Forum Flashbacks

25 years ago After the recommendations were made and a plan was drawn up, the Maryville Parks and Recreation Board decided against raising program activity fees at Thursday’s meeting.MPR board members’ logic behind not raising fees at this time was not that fees are already high enough, but that revenues would increase from the sales…

25 years ago Maryville was a natural site for the county seat of Nodaway County, with its central location. …The county court in the record of the July 1845 term noted: “It is hereby ordered and declared the seat of Justice in Nodaway County, Missouri shall be called and known by the name of MARYVILLE.”The…

25 years ago The fire that swept through A & G Pizza and Steakhouse last Thursday was like the loss of a family member for the Groumoutises.With $150,000 the estimated damage, it will take a lot for the rebuilding.“We want to rebuild,” said Sue Groumoutis, co-owner with her husband George. “This is our living and…

25 years ago Residents of Maryville may have been a little shocked to find that “Batman Forever” was playing in Maryville on the day that it was opening around the nation.The decision to get the movie in Maryville is more critical than some would think. Gerald Jennings, owner of the theater, said this movie has…

25 years ago After hearing a report by the Over/Under Committee appointed by the Maryville City Council to study underage drinking, council members voted 4-1 last night to limit admittance to Maryville’s taverns to those 19 years of age or older.The council directed City Attorney David Baird to draft an ordinance for consideration by the…

25 years ago In preparation for the soon-to-be Maryville prison, a newly-appointed committee has become the new liaison between the state and the community.The committee held its first organizational meeting and elected officers Tuesday. John Fraze will assume the duties of chairperson and Dr. Cheryl Meyer will take on the responsibility of secretary for the…

25 years ago A Maryville Public Safety official said this morning area residents were never in danger as the department battled a chemical spill yesterday afternoon in a ditch just north of U.S. Highway 136 near the 102 River.“It was a herbicide that would kill fish if it had gotten into the river,” MPS Lt.…

25 years ago The phone rings and Susan Staashelm immediately answers.“911, what’s your emergency?” the communications supervisor at Maryville Public Safety says.As the call comes in, the phone number of the calling party is flashed on an LCD screen next to the phone on Staashelm’s desk.Within one second the address from which the call is…

25 years ago For the first time since charges were filed more than two weeks ago, Nodaway County Prosecuting Attorney David Baird yesterday played the first card in the state’s case against a 24-year-old Maryville man charged with first-degree murder, rape, sodomy and felonious restraint.Dennis Lee Jones, 24, Maryville, dressed in the orange coveralls of…

25 years ago The two Maryville High School students responsible for the continuing construction of an outdoor classroom at MHS will do anything to see it through to completion.Even if that means being caught on video tape falling into a creek surrounding the area that will soon house the outdoor classroom.Nicole Fuller and Jason Heldenbrand…