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| New Basketball Goals at Bethel Community Center
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Due to a grant received last year and many generous donations, the Bethel Community Center was able to purchase new basketball goals. They plan on purchasing new mats, also. Third through fifth grade basketball is well under way and many are enjoying the new goals.
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| School Board Passes Resolution to Establish Escrow Account; Five School Board Filings
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by Corby Cochenour Herald Reporter The North Shelby School Board met in regular session, Wednesday, January 18 in the ITV room at the high school. All board members were in attendance and guests were Mark Jackson, Jesse Schwanke and Terry Morrow with L. J. Hart. Donnie Parsons, School Board President, called the meeting to order. The agenda, consent agenda including the minutes from the previous meeting and fund 2 transfer and the current months bills were all approved. Public Comments Parsons read thank you notes from Tina Eitel, Amy Sneed and Glori Seibert. Reports Adult Ag Jesse Schwanke presented a report on the Adult Ag program to the board. He explained the impact that an average farm can have on a community. He also went over the objectives of the program which include: provide financial management education and annual business analysis for the agriculture industry, provide local opportunities for education and professional development for agricultural producers and businesses and develop and nurture leadership qualities in young and beginning farmers within the community. The future goals for the program are to increase FBMA enrollees to 18 in 2012, increase participation in local classroom events to average 10 or more participants per meeting and coordinate a meeting that requires the Ag leaders to take a stand on an issue and promote their position. He mentioned that the number of farms enrolled in the program have steadily increased... Read the complete story in this week's Shelby County Herald
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| SCED Board Excited About Internet Improvements; Elects Officers
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by Corby Cochenour Herald Reporter The Shelby County Economic Development Board met in regular session Thursday evening, January 19 in the SCED office. Joe Glover, vice chairman, called the meeting to order. Treasurer’s Report Jim McConnell, Treasurer presented the treasurer’s report. He mentioned that Jesse Burton also included a sheet that shows an overview of the year and breaks down the ledger per month and gives a better overall view of changes and cash flow. The board approved the treasurer’s report. Chariton Valley The annual Shelbina Chamber of Commerce Banquet will be held Saturday, February 4th at the United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. A mixer will begin at 6:30 p.m. and the meal Date set for Shelbina Chamber of Commerce Banquet Angie Bailey SCED Board Excited About Internet Improvements; Elects Officers Tim Smith from Chariton Valley was at the meeting and addressed the board about some new internet improvements that will be available to our area. Chariton Valley has placed two new towers in Shelby County. One is north of Bethel and the other is in the Redmon area close to the Macon County line. Smith mentioned that they are now partnered with Verizon. He said it is beneficial for both sides as they have towers in five counties and Verizon has the technology. He demonstrated a new 3G device that they will have available the end of January. The device can be plugged in or run on battery and is... Read the complete story in this week's Shelby County Herald
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| Date set for Shelbina Chamber of Commerce Banquet
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The annual Shelbina Chamber of Commerce Banquet will be held Saturday, February 4th at the United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. A mixer will begin at 6:30 p.m. and the meal will be served at 7:00 p.m. This year the featured speaker will be Angie Bailey from KOMU-TV in Columbia. Bailey grew up in Clarence, the daughter of a police chief and a school librarian. Bailey says, "It was great. I never want to live too far from my parents and I really appreciate growing in a rural community. I love being a mom, bargain hunting, and the people I work with." After graduating from Mizzou... Read the complete story in this week's Shelby County Herald
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| Basketball at Bethel
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| Taya Wilcox, is looking to pass the ball in to BreAnna Gibbons during a fifth grade basketball game at the Bethel Community Center. SCH photo |
The Bethel Community Center gets lots of use during the year. Whether it be a get together, cards, family events or elementary basketball, many benefit from the center. Generous donations make it possible to keep improving on the building. Currently, the elementary basketball teams are enjoying the new basketball goals that were recently purchased.
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| New Arrival
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Jessa Joe Jason and Mallory Daniel would like to announce the birth of their new baby girl. Jessa Joe was born September 20, 2011 at 1:26 p.m. at Hannibal Regional Hospital. She weighed 7 lbs. 2 ozs. Grandparents are Mike and Lesley Daniel, Leonard, and Randy and Carolyn Spratt, Philadelphia. Great-grandparents are Marge Stiefel, Shelbina; Joe and Bubba Daniel, Leonard, and Juanita Yates, Monroe City. Great-great grandmother is Viola Parish, Edina.
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| Obituaries
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Dan Drake Dan Drake, 72, Westwood, KS, died Thursday, January 19, 2012, after a long illness. He was born in 1939 in Hannibal, MO, the son of F. O. and Mary Drake of Hannibal. Visitation will be held from 3-6 p.m., Friday, January 27 at the Amos Family Funeral Home, 10901 Johnson Drive, Shawnee, KS 66203. There will be a visitation on Saturday, January 28, from 1-2 p.m. at the Greening-Eagan-Hayes Funeral Home in Shelbina. Following the visitation, burial will be held at the Looney Creek Cemetery, northeast of Shelbyville. Carol Ann Freels Carol Ann Freels, Kirksville, died at 2:37 p.m., Monday, January 23, 2012. She had battled cancer for seven years. She was the former bookkeeper at the Kirksville Daily Express for 21 years. She and her husband Larry worked side by side in newspapers all their married lives. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, January 26, at the Greening-Eagan-Hayes Funeral Home in Shelbina. Visitation was held Wednesday, January 25, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Greening-Eagan-Hayes Funeral Home in Shelbina.
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