At right:Joseph Dillon LaVake Joseph Dillon LaVake was born October 7, 2005 to Charles “Joe” LaVake and Jennifer Smith of St. Ignace. Joseph was born at Northern Michigan Hospital in Petoskey weighing 7 pounds, 8 ounces and measuring 18.5 inches in length.

He joins fours sisters, Cassie LaVake, 18, Shana LaVake, 16, Kristy LaVake, 14, and Emma Ingalls, 4.

His grandparents are Melvin “Joe” LaVake and Janet LaVake of St. Ignace.

Allyson Loebach

Jeremy and Deanna Loebach of Charlotte, North Carolina, announce the birth of a daughter, Allyson Jean, born October 3, 2005, at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. She weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce and measured 20 inches in length.

Grandparents are Jeanne and the late Lester Matchinske of Charlotte, Marianne King of Engadine, and Jerry Loebach of Charlotte. Great-grandparents are Edna Rushford of Gould City, Rose Collins of Newberry, and Gilbert Matchinske of Engadine.