Valentina De la Cruz Valencia

Julia Valencia and Asuncian Antonio De la Cruz of Tarkio are pleased to announce the birth of their baby girl, Valentina De la Cruz Valencia. Valentina was born at 9:26 a.m. on Saturday, May 10, 2025, at Community Hospital-Fairfax in Fairfax, Missouri. She weighed 4 pounds and 10 ounces.

Maternal grandparents are Dolores Patricia Pabon Huy and Marcos Antonio Valencia Carrera. Paternal grandparents are Antonio De la Cruz Diaz and Leticia Garcia Hernandez.

Zaynn Michael Lacks

Jaelynn Hill and Kevin Lacks, Jr. of Fairfax, Missouri, are pleased to welcome their baby boy, Zaynn Michael Lacks. Zaynn was born at 7:19 a.m. Monday, May 12, 2025, at Community Hospital-Fairfax in Fairfax. He weighed 7 pounds and 4 ounces. Besides his parents, Zaynn is welcomed by sibling Amara Lacks, 19 months.

Maternal grandparents are John and Jennifer Hill. Paternal grandparents are Kevin Lacks, Sr. and Dawn Jones.

Otto William Forward

Jordan and Trey Forward of St. Joseph, Missouri, are pleased to announce the birth of their baby boy, Otto William Forward. Otto was born at 4:31 a.m. on Monday, May 26, 2025, at Community Hospital-Fairfax in Fairfax, Missouri. He weighed 7 pounds and 7 ounces. Besides his parents, Otto was welcomed by his siblings, Hadley 6 and Creed 2.

Maternal grandparents are Billy Thomas and Amy Thomas, both of Rock Port, Missouri. Paternal grandparents are James Earl Forward, II of Berlin, Missouri, and Lori Sinkhorn Anthony of King City, Missouri. Maternal great-grandparents are Joe Stevens of Tarkio, the late Janet Thomas of Tarkio, and the late Connie and Richard Corning of Lincoln, Nebraska. Paternal great-grandparents are James Forward of Red Oak, Iowa, Cynthia George of Berlin, and Herman and Judith Sinkhorn of Darlington, Missouri.