Forum Flashbacks
Forum Flashbacks: July 20-26
15 years agoJake Tennihill, son of Kim Bodle and Ralph Tennihill, graduated from level 1 of the Future Astronaut Training Program June 6 at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center. Tennihill, of Ravenwood, will be an eighth grader at Northeast Nodaway in the fall. The week-long introductory astronaut camp is for students entering 7-10 and…
Read MoreForum Flashbacks: July 13-19
15 years ago The only thing worse than having a husband deployed overseas was the disappointment she felt about delivering a baby without him by her side. For Cathy Rybolt, 27, giving birth to her second child via Web cam, so that her husband could witness the miracle all the way from Kosovo, was something…
Read MoreForum Flashbacks: July 6-12
25 years ago The West Nodaway R-I Board of Education voted July 8 to eliminate most fees students pay to use items in the building, including locker fees, book fees, band fees and activity fees. “It’s not to our benefit to charge the fees and go through with the refunding,” Superintendent Steve Andes said. The…
Read MoreForum Flashbacks: June 29-July 5
25 years ago As the city continues its search for cable companies interested in serving Maryville, Classic Cable remains confident the two entities can come to terms on a refranchising agreement. … That view differs from the city’s. The Maryville City Council voted June 8 to expand the contract of attorney Tony Mendoza to include…
Read MoreForum Flashbacks: June 22-28
15 years ago Dr. Dean L. Hubbard, 69, ninth president of Northwest Missouri State University, will retire next summer at the end of the 2009 fiscal year. Hubbard announced his intention to step down at Thursday’s (June 26) Board of Regents meeting. He assumed the presidency on July 1, 1984, and will have served as…
Read MoreForum Flashbacks: June 15-21
5 years agoWhile it may be something of a mystery to residents in the five-county region, the Northwest Missouri Regional Council of Governments plays a major role in channeling state and federal dollars to rural communities — small towns that often lack the expertise and resources to deal effectively with distant bureaucracies in Jefferson City…
Read MoreForum Flashbacks: June 8-14
15 years ago At 8:40 a.m., Monday, June 10, 2002, Lloyd Jeffress entered Conception Abbey and began randomly shooting. That day, both Father Philip Schuster and Brother Damian Larson … died while Father Kenneth Reichert and Father Norbert Schappler were injured. Having then turned the gun on himself, questions were left unanswered about why Jeffress…
Read MoreForum Flashbacks: June 1-7
5 years ago After 62 years in the hairstyling industry, Jason Barbosa is putting his shearers away and retiring. While the stylist has had a part in many salons and shops around Maryville throughout his career, Barbosa did not always want to become a hairstylist. “Some people say, ‘Would you advise people to go into…
Read MoreForum Flashbacks: May 25-31
15 years ago A manufacturing and tire recycling company will move into Maryville starting this summer with construction of a new facility and an opening of 20-30 jobs in the area. Northwest Missouri State University officials announced Wednesday their partnering with Carbolytic Materials Company, a corporation that recycles tires to produce more environmentally friendly alternatives…
Read MoreForum Flashbacks: May 18-24
5 years ago A concrete project at Northwest Missouri State University may set a world record for a construction crew that has been working on the Hughes Fieldhouse. Workers from E.L. Crawford, J.D. Bishop Construction and Loch Sand and Gravel worked on a curb project that they believe is the “longest, flattest and straightest” indoor…
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