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4 schools, 4 siblings, 1 happy summer (SouthtownStar): Probably the only thing more difficult than raising quadruplets is letting them all leave the nest. It took Julie and Jim Kirchner three weeks to send their four children to four different colleges. Now the quadruplets have returned to their Frankfort home for the summer after their freshman year of college.

Kalume quads mark first year (The Augusta Chronicle): Collectively, they weigh 75 pounds -- and have 27 teeth. "They are already cruising and starting to copy noises they hear," said proud mom Deborah Kalume, whose miracle quadruplets turn 1 year old today.

Mom's four gifts: Quadruplets keep Normal couple busy and happy (The Pantagraph): NORMAL -- Tiffany and Jon Michaels knelt on the floor in the family room of their Normal home and began to change Gavin’s and Maggie’s diapers. They smiled and chatted breezily as they expertly did their business while being careful of the children’s breathing and heart rate monitor lines. | Photo gallery | Video: Living with quadruplets | Normal woman is Illinois Young Mother of the Year | ...

Twenty-six ewes give birth to 58 lambs in rural Austin flock (Post-Bulletin): HREF="mailto:hcarlile@agrinews.com"Heather Carlile Agri News Larry and Sue Rasch celebrated their biggest lamb crop in more than 30 years this spring with 58 lambs from 26 ewes, including eight sets of triplets and a set of quadruplets

Four times the love, four times the work (The Doings Oak Brook): Since their wedding two and a half years ago, school teachers Jim and Kim Vervack have been eager to have a child. Three months ago, they got more than they bargained for when Kim gave birth to quadruplets. "We were hoping for twins and we got double that," she said. "I was at an ultrasound, and (the doctor) found three of them. At the very end, he found the fourth. I was kind of shocked."

Autistic quadruplets and their parents work to overcome problems (The Augusta Chronicle): Leslie Mann remembers when it hit her. As she stood in a shoe store watching her infant son Michael stack boxes over and over and over again, she broke into sobs knowing he and his three brothers -- celebrated quadruplets -- really did have autism and would face long odds ahead.

UWO doctor urges better IVF funding (London Free Press): TORONTO -- Health-care systems in Canada should follow the example set by those of other developed countries and fund the cost of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) for women having difficulty conceiving, a University of Western Ontario medical ethicist argues in a commentary published yesterday.

Do My Job: Being a mom to multiples (WRAL.com Raleigh): As part of this week's "Do My Job" series, WRAL Reporter Kim Dean visited a mother with a 4-year-old and quadruplets.

Putting twins in same class not up to parents, veto says (Arizona Daily Star): Parents will not be able to dictate whether their twins, triplets, quadruplets or whatever get to stay together or are put in separate classes at school.

BOOKENDS: CHILDREN'S BOOKS (Newsday): LITTLE RABBIT'S NEW BABY, by Harry Horse. Peachtree, $15.95. Ages 4-8.