Area coaches and senior basketball players that were selected for The South Teams at The Lions District 26-M5 All-Star Basketball Games recently gathered at the Georgia Robertson Burns Complex on the Missouri Valley College Campus in Marshall, Missouri. They were, L to R: James Wheeler (Adrian Boys Basketball Coach), Kate Sanders (Archie), Miles Nieder (Miami), Austin Erickson (Adrian), Keenan Morrow (Adrian) and Adrianne Lane (Drexel Girls Basketball Coach). Unable to attend Taylor Flanery (Archie).

Story courtesy of El Dorado Springs Sun; El Dorado Springs, MO
El Dorado Springs Postmaster William Michael (Mike) Fritts, 39, along with his wife, Pam, and their daughter, Jenna, had flown in their 1956 model Beech G35 single engine aircraft to a valley near Marble, about 125 miles west of Denver, CO, to vacation. Mike was going to be off work for some period of time while he recovered from recent shoulder surgery.

Christopher and Rhianna Thomas of Kansas City are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Melva Rose.
The young lady was born May 6, 2010 at North Kansas City Hospital. Melva Rose weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces and was 20 inches long. She has a 2 year old brother, Walden Christopher, to welcome her home. Proud Grandparents are Pat and Trudy Thomas of Harrisonville, MO and Lynn Hatfield of Coco, FL.

Tom and Carey, Davey and Debbie, Lisa and Dwight, Darrell and Sheryl, and their families, are wishing a happy 50th wedding anniversary to their parents, David and Phyllis Gilbert of Drexel. The Gilbert’s were married on June 15, 1960.

John and Alleene Dean of Drexel, Missouri are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Philip Dean, to Kelsey Lewis, daughter of Charles and Carol Lewis of Amsterdam, Missouri.
Philip is a 2003 graduate of Drexel High School and a 2008 graduate of the University of Central Missouri with a degree in Art Education. Philip is employed as a teacher and football coach at Miami High School.