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Salt River Community Care held a ground breaking ceremony on Tuesday afternoon.

A ground breaking ceremony was held Tuesday afternoon at the Salt River Community Care for the Special Needs Unit that will be under construction.
   The project, which is scheduled to get underway this week and should take about six months if the weather permits, is being built by Schwada Builders. The cost of the project is $246,249. The bid was approved by the Salt River Community Care board at its Sept. 14 meeting.
   For the full story, see this week’s issue of the Shelbina Weekly.   1871 0939 9/30/2009 hdl

The beauty of a small community is the willingness of people to reach out and help those in need.
   Donna Mitchell and Joan Bierly are in the process of organizing a group to represent the entire county. Neighbors Helping Neighbors of Shelby County is a not-for-profit group that plans to raise money tho help those who have incurred expenses as a result of a fire, cancer or a catastrophic event.
   A small meeting was held at Bierly’s home a couple of months ago, and two group meetings have been held since at the Father Buhman Center in Shelbina.
   For the full story, see this week’s issue of the Shelbina Weekly.   1872 0939 9/30/2009 hdl

At a special meeting of the Clarence Cannon Conference administrators Wednesday, Sept. 23, at Monroe City High School, the eight schools that currently are members voted to extend an invitation to Brookfield High School and Clark County High School to join the conference beginning with the 2010-11 school year.
   Brookfield and Clark County will join Centralia, Highland, Louisiana, Macon, Mark Twain, Monroe City, Palmyra and South Shelby in one of the most prestigious small school conferences in the state of Missouri.
   For the full story, see this week’s issue of the Shelbina Weekly.   1873 0939 9/30/2009 hdl

South Shelby Homecoming candidates and their attendants, (front row, left to right) Levi Hughart, Shannon Hall, Jason Weaver, Arielle Gough, Kayla Harvey and Jill Barry. (Back row) Hannah Wood, Carolyne Boling, and Morgan Miller.

The South Shelby Homecoming Parade will be in Clarence this year beginning at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 2.
   The theme is “Punish the Pintos.” The local businesses and organizations are encouraged to design an entry for the parade.
   If you have an entry for the parade, please call the high school office at (573) 588-4163 or (660) 699-3711 to get registered.
   Entries need to meet at the Clarence Christian Church parking lot no later than 1:15 p.m. to get positioned   1875 0939 9/30/2009 hdl

Sam Buckman is pictured with his family. Sam and his wife Nell are seated in front of their sons, left to right, Matt, Mike and Martin.

It’s a beautiful sunny fall afternoon with pleasant temperatures. Sam Buckman is pacing back and forth in the sun room in the back of his house. He seems almost nervous. He describes himself as feeling “goosy” and says it’s better to stand and move around. Sam was diagnosed with what is known as stage four colon cancer. But that has been changed to a metastasizing cancer. Which means it jumps around from organ to organ and moves around the body. It went from his colon to his lungs and liver and lymph node system, and now it has metastasized to all of his body.
   Less than two and a half years ago, doctors gave Sam five years to live. Time is ticking and he knows that every second counts.
   After talking with his family and with the encouragement of his long-time respected friend Edgar Moore, Sam agreed to talk to me because he has some important things he wants to say.
   For the full story, see this week’s issue of the Shelbina Weekly.   1876 0939 9/30/2009 hdl