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Congratulations to Dalton and Lorna Wiebe on the arrival of a new baby boy. Micah Pete was born March 5 at Newton Medical Center. He has a brother, Kyran, to welcome him home. Grandparents are Larry and Wanda Koehn and Richard and Charlotte Wiebe.
Larry and Wanda Koehn welcomed another grandchild when Tom and Sara Penner had a daughter, Jayna Beth, born March 1 in Swan River, Canada. They have a daughter and son to welcome the new baby.
Carl Mayeseka of Lakin, Bev Kayeskea of Newton, and Ron and Margaret Jantz of Burns ate with the Wendell Wedels Friday evening at a café.
Larry and Wanda Koehn, Stuart and Lela Isaac and Kyle, Kendal and Susie Wiebe, and Marlin and Bethany Wiebe were supper guests Friday in the home of Richard and Charlotte Wiebe.
Mark and Barb Unruh and Warren and Anita Unruh hosted a dinner Sunday for February and March birthdays. The honorees were Nathan Unruh, Sarah Unruh, Jenna Unruh, and Katelin Unruh. Enjoying the dinner with the hosts and birthday honorees were Kyle Unruh, Jim and Brenda Enns, Lon and Deb Hiebert and Matt, Ron and Dora Unruh, Davis and Ashley Enns and family, Darren Enns, Corine Neufeld, Teal Stutzman, and Tina Frick.
Doyle and Kara Wiebe hosted a dinner Sunday with guests Madelene Jantz of Moundridge, Wendell and Linda Wedel, Ransom and Lillian Wiebe, and the Calvin Wiebe family.
Bruce and Cheryl Dirks invited Ruston and Lydia Dirks, Marlin and Bethany Wiebe, Clayton and Betty Wiebe, Sara Peachy, Katie Stutzman, Beth Koehn, and Jana Wiebe as Sunday dinner guests. They helped Lydia celebrate her birthday.
Larry and Wanda Koehn had Jeff and Monica Ratzlaff and Taryn, and Dalton and Lorna Wiebe, Kyran and Micah as dinner guests Sunday.
Bruce and Cheryl Dirks spent the last week of February in Anchorage, Alaska. They visited friends who recently moved there. They also visited Howard Goentzel at Palmer and had coffee with Charles Goentzel.