Ellis and Alice Stansbury will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary on July 4.Ellis Stansbury and Alice Daugherty Bruce were married July 4, 1971, at the Kincaid United Methodist Church parsonage.The couple have lived in Kincaid…

Chad and Jana Grisier, Pratt, announce the birth of a daughter, Maryn Kay, born June 16, 2011, at Pratt Regional Medical Center. She weighed 8 pounds 8 ounces and was 21 1/2 inches long She…

Jason and Kelci (Adams) Botts, Bronson, announce the birth of a son, Kason Darrell, born June 3, 2011, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott. He weighed 5 pounds, 13.5 ounces and was 19.5 inches long.Maternal…

Kris and Cherielle (Adams) Young, Mt. Hope, announce the birth of a son, McKoy Kris, born June 11, 2011, at Promise Hospital in Hutchinson. He weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces and was 20 inches long.…

James and Corrine Boeken will be honored at a 50th wedding reception from 2 to 4 p.m. June 26 at the Townhouse.Hosts for the anniversary celebration will be the couple’s children, Julie Kukacka and Brandon,…

Duane McGhee and Dorothy Tippie were married June 24, 1951, at Northcott Christian Church in Northcott.Together, they raised four children on their dairy farm west of Colony, moving to Iola in 1980. They worked, sang,…

John and Patty Dick, Yates Center, and Mike and Beth O’Halloran, Hesston, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their children, Elizabeth Dick, Yates Center, and Chris O’Halloran, Hesston.The bride-elect graduated in May 2010 from…

Hayley Mock and Joshuah Emerson, Joplin, Mo., are planning a June 18 wedding at the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Ark.The bride-elect is the daughter of Chris and Rhonda Mock, Berryville, Ark. She will graduate…

Former Iola residents Robert and Pat Barkdoll, Galesburg, Ill., celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary Saturday through Monday in the Chicago, Ill., area.Robert Barkdoll and Patricia Lin Thornton were married June 4, 1971, in the Wesleyan…

Kendall and Billie Call, Iola, are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary today. Kendall Call and Billie Brewington were married June 10, 1951, in Mildred. The couple have five children and 34 grandchildren and great-grandchildren.