Forum Flashbacks: Sept. 26 – Oct. 1

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Around 535 members of the Conception, Conception Junction and Clyde communities gathered on Sunday, Sept. 28 at the Abbey of the Immaculate Conception to recreate and commemorate a photo taken in 1914.

25 years ago

• The Maryville City Council returned to familiar ground Monday night, as the council again discussed a possible open container ordinance.
  “This has been kicked around, to my knowledge, the five years I’ve been around,” Maryville Public Safety Director Keith Wood said during Monday night’s Maryville City Council session.
  As in previous years when the council has considered an open container ordinance, city officials noted beer bottles littering downtown Maryville.
  City Manager David Angerer told the council the ordinance would help remedy the litter problem and would also work “to control a type of behavior that’s simply not acceptable anymore. Public intoxication, these sorts of acts … are no longer acceptable behavior.”
• The effort to bring 911 emergency telephone service to Nodaway County has hit a stumbling block.
  At a meeting last week in Bethany with officials from neighboring counties, Nodaway County officials learned original cost projections for providing the service were likely substantially below the service’s actual cost.
  This morning, Nodaway County Presiding Commissioner Lester Keith said county officials are exploring the legality of offsetting some of the service’s costs with the county’s general revenue.
  By law, the county could utilize either a sales tax or a phone bill tax to fund the service.

15 years ago

• In an attempt to solidify the City of Maryville’s footing with federal legislators, two members of the Maryville City Council and the City Manager traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet with United States Senators Christopher “Kit” Bond and Jim Talent and United States Congressman Sam Graves on Tuesday, Sept. 21 and Wednesday, Sept. 22.
  Mayor Michael Thompson, Mayor pro tem Ron Moss and City Manager Matt Chesnut used their time in Washington to pass on thanks for recent efforts by Senator Bond and Congressman Graves to secure funding for the Northwest Missouri Regional Airport and to inform them about ongoing and future projects that are important to the growth of the City of Maryville and northwest Missouri.

5 years ago

• Families of Conception, Conception Junction and Clyde, known as the Tri-C area, gathered on Sept. 28 to celebrate “100+ Years of Community, Education and Faith.”
  The events were centered around the arrangement of a large group photo, which showcased more than 500 community members. The photo was meant as an anniversary photo of a similar one taken exactly 100 years ago.
  In 1914, more than 400 residents of Conception gathered for a group photo near the basilica at the Abbey of Immaculate Conception.

FORUM FILE PHOTO
Members of the Maryville Citizens for Community Action (MCCA) and the Maryville Chamber of Commerce stand in front of the newly-completed Main Street mural. Members of the Maryville Betterment Committee raised the funds needed to paint the mural on the side of the building on the corner of Main Street and Third. The mural, painted by Kelly Polling, is the first of what is hoped to be several downtown area wall paintings.