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Alex O’Laughlin (above) throws a pass to Wes Mefford (below) on the second drive of the game for the Cardinals. Mefford caught the ball by his fingertips.

The South Shelby Cardinals must not have known it was the opening game of the season, because they didn’t make a lot of those first game mistakes that teams make many times on their first time out. The Cardinals played a good solid ball game and defeated Trenton by the score of 27-6 in front of the home crowd on Friday, Aug. 27.
   The Cardinals received the opening kickoff and started driving the ball down the field. A holding penalty, followed by a play that resulted in a nine yard loss would end the drive for the Cardinals.
   Trenton started its first possession from its own 28 yard line. The Bulldogs were able to pick up nice chunks of yardage off of their misdirection offense. After a couple of penalties against the Bulldogs and a quarterback sack by Josh Hughart, Trenton was facing a third and 34 situation from the Cardinal 41 yard line. Keegan McGinness was able to get loose around the left side and out run everyone to the endzone for a 41 yard touchdown. The point after was blocked by the Cardinals, keeping the score at 6-0 Trenton, with 3:01 to play in the first quarter.
   The Cards second drive started from their own 25 yard line. A steady diet of Will Mefford moved the ball out to the 37 yard line, giving the Cards a first and ten. Two plays later quarterback Alex O’Laughlin heaved an accurate pass down field as Wes Mefford made a great running fingertip catch and raced down the right side before being brought down at the Trenton 17 yard line. The play was good for 38 yards. It was back to the ground behind the big and powerful offensive line as the Cardinals drove the ball the rest of the way, scoring on a two yard run by Will Mefford. Michael Patterson’s point after was good making the score 7-6 South Shelby, with 10:54 to play in the first half.
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Wes Mefford makes a fingertip catch in the first quarter of the football game Friday night.

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The South Shelby JV Cardinals traveled to Brookfield on Monday, August 30, and lost to he Bulldogs 35-6.
   The Bulldogs raced out to a 15-0 lead after the first quarter, led 28-0 at the half, and 35-0 after three quarters.
   South Shelby’s lone score came in the fourth quarter with 4:11 left in the game. Adam Ellyson scored on a one yard touchdown run. The two-point conversion failed and the final score was 35-6.
   Tyler Gordan had four catches for 95 yards, while Ellyson added one reception for 38 yards.
   Quarterback David Heathman completed 3-of-10 passes for 101 yards. Ellyson completed both his pass attempts for 32 yards.
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Milly Rash was recently honored by the Clarence Cannon Conference.

Milly Rash recently received a plaque for her 32 years of service and dedication with the Clarence Cannon Conference. Rash, who retired from teaching and coaching at the end of the 2009-10 school year, received the award at the Clarence Cannon Conference Meeting. She is teaching part time at South Shelby this year.
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Mr. and Mrs. Mike Stanley

Carrie Christine Smoot and Michael Scott Stanley celebrated the sacrament of marriage on Friday, July 23, 2010 at 6:30 in the evening at Visitation Catholic Church in Kansas City, Missouri. The wedding was presided over by Father Patrick Rush.
   The bride is the daughter of Ron and Janet Smoot of Shelbina. She is the granddaughter of Virginia Pearl White and the late Hank White of Shelbina and Betty Smoot and the late Sam Smoot of Louisiana, Missouri.
   The groom is the son of Keith and Jan Stanley of Overland Park, Kansas. He is the grandson of Ed and Mary Olsson of Overland Park and the late James and Rose Stanley.
   The Matrons of Honor are all friends of the bride; Lisa Curran, O’Fallon, Missouri, Rachel Durbin, Kansas City, Missouri, Molly Grumich, St. Louis, Missouri, Jessica Pflumm, Kansas City, Missouri, and Robin Stanton, Danbury, Connecticut.
   The Best Men were Vince Fernandez, Prairie Village, Kansas, Matthew Marcus, Kansas City, Missouri, Greg Trost, St. Louis, Missouri, all friends of the groom and Patrick Stanley, brother of the groom, Phoenix, Arizona, and Ryan Stanley, brother of the groom, Overland Park, Kansas.
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Paul Hirner II and Danielle Strachan

Danielle Rose Strachan and Paul Joseph Hirner II would like to announce their upcoming marriage, which will be held on Saturday, November 6, at the First Baptist Church in Ewing.
   Danielle is the daughter of Randall and Glenna Strachan of Palmyra and Paul is the son of Russell and Karen Hirner of Lewistown.
   Ms. Strachan graduated from Mission Hill Academy in 2008.
   Mr. Hirner graduated from Mission Hill Academy in 2006, is in the Air Force Reserves, and recently enrolled at John Wood Community College for parametic training.
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The Lady Bugs Garden Club’s Yard of the Month for the month of August goes to Sam Fifer of 626 Rawlings in Shelbina.

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The Lady Bugs Garden Club’s Flower of the Month for the month of August goes to Jon and Sue Best of 104 East Wood in Shelbina.

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edical Service Region 2 Funeral Team/Honor Guard will be holding a memorial service here in Shelby County. The service will be held at the Shelbina United Methodist Church on Sunday, October 17, in Shelbina. Doors will open at 3 pm with the service starting at 4 pm.
   The memorial service will honor first responders, EMT's, Medic's, flight crews, and administrators that died in the line of duty, was serving in EMS at their time of death, or retired from EMS and has now passed away. The honor guard will also honor board members that served over 20 years for an ambulance service or thise who made a significant contribution to the ambulance service, but has now passed away.
   This will be the first EMS memorial service that has been held in Missouri by the honor guard. Region 2 covers 16 counties and 17 ambulance districts in Northeast Missouri. Eight individuals will be honored with one from Shelbina. Keynote speaker will be from the National EMS Memorial Board of Directors, Colorado Springs, Colo.
   The Missouri Emergency Medical Service Funeral team/Honor Guard is a state wide not-for-profit organization covering the entire state of Missouri, divided into eight regions with nearly 90 members. They train every month and all members volunteer their time. The organization has been up and running just over a year. The organization provides support to the department and survivors of Emergency Medical providers who have suffered a serious injury while on duty or who have given their life in the line of duty.
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