Today's Features

Josh and Ashanta Ledbetter of St. Elmo are the parents of a girl born at 3:56 p.m. on Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital in Effingham.
She weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces and was 20 inches long. She was named Callie Mae.
She has two siblings, 4-year-old Chad and 2-year-old Brenner.
Grandparents are Patricia Wright, and David and Dianne Ledbetter, all of St. Elmo. Great-grandparents are Gary Wright of St. Elmo and Evelyn Hutchison of Vandalia.

LaNeil and Billie Worker of Vandalia are the parents of a girl born at 9:49 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010, at Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis.
She weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces and was 20½ inches long. She was named Jaesa Jolynn.
She has one brother, 9-year-old Kaelyb, and two sisters, 11-year-old Jaedyn and 6-year-old Billye.
Grandparents are Bob and Billye Marquardt of Vandalia, Melvin and Betty Worker of Texas, the late Connie Worker of Vandalia, and Eddie and Sue Dean of Patoka.

Jack Bail of St. Elmo and Jerry Bail of Shabbona, celebrated their 60th birthday on July 18. They spent a weekend at Bail Cottage near St. Elmo.
On Saturday evening, a family dinner was served. On Sunday, the dinner included extended family members.
Attending were brothers, Jim and Linda Bail of Chelsea, Mich., and Scott, Sharon, Jason and Justin Bail, all of Indiana, along with their mother, Erma and Jim Budlove of San Diego, Calif.

Ferne Keppler Dean of Quincy, formerly of Vandalia, will celebrate her 90th birthday on Wednesday, Aug. 18.
Cards or just a note may be sent to her at: 2834 Bluff Ridge Drive, Quincy, Ill. 62305-1388.