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“How many of you have read or sent a text message, tweet or Googled something on your phone (while driving)? I used to be just like that. I used to text and drive all the time,” Jeanne Brown said to the audience listening to her during Thursday’s powerful assembly on the dangers of texting and driving. Brown, her husband Johnny Mac, and their daughter Katrina were at South Shelby High School speaking to the students and staff, along with members of the public, of not only the dangers of texting and driving, but the consequences it has on everyone involved.
   Their daughter Alex Brown was a teenage girl with many friends, who was involved in many activities in school in a small town in Texas. She had so much going for her until it all came to a crashing halt on Nov. 10, 2009. That is when Alex never showed up to school. Jeanne, who was a teacher at the school, took one of the two routes that led back to the family’s house. Instead of taking the four-lane highway, she took the two lane rural route. She drove up on her daughter’s white Chevy pickup that had been rolled and had come to rest off the road. Jeanne described how when she approached the truck her daughter wasn’t in it, but the door was still closed. Alex hadn’t been wearing her seat belt. That’s when she found her beyond the truck on the ground. She immediately called 911 and then her husband. Johnny Mac described Thursday, how he held his daughter’s hand as she passed away.
   They decided the very day that Alex died that they needed to get the word out about the dangers of texting and driving.
   Johnny Mac talked about how cell phones are addictive. “We can’t put them down,” he said. “It all comes down to choices. I can’t make that choice for you. It’s all up to you,” he said. “But the thing is with every choice you make, one of two things will happen. You either reap the benefits of that choice...or you suffer the consequences. And when you make those bad choices, the same choices my daughter made, the same choices many of you make everyday, you’re not the only ones that suffer the consequences. I know for a fact that your family suffers, your friends suffer. In these small communities we all suffer, it’s just not about you,” he explained. “You are the generation that has to stop this. It took 20 years for 86 percent of the people to buckle their seat belts. I don’t want it to take 20 years for 86 percent of the people to stop using cell phones in a car.” Johnny Mac drove home the point that nobody is exempt from this. It doesn’t matter if you’re a 16 year old who just got their license, or somebody who has driven for 30 years.
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The Shelby County R-IV School board accepted resignations and hired new employees during the regular board meeting on Wednesday, May 9 in the middle school library.
   Resignations and Hirings
   The R-IV board passed motions to accept resignations from high school Language Arts teacher Connie Schwieter and middle school Social Studies teacher Sam Jock.
   Schwieter is retiring from teaching after spending her last 19 years at South Shelby.
   Jock submitted his letter of resignation after spending his last five years in the district.
   The board passed motions to hire the following people. Johnna Fuqua will be will teach middle school Language Arts. The board also passed a motion to hire Robert Fischer as a high school Language Arts teacher for the upcoming year. The board then passed a motion to hire Halleh Peterman as a high school Math teacher for the upcoming year. A motion was also passed to hire Curt Bowen as a middle school Social Studies teacher next year. Sandra Hammond-Cooper was hired as a Special Ed Aide for the upcoming year. Shari Bibbs was hired as a Library Aide for the upcoming year. Danielle Gardner was hired a High School Special Ed Aide for the next year. Barb Morrow was hired as the High School Assistant Basketball Coach. James Bork was hired as a full time custodian and Royce Tharp was hired as a part time custodian. Jessica Vadney was hired as a high school Language Arts and middle school and high school Guidance Counselor for the upcoming year.
   STAR Events
   FCCLA Advisor Dee Kirby presented information to the board about the group’s STAR Events and its trip and expenses to go to Nationals. She talked about what all the trips entail and said that she had four students qualify. It will cost $945 for the kids to attend Nationals. She said they will have fundraisers to help come up with the money to cover the costs. But she was also asking for some sort of financial support from the board.
   The board tabled any action on the request until the June board meeting.
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On Friday, May 4th, the 24th Annual Young Writer’s Conference was held at Shelbina Elementary. :Tales of True Heroes” were celebrated during the morning sessions of this year’s event. Men from the Shelbina American Legion opened the day presenting the Honor Guard, and background on folding and honoring our United States flag. Following the opening session, several other speakers shared their tales with students. Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grades heard from Shelbina Firefighters, Police Chief Daniel Dovin, and the Cross-Cat class’ adopted soldier, Drew Hibner. Grades 3, 4, and 5 listened to Anna Louise Van Houten as Betsy Ross, National Guardsman Corey Roark, and another soldier in the army, Adam McClain.
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Erin Mayes of Lentner, Mo., received the Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Business Administration: Marketing Award during the 2012 Academic Honor Awards Assembly May 4 at Truman State University in Kirksville, Mo. Outstanding students are traditionally recognized at the annual spring assembly.
   Mayes is a senior majoring in business administration. She is the daughter of Bill and Susan Mayes and a 2008 graduate of South Shelby High School in Shelbina, Mo.
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The Office of the Registrar at Northwest Missouri State University has announced the names of students named to the Academic or President’s Honor Roll at the end of the 2012 spring trimester.
   Katti L. Carroll, of Clarence, and Rebecca Trivette, Shelbina, were both named to the President’s list.
   To be included on the Academic Honor Roll a student must carry a minimum of 12 credit hours and attain a grade point average of 3.50 or above on a 4.00 scale. Students named to the President’s Honor Roll have attained a perfect 4.00 GPA for the trimester.
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Memorial Day is Monday May 28th. The Shelbina American Legion Post 376 will have its annual memorial service at the Legion Hall starting at 11 a.m. to honor those who have gone before us.
   To honor the veterans, the Legion has set up Flag Poles at the majority of the cemeteries to fly the flags honoring our veterans. In the past they have also placed small flags at the graves of the veterans.
   “We have sometimes missed someone due to the fact that the grave stone or markers don’t tell us that someone was a veteran,” stated Phil Leatherman, Commander, Legion post 376, Shelbina. “This year we will raise the flags at the cemeteries honoring our veterans and will try to place flags on the graves that we can find marked.”
   If you want to make sure that your loved one gets an individual flag please contact the following person responsible for the cemeteries in your area: Shelbina – Phil Leatherman, St Mary’s – JA Buckman, Shelbyville – Albin Covington, Hunnewell – Billy Moss.
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Pictured above in no particular order are the winners of the Shelbina Elementary Spelling B. They are second grade - Daytona Blaine, Haydin Morgan, Marisa Rubison, Chevy Simpson, Austin Strachan, Levi Stevenson; third grade - Dylan Durbin, Cassidy Harper, Shawn Thompson, Kylie Walls, Shaun Wilkerson, Jarah Wilt; second and third grade winners~ 1st place - Dylan Durbin, 2nd place - Kylie Walls; fourth grade - Zach Dodd, Hailey Douglass, Nellea Dovin, Amber Durbin, Braydon Friesz, Cason Wilt; fifth grade - Kegan Hays, Diane Mayes, Katie Mitchell, Meredith O’Neal, Collin Provorse, Sage Simpson; fourth and fifth place winners~ 1st place - Braydon Friesz, 2nd place - Nellea Dovin.   4881

Dale and Cheryl Drew of 2501 Cherry Street in Quincy, IL, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on May 14. They plan on taking a trip to Alaska with friends later this year to celebrate the occasion.
   Mr. Drew and the former Cheryl Bennett were married at First Baptist Church in Shelbina, by the Reverend Allen Bartlett.
   Mrs. Drew is the daughter of the late Herman and Helen Bennett both of Shelbina, and Mr. Drew is the son of the late Norman and Nellie Drew, both of Witt, Ill.
   They are the parents of Jeff Drew (Annie Myers), Brent Drew (Sue Drew), and Brian Drew (Jennifer Drew), all of Quincy. They are the proud grandparents of nine grandchildren and one deceased granddaughter, Alana Maria.
   Mr. Drew is employed by Sears Automotive Center and has been with them for 39 years. Mrs. Drew is retired from the Quincy Public Library where she worked for 21 years.
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