St. Charles County Business Record, MO articles from March 2006

St. Charles County Business Record, MO archives from March 2006

Meth suits target cold medicine makers, sellers.
March 1, 2006... Byline: Nora Lockwood Tooher (The following article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, Boston, MA, another Dolan Media publication.) Cold medicines are the subject of several new lawsuits that claim manufacturers and...

Experts share secrets for attracting clients, keeping practice growing.
March 1, 2006... Byline: Sheryl M. Vassallo (The following article was originally published in the Michigan Lawyers Weekly, Detroit, MI, another Dolan Media publication.) With immense changes happening in the law every day, lawyers have no shortage of...

St. Charles-based LMI Aerospace Inc. presents business to federal officials.
March 1, 2006... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady A key to surviving in the manufacturing business is providing more value to your customers. And the recent history of St. Charles-based LMI Aerospace Inc. is one example of this truth. Those were some...

Federal official touts Bush's Competitive Initiative during visit to LMI Aerospace in St. Charles.
March 1, 2006... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady President George Bush's Competitive Initiative will strengthen the nation's manufacturing industry by providing a way for manufacturers to control federal policies that may impact the industry. Those were the...

Internet use increases among St. Charles-area chambers.
March 1, 2006... Byline: Robin Seaton Jefferson E-mail, the fastest-growing form of communication, is replacing "snail mail," or paper letters, by leaps and bounds. And local chambers of commerce are not shying away from the trend. In fact, some chambers...

MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. of O'Fallon appoints Blackmore to its board.
March 1, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. of O'Fallon recently announced the appointment of Peter Blackmore to its board of directors. Blackmore is the executive vice president of sales and marketing for...

St. Charles-based LMI Aerospace to release quarterly, full-year results.
March 1, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff LMI Aerospace Inc. said it will release its fourth-quarter and full-year 2005 results on March 13. After a lean couple of years, the St. Charles-based company's financial picture has brightened of...

St. Peters: Business park deal will get done.
March 2, 2006... Byline: Mike Trask St. Peters' announcement this week that its sale of a large tract of land to a developer has been postponed yet again has not undermined city officials' confidence in the project. "The development is proceeding....

O'Fallon building requirements weigh heavy on developers.
March 2, 2006... Byline: Cathy Kingsley In the development business, predictable government requirements are key to planning and selling a residential or commercial project. Developers need to avoid surprises with regard to rules and regulations in order...

Payroll course offered in March.
March 2, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The American Payroll Association will hold a payroll training seminar for entry-level practitioners, employees with newly assigned payroll responsibilities, practitioners who lack formal training or...

Boeing completes flight testing of weapon Data-Link Network.
March 2, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Boeing Co. has successfully completed flight testing of components of the U.S. Air Force's new Weapon Data-Link Network, which has applications for a number of weapons systems. The WDLN's...

St. Charles Community College to offer free income tax preparation.
March 2, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff To help low- to moderate-income earners this tax season, St. Charles Community College is offering free tax return preparation assistance and e-filing through the volunteer Income Tax Assistance...

Businesses benefit from using data-driven approaches to finding markets.
March 2, 2006... Byline: Brad Carlson This article originally appeared in the Idaho Business Review, Boise, Id., another Dolan Media publication. It's no secret that big corporations spend a lot of money and crunch a lot of numbers before they decide...

Seminar set in St. Charles for small-business owners on retirement plans.
March 2, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Edward Jones investment representative Karen Schneider will hold a seminar this month to discuss with small-business owners the advantages of offering retirement plans to their employees. Schneider...

Last chance to make Athena Leadership Foundation of St. Charles County nominations.
March 2, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Athena Leadership Foundation of St. Charles County's deadline for accepting nominations for the 2006 Athena Award is fast approaching. This Friday is the last day nominations will be accepted....

State park association recognizes Ortwerth, others.
March 2, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Missouri Park and Recreation Association recognized St. Charles County Executive Joe Ortwerth during the organization's conference last week. The MPRA presented Ortwerth with its Public Official...

St. Peters Rec-Plex seeks workers.
March 2, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The St. Peters Rec-Plex will host a job fair March 17 for summer job seekers. The job fair will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Rec-Plex is looking for lifeguards, swim instructors and camp...

Book signing scheduled in St. Charles.
March 2, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Author Shane Bernskoetter is scheduled to sign copies of his book, "Surviving Twilight: Operation Iraqi Freedom II," at Main Street Books, 621 S. Main St. in St. Charles. The book signing will run...

Local area's chambers of commerce hold ribbon cuttings for new businesses.
March 2, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff On Tuesday, Jan. 3, the Wentzville Chamber of Commerce and city officials held a ribbing-cutting ceremony for Allied Fitness L.L.C. and Allied Health L.L.C., located at 1436 W. Meyer Road in...

Olivette municipal worker's suit revived by Missouri Supreme Court.
March 2, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday gave an Olivette employee a second chance to bring his retaliation, wrongful termination and breach of contract claims against his former employer. A St. Louis County trial...

Employee's qualifications do not need to 'jump off page'.
March 2, 2006... Byline: David Ziemer (The following article was originally published in Wisconsin Lawyer, another Dolan Media publication. An employer's stated reason for an allegedly discriminatory hiring decision need not "jump off the page and slap...

Lisa Pool Byrne tackles future of St. Louis commercial real estate.
March 3, 2006... Byline: Leah G. Rothschild A snapshot of a day in the life of Commercial Real Estate Women-St. Louis President Lisa Pool Byrne is representative of the gusto that local chapter members seem to impart in their busy civic, professional and...

Teams selected for Urban Land Institute competition.
March 3, 2006... Byline: Cathy Kingsley Teams representing Columbia University, Harvard University (two), and the University of California, Berkeley have been selected as the finalists for the fourth annual ULI (Urban Land Institute) Gerald D. Hines...

Commentary: Fixing eminent domain: not a job for the courts.
March 3, 2006... Byline: Dale A. Whitman KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Few decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court have proven as controversial as Kelo vs. City of New London, Conn., decided on June 23 of last year. The court upheld the city's authority to use the...

Web site shines a spotlight on eminent domain.
March 3, 2006... Byline: Bill Clements (This article originally appeared in Finance and Commerce, Minneapolis, MN., another Dolan Media publication). Need information about the use of eminent domain in the United States - or advice on how to fight its...

Home sellers recommend using a professional broker.
March 3, 2006... Byline: Bernadette Starzee (This article originally appeared in Long Island Business News, another Dolan Media publication). Ivy and Doug Van Wickler tried to sell their house themselves. "We had a few open houses, and there were all...

Gregory A. Beck joins St. Louis-based Clayco.
March 3, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Gregory A. Beck, CPA, has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer at Clayco. Beck is working directly with Clayco's Mike Murphy, senior vice president and CFO, on transitioning into...

Marx joins St. Louis-based Sachs Properties.
March 3, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Jamie Marx has joined Sachs Properties as a leasing director. As part of its marketing team, Marx is responsible for marketing and leasing Sachs' existing and future properties and developments. Prior...

Even joins Balke Brown Associates in St. Louis.
March 3, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Pam Even has joined Balke Brown Associates as vice president of commercial brokerage. In her new position, Even will handle new business development and third-party leasing accounts as well as the...

St. Louis-based Tarlton announces promotions.
March 3, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Tarlton Corp., a St. Louis-based general contracting and construction management firm, announced the promotions of Martin Jung to corporate safety manager and Angela Lovatto to human resources...

Corson joins St. Louis-based Ascent.
March 3, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Meghan Corson has joined Ascent L.L.C. as marketing coordinator. Ascent designs, deploys and manages mission critical technical facilities and building technology infrastructure for clients across North...

Angela Poe joins St. Louis office of Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc.
March 3, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Angela Poe has joined the St. Louis office of Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. as an interiors technician in the firm's corporate interiors group. In her new position, she assists designers on projects....

St. Louis-based Gershman Mortgage finances millions for three developments.
March 3, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Gershman Mortgage, one of the largest mortgage lenders in St. Louis, closed loans totaling more than $24 million for three commercial developments in St. Louis in December. For more than 50 years,...

St. Charles-based Cissell Mueller completes two projects.
March 3, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Cissell Mueller recently completed construction of the $1.2 million Bryan & 70 Commons retail center on Bryan Road. Cissell Mueller served as general contractor and real estate broker for the...

St. Louis-based Kwame Building Group hires two.
March 3, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Frank Robinson has joined Kwame Building Group as project engineer. His responsibilities include electrical inspections on KWAME's Meramec River Wastewater Treatment Plant project and monitoring...

Underground utilities present challenges to engineers, excavators.
March 3, 2006... Byline: Bill Clements (This article was originally published in Finance & Commerce, Minneapolis, MN., another Dolan Media publication.)So, how often do you think of exactly what's under your feet as you make your way along a suburban...

Suing family members can be a trying experience.
March 4, 2006... Byline: Michelle Lore The following article was originally published in Minnesota Lawyer, a sister publication. MINNEAPOLIS - On her way to the airport to catch a flight, a woman was injured when the car in which she was a passenger...

Defense lawyer ferrets out potential mass tort scam.
March 4, 2006... Byline: Correy E. Stephenson The following article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, a sister publication. BOSTON - It's every lawyer's dream: uncovering the smoking gun, nailing a witness on the stand - and saving your...

Commentary: Port dispute, forest plans raise questions regarding contracts.
March 4, 2006... Byline: Mike Nixon Everything might have a price, and ownership can change, but the concern for many is what the ultimate cost could be. Sen. Jim Talent, R-Mo., expressed concern along that line after he learned that the Bush...

States move to curb witness intimidation.
March 4, 2006... Byline: Nora Lockwood Tooher The following article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, a sister publication. BOSTON - In October 2002, a firebomb went off in Angela Dawson's east Baltimore home, killing Mrs. Dawson, her...

Commentary: Is a secret ballot or a show of hands better for the jury?
March 4, 2006... Byline: Edward P. Schwartz The following article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, a sister publication. BOSTON - When going to trial, a litigator always asks herself the same question: "How will the jury vote?" This is a...

Commentary: E-mail clients at work and kiss privilege goodbye.
March 4, 2006... Byline: Brian Levine This article originally was published in Michigan Lawyers Weekly, a sister publication. DETROIT - We all remember horror stories of that proverbial attorney who inadvertently waived attorney-client privilege by...

RubinBrown CPA named to Top 100 Most Influential Practitioners.
March 4, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff James G. Castellano, CPA, chairman of RubinBrown L.L.P., has been named on CPA Magazine's list of Top 100 Most Influential Practitioners. Castellano is chair of the American Institute of Certified...

Evans & Dixon adds to civil practice group.
March 4, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Daniel T. Simpson Jr. has joined the civil practice group of Evans & Dixon L.L.C. He is licensed to practice in Missouri and is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the...

St. Louis office of Stinson Morrison Hecker adds to staff.
March 4, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Thomas B. Smallwood joined the St. Louis office of Stinson Morrison Hecker L.L.P. and will serve as an associate in the firm's real estate division. Smallwood's experience includes representing...

Legal Services of Eastern Missouri names new director of volunteer lawyers program.
March 4, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Jim Guest has joined Legal Services of Eastern Missouri as the new director of the volunteer lawyers program. As director of the volunteer lawyers program at LSEM, Guest will be responsible for...

Triad Bank announces staffing changes.
March 4, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Triad Bank has added Frank Sgroi as executive vice president of banking operations and finance and recently named Kelly Eldridge assistant vice president and retail banking manager. A 30-year banking...

Armstrong Teasdale adds to staff.
March 4, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Beverly A. Creaghan has joined the law firm of Armstrong Teasdale L.L.P. as a member of the firm's litigation department, focusing primarily in the areas of medical malpractice and pharmaceutical...

U.S. Justices nearly drowned in Clean Water Act cases.
March 5, 2006... Byline: Correy E. Stephenson The following article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, a sister publication. BOSTON - In the first oral arguments before the newly constituted U.S. Supreme Court, the Justices nearly drowned...

EEOC nailed for 'frivolous' sexual harassment prosecution.
March 5, 2006... Byline: Natalie White The following article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, a sister publication. BOSTON - A California federal court judge recently ordered the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to pay more than...

Gilbert Heintz & Randolph: The Harley-Davidson of big law firms.
March 5, 2006... Byline: Bill Ibelle The following article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, a sister publication. BOSTON - The minute you step off the elevator, you realize that Gilbert Heintz & Randolph is not your typical law firm....

Commentary: Who owns your blog? IP issues to consider.
March 5, 2006... Byline: John E. Ottaviani The following article was originally published in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, a sister publication. BOSTON - Your new client calls with a question. She has heard about other business owners who are operating...

St. Charles County's Ron and Jolen Benne find niche market in natural herding.
March 6, 2006... Byline: Wm. Stage Lifelong residents of St. Charles County, Ron Benne and wife, the former Jolene Hoffman, both come from farm backgrounds. They have been raising hogs and cattle for 30 years. When Jolene's father passed away in 1997, they...

Local chambers seek to maintain eminent domain.
March 7, 2006... Byline: James Monahan Although some politicians are looking to change the rules regarding eminent domain and the definition of blight, local chambers of commerce are seeking to keeps the rules status quo. "If [the legislators] change...

St. Charles Business Briefs: March 7, 2006.
March 7, 2006... Byline: Mike Trask In theory, a chamber of commerce primarily is a lobbying organization, looking out for the best interests of its member businesses. But these days, local chambers work mostly to facilitate networking opportunities for...

TiVo, iPods killing broadcast advertising.
March 7, 2006... Byline: Lora Volkert (This article was originally published in The Idaho Business Review, Boise, ID., another Dolan Media publication.) "The term broadcast is eventually going to go away I think," said Bill Drake, president of es/drake...

St. Louis City Court rules neck manipulation did not lead to strokes.
March 7, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright Attorneys transformed St. Louis City Judge Steven Ohmer's courtroom last week into an anatomy class equipped with textbooks, brain X-rays and a spinal model. Faced with determining whether chiropractor Darrell...

8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals case highlights the importance of public trials.
March 7, 2006... Byline: Michelle Lore (This article was originally published in The Minnesota Lawyer, another Dolan Media publication).The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a man's conviction for aggravated sexual abuse on the grounds that...

8th Circuit rules parents cannot be forced to have disabled child screened.
March 8, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright A school district cannot force a disability screening upon a child if the parents refuse consent and waive benefits under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said...

Breathalyzer accuracy questioned, but not disproved, rules Western District Court of Appeals.
March 8, 2006... Byline: Denise G. Callahan (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Kansas City, MO, another Dolan Media publication.)Challenging the accuracy of a state-approved breathalyzer machine didn't fly with the Missouri Court of...

St. Peters enjoys diverse growth.
March 8, 2006... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady Who said all of the county's growth is moving westward?Although the centrally located city of St. Peters may no longer hold the title of fastest-growing city in the St. Louis metropolitan area, it can still be...

How to choose a private banker.
March 8, 2006... Byline: Bernadette Starzee (The following article was originally published in the Long Island Business News, another Dolan Media publication.)As the rich get richer, protecting and growing their assets becomes a bigger job. Fortunately,...

Nominations sought for O'Fallon's top manufacturer.
March 8, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Nominations for O'Fallon's fourth annual Manufacturer of the Year award are now being accepted through Friday, March 10. Each year, the city recognizes accomplishments of a local manufacturing firm...

U.S. Rep. Todd Akin applauds St. Charles County Economic Development Center program.
March 8, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff In a statement to the press last week, U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, R-District 2, chairman of the House Small Business Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Oversight, commended the cooperative efforts...

Earring design class offered at Foundry Centre in Historic St. Charles.
March 8, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Foundry Art Centre in Historic St. Charles will offer a Basic Earring Design class from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5. Artist Cathy Flesher will teach techniques for creating earrings...

Statewide franchise idea began in St. Charles.
March 9, 2006... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady St. Charles County played a key role in the development of state legislation regarding who controls your television service.At the beginning of the year, state Sen. John Griesheimer, R-Franklin, sponsored Senate...

Sen. Gross frustrated in move to limit Missouri's tax credits.
March 9, 2006... Byline: Mike Trask Developers can relax. An attempt to limit the amount Missouri officials can dole out in the form of tax credits appears to be going nowhere, according to a state senator who would like to see tax credits capped."I've run...

Economic Development Center of St. Charles County hires finance professional.
March 9, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Economic Development Center of St. Charles County has hired a longtime banking professional to serve as vice president of its small business finance division. The EDC said Doug Schell will focus...

Better Business Bureau promotes Shred Day.
March 9, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Area residents and businesspeople can shred confidential documents they no longer need free of charge on April 1. St. Louis Data Destruction is donating the service and will have a mobile truck with...

Two SCI Engineering Inc. of St. Charles projects cited for excellence.
March 9, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Two projects completed by SCI Engineering Inc. of St. Charles have been cited for their engineering excellence by the American Council of Engineering Companies of Missouri. SCI was honored last...

Salsman Lundgren Public Relations hires account executive.
March 9, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Lindsey Timmerman has joined Salsman Lundgren Public Relations as an account executive. Timmerman's responsibilities include copy writing, Web site coordination, and media and ad coordination. As a...

Lake Saint Louis Premier Bank names new president.
March 9, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Pamela S. Harrell was promoted to president of the Lake Saint Louis Premier Banking Center. Harrell has more than 16 years of banking experience and has worked for Premier Bank as vice president of...

Brown Smith Wallace promotes two to supervisors.
March 9, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Brown Smith Wallace has promoted Sean McKenzie to supervisor in the tax and accounting services group and Lincoln Gray to supervisor in the audit group.McKenzie, promoted from senior accountant to...

Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital welcomes foot specialist Kyramarios.
March 9, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital announced the addition of Constantine S. Kyramarios, D.P.M, a doctor of podiatry. Kyramarios earned his degree from William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine...

Siteman Cancer Center at BJSPH welcomes radiation oncologist Hall-Daniels.
March 9, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital announced the addition of Lannis Hall-Daniels, M.D., M.P.H., as medical director of radiation oncology. Hall-Daniels has also been...

Chrissi Blake named SSM St. Joseph Medical Park director of imaging.
March 9, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Wentzville resident Chrissi Blake recently accepted the position of director of imaging and operations for SSM St. Joseph Medical Park in St. Peters. She began her employment with SSM in 1995 as...

Two to lead SSM St. Joseph physician development and relations.
March 9, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Two St. Charles County residents recently were named as directors of physician development and relations for SSM St. Joseph facilities. Lake Saint Louis resident Rachel Farthing is director of SSM...

SSM St. Charles Medical Group builds new facility in Dardenne Prairie.
March 9, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff SSM St. Charles Clinic Medical Group's new Dardenne Prairie office is located at 7421 Hwy. N. The opening of this office marks the 12th site for the St. Charles Clinic Medical Group. Drs. Bashima...

Renee Schuster is Francis Howell's new superintendent of schools.
March 9, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Francis Howell Board of Education has selected Renee Schuste as the new superintendent of schools for the Francis Howell School District. Schuster will begin her leadership role effective July...

Lawyers Association of St. Louis to honor Frankie Freeman, Margaret Bush Wilson.
March 9, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright Longtime legal and civil rights leaders Frankie Freeman and Margaret Bush Wilson will receive the Lawyers Association of St. Louis' Award of Honor Saturday, April 22.Attorney and 1954 Lawyers Association past...

Commentary: Court may be ready to tackle definition of term 'supervisor'.
March 9, 2006... Byline: John Finerty The following article was originally published in Wisconsin Lawyer, a sister publication.MILWAUKEE - In the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a "supervisor" in the workplace is someone "with the power to directly...

WI Seventh Circuit Court rules insurance policy's act of war exclusion includes drunk driving.
March 9, 2006... Byline: David Ziemer The following article was originally published in Wisconsin Lawyer, a sister publication.MILWAUKEE - The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held on Feb. 27 that a health insurance policy's act of war exclusion also...

Killeen Studio Architects becomes own client to revive warehouse.
March 10, 2006... Byline: Erin Suess Doctors may make the worst patients, and lawyers the worst clients, but a St. Louis City architecture firm served itself well by becoming its own rehabber.Killeen Studio Architects didn't travel far when it moved its...

St. Louis County glows with rosy construction forecast.
March 10, 2006... Byline: Erin Suess St. Louis City's new construction and renovation projects continue to make headline news, from the Bottle District to the lofts to the Pinnacle casino development. Now, St. Louis County looks to emerge from its...