A son, Xander Gabriel Paul, was born at 6:36 p.m. on Sept. 16, 2011 at Schuylkill Medical Center, South Jackson Street, Pottsville, to Brittany Ann Phillipeck and Ronald F. Paul III, of Minersville.

He weighed 6 pounds, 15.5 ounces and measured 20 inches long.Maternal grandparents are Mark and Lisa Phillipeck of West Penn Township.Paternal grandparents are Ronald F. Paul Jr. of Gordon, Pa. and Janet Blackwell of Girardville.