Within the stillness of the country town of Eldon, Shelia (pronounced SHEE-LA) Salmons is one busy woman. Most days, you’ll find her cooking breakfast and lunch for 680 kids at South Elementary School, before rushing off to tend to her nine children – Bailey, 23, John, 22, Claire, 20, Sam, 18, Emma, 16, Wil, 12, Jud, 11, Maggie, 5, and Ashley, 4. She, and her husband Tyler, a fence builder, wintertime snow-pusher, and owner of a 700-acre farm, do their best to manage their 120 head of cattle, eight full-grown pigs, three dogs, three cats, and five chickens at their three-bedroom basement home. They’re also currently bottle feeding four unclaimed baby pigs, and a calf since it is, after all, calving season. Their days are long, but in the midst of the chaos, Shelia remains a devoted wife, loving mother and bastion of calmness.