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

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

Hurricanes not expected to affect funding for Missouri highway projects.
October 1, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask Despite news reports and complaints about the level of so-called pork in the highway bill recently approved by Congress, it appears unlikely cuts will be made to highway projects to help the federal government pay for...

Missouri's gaming commission says area casinos had another good year.
October 1, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask The three Missouri casinos in the St. Louis metropolitan area continued to rake in the money during the past 12 months ending July 31, according to the state's Gaming Commission 2005 annual report. The report, issued...

Federal highway funds influence Missouri's interstate anniversary spending.
October 1, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon After two years of stalls, delays and detours, a new federal highway bill passed last month, with many states being offered big promises from political representatives, while critics pointed toward potential potholes....

Class Action Fairness Act slow to impact court system.
October 1, 2005... Byline: Correy E. Stephenson (This article originally ran in Lawyers Weekly USA, Boston, MA, another Dolan Media publication.) Six months after the passage of the Class Action Fairness Act, the legislation touted as significant tort...

Commentary: Boomers gaining access to their IRAs.
October 1, 2005... Byline: Dena Frenkel (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication.) Most people stopped celebrating half birthdays when they were children. But this year baby boomers turning 59 1/2...

St. Louis accounting firm of Brown Smith Wallace announces new hires.
October 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Catherine Hentges has joined Brown Smith Wallace as human resources director, and Marie Rasmussen has joined Brown Smith Wallace as a staff accountant in the tax and accounting services group. Rasmussen...

Andrew E. Trout named vice president-underwriting at Missouri Physicians Mutual.
October 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Andrew E. Trout has been named vice president-underwriting at Missouri Physicians Mutual, the state's largest medical professional liability insurance company. Trout is responsible for the firm's...

Millennium Communications Inc. receives 2005 Targeted Advertising and Marketing Awards.
October 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Millennium Communications Inc. recently received two awards in the 2005 Targeted Advertising and Marketing Awards, sponsored by the Business Marketing Association of St. Louis. Millennium earned Best in...

Husch & Eppenberger L.L.C. adds six new associate attorneys to firm's St. Louis office.
October 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Husch & Eppenberger L.L.C. has added six new associate attorneys to the firm's St. Louis office. Bryce J. Bartlett has joined the firm's general business litigation practice group. Bartlett...

Harris-Stowe State University hires Chigbo Ofong, Ph.D. as new dean of business administration.
October 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Harris-Stowe State University has hired Chigbo Ofong, Ph.D. as the university's new dean of business administration. An accomplished educator in the field of business administration, Ofong has helped to...

Timothy J. Reichardt joins St. Louis law firm of Behr, McCarter & Potter P.C.
October 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Timothy J. Reichardt has joined the law firm of Behr, McCarter & Potter P.C. as an associate focusing on the area of civil litigation. He holds law and undergraduate degrees from the University of...

Janine Joubert-Dulay appointed to South County regional advisory board at Midwest BankCentre.
October 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Janine Joubert-Dulay, president of Centaur Building Services Inc., has been appointed to the South County regional advisory board at Midwest BankCentre. Joubert-Dulay joined Centaur Building Services in...

Husch & Eppenberger L.L.C. hires Melissa Marglous Merlin as an associate attorney.
October 1, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Husch & Eppenberger L.L.C. welcomes Melissa Marglous Merlin as an associate attorney in the firm's general business litigation practice group. Merlin graduated Order of the Coif from the Washington...

New Frontier Bank adds more St. Charles County branches.
October 3, 2005... Byline: James Monahan In 1999, a group of investors organized to establish a new bank designed to serve local small businesses and residents in St. Charles County. The following year, New Frontier Bank opened its doors at 1771 Zumbehl Road...

New bankruptcy law encounters perfect storm.
October 3, 2005... Byline: Rob Larimer (This article otiginally ran in the Colorado Springs Business Journal, Colorado Springs, CO., another Dolan Media publication). Laws making it tougher to declare bankruptcy are set to go into effect Oct. 17 - just as...

St. Charles casino revises earnings report.
October 3, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff On Wednesday, Sept. 28, Ameristar Casinos Inc. revised its third-quarter and full-year earnings report based on operations to date. Ameristar decreased its estimated operating income by about 9...

Personal income grows in Missouri.
October 3, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff In another show of Missouri's economic strength, state personal income growth increased by 1.7 percent for the second quarter of 2005, outpacing the national rate of 1.5 percent, the U.S. Bureau of...

PSC calls for public hearing on SBC Missouri competition.
October 3, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Missouri Public Service Commission will hold local public hearings in Union and Moberly, Mo., at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 3, to review a request by SBC Missouri to classify almost 80 exchanges...

Federal appeals judge, prosecutor debate Patriot Act.
October 4, 2005... Byline: Emily Umbright What started as a discussion between a federal appellate judge and a federal prosecutor on expiring provisions of the USA Patriot Act last week at Washington University turned into a debate triggered by questions...

More law firms are designating own 'in-house' general counsel.
October 4, 2005... Byline: Jane Pribek (This article originally ran in Finance and Commerce, Minneapolis, MN., another Dolan Media publication).George and Ira Gershwin wrote a familiar song about the comfort of having "someone to watch over me." Though...

Lake Saint Louis -based Salon Service helps build base for small salons.
October 4, 2005... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady Sheri Smith knew what type of business she wanted to begin when she realized her forte was helping other businesses grow. For about 15 years, Smith worked in the salon industry, working first as a hairdresser...

Commentary: Securing the company's intellectual property.
October 4, 2005... Byline: Duane Hopkins (This article originally ran in Michigan Lawyers Weekly, Detroit, MI., another Dolan Media publication.) The growing concern with the security around intellectual property has emerged as one of the plagues in the...

St. Charles Business Briefs: October 4, 2005.
October 4, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask There are more questions than answers at present about what teams will be playing next year at the Family Arena in St. Charles in 2006. There is a possibility the RiverCity Rage will make the Savvis Center in St. Louis...

Missouri's economy grows to highest level.
October 5, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Missouri's economy grew in September to its highest level in six months, according to a national index that measures key economic indicators. The Purchasing Manager Index for Missouri was 59.8, up...

Barnes & Noble vies for share of St. Peters market.
October 5, 2005... Byline: Amy Amour It may be right down the road from Borders, one of its major competitors, but Barnes & Noble Inc. officials are confident there are plenty of customers to share in the St. Peters area. "There's plenty of room for all...

Commentary: Explore options to prepay funeral arrangements.
October 5, 2005... Byline: Gary Williams (This article originally ran in the Daily Record, Baltimore, MD., another Dolan Media publication).Preplanning your own funeral, while difficult for most of us, can help ease the emotional and financial burden for...

St. Peters Chamber of Commerce to hold governmental meeting.
October 5, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The St. Peters Chamber of Commerce Governmental Affairs Committee will be meeting at noon on Friday, Oct. 17, at the Old Hickory Golf Course on Mid Rivers Mall Drive in St. Peters. The agenda will...

MO Court of Appeals, Eastern District, overturns decision involving contract dispute.
October 5, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess In a showdown between seemingly conflicting statutes governing venue, the newest, most specific law will always trump the more general of two, explained the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, which overturned a...

MO Court of Appeals Western District denies nephew chance to administer estate.
October 5, 2005... Byline: Denise G. Callahan (This article originally ran in the Daily Record, Kansas City, MO., another Dolan Media publication). A man who financially exploited his elderly aunt during the last few years of her life was properly rejected...

Missouri judiciary, employees assist in hurricane relief effort.
October 6, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff In the wake of devastating hurricane damage on the Gulf Coast, employees of the Supreme Court of Missouri and its administrative arm, the Office of State Courts Administrator, raised $3,300 for the...

MO COS rules that evidence of prior conviction wrongly admitted in child molestation trial.
October 6, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess When the state offered evidence of a prior statutory sodomy conviction of a man on trial for child molestation, it effectively tried the man for both crimes at the same time, ruled a divided panel of the Missouri Court...

Commentary: Heads up: New federal rules on electronic discovery.
October 6, 2005... Byline: Paul Mark Sandler (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication). In the last decade, electronically stored information, or ESI, has become central to the civil discovery...

St. Charles County Economic Development Center offers grief in workplace seminar.
October 6, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff In light of the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina, it is easy to imagine being a person who one day may have to help a co-worker cope with loss. Our culture tends to ignore grief, and because...

St. Peters chamber meeting postponed.
October 6, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The St. Peters Chamber of Commerce postponed its Governmental Affairs Committee meeting, which was scheduled for Friday, Oct. 7, at Old Hickory Golf Club. The chamber said it will announce a Joint...

Book signing at Main Street Books in St. Charles on Saturday, Oct. 15.
October 6, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Author Jeanie Franz Ransom will be signing copies of her book "Don't Squeal Unless It's a Big Deal" from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15, at Main Street Books in St. Charles. For more information,...

Employees go back to school - courtesy of the boss.
October 6, 2005... Byline: Michelle Kowalski Pat Logan wouldn't be where she is today without help from her employer. Sure, most of us can say that to some degree, but how many of us can say that help came in the form of financial assistance? Logan,...

Boeing announces Lockheed Martin partnership.
October 6, 2005... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady The Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin announced its partnership on a contract to develop a mobile small diameter bomb called SDB II. The announcement, originally scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 29, was postponed to...

St. Louis and St. Charles eWomenNetwork chapters managers change.
October 6, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff eWomenNetwork.com announced its St. Louis and St. Charles managing directors. Each of these women have accepted the challenge of managing thriving eWomenNetwork chapters and helping their local...

St. Louis-based Brown Smith Wallace donates $14K to Red Cross/Salvation Army.
October 6, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Brown Smith Wallace and its employees have donated $14,000 to the American Red Cross/Salvation Army to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, which is approximately $100 for every...

Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital welcomes new staff.
October 6, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital welcomed Michael Chen, M.D., OB/Gyn, as a new medical staff member and the addition of Dr. Maria McFarland, D.P.M., a podiatrist. Parveen Chand is the hospital's...

Galen Vassar joins St. Louis-based-The Lawrence Group.
October 6, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Lawrence Group has added Galen Vassar as an interior designer. Vassar's responsibilities include providing interior design services to residential and multifamily clients. She also provides...

Carol Payne joins St. Charles-based Dutchman Realty.
October 6, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Dutchman Realty in St. Charles has named Carol Payne as its new listing coordinator. Payne comes to Dutchman with three years of experience as a department manager at Coldwell Banker Gundaker. In...

Ribbon cuttings held by St. Charles-area chambers of commerce.
October 6, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff On Thursday, Aug. 25, the St. Charles Chamber of Commerce and city officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Charlevoix Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center's ice cream and coffee shop, located at...

Community caring runs St. Charles County Habitat for Humanity.
October 7, 2005... Byline: Leah G. Rothschild A nonprofit organization that's a household name around the globe has significant growth plans in St. Charles County. And many say that's not a surprise. The words "Habitat for Humanity" often lend themselves...

Downtown St. Louis group muses on Busch Stadium's past, future.
October 7, 2005... Byline: Cathy Kingsley With the final days of Busch Stadium approaching, it was only appropriate that a final luncheon take place for the Downtown St. Louis Partnership in the Stadium Club to a sold-out crowd. To reminisce about the...

New Habitat for Humanity CEO receives baptism by hurricane.
October 7, 2005... Byline: Bill Clements (This article was orginally published in Finance and Commerce, Minneapolis, MN, another Dolan Media publication). Jonathan Reckford had his first three months as CEO of Habitat for Humanity International all...

Controversy hasn't stopped Habitat for Humanity founder Millard Fuller.
October 7, 2005... Byline: Bill Clements (This article was orginally published in Finance and Commerce, Minneapolis, MN, another Dolan Media publication). Whatever the exact reasons behind Millard Fuller's exit from Habitat for Humanity International, no...

Henke joins Contegra Construction in St. Louis.
October 7, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Construction industry veteran Russ Henke has joined Contegra Construction Co. as a principal. Eric Gowin, founder and president of Edwardsville, Ill.-based Contegra, made the announcement. In his...

Vassar joins The Lawrence Group in St. Louis.
October 7, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Lawrence Group has added Galen Vassar as an interior designer. Vassar's responsibilities include providing interior design services to residential and multifamily clients. She also provides...

Clayco hires Edwards, promotes Strickland, design-building Fluor Headquarters.
October 7, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Jamie Edwards has joined Clayco as a subcontract coordinator. In her new position, Edwards handles subcontractor agreements, tier lien waivers and payroll scheduling for subcontractors. Prior to joining...

St. Louis- based Ranken Technical College acquires new property for expansion.
October 7, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Ranken Technical College has finalized the purchase of two large properties adjoining its current campus, adding more than 100,000 square feet of usable shop and classroom space to its state-of-the-art...

Grunzinger joins St. Louis-based JHOOKER Construction Company.
October 7, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Jerry Grunzinger joined JHOOKER Construction Services as project manager. In this role, he will be responsible for managing the company's construction projects, which include commercial, retail,...

Hurricane Katrina brings prevailing wages to the forefront.
October 7, 2005... Byline: Brian Johnson (This article was originally published in Finance and Commerce, Minneapolis, MN, another Dolan Media publication). One of the many construction-related subplots in the story of Hurricane Katrina is the disaster's...

Freddie Mac gives hurricane victims break from payments.
October 7, 2005... Byline: New Orleans CityBusiness Staff Writer (This article was originally published in New Orleans CityBusiness, another Dolan Media publication). Single-family mortgage borrowers whose lives were disrupted by Hurricane Rita may defer...

Green builders can prove sustainable projects cost less.
October 7, 2005... Byline: Alison Ryan (This article was originally published in the Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland, OR, another Dolan Media publication). Even as the word LEED becomes synonymous with green building, discussion over whether it...

'Sexy bathroom' idea lures admirers to apartment communities in Twin Cities.
October 7, 2005... Byline: Bill Clements (This article was originally published in Finance and Commerce, Minneapolis, MN, another Dolan Media publication). A bathroom is a bathroom is a bathroom - functional and necessary. Except when the bathroom is...

Hospital offers first medical office building in Columbia, Ill.
October 7, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff St. Elizabeth's Hospital is launching the first medical office building ever built in Columbia, Ill. The two-story, 30,780-square-foot structure will rise from a four-acre site located off Illinois Route...

American filings jump as troubled companies rush for bankruptcy protection.
October 8, 2005... Byline: Adina Genn (This article originally was published in the Long Island Business News, another Dolan Media publication). American bankruptcy filings jumped to their highest point in history in a single quarter, as financially...

Bankruptcy law encounters perfect storm.
October 8, 2005... Byline: Rob Larimer (This article was originally published in the Colorado Springs Business Journal, another Dolan Media publication). Laws making it tougher to declare bankruptcy are set to go into effect Oct. 17 - just as the number...

Brown Smith Wallace hires David Hudson for its IT group.
October 8, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff David Hudson has joined Brown Smith Wallace as the internal network operations manager in the information technology group. Hudson provides overall systemwide IT support and leads the internal IT team....

Gas prices affect consumers' choices but long-term impact unclear.
October 8, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask As high as gasoline prices are now, there appears to be a growing consensus that prices will climb even higher with refining capacity reduced because of the recent hurricanes that struck the Gulf Coast. There is some...

State task force finds that eminent domain process can be fairer.
October 8, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask A task force appointed by Gov. Matt Blunt earlier this year believes some abuse of eminent domain has occurred in Missouri and that the process can be made fairer to property owners. The task force this week released...

Chase for gasoline prices and auto sales take another spin.
October 8, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon The saying goes: The more things change, the more they remain the same. And for those who have paid attention to economic news, global events and local gasoline prices for the past 30 years, a lot of similarities are...

Commentary: The Educated Investor: No asset class rises without corrections.
October 8, 2005... Byline: David Clogg (This article was originally published in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication). Since everyone else is talking about it, I guess I may as well offer my thoughts on the pending real...

Husch & Eppenberger L.L.C. adds Stanley to its business litigation practice group.
October 8, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Husch & Eppenberger L.L.C. has added Dwayne F. Stanley to its general business litigation practice group. Stanley concentrates his litigation practice in the areas of products liability, insurance...

The Lawrence Group hires new controller.
October 8, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Lawrence Group has added Karen Musick as controller. Musick's responsibilities include overseeing day-to-day operations in the accounting department. Musick, of St. Louis, has 10 years of experience...

Lashly & Baer P.C. adds five members, five new associates.
October 8, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Lashly & Baer P.C. has added five new members and five new associates to its firm. Among the new members are: Allison Schreiber Lee, litigation; Tyler S. McClay, litigation and professional liability;...

Carmody MacDonald law firm promotes attorneys to principals, adds new associates.
October 8, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The law firm of Carmody MacDonald has promoted attorneys to principals and added new associates. Among the principals are: James R. Cantalin, litigation; Kelly F. Farrell, real estate, employment and...

Interview with St. Peters veterinarian, Dr. Anita Fischer.
October 10, 2005... Byline: Wm. Stage Upon graduation from University of Missouri-Columbia Veterinary School in 1971, Dr. Anita Fischer practiced in Chicago for three years, then in Florissant for 11 years before opening her own practice in St. Peters. The...

Legal Services of Eastern Missouri set to honor supporters of equal access to justice.
October 11, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Legal Services of Eastern Missouri will honor individuals and organizations that support equal access to justice at its awards luncheon Friday at the St. Louis Pavilion Hotel in downtown St. Louis. ...

Reversal puts existence of Peculiar power plant in jeopardy.
October 11, 2005... Byline: Denise G. Callahan A new $140 million natural gas-fired peaking facility in Cass County is in danger of being destroyed after a recent ruling by the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District. In StopAquila.org vs. City of...

Raise a glass Mount Pleasant's 2003 Norton tops in state.
October 11, 2005... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady St. Charles County has bragging rights for producing the best wine in the state. Mount Pleasant Winery, located in Augusta, has been awarded the 2005 Governor's Cup for its 2003 Norton wine. The award was...

Conference to address urban sprawl issue in St. Louis.
October 11, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Urban Land Institute-St. Louis will sponsor a conference on urban sprawl this Friday morning. The conference is scheduled to run from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at the Missouri History Museum located...

Laid-off hospital workers in Wentzville to get help.
October 11, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Missouri's Department of Economic Development has activated its Rapid Response Team to help employees who will be laid off from Crossroads Regional Medical Center in Wentzville. The team, which...

Small-business expo comes to St. Charles.
October 12, 2005... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady Small businesses in the St. Louis area traveled to St. Charles County last week for an exposition at the St. Charles Convention Center. They seemed to like what they saw. The St. Louis Small Business Monthly,...

Companies resorting to outside background checks on applicants.
October 12, 2005... Byline: Claude Solnik (This story was originally published in the Long Island Business News, another Dolan Media publication). On paper, he was the ideal candidate. His resume identified him as a sharp accounting prospect, and it...

Missouri officials to preserve local court records.
October 12, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Missouri State Archives will organize and microfilm newly found, early 19th-century St. Charles County court records. The archives, a division of the Secretary of State's office, eventually...

Food prices mixed in Missouri.
October 12, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Retail prices for food dropped nationwide but rose in Missouri during the third quarter, the Missouri Farm Bureau recently reported. But while prices increased, "Missourians are still paying $2.66...

Divorce lawyers promote parenting plan.
October 12, 2005... Byline: Nora Lockwood Tooher (This story was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, another Dolan Media publication). When parents with children divorce, their relationship is rarely over. Until the children are old enough to...

Can growing quickly be a bad thing for a business?
October 13, 2005... Byline: James Monahan Many businesses have failed because they couldn't grow fast enough. But can a business fail because it grows too quickly? Richard Sacks answers that question emphatically in the affirmative. In fact, he says...

Gard named to head Dolan Media's Missouri operations, Tedesco promoted to head Missouri Public Notice Network.(Public Notice)
October 13, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Veteran law journalist and publishing executive S. Richard Gard Jr. has been named president and publisher of Dolan Media Co.'s newly consolidated Missouri publishing operations, including Missouri...

St. Louis metro-area casinos see fewer patrons in September.
October 13, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Most floating casinos in the St. Louis metropolitan area saw fewer patrons walk through their doors in September compared to a year ago. But that did not necessarily translate into less revenue,...

Dardenne Prairie retail development's ground breaking scheduled.
October 13, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff A ground breaking for Dardenne Town Square, a 400,000-square-foot retail development, has been scheduled for 11:30 a.m., Thursday in Dardenne Prairie. The development, located at the corner of...

SNAP Creative of St. Charles wins creative awards.
October 13, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Snap Creative of St. Charles received recognition among its peers, winning 2005 Best in Class in Business Marketing Association, St. Louis Chapter and numerous 2005 American Graphic Design Awards by...