the first comprehensive attempt to define the legal rights of the disabled. But the fight to defend those rights did not end with the first...

Applicants sought to fill Missouri Supreme Court vacancy.
June 6, 2007... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff The Missouri Supreme Court is accepting applications to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Judge Ronnie L. White. White served more than 11 years on the court. He will resign from...

Glazier honored by Washington Univ. School of Law in St. Louis.
June 7, 2007... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Dan Glazier, executive director and general counsel for Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, was selected as the 2007 honorary initiate into Washington University School of Law's Chapter of the Order of...

Vinson wants $131K if '9999' case in St. Louis-based federal court ends.
June 7, 2007... Byline: Donna Walter Lender Ray Vinson, famed for his twangy "ninety-nine, ninety-nine" in TV and radio ads, is looking for a guarantee that he won't be subjected to "unfair prejudice" if a federal judge grants American Equity Mortgage's...

Mound City Bar Association to honor Legal Legends.
June 7, 2007... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Five local judges and attorneys will be recognized as "Legal Legends" during the Mound City Bar Association's Annual Scholarship Reception and Dinner on June 30. The honorees are being recognized as...

John W. Traeger named general counsel at Gallop, Johnson & Neuman in St. Louis.
June 7, 2007... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff John W. Traeger, a law partner at Gallop, Johnson & Neuman in St. Louis with extensive experience dealing with federal, state and local environmental regulatory authorities, has been named internal...

St. Louis office of Blackwell Sanders hosts 27 summer associates.
June 7, 2007... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Twenty-seven summer associates will take part in Blackwell Sanders' 2007 Summer Associate Program, including five who will work in the firm's St. Louis office. The associates are Jessica L. Conlon,...

Steven Cousins named to UM-St. Louis ethics board.
June 7, 2007... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Armstrong Teasdale partner Steven N. Cousins has recently been selected to serve on the Community Advisory Board for the Center of Ethics in Public Life at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. The...

Robert Swearingen joins Legal Services of Eastern Missouri.
June 7, 2007... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Robert Swearingen has joined Legal Services of Eastern Missouri as a staff attorney in the organization's consumer unit. He was hired under a special grant legal services received from the National Legal...

Missouri Highway Patrol chief wants PSC to dig deeper in Taum Sauk.
June 8, 2007... Byline: James Goodwin The head of the Missouri State Highway Patrol on Thursday encouraged state utility regulators to do what they could to determine who removed important safety gauges at AmerenUE's Taum Sauk reservoir after its 2005...

Personal injury lawsuit prompts MoDot to investigate a series of interstate on-ramps.
June 8, 2007... Byline: Allison Retka A personal injury lawsuit levied against the Missouri Department of Transportation has returned a $375,000 award and a promise from MoDOT to investigate a series of interstate on-ramps in north St. Louis County. A...

Missouri justice appeal seeks to reinstate voter-fraud suit.
June 8, 2007... Byline: Trish Mehaffey The Department of Justice filed a notice of appeal Monday regarding a voter-fraud lawsuit that a federal court judge tossed out in April. Cynthia Magnuson, spokeswoman for the Department of Justice, said Thursday the...

Commentary: For better or worse, plaintiff's attorneys impact kids' play.
June 8, 2007... Byline: Will Connaghan Why does it seem like manufacturers have it in for the children in our country? Every week we hear about some product causing a child to break this or that. This week's candidate is the ubiquitous roller shoe. I'm...

Medical parole rarely granted in Missouri.
June 8, 2007... Byline: Donna Walter If Paris Hilton lived in Missouri, she'd have to be close to death or in need of long-term care to qualify for a medical parole. On Thursday, the hotel heiress was reassigned from the Century Regional Detention...

Commentary: Core issues for city of St. Charles.(City overview)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Mike Trask There is a scarcity of attractions in the city that appeal to teen-agers and young adults. The public school district doesn't have a favorable image, especially in light of officials' recent decision to close two...

St. Charles City ponders whether to jump on board streetcar idea.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Mike Trask A feasibility study says the creation of a streetcar service in St. Charles City makes sense. Whether city officials agree remains to be seen. Depending upon the routes chosen, project costs would run between $27.6...

Wentzville Chamber of Commerce holds ribbon cutting.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff The Wentzville Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of the Kids 'R' Kids School of Quality Learning on May 29. The school, located at 1020 Meyer Road, offers early childhood...

St. Charles Chamber of Commerce celebrates ribbon cuttings.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff The St. Charles Chamber of Commerce celebrated the grand opening of Rustic Roots with a ribbon cutting on May 31. Rustic Roots is owned by Bob and Ruth Murphy and is located at 406 Boone's Lick Road. The phone...

Brinkmann Constructors breaks ground on patrol HQ in Weldon Spring.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff Brinkmann Constructors broke ground on the new headquarters for Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop C in Weldon Spring. The 33,000-square-foot facility, designed to meet current and future growth needs, is...

O'Fallon Renaud Center Web site wins award.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff The O'Fallon Renaud Spirit Center's Web site received an honorable mention in the International Association of Business Communicators' 2007 Bronze Quill Award competition. The awards, sponsored annually by the...

Ameristar Casino in St. Charles hosts Special Olympic salute to veterans.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff Local law enforcement officers were honored for their service to the country and support of Special Olympics at the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics at Ameristar Casino in St. Charles on June 4....

Ameristar Casino donates $10,000 to St. Charles Community College Foundation.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff Jim Franke, general manager of Ameristar Casino St. Charles, presented a $10,000 donation to St. Charles Community College Foundation President Ted Dettmer and John McGuire, president of SCC. The funds,...

St. Louis real estate professional awarded certified commercial investment member designation.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff David Biales, senior adviser with Grubb & Ellis-Gundaker Commercial, has been awarded the certified commercial investment member designation by the CCIM Institute. Biales was among more than 264 real estate...

Dan Lauer shows glimpse of inventor's world.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Wm. Stage In 1989, Dan Lauer left a promising career in banking to test an idea for a line of water-filled dolls he had designed. After hundreds of solicitations to toy manufacturers were rejected or went unanswered, Lauer raised...

Missouri wine growers feeling effects of crazy spring weather.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Amy Armour Missouri wine growers are still feeling the effects of this year's crazy spring weather. Missouri wineries lost an average of 80 percent of their crops this year, said Jim Anderson, executive director of the Missouri...

GM van deliveries in Wentzville drop due to competition.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady In August 2005, the vans produced at the General Motors Assembly Plant in Wentzville were among the company's best sellers. That year the automotive company invested $30 million in the plant to retool two of the...

New Town Gateway in St. Charles close to first phase.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady After a good three years of growth and development in the residential, mixed-use development of New Town in St. Charles, developers of the New Town Gateway commercial area are ready to roll. Plans for the first...

Better Business Bureau Serving E. Missouri & S. Illinois offers forum featuring TORCH Award winners.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff The Better Business Bureau Serving Eastern Missouri & Southern Illinois will host a best-practices panel discussion from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 21, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Clayton. Four...

St. Charles chamber honors five educators with Ring of Excellence.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff The St. Charles Chamber of Commerce recently announced the recipients of the 2007 Ring of Excellence awards, which are bestowed upon teachers who inspire students to reach their full potential. The recipients...

8th Circuit decision overturned in Philip Morris case.
June 12, 2007... Byline: Donna Walter Tobacco giant Philip Morris Cos. lost federal court jurisdiction in a lawsuit challenging the design and promotion of the company's light cigarettes - a decision that could reach beyond the tobacco industry. On Monday,...

EPA hits Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District with suit for dumping raw sewage.
June 12, 2007... Byline: Allison Retka Dumping millions of gallons of raw sewage into every major river in the St. Louis metro area, including the Mississippi; illegally connecting sanitary and storm-water sewers; exposing St. Louis residents to bacteria,...

U.S. Supreme Court picks up replacements for St. Louis man.
June 12, 2007... Byline: Allison Retka The U.S. Supreme Court has taken up another Eighth Circuit case on federal sentencing guidelines after dropping a St. Louis-based appeal when the petitioner was shot and killed last month in an attempted car theft....

American Bar Assn. president to visit St. Louis.
June 12, 2007... Byline: St. Charles County Business Record Staff ABA President Karen Mathis will be visiting St. Louis next week on June 19 and 20. On Tuesday, she will begin her day by attending the Council on Legal Education/Diversity program with...

Missouri Supreme Court snubs St. Louis's 'market-share' theory.
June 13, 2007... Byline: Scott Lauck The city of St. Louis has tried for years to get lead paint removed from the walls of hundreds of old buildings in the city. If only the legal theory about who's responsible for that paint had the same sticking power....

Clayton property doesn't meet Mo. Supreme Court's definition of 'blighted'.
June 13, 2007... Byline: Allison Retka For the first time in two years, Clayton business owner Debbie Pyzyk thinks her property on Forsyth Boulevard is safe from city hall and the corporation around the corner. Her relief came when the Missouri Supreme...

Commentary: Little data for those flying solo.
June 13, 2007... Byline: Will Connaghan Surveys are funny things. According to one released last week, these are good days for some in the legal profession. The survey, conducted by legal staffing firm Robert Half Legal, found that 69 percent of lawyers...

Objectors decry coupons in St. Louis-based Edward D. Jones & Co. settlement.
June 13, 2007... Byline: Donna Walter The $127.5 million proposed settlement between St. Louis-based Edward D. Jones & Co. and the class-action plaintiffs who sued the brokerage has hit a snag five weeks before the case is set to be laid to rest. ...

Missouri Supreme Court rules sex offender registry not retroactive.
June 14, 2007... Byline: Donna Walter A juvenile who pleaded guilty to publicly displaying explicit sexual material does not have to register on the state's sex offender list because his plea was entered before the law expanding the registry took effect,...

Missouri Supreme Court rules sex offender deserves hearing.
June 14, 2007... Byline: Donna Walter A sex offender with lung disease should be allowed a hearing to challenge his confinement in a mental health facility, but the state's sexually violent predator law is valid, the Missouri Supreme Court said Tuesday....

State of Missouri court administrator to leave for Kosovo post.
June 14, 2007... Byline: Scott Lauck "People who are going through mid-life crisis buy cars; they do not move to Kosovo." That's the advice that Missouri State Courts Administrator Mike Buenger got when he told one of his cousins what he publicly announced...

Former prosecutor accused of sodomy with teenage boys in Town & Country.
June 15, 2007... Byline: Tom Herrmann A former assistant U.S. attorney who claimed in 2001 that he was wrongly being investigated for child molestation has been charged with having sex with two 15-year-old boys in his Town & Country home over the past...

Missouri's Second Injury Fund chairman leaves lobbying position.
June 15, 2007... Byline: Scott Lauck An interim House committee studying Missouri's Second Injury Fund pressed on with its work Thursday, despite a few employment changes for the people pushing the study. The committee's chairman, Rep. Steve Hunter,...

Commentary: Watch out for side effects from advertising.
June 15, 2007... Byline: Will Connaghan Warning! Law firm advertising may be bad for your health. At least that's what a survey released on Wednesday by drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co. and the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare says. The...

Judges with 8th U.S. Circuit view baseball statistics in the public domain.
June 15, 2007... Byline: Donna Walter Judges of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals took healthy swings Thursday at arguments on both sides of a dispute between Major League Baseball and a St. Louis-based fantasy baseball provider. A three-judge panel...

Manufacturing one of St. Charles County's strongest industries.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady The manufacturing landscape of St. Charles County in the 1850s was made up mostly of furniture factories, which was understandable since the county's natural resource was hardwood, according Steve Ehlmann, county...

Manufacturer says St. Charles site needs tax abatement.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Mike Trask When he started relocating his manufacturing operation to St. Charles from O'Fallon, Robert Griggs said he had no intention of asking for any kind of tax abatement. "I'm not a developer. I'm a businessman," Griggs, owner...

Montgomery Bank eyes Weldon Spring for office development.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Mike Trask Montgomery Bank has purchased 11-plus acres in Weldon Spring with plans to construct some 120,000 square feet of office space there, says City Administrator Michael Padella. The site borders Highway 40 and Wolfrum Road....

The Boeing Co. awarded laser joint direct attack munitions contract.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff The Boeing Co. has been awarded the $28 million U.S. Air Force quick reaction capability contract for delivery of its laser joint direct attack munitions weapon system. The contract will provide 400 laser...

Boeing, Lockheed Martin complete successful small diameter bomb II first flight.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff The Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin successfully completed the first flight of the small diameter bomb increment II weapon system on May 22 at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Boeing's SDB weapon system, which...

Delta Dental of Missouri acquires St. Charles-based Bridgeport.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff Delta Dental of Missouri recently completed the acquisition of St. Charles-based Bridgeport, a dental benefits utilization review company that manages Medicaid dental benefit programs. Bridgeport became a...

Southwest Bank opens newest branch in O'Fallon.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff Southwest Bank recently completed construction on a new banking center located at 101 Laura K Drive in O'Fallon. This branch is the 17th Southwest location in the St. Louis metropolitan area, and it offers a...

O'Fallon Chamber of Commerce holds ribbon cutting for Kitaro Bistro.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff The O'Fallon Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the grand opening of Kitaro Bistro of Japan. Kitaro Bistro is owned by Johnny Yoon and located at 4551 Highway K. The phone number is...

St. Charles Chamber of Commerce celebrates ribbon cuttings.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff The St. Charles Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 6 for the grand opening of Sharp Studios, a photography business. Sharp Studios is owned by Sandy Sharp and is located at 519 First...

Wentzville Chamber of Commerce holds ribbon cuttings.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Business Record Staff The Wentzville Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Stone Ridge Canyon on June 12 at the Stone Ridge Canyon Subdivision on Big Bend Drive. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held by the Wentzville Chamber...

St. Charles City's economic development director to host annual real estate briefing.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Mike Trask Nadine Boon, St. Charles City's economic development director, will host her annual Real Estate Breakfast Briefing and Tour this Friday at The Columns Banquet and Conference Center, 711 Veterans Memorial Parkway. The...

Ameristar Casino St. Charles to offer sneak peek at 400-suite hotel.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Mike Trask Local dignitaries and the media will get a sneak peek this Wednesday at what Ameristar Casino St. Charles will offer guests when its 400-suite hotel property opens late this year. Guests will be able to tour a couple of...

Feature film to shoot scenes on Main Street in St. Charles.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Mike Trask There won't be any big-name movie stars like Tim Robbins in town this week, but scenes of a feature film are scheduled to be shot this week and next at different locales on Main Street in St. Charles. A St. Charles-based...

School takeover proceeds.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Scott Lauck By Scott Lauck scott.lauck@molawyersmedia.com Acknowledging that the legal process of stripping the district of its accreditation may be troublesome, Judge Richard Callahan allowed the state's takeover of St. Louis...