Forum Flashbacks: March 26 – April 1

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Maryville city crews excavated a large chain attached to a drain plug in the bottom of Mozingo Lake last week and also painted an extra rule on the sign to keep beachgoers from pulling on the chain. The lake will be drained in the near future so a search can be made for city manager Matt Chesnut’s lucky golf ball.

25 years ago

• One Nodaway County arrest has been made and another is expected in connection with an investigation of anabolic steroid distribution at three major universities, including Northwest Missouri State University, Nodaway County Sheriff Ben Espey said this morning.
  Stacey L. Simmons, Cook Hall, Maryville, was arrested Saturday night and has been charged with a class B felony possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. Wood is currently being held at the Nodaway County Jail in lieu of $15,000 bond.
  Espey said a second warrant was also issued Friday afternoon for another Nodaway County man in connection with the incident.
• A Northwest Missouri State University junior history and government major, Jennifer J. Harr, is a 1995 Truman Scholar.
  The announcement was made Friday by Dr. Dean L. Hubbard, Northwest president, representing Elmer B. Staats, chair of the Harry Truman Scholarship Foundation. She had previously been announced as a finalist for the prestigious national award authorized by Congress in 1975 as an official federal memorial to honor the nation’s 33rd president.
  Harr is a 1992 graduate of Savannah High School and is the daughter of Myron and Evelyn Harr of Savannah.
  The scholarship provides each recipient with $30,000 — $3,000 for the recipient’s undergraduate senior year and $27,000 for two or three years of graduate study. This year, there were only 70 recipients across the nation, selected from 50 colleges and universities.

15 years ago

• The hits just keep on coming for the Jefferson basketball program.Less than two weeks removed from finishing second in the state of Missouri at the Show-Me Showdown in Columbia, Eagles head coach Tim Jermain was named the Class 1 Coach of the Year by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association.
  “The reward is a result of our team’s success and is a reflection on the guys we had playing,” he said. “Rewards are always nice, but I look at it from the standpoint of all the hard work the (players) put in.”

5 years ago

• Back for its silver anniversary, the Tobin Benefit Golf Classic is legendary in Maryville and the northwest Missouri region. The St. Francis Hospital Foundation fundraiser, better known as “The Tobin,” has been hosted by Vince, Bill and Duke Tobin along with the extended Tobin family over the years. However, 2015 will be the final year for The Tobin.“It is with mixed emotions,” said Vince Tobin on speaking about making the 25th year the final Tobin Classic. “We want to end this on a high note, and hope more come back this year.” …
  The first tournament, held June 19, 1991, was a three-person scramble at the Maryville Country Club and raised $11,000 for x-ray equipment. The event held in 2006 raised the most funds at nearly $58,000. In 2003, the Classic saw its highest number of golfers at 412.
• Westlake Ace Hardware and Mark Watkins of Watkins Hardware and Appliances Inc. jointly announced Monday that Westlake had acquired all four hardware stores owned by the Maryville-based corporation.
  Established in 1957 by brothers Louis and Dick Watkins, Watkins Hardware had stores in Maryville; Red Oak, Iowa; Beatrice, Nebraska; and Nebraska City, Nebraska.
  The store in Beatrice was already associated with the Ace Hardware retailers’ cooperative. All three remaining stores bear the True Value brand.