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Owner Tim Moore has 30 days to let the City know what he plans to do with the structure.

A wall collapsed on the back side of the “Hoot’s” Chestnut Inn building on the night of Tuesday, July 14. According to City Administrator Dennis Klusmeyer, who also serves as the City’s building inspector, a structural engineer came in and looked at the building and deemed it dangerous. With that said the building is to remain vacated until the problem is fixed, according to Klusmeyer. Owner Tim Moore was given notice that the building was considered dangerous. According to Klusmeyer, unless he deems it an emergency, Moore will have 30 days to let the City know what he plans to do with the structure. Klusmeyer said he is watching the building on a daily basis and in case of any shifting, he would have to deem it an emergency situation where something would have to be done immediately.   1647 0929 7/22/2009 hdl

Herb Williams owned and operated the Clarence Courier for 39 years.

Longtime Clarence Courier Publisher Herb Williams passed away at 4:30 a.m. on Monday at Boone Hospital in Columbia.
   He had been battling Amyloidosis for seven years.
   Williams graduated from Novinger High School in 1941, and then attended college at Pittsburg State Teachers College in Pittsburg, Kansas.
   He worked at the Shelby County Herald and then was employed by a daily newspaper, The Decatur Herald & Review owned by the Lindsay-Schaub Newspapers in Decatur, IL, for 10 years. He and his wife Marge, bought the Clarence Courier in 1958. They owned and operated the paper for 39 years before selling it in 1997 to their son Dennis and his wife, Debbie.
   For the full story, see this week’s issue of the Shelbina Weekly.   1648 0929 7/22/2009 hdl

Caroline Kirby was one of 10 national officers elected at the 2009 FFA National Leadership Conference.

Caroline Kirby, a senior at South Shelby High School, Shelbina, MO, has been elected the 2009-2010 National Vice President of STAR Events of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA). Caroline is one of ten national officers elected during the organization’s 2009 National Leadership Conference, held July 12-16 in Nashville, Tennessee. Being elected a national officer is the highest leadership honor an FCCLA member can achieve.
   Caroline’s election took place during a five-day leadership event centered on the student-developed theme, “Beyond the Label”. During the week, more than 5,500 FCCLA members, advisers, alumni, and guests attended workshops and sessions on relevant youth issues such as career preparation, youth violence prevention, family relations, traffic safety, community service, and the changing roles of men and women in the home and workplace.
   For the full story, see this week’s issue of the Shelbina Weekly.   1649 0929 7/22/2009 hdl

Weather permitting, MoDOT crews will be concrete patching on Route 15 at various locations from Shelbyville to Shelbina, beginning Monday, July 27 through Thursday, July 30 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
   Traffic will be reduced to one lane during the day while the work is being performed and could remain one lane until approximately 7-8 p.m. to allow adequate drying time for the concrete. Minor delays should be expected.
   For the full story, see this week’s issue of the Shelbina Weekly.   1650 0929 7/22/2009 hdl

Fr. Donardo (Dandi) S. Bermejo is the new Catholic Priest at the St. Mary Catholic Church in Shelbina and the St. Patrick Catholic Church in Clarence. Originally from the Philippines, Fr. Dandi has spent time in Jefferson City and Montgomery City.

Those who attend the St. Patrick Church in Clarence and the St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Shelbina are happy to have a new Father in place to conduct masses on a regular basis. Fr. Donardo (Dandi) S. Bermejo began in Shelby County at the beginning of July.
   Don’t think conducting masses at two different churches will be a problem for Fr. Dandi. Back at his home in the Philippines, he was head of 100,000 parishioners and conducted 14 masses each weekend. He spent 15 years in one parish following this grueling schedule. When he started, there was no church or pastor at his location. Fr. Dandi oversaw the construction of a large church. He would take care of both masses and funerals on the weekend. Although he had help from some priests, it was still a very busy job. Fr. Dandi was also responsible for the erection of a pre-school, elementary school and high school. “I was able to see the first graduating class before I left,” he explained. He oversaw the building of the rectory, Parish Center, a Catholic Cemetery and a mini-hospital in his community back home.
   For the full story, see this week’s issue of the Shelbina Weekly.   1652 0929 7/22/2009 hdl