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Brandon and Holly Blum, Spring Hill, announce the birth of their daughter, Addison Ashley Blum. She was born Oct. 25, 2002, at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe.

Maternal grandparents are Jerry and Kathy Hoffman, Wellsville. Paternal grandparents are Chris and Carol Blum, Shawnee, and Rick and Vicki Whitehill, Alachua, Fla.

Dustin Bonebrake and Miranda Porter, both of Lawrence, announce the birth of a son, Spenser Dennis Bonebrake, July 26, 2002, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center.

He has a brother, Tyler, 4.

Grandparents are Lynn Porter, Lawrence; Pete Porter, Toledo, Ohio; and Belle Bonebrake, New Hampshire.

Great-grandparents are Alice and Duane Randel, Baldwin; Bob and Betty Bonebrake, Lanagan, Mo.; Jerry and Winona Maisch, Liberty, Mo.; and Ed and Virginia Porter, Washington. Great-great-grandmother is Lovia Randel, Baldwin.

Brett Ray Larson, Lawrence, has accepted membership in Golden Key International Honour Society and was individually honored during a campus ceremony at Kansas University. Larson is the son of Dudley and Sally Larson, Lawrence, and is a Free State High School graduate.