Births 5/17/02

Essner

Daughter to Frannie Michelle Essner and John Derek Taylor of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 5:42 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, 2002. Name, Calise LaShea. Weight, 8 pounds. Third daughter. Ms. Essner is the daughter of Theresa Essner of Cape Girardeau. She is a phlebotomist at St. Francis Regional Laboratories. Taylor is the son of John Taylor Sr. of Santa Barbara, Calif., and Sandra Taylor of Minneapolis, Minn. He is a self-employed artist at Air Brush Designs.

Fleckenstein

Daughter to Steve and Pam Fleckenstein of Hickory, N.C., Frey Medical Center, 2:43 a.m. Sunday, May 12, 2002. Name, Katherine Rose. Weight, 8 pounds. First child. Mrs. Fleckenstein is the former Pam Ross, daughter of Robert and Rosemary Ross of Chaffee, Mo. Fleckenstein is the son of John and Diane Fleckenstein of Atlanta, Ga.