Shea Ray doesn’t know what tomorrow holds but understands adversity.
Since moving to Santuck in 2008, she has lived through the April 2011 tornado and multiple animals going missing.
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Submitted / The Herald Noah Ray, 11, lays in bed with Crumble. The family's English Springer Spaniel has been missing since May 8.
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