Melanie and Garrit have chosen the name Presley Selene for their beautiful new girl born at Benefis Hospitals.

Presley
Names Origin: English
Name's original meaning: "Priest's meadow"

Weight: 8 pounds, 13 ounces ounces
Length: 21 1/2 inches
Time: 11:28 a.m.
Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009

Delivered by: Sandra L. Bailey, D.O.
Baby's doctor: Nancy J. Maynard, MD

Thursday, October 22, 2009 A Day To Remember

Sunrise and sunset:

• 7:33 a.m. a.m.
• 6:18 p.m. p.m.

Local weather:

• Great Falls high: 57° F
• Great Falls low: 35° F

The nation's weather extremes:

• High: 103° F at Laredo, Texas
• Low: 8° F at Northway, Alaska

• 9,949.36

Your dollar's worth

• Loaf of bread: $2.49
• Gallon of milk: $3.85
• Gallon of gasoline: $2.52
• First-class stamp: $0.44
• New car: $21,750.00
• Average new home: $155,000.00

Other interesting people born on this date:

• 1938 - Christopher Lloyd - American comedic actor known for his roles as Reverend Jim on TV series "Taxi", as a key figure in the "Back to the Futures" moves, and in many other big screen hits.
• 1844 - Sarah Bernhardt - French actress who performed in Europe and America during the late 1800's and early 1900's becoming one of the best known performing artists ever.
• 1821 - Collis Huntington - American who played a major role in opening up the American West through his development of Central Pacific Railroad into the first transcontinental railroad.
• 1811 - Franz Liszt - Hungarian musician recognized as the greatest piano virtuoso of his time and with more than 700 compositions, one of the great music composers of all-time.

Other notable events on this day in history:

• 1836 - Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first elected President of the newly formed Republic of Texas.
• 1797 - French adventurer Andre-Jacques Garnerin jumped from a hot air balloon 2300 feet above Paris and into history as he became the first person to successfully complete a parachute jump.