Lione Rae Bell was born at 7:30 a.m. on Aug. 26, 2021, at Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage to Lauren Bell and Dane McFadden, of Sitka. She weighed 6 pounds and 15 ounces. Lione’s grandparents are Mary Lou Kelsey and William Bell of Homer, and Viki and Ed McFadden of Fillmore, California, and Sitka.
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