Doug and Shelby Twigger, of Rogersville, prepare to donate blood earlier this year (photo submitted by Doug Twigger).Shelby Twigger hates to miss work.
After attending a retirement event with her dad, Doug, in summer 2024, she insisted on going back for the final hour and a half of her shift at Christian County Enterprises in Nixa, where about 60 Missourians with disabilities take on contract work for businesses across the state.
Shelby, 25, is from Rogersville and has Down syndrome. She told The Independent her current favorite assignment right now is preparing plastic worms to be sold as fishing lures in Bass Pro Shops. She and her co-workers separate the worms, which come out of a mold stuck together, and package them in groups of 10, 18 or 20…