Births

Fri., July 31, 1998

Kootenai Medical Center

Rebecca Nichole Griffin - 9 lb. 2 oz. girl, 21 inches, born July 28 to Jeannie and Robert, Hayden. Sisters, Ashleigh and Elizabeth; brother, Zachary; grandparents, Robert and Susan Berthiaume, and Robert and Nadine Griffin.

Hannah Elizabeth Flaa - 8 lb. 7 oz. girl, 21 inches, born July 29 to Tracy and Kevin, Post Falls. Brothers, Shawn and Brenden; grandparents, Jack and Pat McCallum, Wayne Piper, Donna Flaa, Roger and Peggy Flaa, Bonnie Olinger, and Don and Dorothy Whitman.

Marin Lea Friis - 8 lb. 6 oz. girl, 22 inches, born July 27 to Corey and Brandon, Coeur d’Alene. Grandparents, Kim and Rhonda Hansen, LaWana Friis, and Don and Jill Friis.

Gavin William Wiseman - 8 lb. 15 oz. boy, 21 inches, born July 23 to Christie and Trevor, Hayden. Sister, Carley; grandparents, Dale and Cecil White, and William and Lucille Wall.

Matthew Richard Duchow - 7 lb. 1 oz. boy, 20 inches, born July 27 to Heidi and Jim, Coeur d’Alene. Brother, Wyatt; grandparents, Louis and Barbara Kapfhammer, and Richard and Jill Duchow.

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