Forum Flashbacks: Aug. 1-2

FORUM FILE PHOTO
St. Francis Hospital & Health Services President Michael Baumgartner, center right in suit, prepares to cut a ceremonial ribbon during 2004 open-house ceremonies at the new location of St. Francis Family Health Care on the ground floor of the hospital’s new south wing. Participating in the ceremony along with Baumgartner were, front row from left, Staci Drydale, Rita Miller, Marilyn Shamberger, Dr. Pat Dawson, Dr. Kanti Havaldar, Dr. Roberta Rau, Brenda Beason, Melinda Dennis, Nancy Snow and Joyce Tinsley. Also pictured are hospital staff members Dr. Mike Feuerbacher, Dr. Brian Golightly, Marcia Beason and Theresa Melnick.

25 years ago

• The City of Barnard has issued a boil water order for the Barnard Public Water System, which will take effect tomorrow.
  Work on an elevated storage tank, officials say, will cause low water pressure and provides the potential for contamination to enter the water. The system serves Barnard and the surrounding area.
  Officials said water should be boiled starting Tuesday and the boil order will remain in effect until water samples indicate contamination is not present.
  Public water system personnel will continue to sample the water until they determine it is safe to drink.
• The people Bill Bateman and Washington Middle School Principal Glenn Jonagan have talked to about the Maryville R-II School District bond proposal have for the most part agreed a new middle school building is needed to replace Washington Middle School.
  “Once people go through the middle school they realize something needs to be done,” Bateman, who co-chairs the district’s bond issue steering committee, said.
  More than 50 percent of the district’s voters supported a bond issue in April that would have funded construction of a new middle school and renovations and additions at the high school, but by law the issue needs more than 57.14 percent to pass.

15 Years ago

• The Pickering Lions Club will present the 67th Annual Pickering Horse Show on Friday, Aug. 6, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 7, at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
  Friday evening will be the $1300 Overload Draft Horse Pull. There will be a trophy for first place. Teams may be weighed at the Hopkins Elevator between 3-5 p.m., on Friday.
  Saturday evening’s show will include showmanship and horsemanship classes. Classes one through nine are open to all breeds of horses.
  The Queen Contest will be held during the evening show, between classes 15 and 16. The Queen contestants must be 21 years and under.

5 years ago

• The Nodaway County Health Department has some good news for families with middle school-age children headed back to class this fall – free vaccinations.
  Federal funding funneled through the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has allowed the department to acquire 50 doses each of meningitis and Tdap vaccine. Shots will be administered free of charge at the center on a first come, first served basis.
  Public Health Nurse Tabitha Frank said the department will host an all-day Tdap/meningitis vaccination clinic on Wednesday Aug. 6, a date that coincides with summer registration at Maryville Middle School.
• Sister Nancy Rose Gucwa has been named director of development for the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in Clyde.
  She succeeds Sister Dawn Annette Mills who was elected prioress general of the congregation earlier this summer.
  Gucwa is originally from Staten Island, New York, and entered the Benedictine Sisters in 2006. She was a member of the first class that admitted women to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and graduated with a degree in general engineering in 1980.