Forum Flashbacks

25 years ago The Maryville City Council, last night, approved several increases in the wage and benefits package offered to City of Maryville employees.In the package, approved by a four to one vote, all city employees would receive a 2.5 percent cost of living increase and a 2.5 percent step increase was approved for those…

25 years ago The No. 1 and No. 2 box-office hits were not 40 miles away, but right here in the heart of Nodaway County.The Missouri Twin Cinema is currently showing the top two grossing movies of the past weekend. Two weeks ago, the Missouri Twin started “Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls” and it opened…

25 years ago Maryville Parks and Recreation is currently offering a $125 reward for the arrest of anyone connected with the vandalism at Beal Park Halloween night.Vandalism of the park was estimated to exceed $1000 in damages and labor.The MPR Board briefly discussed increasing the reward from a standing $125 reward, to an up to…

25 years ago As you trace your fingers down the granite panels of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, you will not find the name of Lyle Weland (Elmo, Burlington Jct.), he is not inscribed on the wall, but his death is no less tragic. He is one of the hidden casualties of the Vietnam War, those…

25 years ago If the City Council has their way, there will be no hunting at Mozingo Park this year, or the next several years for that matter.“I feel strongly there should be no hunting allowed at Mozingo for the next few years,” suggested City Manager David Angerer at last night’s meeting of the Maryville…

25 years ago Following tradition, the Maryville congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses raised a new house of worship along 16th Street in Maryville.Start to finish, the new building took barely four days to go from vacant lot to completed facility, all accomplished through the coordinated efforts of Witness volunteers from across a five-state area.According to Maryville…

25 years ago Last night around 8 p.m. the architect for the Northeast Nodaway R-V School District received the go ahead to start final plans for the new building and addition at the district’s two schools.The district gave overwhelming support to two measures on a special levy election, Oct. 3, which eliminated the rollback in…

25 years ago Recommendations by the Mozingo Recreation Committee were explained by David Angerer, city manager, to the Maryville City Council last night.Angerer explained the committee suggests the city council allow jet skis on Mozingo on a trial basis for a one-year period, once motorized vehicles are permitted on the lake.Because wake size caused by…