Chad Sparks and Larissa Curth, Bonner Springs, announce the birth of a son, William Lane Sparks, on July 29, 2002, at St. Luke’s Shawnee Mission Medical Center.

He weighed seven pounds, 11 ounces and measured 19 inches long.

Paternal grandparents are Pat and Cheryl Sparks, Tonganoxie, and maternal grandparents are Bill and Sherry Curth, Shawnee.