FORUM FLASHBACKS: Jan. 31, 2019

By Phil Cobb | January 31, 2019 |

Fifteen years ago, on Jan. 31, 2004, an article ran in The Maryville Daily Forum with a photo of “Subway Star” Jared Fogle from when he visited the local Subway. Fogle in 2015 was convicted of possessing child pornography and traveling to pay for sex with minors. He was sentenced to serve 15 years, 8 months in federal prison.

25 years ago

“The City of Maryville came in slightly behind where officials had anticipated in selling the city’s high-risk mortgage securities. According to a memo to the Maryville City Council by Maryville City Manager Bill Galletly, the city’s Kansas City brokerage firm sold all of the city’s securities Thursday afternoon for $1.1 million. The sale was about $10,000 less than the total predicted by George K. Baum, the city’s financial investors. …”
“Nodaway County officials met Friday to hear what officials said was the biggest budget in county history. The total for 1994 stands at $3,279,896, up from the 1993 total of $3,157,201. According to County Clerk John Zimmerman, in addition to being the biggest, the 1994 budget was also the first one without property tax after the half-cent sales tax passed in August. …”
“The Dallas Cowboys’ James Washington recovered the second Thurman Thomas fumble of the game and returned it 46 yards for a touchdown early in the second half, sparking the Cowboys to a a 30-13 victory over the Buffalo Bill sin Super Bowll XXVIII. …”

15 years ago

“The facility (Maryville Community Center) has been open for 8 months but attendance and pass sales have increased each month since the facility opened. Facility passes include the use of the facility along with free aerobic and fitness classes along with child watch and much more. ‘The community has been very supportive of the community center and they have taken advantage of the benefits the facility offers,’ said Rod Auxier, Parks and Recreation Director. ‘Attendance and the number of passes have exceeded our expectations. …”
“‘Over 500 animals were picked up and brought to the Animal Shelter in the last year, needing homes from all over Nodaway County and outside the county,’ said Merla Findley, New Humane Society President. The New Nodaway Humane Society is undergoing several fund-raisers to build a much-needed new shelter. Construction is well under way and is hoping to be opened by March. …”
“Gary Hineline, owner of Hineline Furniture, opened his first furniture store in Omaha in 1961. Later in 1988, he opened a store in Hamburg, Iowa, followed in 2001 by opening a store in Clarinda, Iowa. The Maryville store opened in 2003. ‘We have been very pleased with the reception we have been given by Maryville and surrounding communities,” said Hineline. The grand opening for the Maryville location is coming early 2004. …”

5 years ago

“Richard and Sandra (Swaney) Mires of Pickering, Mo. will be celebrating their 50^th wedding anniversary on February 8. They were married on that date in 1964 at Laura Street Baptist Church in Maryville, Mo. by the Rev. Melvin Hill. The couple is retired and live on a farm east of Pickering. They have five children, Sandra (Tracy) Holley, Liberal, Kan.; Billy (Athena) Mires, Clarksville, Tenn.; Amy (David) Smyser, Hopkins, Mo.; Randy (Becky) Mires, Maryville and Ronald Mires (deceased). The Mires have nine grandchildren, Savannah and Crisstan Holley, Alexis, Reanne, Katlyn and Braden Mires, Samantha Smyser and Shayli and Ashlyn Mires. …”
“Northwest Missouri State has announced dates for a Championship Trophy Tour celebrating the football program’s 2013 NCAA Division II national championship. … The undefeated Bearcats won the program’s fourth national championship with a 43-28 victory over Lenoir-Rhyne on Dec. 21 in Florence, Ala. The game marked Northwest’s eighth appearance in the national championship game. ‘It’s incredible how many Bearcat fans there are throughout the Midwest and across the country,’ head football coach Adam Dorrel said. …”