Forum Flashbacks: Oct. 24-30

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25 years ago: Adam Sandler, of Saturday Night Live fame, entertained two audiences last night at Northwest Missouri State University. Following the shows, Sandler enjoyed a night on the town, experiencing the Maryville night life.

25 years ago

• Amendment 7 is keeping officials in the Nodaway County Clerk’s office busy.
  The proposal coupled with a bond issue for construction in the Maryville R-II School District, is believed to be behind an increase in voter registration and absentee voting.
  Nodaway County Clerk John Zimmerman said this morning nearly 900 voters had registered in the final weeks of registration for the November election — a figure which is higher than normal voter registration.
  The figure also represents an increase in young voters. Zimmerman estimated nearly 700 of the recently-registered voters are college students.

15 years ago

• More than 30 Native American tribes were represented in Bearcat Arena on Saturday, Oct. 23, to present a celebration of Native American culture to area residents by participating at the first Northwest Powwow. Native American dancers from throughout the Great Plains competed for a combined purse of more than $4,000 during the powwow.
  The grant entry was most impressive, led by the Haskell Color Guard from Lawrence, Kan. …
  The powwow featured singing, drums and scores of dancers in full regalia competing in such categories as traditional dancing, grass dancing, fancy dancing, fancy shawl dancing and jingle dress dancing. The competition categories included men, women, junior boys and girls and tiny tots.
• Syndicated columnist and best-selling author Arianna Huffington spoke to a full house at the Performing Arts Center’s Mary Linn Auditorium on the campus of Northwest Missouri State University Monday night. Huffington visited Northwest as part of the university’s Distinguished Lecture Series.
  Once an outspoken Republican, Huffington now calls herself a “progressive populist independent” who owes no allegiance to any political party. …
  Huffington said that she is speaking at colleges and universities because she believes it is imperative to have a greater voter turnout at the election next week.

5 years ago

• Trailing for almost the entire 2014 Class 1 Missouri State Championship softball game, the Jefferson Eagles rallied with five runs in the top of the seventh inning to erase a 3-2 Dora Falcon lead.
  The five-run inning sparked the Eagles to a 7-5 win and the 2014 Class 1 softball state championship, the sixth title in program history and a sweep of the 2014 titles as the boys won the 2014 Northwest Missouri Boys Fast Pitch championship last month.
• Two Northeast Nodaway R-V students suffered minor injuries Thursday morning when an Apple Bus Co. school bus slid out of control on a mud-slick road a mile and a half west of Parnell.
  A Missouri State Highway Patrol report identified the injured students, both girls, as Stephanie M. Price, 16, of Parnell and Cassy A. Redden, 11, of Ravenwood. …
  Exiting the south side of the roadway on a morning of dense fog, the bus flipped over on its side into a shallow, weed-filled ditch. Nodaway County Sheriff Darren White said a total of 18 students were on board.