Kendra and Clarence LaRoche Jr., and siblings Lany Bovanizer, Kaleb New, and Cyla and Cooper Brooks, of Fort Scott, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister Maleigh Marie ShayLinn Bovanizer. Maleigh was born at 11:39 a.m., on May 12, 2008, at Mercy Hospital, in Fort Scott. She weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces, and measured 20 inches.

Maternal grandparents are Leigh Annette and Richard Bartlett, of Bronson, Kan., and Richard Baldwin, of Pleasanton, Kan. Maternal grandparents are Kenneth and Jo Linn Virgin, of LaCygne, Kan., and Forest Virgin, of Pleasanton Kan. Maternal great-great-grandparent is Margret Woods, of Pleasanton, Kan.

Paternal grandparents are Brenda and Mitch Reynolds, of Fort Scott, and Howard Bovanizer, of Fulton, Kan. Paternal great-grandparent is Rodney Bovanizer, of New York, Mareta Jameson, of New York, and Frank Brown, of New York.