Forum Flashbacks: Dec. 12-18

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Spc. Marcel Alvaredo gave daughter Marshunna a kiss after members of the 1st Battalion 129th Field Artillery returned from a year of active duty. Returning soldiers were told to enjoy their time with their family but to remain ready because they could again be called back to active duty.

25 years ago

• After spending 20 minutes reviewing a conceptual drawing, the Maryville City Council approved seeking bids for constructing the shell of the Mozingo Lake Golf Course clubhouse at Monday night’s city council meeting.
  The council unanimously backed a motion by Councilman Jeff Funston to seek bids for construction of the shell of a 3,700-square-foot, two-story facility next to the silo on the Mozingo Lake Golf Course. Work inside the structure will likely be completed later by city workers.
• The Jefferson C-123 School District is in the process of bringing a new dimension to education in the district. Last night, at a meeting of the board of education, Superintendent Jerry Archer addressed the district’s plans to have Internet hook ups in each junior and senior high classroom.
  “We’re going to go ahead and do all the wiring in the building over Christmas,” Archer said. “Then we are supposed to be getting the line into the school sometime in January.”
  When the wiring is completed, students will have access to information at millions of other locations connected to the Internet system.

15 years ago

• A 23-year-old pregnant woman was murdered here yesterday and the eight-month-old fetus she was carrying was removed from her body and taken.
  Nodaway County Sheriff Ben Espey would not confirm last night whether the case was a homicide, but a press release from the sheriff’s department looking for information about the crime said the woman was murdered.
  “Although the Sheriff’s Department does not have enough information to initiate an Amber Alert, the department is seeking any information regarding the crime, the removal of the unborn child and the current location of the child,” the press release stated. An Amber Alert could not be issued because no description of the baby was available.

5 years ago

• They walked across the stage, holding hands. As Sarah Brown Graham took those first few steps, her mother followed. Eyes began to swell as tears started to fall.
  Brown Graham, who received her degree in business management from Northwest Missouri State University on Friday, wanted to give her mother a second chance to participate in the commencement ceremony she missed back in 1979.
  Lenda Kling completed her degree then, but was unable to walk because of her responsibilities as a single mother.
  “I never did get to walk when I graduated,” Kling said. “(Graham) brought up the subject, and I thought it would be fun to walk with her. At first I thought it was a silly idea, but then I started getting excited. I’m glad I got to walk with her. She has worked hard, just like I did several years ago.”
• After a series of incremental upgrades driven mostly by the availability of grant funding, the Maryville Department of Public Safety is on the verge of going completely digital with regard to radio communications by both police officers and dispatchers.
  Maryville Public Safety Director Keith Wood recently announced that the department has received a $10,000 grant through the Missouri Department of Public Safety for the purchase of 11 digital car radios that will be installed in all Maryville police vehicles. The grant includes a $1,000 local match.