Forum Flashbacks: July 18-19

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This 4-year-old Head Start youngster was in top form back in July 2004 as participants in the preschool education enhancement program enjoyed a visit to Bearcat Lanes. Then as now, Head Start was managed by Community Services Inc., a nonprofit social services agency headquartered at 1212 South Main Street in Maryville. Head Start is a federally funded child and family development program that seeks to build kindergarten readiness skills while providing a foundation for classroom success.

25 years ago

• Six Nodaway County students recently participated in a trip they will not soon forget.
  Amie Hutchinson, Chad Hull, Nathan Honan, Tom Linville, Tim Ward and Kyle Younger of the Northwest Technical School FFA Chapter of Maryville and Burlington Junction attended the 1994 Washington Leadership conference in the nation’s capital.
  The conference is an activity of the National FFA Organization in cooperation with the United States Department of Education.
  The weeklong program helps FFA members improve their leadership skills, develop an understanding of the nation’s heritage and prepare for leadership roles in their chapters and communities.
• Two Nodaway County men were recently presented medals honoring their service during World War I.
  Elias Echterling, 98, Parnell, and Eldon Coffelt, 97, Ravenwood, received a special Robert R. McConnel Tribute Foundation Medal commemorating the 75th Anniversary of “the war to end all wars.”
  Echterling, until recently, lived on the same farm where he was born south of Parnell. He served for one year in Alsace-Lorraine.
  Coffelt is a lifetime resident of Ravenwood. He joined an infantry group and was stationed in Salina, Kan.
  Coffelt was waiting to be sent to Europe when he fell victim to appendicitis.

15 Years ago

• Maryville’s own acoustic duo, Bowman & Brown, will release their debut compact disc “Road Trip” July 23 during the Maryville Festival of the Arts. They will also perform Saturday, July 24, at Main Street Coffee.
  With similar tastes in music, Kirt Bowman and Jeff Brown have been playing acoustically together since 2003. Brown plays acoustic guitar, harmonica and sings lead, while Bowman plays acoustic bass and sings harmony.
  “We got together and played some of the old classics that we knew, and Jeff introduced some of the original material that he had recorded,” Bowman said. “We liked what we were hearing.”

5 years ago

• Work continued Thursday on the installation of a new high-definition video screen and scoreboard at Bearcat Stadium.
  Crews used a large crane to mount a large metal Nodaway Valley Bank sign to a pair of vertically mounted I-beams that will support the new screen.
  Nodaway Valley Bank provided a major gift to Northwest Missouri State University that was used to purchase the screen, which Athletics Director Mel Tjeerdsma said cost just over $1 million.
• The Women’s Golf Association of the Maryville Country Club held the first round of 18-hole play for the Club Championship and Handicap Tournament on July 15.
  The nine-hole golfers played a low putt event Tuesday. Sandi Cox, Mardy Buckridge, Liz Schieber and Holly Phillips made up the winning team.