Forum Flashbacks

5 years ago A unanimous vote of approval by the Maryville R-II school board at its regular monthly meeting Wednesday, Dec. 20 has given the go-ahead to a new early childhood education center, likely to be located at Eugene Field Elementary School. Superintendent Becky Albrecht proposed the center at the November board meeting, noting the…

5 years ago The Ministry Center and community members were out in force Monday afternoon to dedicate a bench in honor of George and Juanita English’s many decades of service to others. The couple has been with The Ministry Center since its beginning. They are the originating founders of the clothing room, even when it…

5 years ago During his report to the Maryville City Council Monday night, City Manager Greg McDanel gave an update on the city’s ongoing efforts to neutralize what has been a longer and more substantial than usual “turnover” effect at Mozingo Lake, the city’s primary water source. McDanel noted complaints he has been hearing about…

5 years ago EDITOR’S NOTE: The following column is by Phil Cobb, former owner and publisher of The Maryville Forum and The Post. I walked through the front door Monday morning of what is now The Maryville Forum office and like I’ve done every weekday for most of the past 17 years, I mindlessly turned…

5 years ago Matt Webb said it after the regular season finale. There is nothing anywhere in the MSHSAA rule book that says you have to be undefeated to be a state champion. “In life you are going to get knocked down, but it is about how you respond,” Webb said. Webb didn’t necessarily intend…

5 years ago Thanksgiving doesn’t arrive until later this week, but the Christmas shopping season was in full swing Saturday at the Maryville Community Center during the fifth annual Christmas Craft & Vendor Fair hosted by Maryville Parks and Recreation. Nearly 70 vendors packed the center’s gymnasium floor from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. as…

5 years ago Saturday, Nov. 11 — Veterans Day — was definitely a time of remembrance in Maryville. Beneath a suitably gray and somber late-autumn sky, more than 250 people gathered Saturday morning at the northwest end of Franklin Park for dedication ceremonies marking completion of Freedom Rock Plaza, a memorial paying tribute to Nodaway…

5 years ago Even Ashley Riley couldn’t foresee what Ashley Riley did on Saturday at the Missouri State Cross-Country Championships. The Platte Valley junior earned the co-op’s first-ever individual state championship with a dominating victory in the Class 1 girls race. Riley ran a 19:55.53 to win the state title by 1:03 faster than Mound…

5 years ago Downtown Maryville took ownership of the vacant lot located at Third and Main streets and immediately started work. Matt Gaarder, president of Downtown Maryville said the group wanted to make the lot presentable before Northwest Homecoming. “What we did was, get it all leveled out,” Gaarder said. “It was full of weeds…

5 years ago Wednesday afternoon, the Nodaway County Commissioners signed a licensing agreement with Tenaska, a privately-owned energy company based in Omaha, for the creation of a 200 to 300 megawatt (MW) wind-powered generation project in north central Nodaway County between Maryville and the Iowa state line. According to Tenaska, up to 300 MW is…