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Local people participate in National Day of Prayer.

A National Day of Prayer ceremony was held at the Library Park in Shelbina on Thursday May 6. Prayers were said for the government, education, media, the church and the family. It opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and those attending sang “America the Beautiful” and it closed with the singing of the National Anthem followed by closing prayer. A light lunch was served afterwards. The program was put on by the Ministerial Alliance.   2655 1019 5/12/2010 hdl

A two-vehicle accident resulted in the fatality of a Shelbina man at around 3 p.m. Thursday, at the southbound crossing of US Highway 36 and Business 36 in Clarence.
   According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 80-year-old James G. Rutter of Shelbina was attempting to cross the eastbound lanes of Highway 36 when he failed to yield and was struck by an eastbound 2009 Freightliner driven by Eric K. Cooper, 44, of Phoenix, Ariz.
   Rutter was transported by Salt River Ambulance to Samaritan Hospital in Macon where he was pronounced dead.
   For the full story, see this week’s issue of the Shelbina Weekly.   2656 1019 5/12/2010 hdl

The Shelbina City Council listened as City Administrator Dennis Klusmeyer talked about possible regulations on air emissions at the city’s power plant during Tuesday night’s regular council meeting at the Shelbina City Hall.
   Air Emissions at
   City Power Plant
   Klusmeyer said that he and city employee Boyce Branstetter sat in on a meeting recently talking about the diesel oxidation catalyst retrofit. “What they are trying to do is create a 70 percent reduction in total emissions. So basically we’re putting on large catalytic converters on our generators with this retrofit,” Klusmeyer explained.
   The City has seven units and Caterpillar is estimating a cost of $40,000 to $100,000 to install the retro fit on each individual unit. Klusmeyer said there is a lot of variable costs right now which is why there is such a wide range in costs. He said they will try to firm those costs up to get a better idea of what that cost might be.
   The City has one Fairbanks unit that has an exhaust temperature that can’t reach the reach the 400 degrees. That’s what the minimum required temperature is. Klusmeyer said this unit may have to be used as an emergency unit. But, he adds that he want’s to find out the description of an emergency unit.
   If it is an emergency unit, it can run a minimum of 100 hours per year. Within that 100 hours you have to include, test runs, maintenance runs and actual emergency runs. “I’m really up in the air with what we are going to do with that unit,” he said.
   Klusmeyer is estimating the retro-fits to be $700,000 for all seven units combined. If you declare one an emergency unit, you lose $15,000 in credits a month, and if you have to buy capacity, it would cost an estimated $29,000 per month, which is a turnaround of around $44,000 a month Klusmeyer said it wouldn’t take long for the retrofits to pay for themselves in the units.
   A new tier two unit to replace the Fairbanks would cost approximately $470,000.
   Klusmeyer stressed that the council needs to realize that they are planning for the next 15 to 20 years of the City’s future. The new regulations are scheduled to go into affect on May 3, 2012.
   For the full story, see this week’s issue of the Shelbina Weekly.   2657 1019 5/12/2010 hdl

A Monroe County jury was out a little over 3 hours before coming back with a guilty verdict for two counts of statutory sodomy for having sexual contact with a 15-year-old boy. Donald H. Carriker, 68, of Macon was will now awaite sentencing for a crime that took place at the Shelbina Lake on Sept. 8 and 9, 2009.
   Accordingo to Shelby County Prosecuting Attorney Jim McConnell, the mother of the victim spoke during the sentencing phase. The jury reccomended the maximum seven years on each count, plus a fine.
   Judge Michael Wilson, who heard the case after a change of venue brought it from Shelby County to Monroe County, will eventually sentence Carriker on June 9.
   For the full story, see this week’s issue of the Shelbina Weekly.   2658 1019 5/12/2010 hdl

Shelby County Economic Development Director Teresa Keller said she has been putting a lot of her time into visiting county businesses, and seeing through the completion of the new SCED website.
   The website is up and going and board members expressed their satisfaction with it. County businesses are encouraged to put a link on the website.
   Keller also stated she has been to about 50 county businesses so far and that she is not done.
   For the full story, see this week’s issue of the Shelbina Weekly.   2659 1019 5/12/2010 hdl