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Salt River Community Care officially opened its Special Needs Unit on Friday.

Salt River Community Care officially opened its Special Needs Unit on Friday as Shelbina Mayor John Smith and SRCC Board Members cut the ribbon to make it official. Pictured above (front row, left to right) board member Jane Caldwell, Diana Totten, Dr. Charles Lichty, Administrator Libby Youse, Mayor Smith, board member Jerry Myers, Contractor Bruce Schwada, board member Neal Livingston and Presiding County Commissioner Glenn Eagan. (Back row) Mary Brengle, Chris Ratliff, Amanda Buckman, Special Needs Director Judy Livingston, Laura Latchford, Bob Klassen, board member Shelly Yost, Dr. Sabastian Baginski, county commissioner Kerry McCarty and county commissioner Maurice Shuck.   2683 1020 5/19/2010 hdl

The Shelby County R-IV School Board had plenty of public input in support of the Gifted Program during Thursday night’s regular board meeting in the middle school library.
   Public Support for
   Gifted Program
   Several people were on hand for Thursday night’s meeting to express their desire for the board to continue with the district’s Gifted program. The program targets students who have excelled in the classroom and offers those students activities that are more suited for their needs. There was question as to whether the district would do away with the program with the financial crunch it is currently facing.
   Angie Cochran, the current teacher of the Gifted program, read a prepared statement in support of the program. “All students can benefit from teaching practices encompassed in gifted education programming, but only if a gifted program exists,” she said. Cochran said the program is to help those students involved to further develop their higher abilities comprehensively as they progress through school. “Without providing these services we are not helping these students, but leaving them behind,” Cochran said. She noted that they are not more important than the other students, but they are just as important.
   For the full story, see this week’s issue of the Shelbina Weekly.   2684 1020 5/19/2010 hdl

Shelby County Prosecuting Attorney Jim McConnell said that two cases have finally been finalized after some considerable time.
   Clint Hipkins
   Clint Hipkins was denied his appeal for felony possession of methamphetamine (persistent offender) after he had appealed a 10-year sentence in the Department of Corrections. He was also charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
   In what is usually a maximum seven year sentence, since Hipkins is a prior offender, the sentence ranged from five to 15 years. He had received 10 years. Hipkins’ appeal was from a decision that was made by a jury last summer.
   For the full story, see this week’s issue of the Shelbina Weekly.   2685 1020 5/19/2010 hdl

The Shelby County R-IV Commencement Exercises will be held 2 p.m. Sunday at the Charles Rash Memorial Football Field. If it rains, the ceremony will be moved to the high school gym.
   A baccalaureate will be held in the middle school gym from 12:30 to approximately 1 p.m.   2686 1020 5/19/2010 hdl

Mallory Wood reads one of her stories.

Mallory Wood reads one of her stories during to her classmates and adult listeners during the Shelbina Elementary’s Annual Young Writer’s Conference that was held on Friday. The morning was filled with presentors who talked to the elementary students about what they do in their jobs on a daily basis, and the importance that writing plays in that job. The afternoon broken down into two sessions where students would read the stories they had written for the listeners.
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