Jim and Casey Drane, Sellersburg, IN proudly announces the arrival of a son, Eli James Drane, born May 9, 2009 at Clark County Hospital, Jeffersonville, IN. He weighed 6 lbs. 5.12 oz. and was 19 1/2 inches long.

Grandparents are Steve and Betsy Scroggins, Marshall County, KY, John Freeman, Trigg County, Robert Drane, St. Louis, MO, and Teresa Drane, New Albany, IN.

Great-grandparents are Mary Ann Freeman, Trigg County, and the late Wallace H. Freeman; Joyce D. Banister, Sellersburg, IN., formerly of Trigg County, and the late John T. Banister.