Jonah Gebriel Malaschak
Jason and Leann Malaschak of Emporia are the parents of a son, Jonah Gabriel Malaschak, born Sept. 19, 2006, at Newman Regional Health. Jonah has a brother, Asher Walter Malaschak. Grandparents are Roger and Mary Alice Hiebert of Marion and Gary and Donna Malaschak of Belleville, Ill.
Rees Marshall Spade
Michael and Gwen Spade of Abilene are the parents of a son, Rees Marshall Spade, born Oct. 26, 2006, at Memorial Hospital in Abilene. Grandparents are David and Juanita Rees of Emporia and Jan Spade and the late Marshall Spade of Admire. The great-grandparents are Gerry Rees and the late Emlyn Rees and Olive Roland and the late Wes Rowland of Emporia, Wanda Spade and the late Warren Spade of Admire and the late Charles and Betty Petersen of Albuquerque, N.M.