Derek and Amy Townsend, Chelsea, are the proud parents of a daughter, Lucy Hope born Saturday, July 22, 2017, at 3:00 a.m. at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. She weighed 6 lb., 6 oz and was 18 1/4 inches long.

She is greeted by big sister, Haven at home and Micaela in heaven. Grandparents are Michael and Connie Ledvina, Toledo, and Terry and Doreen Townsend, Bondurant. Great-grandparents are Beverly and the late Keith Squiers, Chelsea, Marilyn and the late Melvin Ledvina, Elberon, Aubrey and the late Dorothy Everly, Bondurant, and Clarence and Shirley Townsend, Indianapolis, Ind.