Forum Flashbacks: Aug. 8-9

By Editor | August 8, 2019 |

FORUM FILE PHOTO
Chloe Mitchell leans over in the saddle of her hard-charging mount during an out-and-back event at the 67th annual Pickering Horse Show in 2004. The equestrian showcase, then as now, was hosted by the Pickering Lions Club in an effort to raise funds for scholarships and community betterment programs.

25 years ago

An at-risk program and the feasibility of a softball program will be among the items on the agenda when the West Nodaway R-I Board of Education meets Wednesday.“I am looking at trying to start an at-risk program for kids who are academically challenged,” Superintendent Dan Kercher said.
The program would include naming a new person to the staff at West Nodaway and would target a number of things which often contribute to students finding themselves academically challenged.
“It would be a part-time position probably working with students before or after school,” Kercher said.
Kercher said the part-time employee responsible for the program would also try to help improve the study habits of the students.
John Jasinski, chair of the department of mass communication at Northwest Missouri State University, has been granted a leave of absence to serve as an educational specialist with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Program in Washington, D.C.
He was recommended for the appointment by Northwest President Dean L. Hubbard and will begin a 12-month appointment Aug. 15 in the office of the national Institute of Standards and Technology.

15 Years ago

“Remember the Past and Look to the Future” is the theme for the 2004 Ravenwood Festival, which will be held Friday, Aug. 13, through Sunday, Aug. 15.
The Ravenwood Festival has a rich past that has been enjoyed by many over the years.
In 1974, the festival became an annual event, gearing up for the bicentennial of the United States in 1976. In 1985, the festival was a special time to celebrate the Ravenwood Centennial.
In 1998, some of the members of the Ravenwood Chamber of Commerce felt they were unable to keep up with the work that was required to organize the festival, so a Festival Committee was organized.

5 years ago

Mary Eulalah Johnson Adwell has not forgotten the education she received at Northwest Missouri State University, an experience she describes as preparing her for a five-decade career as a school librarian and teacher.
“Not every girl got to go to school, but my parents were all for education,” said Adwell, who grew up on a farm near Ravenwood during the Great Depression.
Adwell, who will turn 94 in November, continues to make significant contributions annually to increase the award amount of a Northwest Foundation scholarship set up in her name. Jerry and Lynn Petty Adwell, Eulalah’s son and daughter-in-law, endowed the Mary Eulalah Adwell Scholarship in 2000 in honor of Adwell’s 80th birthday.
The primary vote is over, and now it’s on to the November general election for those candidates who received their party’s nomination.
There weren’t any contested local races in the primary, and County Clerk Beth Walker, Recorder of Deeds Sandy Smail, Circuit Court Clerk Elaine Wilson and Prosecuting Attorney Robert Rice will almost certainly all return for new four-year terms in January.
There will be a race, however, for the 1st District Missouri House seat currently held by Republican Mike Thomson, who is leaving office due to term limit restrictions.