St. Charles County Business Record, MO articles from October 2003

St. Charles County Business Record, MO archives from October 2003

UPS worker spends month working with children of battered women.
October 1, 2003... Byline: Joan Elliot Fifteen little faces! That's what O'Fallon resident Jill Schubert sees when she closes her eyes at night.They are the faces of 3- to 5-year-olds who attend a preschool program for children of battered women at Henry...

By any measure, ISU St. Charles Insurance is a success.
October 1, 2003... Byline: James Monahan How do you measure success in business?Try revenue growth of 30 to 35 percent since 1996. Or partnering in building a new 21,000-square-foot office facility. Or recruiting and training people in a less than robust...

Darrell Roegner joins Premier Bank.
October 2, 2003... Byline: Mike Trask It didn't take banker Darrell Roegner long to find a new job.Premier Bank, headquartered in Jefferson City, announced this week that Roegner would head up its new banking center in St. Charles County. Roegner, who has...

Gov. Holden to visit St. Charles County.
October 2, 2003... Byline: Mike Trask Missouri Gov. Bob Holden will be in St. Charles County Thursday to officially welcome CitiMortgage employees to their new home in O'Fallon.Also scheduled to appear at the 10 a.m. ceremony are Carl Levinson, chairman and...

Coldwell Banker takes first place in the Cottleville 150th Anniversary Parade.
October 3, 2003... Byline: staff The float consisted of a house constructed by First Construction of St. Charles and Gene Horstmeier Construction. Hackmann Lumber, Brinkley & Sons Painting and Home Depot generously helped with the project. Wiese Nursery put...

Patricia Silvey appointed to St. Charles Community College board of trustees.
October 3, 2003... Byline: staff Patricia F. "Patti" Silvey has become the newest member of the St. Charles Community College board of trustees. She took the oath of office at the board's Aug. 23 meeting. Silvey was appointed to replace Shirley Sisco, a...

St. Luke's Hospital's Health & Harmony magazine wins silver award.
October 3, 2003... Byline: staff St. Luke's Hospital's Health & Harmony magazine has won the silver award in the 10th annual National Health Information Awards. St. Luke's Hospital beat out every other hospital in the United States for the award. Health &...

St. Charles County government launches Web site.
October 3, 2003... Byline: staff St. Charles County government has launched a redesigned Web site intended to provide easier citizen access to county information via the Internet. The new site, www.saintcharlescounty.org, uses newer technology and graphics...

Powers named public relations manager for Emmaus Homes.
October 3, 2003... Byline: staff Emmaus Homes recently announced that Amber Powers has joined the development staff as public relations manager. Powers is a graduate of Hastings College in Nebraska with a degree in media production and public relations. She...

MO Secretary of State orders two state businessmen to stop selling unregistered securities.
October 3, 2003... Byline: staff Secretary of State Matt Blunt issued two cease and desist orders on Sept. 19 against an Independence businessman and a sales agent in O'Fallon for offering and selling unregistered securities without a license. Blunt issued...

SSM St. Joseph Hospital salutes its award-winning nurses.
October 3, 2003... Byline: staff Four of the 51 finalists from the national NurseWeek Magazine's 2003 Nursing Excellence Awards are members of the SSM St. Joseph family, including three from SSM St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles, and one from SSM St....

St. Charles-based commercial real estate company helps market EDC business incubator.
October 3, 2003... Byline: Mike Trask Colliers Turley Martin Tucker recently closed its office on Bluestone Drive, but the commercial real estate services company has not disappeared from St. Charles. Instead, it has relocated to the Advanced Technology...

Legal power wrangling places national no-call list on hold.
October 3, 2003... Byline: Mike Nixon Wednesday was to have been the effective date for a national do-not-call registry designed to protect participating consumers from receiving unwanted telephone calls from telemarketers. But due to legal vying between...

St. Peters wins appeal of suit challenging annexation of 64 acres.
October 3, 2003... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady Industries wanting to locate in St. Peters may now have a better chance of finding space there.Last week the obstacles that were preventing the city of St. Peters from annexing 64 acres of industrially zoned land...

St, Charles-based commercial real estate co. relocates to business incubator.
October 3, 2003... Byline: Mike Trask Colliers Turley Martin Tucker recently closed its office on Bluestone Drive, but the commercial real estate services company has not disappeared from St. Charles. Instead, it has relocated to the Advanced Technology...

St. Peters wins appeal of suit challenging annexation of 64 acres.
October 3, 2003... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady Industries wanting to locate in St. Peters may now have a better chance of finding space there. Last week the obstacles that were preventing the city of St. Peters from annexing 64 acres of industrially zoned...

Legal power wrangling places national no-call list on hold.
October 3, 2003... Byline: Mike Nixon Wednesday was to have been the effective date for a national do-not-call registry designed to protect participating consumers from receiving unwanted telephone calls from telemarketers. But due to legal vying between...

Goal of national Financial Planning Week is public education.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady Editor's Note: The following article will be part of a series of articles published this week in recognition of national Financial Planning Week, Oct. 6 to 10.Monday kicks off the national Financial Planning Week...

St. Charles City faces challenges in its redevelopment efforts.
October 6, 2003... Byline: Mike Trask St. Charles City's economic development director has identified six areas that are prime candidates for redevelopment. However, it appears problematical that any of the areas will experience significant redevelopment any...

Gibson Printing adds new digital production facility.
October 7, 2003... Byline: James Monahan Sherry Gibson has succeeded in starting a small business by following two guiding principles. In her words: "Don't have all your eggs in one basket, and do whatever it takes to make customers happy."Rather than...

Commentary: World's greatest investment opportunity - education.
October 7, 2003... Byline: Larry Lund Editor's note: The following article will be part of a series of articles published this week in recognition of national Financial Planning Week, Oct. 6 to 10.There is perhaps no greater gift that a parent or grandparent...

Some grocers see strike as opportunity.
October 8, 2003... Byline: Mike Trask A decision by members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 655 to strike could well result in hardship for striking workers and reduced business for area Shop 'n Save, Schnucks and Dierbergs stores. But it...

Speaker outlines global strategies to shore up U.S. manufacturing decline.
October 8, 2003... Byline: James Monahan "If the U.S. manufacturing base continues to shrink at its present rate and the critical mass is lost, the manufacturing innovation process will shift to other global centers. Once that happens, a decline in U.S....

CEO of Wainwright Industries outlines global strategies.
October 8, 2003... Byline: James Monahan "If the U.S. manufacturing base continues to shrink at its present rate and the critical mass is lost, the manufacturing innovation process will shift to other global centers. Once that happens, a decline in U.S....

Some St. Charles grocers see strike as opportunity.
October 8, 2003... Byline: Mike Trask A decision by members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 655 to strike could well result in hardship for striking workers and reduced business for area Shop 'n Save, Schnucks and Dierbergs stores. But it...

Better Business Bureau gives two St. Charles businesses the boot.
October 9, 2003... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady In the past couple of months, two local businesses have shown up on the Better Business Bureau's membership radar screen as substandard. The BBB serving Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois sent out press...

Observers question usefulness of United Food and Commercial Workers union during labor battles.
October 10, 2003... Byline: Mike Nixon The results were greeted with deafening cheers Tuesday as members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 655 said they would rather walk off the job than accept a 25 cent hourly pay increase for each of three...

Wentzville holds ribbon-cutting ceremonies for dog grooming company and acupuncture center.
October 10, 2003... Byline: staff On Wednesday, Oct. 1, the city of Wentzville and the Wentzville Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Diggin' Dawgs and Wentzville Chiropractic & Acupuncture Center. Diggin' Dawgs offers complete dog grooming...

O'Fallon holds ribbon-cutting ceremony for Bridget Boyko's The Studio Art of Dance.
October 10, 2003... Byline: staff On Friday, Oct. 10, the city of O'Fallon held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Bridget Boyko the Studio Art of Dance, located at 9971-9973 WingHaven Blvd. The Studio Art of Dance, owned and operated by Bridget Boyko, features...

Commentary: It is important to protect yourself from mutual fund scandal.
October 10, 2003... Byline: Robert J. Blattel Editor's note: The following article is a part of a series of articles published this week in recognition of national Financial Planning Week, Oct. 6 to 10. Remember Enron and the corporate accounting scandal?...

O'Fallon-based United Realty has ribbon-cutting ceremony.
October 10, 2003... Byline: staff On Wednesday, Sept. 3, the city of O'Fallon held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for United Realty, located at 300 Fort Zumwalt Square, Suite 102, in O'Fallon. Mark Williams and Rod Weygant opened United Realty in May of 2002. In...

O'Fallon-based Roly Poly Sandwiches has ribbon-cutting ceremony.
October 10, 2003... Byline: staff On Friday, Sept. 12, the city of O'Fallon held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Roly Poly Sandwiches, located at 7326 village Center Drive. Rich Luberda and Tim Schulte are the owners.

O'Fallon-based WingHaven Medical Building has ribbon-cutting ceremony.
October 10, 2003... Byline: staff On Tuesday, Sept. 30, the city of O'Fallon held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for WingHaven Medical Building, located at 5551 WingHaven Blvd. St. Luke's Hospital recognized the tremendous growth opportunity in WingHaven and began...

Study finds that St. Charles County has greatest economic influence in Missouri.
October 10, 2003... Byline: Mike Trask St. Charles County has the greatest economic influence in Missouri when compared to other counties, according to a recent study.The Missouri Economic Research and Information Center studied the momentum, share and...

Home Builders Assn. of Greater St. Louis presents Homer and BRAVO awards.
October 10, 2003... Byline: staff The Home Builders Association of Greater St. Louis presented the 2003 Homer Awards and the 2003 BRAVO Awards at the annual ceremony held Oct. 4 at the America's Center in St. Louis. One hundred and four Homer awards were...

Pundmanns honored for outstanding service to people with disabilities and St. Charles community.
October 10, 2003... Byline: staff The Community Living Legacy Award recipients this year are Ed Pundmann and dearly departed wife, Dee, Tom and Marla Pundmann and Rick and Marge Pundmann. The awards will be presented at Community Living's Legacy Ball on...

Ribbon cutting ceremony held for C. Bennett Building Supply Inc.
October 10, 2003... Byline: staff On Thursday, Oct. 9, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held for C. Bennett Building Supply Inc., located at 1700 W. Terra Lane. The new location features a showroom displaying Lennox fireplaces, Hargrove gas logs, mantels, marble...

Commentary: Is St. Charles County a 'white flight' community?
October 11, 2003... Byline: Linda Jacobson That one really hits you in the face, doesn't it? St. Charles County as a "white flight" region. When I first moved here from Australia in 1986, I had no prior knowledge of the region's history or who lived where and...

Demand for new homes stays firm in St. Charles County.
October 11, 2003... Byline: Mike Trask The demand for new homes in St. Charles County remains strong despite slowly rising mortgage rates.A total of 294 permits for the construction of single-family homes throughout the county were issued in September,...

Triad offers executive suites to draw tenants.
October 11, 2003... Byline: James Monahan On Oct. 8 Triad Development celebrated the grand opening of the Triad South Executive Suites at 1555 Kisker Road. A new name and services have been added to the building in order to draw in tenants.The Triad building...

Ameristar Casino St. Charles saw fewer patrons in September but more revenue.
October 11, 2003... Byline: Mike Trask Ameristar Casino St. Charles saw fewer patrons in September than it did a year ago, but that didn't stop the money from continuing to roll in.The casino saw 351,171 patrons walk through its doors last month, about 29,000...

Demand for new homes stays firm in St. Charles County.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Mike Trask The demand for new homes in St. Charles County remains strong despite slowly rising mortgage rates.A total of 294 permits for the construction of single-family homes throughout the county were issued in September,...

Triad offers executive suites to draw tenants.
October 13, 2003... Byline: James Monahan On Oct. 8 Triad Development celebrated the grand opening of the Triad South Executive Suites at 1555 Kisker Road. A new name and services have been added to the building in order to draw in tenants.The Triad building...

Ameristar Casino St. Charles saw fewer patrons in September but more revenue.
October 13, 2003... Byline: Mike Trask Ameristar Casino St. Charles saw fewer patrons in September than it did a year ago, but that didn't stop the money from continuing to roll in.The casino saw 351,171 patrons walk through its doors last month, about 29,000...

Commentary: Is St. Charles County a 'white flight' community?
October 13, 2003... Byline: Linda Jacobson That one really hits you in the face, doesn't it? St. Charles County as a "white flight" region. When I first moved here from Australia in 1986, I had no prior knowledge of the region's history or who lived where and...

Brown Smith Wallace offers written guarantee for integrity.
October 14, 2003... Byline: Amy Amour Brown Smith Wallace, a full-service CPA and business consulting firm with locations in St. Louis and St. Charles, recently announced the implementation of a written guarantee of satisfaction of services received.The...

SSM Health Care grabs offices in St. Charles, Lake Saint Louis.
October 14, 2003... Byline: Mike Trask SSM Health Care is doing what it can to fill the vast amount of vacant office space in St. Charles County.The county's largest health-care provider recently closed deals to lease space in St. Charles City and purchase...

Commentary: Missouri, still a bellwether state!
October 15, 2003... Byline: Matt Blunt Filing will begin on Oct. 21 for candidates in Missouri's presidential preference primary. The people will mark their ballots on Feb. 3, 2004, and democracy will be the certain winner.This balloting will be our third...

Incubator graduate makes filing simple.
October 15, 2003... Byline: Amy Amour Paper and microfiche filing systems are a thing of the past. Companies needing to keep and maintain stringent files for several years have turned more and more to the digital world of computers for faster and better ways...

Ordinance allows nursery to open cafe.
October 15, 2003... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady Wine Country Gardens may have more to offer than just plants and trees for its customers soon. On Wednesday, the owners will apply for a conditional-use permit to open a small cafe on their property.William "Bill"...

Commentary: Midwest Governors' Conference will meet in St. Louis.
October 15, 2003... Byline: Joseph Driskill Serious high-level discussions about steps that must be taken to ensure economic growth in the Midwest will occur in St. Louis next month when 13 state governors are invited to gather for the 34th annual meeting of...

Page Avenue extension expected to aid county's growth.
October 16, 2003... Byline: Mike Trask St. Charles County's economy should get both a short-term and a long-term boost when the Page Avenue extension to Highway 94 finally opens two months from now."There is going to be both short-term and long-term benefits"...

Apartment complex follows trend in rising housing costs.
October 16, 2003... Byline: Amy Amour According to the St. Charles County Association of Realtors, the average home price in St. Charles County in 2003 is $165,900. In 2002, the cost was $156,500, and in 2001 the average home cost a buyer $144,000.Despite the...

Former court reporter to open Slender Lady Lifestyle franchise.
October 17, 2003... Byline: Dan Turpin Fitness training started as a hobby for Amy Baue. She often helped friends and relatives set up fitness programs.Over the years, she began to get more and more calls and referrals from friends and decided to open a...

St. Charles Rotary Club, SCC Foundation award scholarship.
October 17, 2003... Byline: staff The St. Charles Rotary Club and the St. Charles Community College Foundation awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Sara Jane Hernandez of St. Charles in September at the Rotary Club luncheon at The Columns Banquet & Conference...

Home Builders Assn. of Greater St. Louis installs new president.
October 17, 2003... Byline: Amy Amour Brett Hardesty, owner of Hardesty Homes in St. Louis, was recently installed as the president of the Home Builders Association of Greater St. Louis. Hardesty took over for former HBA president Jim Kuhn on Oct. 1.The HBA...

Casino sports bar hopes to hit home run with menu.
October 17, 2003... Byline: Mike Trask Like it or not, the connection between gambling and sports has a long history. Now, Ameristar Casino St. Charles is hoping an expanded menu at its sports bar brings in not only sports fans but gamblers as well.The casino...

SSM St. Charles Clinic adds to staff.
October 17, 2003... Byline: staff The SSM St. Charles Clinic Medical Group is pleased to announce the addition of Mark D. Hingst, MD. Hingst joins the family medicine department and will be located in the office at 2850 West Clay in St. Charles. Hingst brings...

Adecco secures 18th in InformationWeek 500.
October 17, 2003... Byline: staff Adecco, the world's largest staffing and human resource services company, announced that it has been cited as the industry leader in InformationWeek 500. Adecco's spot at No. 18 is recognition that the company, with 1,300...

Clarkson Eyecare announces plans for expansion.
October 17, 2003... Byline: staff Clarkson Eyecare has announced plans for expansion into two new offices in Brentwood and downtown Ballwin. The Brentwood office will open approximately Dec. 1 as the 17th Clarkson Eyecare location, and the Ballwin office will...

American Express office opens in St. Peters.
October 17, 2003... Byline: staff Michael Momeno, an American Express financial adviser, opened his new office located at 300 First Executive Ave., Suite D, in St. Peters. Momeno started financial planning with American Express four years ago and spent two...

Assist 2 Sell real estate co. recognizes St. Charles County broker.
October 17, 2003... Byline: staff Susan Nagel, a St. Charles County area franchise owner/broker for Assist 2 Sell real estate company, was recognized as being in the top 20 percent of Assist 2 Sell companies nationwide for July and August at the company's...

Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital announces staffing changes.
October 17, 2003... Byline: staff Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital and BJC Medical Group welcome family practitioner Dr. George Stachecki. And the hospital promoted Donna Payne, RN, BS, to assistant administrator of nursing services. Stachecki opened a...

Commentary: Don't overlook lesser-known features for LTC insurance.
October 20, 2003... Byline: Steve Stillman When buying a long-term care insurance policy, most consumers concentrate on the basic features of the policy such as the dollar amount of the daily benefits, the length of coverage and what circumstances trigger the...

St. Charles chamber offers Hispanic marketing seminar.
October 20, 2003... Byline: Amy Amour According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are 38 million Hispanics currently living in the United States. In Missouri the Hispanic population grew 92.2 percent from 1990 to 2000, and St. Charles County saw an 80.9...

St. Charles Community College president wins award.
October 20, 2003... Byline: James Monahan The short history of the St. Charles Community College is one of dramatic growth.From an initial enrollment of a few hundred in 1987, the college today serves almost 7,000 students. Over the past seven years, during a...

Business group plans education conference.
October 21, 2003... Byline: Mike Trask St. Charles County's leading businesses and not-for-profit institutions will look early next year at ways of improving education in the county.Partners For Progress, a group made up of the county's largest employers,...

Angel investors don't just fall from the heavens.
October 21, 2003... Byline: Dan Turpin Every start-up or growing business will need capital at some time. There are several ways to obtain funding, but having an "angel investor" is the dream of most business owners and entrepreneurs.Part of the reason why it...

Boeing considers expanding its operations in St. Charles.
October 22, 2003... Byline: Mike Trask Recent weapons contracts and the possibility of future contracts have Boeing Co. looking at the possibility of significantly expanding its manufacturing operations in St. Charles, according to sources familiar with the...

Commentary: Community Living holds annual ball.
October 22, 2003... Byline: Kevin Kipp A-PLUS. Community Living Inc.s Legacy Ball - dinner, auction, music - was a $45,000 success. That's net, according to CLI dev-diva Aleece Vogt. She also reports that attendance this year was up 100. What's more, they...

New loan program will assist Hispanic-owned businesses.
October 22, 2003... Byline: Amy Amour Hispanic-owned businesses are opening up at four times the rate of other businesses nationally, according to Maria Zywiciel, co-owner of Avanza Hispanic Marketing Specialists L.L.C. and volunteer executive director for...

New Missouri publication targets veterans.
October 22, 2003... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady She may not consider herself a typical entrepreneur, but she says she's got one thing in common with all entrepreneurs: determination.This month was the second published issue of the Missouri Veterans Press, a...

New Town development sparks big interest.
October 23, 2003... Byline: Mike Trask Ever since the news broke earlier this year about Whittaker Homes Inc.'s massive New Town development in northeastern St. Charles, people have been asking, "Who is going to live in all these new homes?"Whittaker...

Business plans are key to securing financing.
October 23, 2003... Byline: Dan Turpin With the downturn in the economy, more and more people are finding themselves becoming "redundant overhead," which is the politically correct term for "you're fired."The downsizing of corporations in America has driven a...

Senator Talent announces federal funds for St. Charles, New Melle.
October 24, 2003... Byline: staff U.S. Senator Jim Talent, R-Mo., announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Emergency Preparedness and Response will send the St. Charles City Fire Department $226,532 and will send New Melle Fire Protection...

Commentary: Employer misrepresentation discourages skilled applicants.
October 24, 2003... Byline: Mike Nixon The days of employers practically begging for warm bodies to fill well-paying positions are almost a distant memory for displaced workers looking to regain a function among the employed. With a tight job market,...

Novus purchases technology from Solutia, opens plant in Texas.
October 24, 2003... Byline: staff Novus International Inc., which operates a research facility in St. Charles County, and St. Louis-based Solutia Inc. completed negotiations for Novus to acquire the feed ingredient business that consists of those products...

Financial Planning Assn. of MO recognized at leadership conference.
October 24, 2003... Byline: staff The Financial Planning Association of Missouri/Southern Illinois was recognized at FPA's 2003 leadership conference for attaining the bronze level of achievement in FPA's Chapter Recognition Program. In 2002 the chapter was...

SBA sets 50-year record in loans to small businesses.
October 24, 2003... Byline: staff A record number of small businesses turned for credit assistance to the U.S. Small Business Administration over the past year, producing a 29 percent increase in the total number of loans backed by the agency in FY 2003,...

SSM St. Joseph ER doctor, nurse receive ENA Excellence Awards for second year in a row.
October 24, 2003... Byline: staff Two medical professionals from SSM St. Joseph have been recognized by the Greater St. Louis Chapter of the Emergency Nurses Association for excellence in their fields. Alan Umbright, M.D., medical director of the SSM St....

Family Violence Council walk/run held.
October 24, 2003... Byline: staff Steve Stillman, owner of Stillman Financial Services, and Dean Vaccaro, owner of ACME Produce, assisted with this year's Family Violence Council walk/run held on Oct. 11. The two provided 300 pieces of fruit for the...

St. Charles man attends national conference for professional development.
October 24, 2003... Byline: staff Mark Knoblauch, registered representative of Raymond James Financial Services in St. Charles, was one of more than 2,500 Raymond James financial advisers, sponsors, associates and guests to attend the company's National...

O'Fallon recognizes Austin Machine's growth.
October 24, 2003... Byline: Mike Trask State Rep. Vicki Schneider noted Wednesday night that the news about the U.S. economy's manufacturing sector hasn't been very good the past few years. Many manufacturers have been closing plants or moving their...

Workers' compensation seminar gives employers sense of control.
October 24, 2003... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady Workers' compensation costs in the United States have increased from $2.1 billion in 1960 to $150 billion in 2000, according to the Workers Compensation Research Institute. The high cost of workers' compensation...