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Mikayla Reed and Donavon Zamecnik announce their engagement and approaching wedding June 22.

Parents are Jeff and Kristi Reed, Salina; Donnie and Janette Buttery, Bennington; and Chad and Stacy Zamecnick, Hays.

Mikayla and Donavon both graduated from Bennington High School. The bride elect graduated in December from Bethany College, with a Bachelor’s degree in elementary education. She teaches third grade at Lincoln. Donavon works for the State of Kansas.

Irene Pacey, Ellsworth, will celebrate her 80th birthday, Sunday, May 19.
A card shower is requested to help her celebrate. Cards may be sent to 507 Webb St., Ellsworth, Kan. 67439.

Myron and Dianne Hochman, of Lorraine, are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Rebecca Michelle, to Mark Allen Hoffhines, son of Edward and Anita Hoffhines, Kanopolis.

The bride elect is a 2012 graduate of Ellsworth High School. She has an Associate’s degree from Barton Community College in early childhood education and a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education from Emporia State University in 2018. Rebecca teaches second grade at Village Elementary School in Emporia.

The prospective groom is a 2010 graduate of Ellsworth High School. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in history/government education in 2014 from Pittsburg State University. Mark will graduate in May with his Master’s degree in sports management from Wichita State University.

The couple will wed June 8, at St Paul’s United Church of Christ in Holyrood.

Extension Focus

Vitamin D is also called the “sunshine vitamin” and is known for its role in building and maintaining strong bones. Current studies are exploring vitamin D’s role in health and disease prevention while research shows that more than three out of four Americans have inadequate vitamin D levels.

Because it is referred to as the sunshine vitamin, you might think that vitamin D comes from the sun. However, vitamin D is unique as it is made in the human body when skin is exposed to the ultraviolent (UV) light in the sun’s rays. Unfortunately, vitamin D can be found in only a handful of foods such as oily fish.

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Birthday

Dale Anschutz of Ellsworth will celebrate his 89th birthday Monday, May 6, 2019. A card shower has been requested to help him celebrate. Send cards to 215 E. 10th St., Ellsworth, Kan. 67439.

Card shower
for Donald Anschutz

Donald Anschutz of Wilson will celebrate his 85th
birthday Monday, April 29, 2019.
A card shower has been requested to help him celebrate.
Send cards to PO Box 55, Wilson, Kan. 67490.

In what has become an annual spring event, the Classy Lady Boutique Fashion Show and Luncheon, held in conjunction with the Ellsworth County Medical Center Auxiliary, was Saturday, April 13, at the Ellsworth Presbyterian Church. Spring fashions were modeled by local women with proceeds going to benefit the hospital auxiliary. Attendees enjoy discounts at the boutique for a month. Above far left, Tammy Moore models a spring outfit with an umbrella for those spring rains. Above middle left, Carolyn Graves wears black and white strips. Above middle right, Moore steps out in dots. Above far right, Georgina Bates of the Classy Lady Boutique introduced each model and described the outfit they were modeling.

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Anniversary

Ed and Berniece Olejniczak of Wilson are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary Thursday, May 2.

Their daughter and son-in-law, Doug and Elaine Simmons, are hosting a card shower. If you would like to send a card, the couple's address is 812 24th St., Wilson, Kan. 67490.