Births

Tue., Aug. 13, 1996

Kootenai Medical Center

Micah Kristopher Strom 8 lb. 11 oz. girl, 22 inches, born Aug. 1 to Justyne and Naamen, Post Falls. Sister, Abriel; grandparents, Richard and Jan Marquez, Neil and Nancy Strom, Gordon and Hazel Strom, Justyne Jarrod, and Richard and Betty Rickert.

Taylon Andrew Harrison Whitney 6 lb. 15 oz. boy, 21 inches, born Aug. 7 to Sarah Day and Benjamin Whitney, Coeur d’Alene.

Myca Jayde Laufenberg 9 lb. 1 oz. girl, 22 inches, born Aug. 6 to Jody and Joe, Coeur d’Alene. Sister, Miranda; grandparents, Mike and Gloria Altman, Yvonne Laufenberg and the late Harvey Laufenberg.

Ian Todd Hege 7 lb. 8 oz. boy, 20 inches, born Aug. 7 to Jennifer and Mac, Coeur d’Alene. Grandparents, Dona and Teresa Lunde, and Dick and Shirlene Hege.

Madison Breann Bartrop 8 lb. 6 oz. girl, 21 inches, born Aug. 7 to Candi and Brian, Rathdrum. Sister, Dakota; grandparents, Jim and Bobbie Wall, and Helen and Steve Stephens.

Shoshone Medical Center

Claire Rose Schueman 9 lb. 1 oz. girl, 21 inches, born Aug. 6 to Jeannie and Clay, Kellogg. Two sisters, Elizabeth and Katie; grandparents, Ken and Sharron Schueman ,and Moe and Alice Adam.

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