FORUM FLASHBACKS: Feb. 14-16, 2019

By Phil Cobb | February 14, 2019 |

FORUM FILE PHOTO
The Maryville Business and Professional Women’s Club initiated eight new members in Feb. 1994. Pictured front row, left to right, are Nancy Eimers, Melody Lowe, Jill Hawkins and Gerri Schneider. Pictured back row, left to right, are Carol Jean Osborn (club membership chair), Girija Chavala, Kris Wells and Lois Terhune. Not pictured is new member Mary Rudd

25 years ago

• The Maryville R-II Board of Education will return to the meeting room tonight.

The board has scheduled an executive session to discuss candidates for the district’s superintendent’s position.

The board interviewed six candidates in two executive sessions last week and hopes to have a successor to Superintendent Roland Tullberg named by the end of the month.

… Tullberg, who has been with the district for nearly two decades, plans to retire at the end of the current academic year.

• Initiation was held for eight new members into the Maryville Business and Professional Women’s Club at a buffet dinner meeting at Cardinal Inn.

The service was conducted by Carol Jean Osborn, membership chair, who was assisted by Dana Glidewell, Karen Vansickle, Ann Eck, Billy Mackey and Sherrie McEnaney …

The new members, Girija Chavala, Nancy Eimers, Jill Hawkins, Melody Lowe, Mary Rudd, Gerri Schneider, Lois Terhune and Kris Wells, who were each presented a yellow rose accented with green ribbon, the club colors, a yearbook and the club pin, each related something about themselves.

15 years ago

• One of Maryville’s teachers was recognized this year for professional excellence.

Mrs. JoAnn Marion has taught first grade at Horace Mann Laboratory School on the Northwest Missouri State University campus for 36 years.

… Marion supervises university students in language arts and content practicum as well as overseeing a graduate assistant each year.

… She was nominated for “Teachers who make a difference” by the students and her graduate assistant, Janis Evans.

• After city maintenance trucks had been out plowing snow for several days, it was apparent that the weather had taken a toll on the streets in Maryville.

Pot holes have appeared around the city due to moisture getting into the asphalt, causing it to freeze and break.

… “We are told that the chemicals we use to melt the snow will not cause the asphalt to deteriorate,” said Greg Decker, director of public works. “The salt that is used is coated with molasses, which makes it hotter and causes a chemical reaction, which melts the snow faster.”

5 years ago

• Valentine’s Day is here, which means that flowers are flying off the shelves.

Some people have been ready to express their romantic feelings for a while, pre-ordering flowers days or weeks in advance. But Vanessa Peter, the new owner of Bittersweet Floral & Gifts in Maryville, said walk-in business rules.

Peter said about 60 percent of her Valentine’s Day business comes from walk-ins.

Keitha Clapp, who owns and operates Maryville Florists, said that walk-ins account for an even higher percentage of Valentine’s sales, about 70 percent.

The same goes for Hy-Vee.

“Ordering ahead, we probably have 75 to 100 customers,” said Hy-Vee Floral Manager Cindy White. “On Valentine’s Day, we probably have twice that many.”