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Stoneburner Construction has been busy in Shelbina working on a sewer project.

Stoneburner Construction along with the help of Shelbina City employees are working this week on installing a new 15 inch sewer line that will run from the corner of West Wood and Highway 15, southwest to the sewer plant. They are replacing a 15 inch clay tile line. The project is budgeted for $80,000, but will hopefully come in at around $60,000, according to Shelbina City Administrator Dennis Klusmeyer. Work should be completed this week if all goes well.   1787 0936 9/9/2009 hdl

The Shelbina City Council heard City Administrator Dennis Klusmeyer give a detailed rate analysis for an uncoupled rate approach that he has been working on for the last few months. This took place at the regular Shelbina City Council meeting that was held at the City Hall.
   Uncoupled Rate
   Klusmeyer said the intention of the uncoupled rate is to truely separate demand cost from operational cost and attach to fiscal budget needs. He said the demand cost will be referred to as service availability fee in residential and commerical classes.
   Klusmeyer began by going over the system breakdown for the electric department. This basically showed a breakdown of costs for transformers, poles, length of three phase and one phase wire. All of this was totaled for the five different circuits the City uses. It also figured the maintenance costs for the sub-station, different breakers and capacitors, switches and generators. All of this came to a total of $3,749,760, which is known as the fixed cost of the system.
   Klusmeyer then divided that total by 25 years (for a 25 year depreciation) which totaled $149,990.40 per year. When you divide that total by 12 months, it comes to $12,499.20, or a demand charge of $3.91. The service availability fee is $12.50 per month.
   For the full story, see this week’s issue of the Shelbina Weekly.   1788 0936 9/9/2009 hdl

The Annual Shelbina Farmer’s Day will be held this Saturday in downtown Shelbina.
   Events will kick off early as the breakfast at the Senior Citizens Center will be from 7 a.m. until 9 a.m.
   The Senior Citizens will also be the site of a garage sale beginning at 8 a.m.
   A pedal tractor pull will begin at 9 a.m. Also at 9 a.m. the annual baby show will take place at the library park bandstand.
   The MoCHIPS child identification program will take place at the Shelbina Fire Station from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.
   A Kid’s Carnival will take place from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. with several games and activities.
   Parade registration will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Shelby County Fairgrounds. The parade will begin at noon at the Fairgrounds.
   The annual straw scramble will begin at 1 p.m. on the west side of the library.
   Horseshoe pitching will begin at 1:30 p.m. at the library park.
   At 1:45 p.m., the greased pig contest will take place on the west side of the library.
   Deal or No Deal will be held in the library park beginning at 3 p.m. At 4:30 p.m. the kids will arrive for the Little Mr. and Miss contest.
   The Little Miss Farmerette and Mr. Farmer contest will begin at 5 p.m. in the Library Park.
   A Pitch Tournament will be held at the Senior Citizens’ Center beginning at 6 p.m.
   There will also be a motorcycle show on Chestnut Street during the day.
   The Shelbina Chamber of Commerce reminds people that there will be no throwing candy from floats during the parade. People with floats are allowed to hand candy to those watching the parade instead.
   There will also be food, drinks and crafts in the park.   1789 0936 9/9/2009 hdl

The MoCHIPS program will be offered again to local children this Saturday from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Shelbina Fire Department.
   The purpose of MoCHIPS is to get children in a nationwide database in case they would ever come up missing.
   A complete description of the child is given, including finger prints, a picture of the child, their height and weight.
   Members of the Masonic Lodge 228 will be the ones putting on this event again this year. All parents are encouraged to get their kids in the system.   1790 0936 9/9/2009 hdl

The Northeast Missouri Old Threshers have been preparing for this year’s event to be held Sept. 17-20. New restroom-shower facilities have been built and much work has been done on the grounds to fill in ruts and holes.
   The train track has been increased, making for longer train rides. The Shelbina Masonic Lodge members have scraped and painted the church. A rededication will be held. Eggs are incubating and should be hatching on the 17th and 18th.
   For the full story, see this week’s issue of the Shelbina Weekly.   1791 0936 9/9/2009 hdl