St. Louis Business Journal articles from September 2000

St. Louis Business Journal archives from September 2000

Practical solutions.(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... Do you think job-hopping looks bad on a resume? Julie Hauser Several jobs over a short period of time would be a red flag for me. I seek out employees who will work closely with our clients and with me, and I'd have to question...

Kofron opens art gallery in art deco building in Affton.(Phoenix Potteries, Studio and Gallery for Fine Arts.)(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... Mary Kofron, a potter for more than 20 years, has opened her own gallery in a quiet, mostly residential area of Affton in south St. Louis County. "The building has a special-use permit that allows only an art-related business," she said....

Companion Baking Co.(organic bread)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
September 25, 2000... Companion Baking Co. owner Josh Allen is introducing a line of 109 percent organic breads at the new Clayton Farmer's Market. French Country Sourdough and Rosemary Ciabatta or "Slipper Bread" were to be among the items debuting Saturday,...

Global Granite & Marble.(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... Global Granite & Marble, which provides materials for residential and commercial projects, has opened its Designer Showroom at 10256 Page Industrial Blvd. The company, in its third year of business, is a resource for granite, marble,...

Tom Beattie.(award)(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... Tom Beattie, president of Beattie & Associates Inc., and Bill Livingston, chief executive of St. Louis Paper & Box, have been presented Cornerstone Awards by the Missouri Merchants & Manufacturers Association. They were honored for their...

Capek, Holland Sauget will be honored at Leadership Council dinner.(Ronald Capek; Richard Sauget, Bruce Holland)(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... Ronald Capek, Bruce Holland and Richard Sauget will be honored by the Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois at a annual dinner Thursday, Oct. 5. The 17th annual Salute to Southwestern Illinois awards dinner will be held at the Gateway...

Common pitfalls to avoid when being interviewed.(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... In my years as a TV news reporter and anchor, I saw this happen time and again. The spokesperson for a company or non-corporate organization -- whether a CEO, another official or someone from, the public relations department -- goes on camera...

PEOPLE.(executive appointments in St. Louis)
September 25, 2000... Accounting Susan Rau has been promoted to manager of the accounting services department at Schowalter & Jabouri P.C. Advertising Amy Asahi joined National System Inc. as an account manager. Erin Neptune is a new account...

River wine country region attracts tourists to county.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 25, 2000... With a million visitors expected this year, tourism in the city of St. Charles is at an all time high, thanks in part to the Missouri River wine country. Steve Powell, chief executive of the Greater St. Charles Convention and Visitors...

St. Charles plans to build new police headquarters.(St. Charles, MO)(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... St. Charles is planning to build a new police headquarters and has placed a bond to finance construction on the November ballot. The entire project would cost $15.2 million. When the police department outgrew its current space six years...

Sales, construction ahead of schedule at WingHaven.(planned community development in O'Fallon, Mo.)(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... Construction and sales are ahead of schedule at WingHaven, the $600 million planned community development located in O'Fallon, Mo., just off U.S. 40. WingHaven is in the second of three residential building phases. About 1,200...

Rau leaves Centennial Bank for top job at Parkside Meadows.(Jim Rau)(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... Jim Rau has resigned as president of Centennial Bank in St. Charles, effective Sept. 19, to become executive director of Parkside Meadows Retirement Community in St. Charles. Rau also will be a consultant for the bank and Will continue to...

Institute delivers worker training to the employers.(St. Charles County Community College)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 25, 2000... Not so long ago, employees in need of more training took courses at colleges or technical schools. Skill enhancement often was their concern. But with the help of the Business and Industry Institute at St. Charles County Community...

St. Charles quickly claims its place as sports mecca.(St. Charles County, MO)(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... The River City Rascals baseball team in O'Fallon, Mo., is the salty old veteran of the St. Charles sports scene. That's because the team just finished its second season. In the past two years, teams in almost every professional sport...

Family Arena welcomes pro football.(River City Renegades)(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... The River City Renegades, St Charles' new indoor football team, promises a season of freestyle football. "There are no nets," said spokeswoman Stacey Mitch Hyland. "If a ball goes in the stands, the fan who catches it, keeps it." In...

St. Charles County Exemplifies Excellence.(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... Kevin F. Kast President/CEO/Market Executive SSM St. Joseph Health Center SSM St. Joseph Hospital West Award Recipients Show Spirit of Our Community Dear Friends, When people ask me why I've selected St. Charles...

Randy Schilling to Deliver Keynote Address.(President and CEO of Solutech, Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... Randy Schilling President Solutech, Inc. Randy Schilling, President and CEO of Solutech, Inc., will present the keynote address for the third annual Excellence St. Charles County Awards Breakfast. The program begins promptly at...

Two Honored with New Youth Awards.(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... Krista Goszewski Excellence St. Charles County Youth Award Jimmy Campise Excellence St. Charles County Youth Award Krista Goszewski and Jimmy Campise Krista Goszewski's June neighborhood carnival, is more than a day of...

Excellence for Community Development.(Paul McKee of McEagle Development)(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... Paul McKee CEO McEagle Development Paul McKee's Vision of Community Shapes $600 Million WingHaven Development Paul McKee's self-described "crazy idea" is taking shape in O'Fallon, Missouri, and has earned him the Excellence...

Excellence in Humanitarianism.(Sts. Joachim and Ann Care Services)(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... Miriam Mahan Executive Director Sts. Joachim & Ann Care Services Miriam Mahan Champions Needs of St. Charles' Indigent Miriam Mahan, who receives the Excellence St. Charles County Award for Humanitarianism, will never forget...

Excellence in Business.(Missouri River Otters hockey team)(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... Matt McSparin General Manager Missouri River Otters Matt McSparin Sees River Otters as St. Charles Community Asset Out of Matt McSparin's four favorite sports, ice hockey used to rank number five. But that was before he...

Excellence in Entrepreneurism.(RiverCity Sports Ventures)(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... Brian Matthews Managing Member RiverCity Sports Ventures Carol Matthews Member RiverCity Sports Ventures Brian and Carol Matthews Help Mold St. Charles Into a Minor League Mecca When Brian and Carol Matthews...

Core Values Guide SSM Health Care, SSM St. Joseph.(SSM Health Care System)(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... Commitment. Respect. Excellence. Stewardship. Community. These are the core values of SSM Health Care. They are carried out throughout all SSM hospitals, including SSM St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles and SSM St. Joseph Hospital...

Innovative Programs, Leading-Edge Procedures Distinguish SSM St. Joseph.(SSM Health Care System)(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... SSM ST. JOSEPH OFFERS HEART LASER PROCEDURE SSSM Joseph Health Center was the first hospital in the St. Louis region, and is the only hospital in St. Charles, Warren, Pike and Lincoln counties, to offer the Transmyocardial...

Hughes swaps police work for career in construction.(T.R. Hughes head Tom Hughes)(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... In seven years, Tom Hughes has gone from being a St. Charles police officer who built houses in his spare time to building nearly 700 homes and several commercial properties full time. He has received local and national recognition for...

Meeting center may go to St. Peters, O'Fallon, arena.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 25, 2000... Despite recent-setbacks, the St. Charles County Convention Center may become a reality. The St. Charles Family Arena and the cities of St. Peters and O'Fallon are working on concepts to present to the St. Charles Convention and Sports...

Push is on to keep funding for Page Avenue extension.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 25, 2000... The Page Avenue Extension project is moving ahead as advocates in St. Charles County press to keep the funding flowing for one of the largest highway construction projects in the St. Louis metro area in years. The extension, with an...

Page to handle 116,200 drivers a day by 2015.
September 25, 2000... Traffic flow should increase dramatically in 15 years between St. Charles and St. Louis counties, spurring the need to complete the Page Avenue Extension. Assuming that happens and that Highway 94 is converted to freeway standards and a...

A closer look.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 25, 2000... THE THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO BUSINESS LEADS When Annette Conrad receives her copy of the Business Journal, she turns to Jeffrey Gitomer's column on "Sales Moves" and uses it to kick off her sales meeting at the St. Louis Convention and...

Stock Transactions.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 25, 2000... The following purchases or sales of stock in St. Louis-based companies or in companies with St. Louis-based subsidiaries or divisions have been reported to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission by officers, directors and owners of more...

Where we stand.(Missouri employment)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 25, 2000... How Missouri and Illinois measure up against other states Why is Missouri's unemployment rate so low? Employment in Missouri has reached record highs, while joblessness in the state has fallen to record lows. The number of jobs in...

On board.(Kathryn Wright Warnick of the Humane Society of Missouri)(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... Kathryn Wright Warnick [1] Money and management at nonprofit organizations Humane Society of Missouri The Humane Society of Missouri is committed to the prevention of cruelty, abuse and neglect of animals in St. Louis and the...

Eiger display in harmony with nature.(Innsbrook Corp. model home)(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... Display features vacation feel The homes on Alpine Lake will be designed to work with the rolling hills, sunlight and trees along the water's edge. The first realization of this vision is The Eiger, Alpine Lake's display home. "The...

Alpine is another step for Innsbrook development.(housing development)(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... In its 29 years of existence, Innsbrook has incorporated as a village, created a wilderness sanctuary, started a thriving arts council, and grown to a size that makes it one of the largest municipalities in the St. Louis area. The Alpine Lake...

Innsbrook owners lead for 29 years.(Edmund J. Boyce)(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... When it comes to real estate developments and lake communities, long-term ownership is rare. But Innsbrook is different. As St. Louis' premier lake community, Innsbrook has remained under the same ownership and management since its...

Homes at Innsbrook are different.(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... "Innsbrook homes are unique because they combine the owners lifestyle with their personalities," said Innsbrook Vice President Wayne Limbert. "Innsbrook has a place for everyone because every home is custom fit," said Construction...

The Innsbrook Stables.
September 25, 2000... Horse boarding and riding lessons available With its more than 6,000 acres of countryside, Innsbrook is the perfect place to take a relaxing horseback ride on beautiful, scenic trails. Offering horse boarding and riding lessons, the...

National search leads Webster Groves couple to Alpine Lake.(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... After selling his successful publishing business, David Baetz and his wife Suzanne looked at 15 different properties around the country for a resort setting in which to begin their new life. After touring resorts in Oregon, Virginia, Florida,...

Something for everyone in the family at Innsbrook.(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... Enjoy sailing, swimming, golfing, tennis concerts or beautiful sunsets Innsbrook provides an unending variety of ways to enjoy the day. Outdoor-lovers will enjoy a scenic hike on one of the development's nature trails. Trails feature...

Living with nature.(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... Nature is partner in Innsbrook development Many land developers would be hesitant to invite city administrators and environmentalists to take part in their projects, but Innsbrook has done just that. Innsbrook had been a thriving...

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For what it's worth.
September 25, 2000... Highlighting some of the most recent commercial real estate transactions in the St. Louis area. LOCATION: 2185 Hampton Ave. in St. Louis DATE SOLD: Aug. 4, 2000 NEW OWNER: S.M. Wilson & Co. AGENTS: Hal Ball and Phil...

Proxy corner.(Sigma-Aldrich Corp.)(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... Money and management at companies with publicly traded stack SIGMA-ALDRICH CORP. David Harvey President and chief executive Sigma-Aldrich provides research chemicals used for life science research in university, commercial...

RightChoice Managed Care Inc.
September 25, 2000... Sept. 1, $18.88 Salomon Smith Barney Buy. We initiated coverage of RightChoice Managed Care with a buy rating. Roughly 69 percent of the company's operating income is derived from its HealthLink segment, which provides network access...

May Department Stores.
September 25, 2000... Sept. 7, $23.69 Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Outperform. Management expects earnings to be between 23-26 cents a share, down from our prior estimate of 38 cents. The reduction is entirely due to the clearance of spring/summer...

Arch Coal.
September 25, 2000... Sept. 7, $8.25 Bear Stearns Buy. We are initiating coverage of Arch Coal with a 12-18 month price target of $12 a share. We believe that Arch Coal will benefit from its strong presence in the Powder River Basin. Recent management...

Fast 50 sets pace for growth.
September 25, 2000... The good news is the Fast 50 is growing up. The companies, who represent the firms with the fastest five-year growth rate as evaluated by Deloitte & Touche, have average revenue of $172 million. That's more than twice as high as last year's...

Ford, Firestone, Burroughs and Edison.
September 25, 2000... Henry Ford, John Burroughs, Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone were all huddled together around the campfire. They were pals. Really, they were more, they were good friends. And each summer, the four of them would journey to Northern...

Restaurateurs toast their favorite wines.
September 25, 2000... Wine Spectator recently recognized 16 area restaurants for their fine wine lists. The local restaurants were among 2,332 restaurants from around the country featured in the publication's 2001 Dining Guide in its Sept.30 issue. The...

St. Louis high-tech firms making growth happen.
September 25, 2000... Start-ups, spinoffs, joint ventures, dot com's -- technology industry, growth is sweeping the nation, and the St. Louis region is a major player in the game. Deloitte & Touche and the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association...

Finding the 50 fastest growing technology firms.
September 25, 2000... The St: Louis Regional Technology Fast 50 Awards recognize the fastest growing technology firms in greater St. Louis. Inaugurated in 1996 with Deloitte & Touche, the annual Fast 50 program is part of the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth...

Excitement builds as Innsbrook's Alpine Lake fills.
September 25, 2000... Home sites now available For those looking for peaceful waterfront living located within an hour's drive of St. Louis, Alpine Lake at Innsbrook is the perfect answer. Alpine Lake is quickly filling and now is the time to get a first...

Innsbrook Home Tour Oct. 14, 15.
September 25, 2000... The days of summer are winding down, and the turning of the leaves is just around the corner. Fall color reflecting in the lakes is the perfect backdrop for Innsbrook's annual Home Tour. The 10th-Annual Home Tour will be held on Saturday,...

Innsbrook combines the best of lake and golf course living.
September 25, 2000... Golf fits lifestyle to a tee At Innsbrook, you don't have to have the fairway as your backyard to take advantage of Innsbrook's championship course. It is centrally located within the development -- easily accessible. Designed by Jay...

Schaeffers find surprises after buying at Innsbrook.
September 25, 2000... When asked about their experience of buying at Innsbrook, Larry and Marlynn Schaeffer are quick to say that their salesman wasn't upfront about everything. "Chip Wobbe didn't tell us everything about Innsbrook, we are constantly being...

Rose tops Fast 50.
September 25, 2000... Interlock Resources debuts at No. 2 Software developer Rose International tops the 2000 list of St. Louis Regional Technology Fast 50 winners, with a 4,841 percent increase in revenue over the past five years. Rounding out the top...

Sverdrup scouts new headquarters.
September 25, 2000... Company plans to consolidate operations With its downtown headquarters under contract to an East Coast buyer, Jacobs/Sverdrup is looking for leased space to consolidate its operations. The architectural/engineering company employs...

Payless sizing up Famous Footwear.
September 25, 2000... Payless ShoeSource Inc. has expressed interest in purchasing the Famous Footwear division of Brown Shoe Co. Inc., according to sources in the footwear industry. Spokesmen for both Brown and Payless declined it comment. It's unclear...

Missouri gaming probe looks into Colorado casino land deal.
September 25, 2000... Gaming official may have brokered deal A Missouri Gaming Commission probe into attorney Michael Lazaroff's casino dealings has broadened to include a former gaming official's possible business ventures in Colorado. Authorities are...

Food for thought.
September 25, 2000... The old Bailey Farms Dairy building -- a south St. Louis landmark at 4071 Keokuk -- will have new life as a Bosnian restaurant and ice cream parlor, scheduled to open around Christmas. The $500,000 effort is the brainchild of Sulejaman Grbic...

DCM lands lead tenant for Brentwood complex plan.
September 25, 2000... DCM Management Co. has lined up a lead tenant for a third of the office space in its proposed $134 million office, retail and hotel complex at Eager and Hanley roads in Brentwood. Witan Group, a financial services company with its main...

Caterers boost pay, benefits to attract holiday workers.
September 25, 2000... Squeezed between a tight job market and a busy holiday party season, some area catering firms have raised wages and are paying bonuses. Patty Long Catering Inc. will pay a $2 an hour bonus to all hourly workers in December. Ces & Judy's...

Rep and Fox acted quickly to bring "Salesman" here.
September 25, 2000... Bringing "Death of a Salesman" and its Tony Award-winning cast from Broadway to St. Louis required quick thinking--and a high tolerance for risk. It was mid-summer before the star Brian Dennehy, even agreed to take the show on the road...

Emerging Technologies center plans $8 million expansion.
September 25, 2000... The Center for Emerging Technologies will spend about $8 million to expand into the old Dorris Motor Car Company building. The three-story, 50,000-square-foot Dorris building, 4165 Forest Park Ave., is next door to the center's current...

MetaMatrix looks to St. Louis for programmers to fill 70 Java jobs.
September 25, 2000... New York-based MetaMatrix went looking for a few good Java programmers. It found them in St. Louis. Michael Lang, executive vice president, said he couldn't hire enough programmers who knew Java software in New York. The company...

S.M. Wilson leaves Illinois for St. Louis.
September 25, 2000... S.M. Wilson & Co. is moving its headquarters to St. Louis after doing business out of Granite City for 79 years. "There are a lot stigmas Illinois companies have when they work in Missouri," said Scott Wilson, the general contractor's...

Anheuser-Busch signs on as football league sponsor.
September 25, 2000... Anheuser-Busch sports marketing executive Tony Ponturo defines the brewery's sponsorship deal with the XFL as "primarily a media buy." Anheuser-Busch will air multiple, 30-second spots on each telecast of the new World Wrestling...

Blues revamp Web site, add NHL links.
September 25, 2000... The St. Louis Blues official Web site soon will sport a slightly different look as part of the NHL's strategy to centralize its Internet operations. The league will stop producing its own version of the St. Louis Blues Web site at...

Thornburg tapped to lead Missouri-American Water.
September 25, 2000... Eric Thornburg has taken over the helm at Missouri-American Water Co. a year after the company merged with two other private, Missouri-based water companies. He became president of Creve Coeur-based Missouri-American July 1 after working...

Kmart plans store in old Crestwood Home Quarters.
September 25, 2000... Sam's, Kohl's also proposed for Crestwood Kmart Corp. will remodel a long-vacant Home Quarters store at 9440 Watson Road, starting in the next few weeks. The new Big Kmart in Crestwood is part of a spate of big box, discount...

McKee leaves TradeHarbor for Lexer.com.
September 25, 2000... TradeHarbor Inc., the startup that provides voice recognition technology, recently lost one of its founders, James McKee III. McKee, who also was a founder of PaylinX, left to join Lexer.com, another startup. Lexer.com has developed...

WorkNet's Harrington out; Rawlings' CFO resigns.(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... WorkNet Communications Inc. Chief Executive Ken Harrington stepped down as the company announced a round of layoffs. The company, which uses low-frequency radio waves to bring phone and data services to businesses via antenna on office...

Shandwick International.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 25, 2000... Shandwick International, which has an office in St. Louis, is merging with Weber Public Relations Worldwide Jan. 1. The new entity will be known as Weber Shandwick Worldwide. Both Shandwick and Weber are subsidiaries of The Interpublic Group...

Amtrak.(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... While Amtrak is almost a year behind schedule in launching its first high-speed trains, a St. Louis-Chicago corridor remains on a list of eight possible routes for the faster trains, the Associated Press reported. Supporters of the plan...

Sheffield Pharmaceuticals Inc.(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... Sheffield Pharmaceuticals Inc. said it successfully completed a pilotstudy using Sheffield's aerosol drug delivery system to deliver an undisclosed respiratory drug used to treat asthma. The study centered on the use of a metered dose inhaler...

Energizer Holdings Inc.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 25, 2000... Energizer Holdings Inc. approved a stock repurchase of 5 million shares, or $100 million worth, based on the battery company's Sept. 18 closing price of $20. As of Sept. 14, the company had about 95.6 million common shares outstanding. In a...

Omniplex Communications Corp.
September 25, 2000... Omniplex Communications Corp. is moving into the Kansas City market with its fourth acquisition this year. The company here said it signed an agreement to acquire MaxCom Inc., a local and long distance telephone company in Kansas City. The...

Rawlings Sporting Goods Inc.
September 25, 2000... Rawlings Sporting Goods Inc. announced Mike Luetkemeyer has resigned as chief financial officer. He was Rawlings' chief financial officer for a little more than a year. Luetkemeyer is leaving Rawlings to accept a position with an East Coast...

Charter Communication Inc.
September 25, 2000... Charter Communication Inc. said it has invested $5 million in DIVA Systems Corp. Charter said the equity investment expands an existing relationship and provides for a Charter seat on DIVA's board of directors. DIVA is a Redwood City,...

Belden Inc.
September 25, 2000... Belden Inc. said it expects to meet or exceed the Wall Street consensus earnings estimate of 57 cents per diluted share for the third quarter ending Sept. 30. Belden expects to release its third quarter earnings on Oct. 26. Belden, a provider...

Many area HMOs see losses in first half.
September 25, 2000... United HealthCare, BlueChoice, HealthLink remain in the black Despite steep premium hikes at the beginning of 2000, half of the area's HMOs continue to lose money. Group Health Plan, Mercy Health Plans, Health Partners of the...

Medical records.(Washington University School of Medicine research grants)(Brief Article)
September 25, 2000... Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have received the following grants and awards: Joshua Sanes, professor of anatomy and neurobiology, was awarded a five-year, $5.6 million grant from the National Institute of...