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George “The Shoe Man” Hutchings loads bags of old shoes that were brought in to the Shelbina First Christian Church.

George Hutchings, better known as the Shoe Man has been collecting shoes by the thousands. For every thousand pounds of shoes he collects, they can buy a rig set in Kenya to drill for fresh water.
   The shoes go to South America for people who don’t have shoes, can’t afford to buy shoes, and can get them for pennies on the dollar or they can bartar for them.
   “I can take 35 cents a pound to collect them, and turn that money around to buy rigs to ship to Kenya. We just bought a 30,000 pound rig that’s being manufactured right now. We hope to ship it next week,” Hutchings explained.
   For the full story, see this week’s issue of the Shelbina Weekly.   2221 1001 1/6/2010 hdl

Two more people have filed for the Shelby County R-IV School Board. Arnie Neely and Gary Wear have filed within the last week. They join Brian Threlkeld and incumbents Kyle Kendrick and Lee Schoonover in the race that will take the top two vote-getters. The filing period ends Jan. 19.
   A complete list of filings throughout the county will appear in next week’s edition of the Shelbina Weekly.   2222 1001 1/6/2010 hdl

L-R, is Kathryn Warner of the Sheriff’s Department, Bill Oliver of Strategos International, Ennis Grubb of the Sherif’s Department, Gerald Fenton of the Highway Patrol and Chris Ehrenreich of the Sheriff Department during a shooter training session.

South Shelby High School and Middle School staff, along with local law enforcement participated in a shooter training program Monday at the school.
   The purpose of the program was to help school and law enforcmenet officials to be trained and prepared in case a shooter ever invaded the school and opened fire.
   Vaughn Baker of Strategos International was one of the instructors for the training session. He talked with the school staff and law enforcement officials about many different scenarios. Baker said the strategy used to be to take cover and hide. Now he said people are trained to fight back when it is appropriate for the to. “We fight when lockdowns fail.”
   For the full story, see this week’s issue of the Shelbina Weekly.   2224 1001 1/6/2010 hdl

South Shelby teachers play the part of a teacher and students barracading the classroom door and fighting off a shooter during a training session Monday.

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This is the second of a two-part series reviewing the top stories of 2009.
   July 1
   A fire destroyed the home of Richard Mefford at 200 East Beech Street in Shelbina on Sauturday, June 27.
   A Learning Opportunities Group out of Kirksville visited the home of Chris and Ruthie Wise on Friday, June 19. They rode horses and played games. Kelsey Wise was the Youth Employment for Success Director and organized the outing.
   July 8
   The Community State Bank of Clarence was robbed at around 9:38 a.m. on Tuesday, July 7. Approximately $5,000 was reported taken in the robbery.
   Taleka Aldridge was crowned the 2009 Shelby County Fair Queen. She was also voted Miss Congeniality.
   The Fourth of July Celebration at the Shelbina Lake was full of activities for people of all ages.
   For the full story, see this week’s issue of the Shelbina Weekly.   2226 1001 1/6/2010 hdl