1923 Northwest Missouri May Day Fete

Posted on May 1, 2026 by roger

In the early 1900s, Northwest Missouri staged May Day celebrations each year. This AI animation of dance in 1923 (published in the 1924 Tower Yearbook). Below is a story about the 1923 event.  Costumes in this presentation were designed by Olive de Luce for whom the Fine Arts Building is named

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Nodaway County’s Complicated History with the Michigan-Wisconsin Natural Gas Pipeline (now TC Energy)

Posted on May 1, 2026 by roger

Nodaway County could not have anticipated the furor now occurring over the prospects of a $4 billion AI Data Center opening near US 71 in rural Barnard when the Michigan-Wisconsin Natural Gas Pipeline (now owned by TC Energy) opened in 1949.

The above image is an AI colorized/enhanced forum photo associated with a 1951 article in the Forum about the biggest and most visible pipeline infrastructure — Compressor Station No 6, four miles northeast of Graham

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Reviews of KENREX Off Broadway at Lucille Lortel Theatre

Posted on April 29, 2026 by roger

Here are reviews of the KENREX one-man show/musical at the Lucille Lortel Theatre Off Broadway in New York City in April 2026.

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KENREX Script Available on Amazon

Posted on April 29, 2026 by roger

The script for the 2025 play KENREX by Jack Holden and Ed Stambollouian. is available on Amazon paperback and Kindle.  It is based on the 1981 Ken McElroy case.

It is published by Methuen Drama.
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KENREX Album Available on Amazon

Posted on April 29, 2026 by roger

Music by John Patrick Elliott from the London Production of KENREX about Ken Rex McElory is available on Amazon Music (you can also listen to it online)

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Proposed $4 Billion White Cloud Acres AI Data Center in Rural Barnard

Posted on April 29, 2026 by roger

A proposal by Scale Microgrids to open the White Cloud Acres $4 billion AI data center that is expected to use 600 megawatts of electricity from what sounds to be another natural gas generating station, and would be across Highway 71 east of the 440 megawatt Mullin Creek plant that is scheduled to be built by 2029-2030.  Additional generating plants have been proposed for Mullin Creek.  The data center and the Mullin plant are in the South Nodaway R4 School District, which would get the majority of the taxes paid for them.  Nodaway County lacks zoning and thus has limited power over the operation.  The plant is expected to use 200,000 gallons a day and could have constant noise at the level of a vacuum cleaner.

The scale of this is massive, and at this writing, it would appear to be the first such plant north of the Kansas City metro area.  Here is some background

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Fraternities Throw 1971 Tower Yearbooks into the Fine Arts Building Fountain After Book Snubs Frats and Does Spread on Hole in the Wall Bar

Posted on April 27, 2026 by roger

In 1971, Northwest fraternity members threw Tower Yearbooks in the fountain at the Fine Arts Building after the yearbook for the first time in college history snubbed any special section about fraternities and instead posted a double-page spread about Palms and Hole in the Wall bars.

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Poppa Brothers Win Both Age Categories at Jaycee Marble Contest at Eugene Field, 1956

Posted on April 26, 2026 by roger

Participants in Jaycee Marble Tourney
The Maryville Daily Forum, June 5, 1956, Page 1. via Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-maryville-daily-forum-marble-tournam/196367012/

And it’s keen competition all the way in the Jaycee-sponsored marble tourney held at Eugene Field school Saturday, but the two Poppa brothers- Terry and Fred came out on top with high honors. Some of the other entrants are shown in the picture.

First row, kneeling, Terry Poppa, Larry Dew, Stephen Whitney, Richard Rowlett, Kirk Shaduck, Ronald Wiederholt, Jim Vawter, and Greg Walkup.

Second row standing: Gary Dew, Michael Burgett, Bob Tonnies.  Standing at right is the marble committee chairman, Ronald Wray, and Jaycee president Jim Smith. Marble tournament committee chairman, Ronald Wray, First row, kneeling: Terry Poppa, Larry Dew, and Jaycee president Jim Smith.

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Obituary for R. Scott Marriott, Spoofhounds Football Coach 1969-1973

Posted on April 26, 2026 by roger

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First Spoofhound Football Team 1922

Posted on April 26, 2026 by roger

This is a photo of the first Spoofhounds football team.  In 1921 L.E. Ziegler scolded his Maryville High School football team as “a bunch of Spoofounds.”  The name stuck as a mascot, and the 1922 football team was officially called the Spoofhounds.  Below is the caption.

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