Rachael and Dustin have chosen the name Kaya Rae for their beautiful new girl born at Benefis Hospitals.

Kaya
Names Origin: Native American; Japanese
Name's original meaning: "Wise child"; "Resting place"

Weight: 7 pounds, 2 ounces ounces
Length: 20 inches
Time: 10:37 a.m.
Date: Saturday, October 24, 2009

Delivered by: StacyWhitaker, D.O.
Baby's doctor: Nancy J. Maynard, MD

Saturday, October 24, 2009 A Day To Remember

Sunrise and sunset:

• 7:36 a.m. a.m.
• 6:15 p.m. p.m.

Local weather:

• Great Falls high: 48° F
• Great Falls low: 33° F

The nation's weather extremes:

• High: ° F at
• Low: ° F at

• 9,972.18

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:

• 1855 - James Sherman - Vice President of the United States in the administration of William Howard Taft.
• 1788 - Sarah Hale - American journalist and author who penned "Mary had a Little Lamb" in 1830.

Other notable events on this day in history:

• 1945 - The United Nations was formally established with the ratification of the U.N. Charter by the five permanent members of the Security Council and a majority of other participants.
• 1931 - The efforts of Elliot Ness and the "Untouchables" paid off as famed Chicago gangster, Al Capone, was sentenced to serve 11 years in federal prison for income tax evasion.
• 1901 - Adventurer Anna Edson Taylor began a daredevils' tradition when she fell 175 feet over Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel. She did live to tell about it.
• 1861 - The Pony Express suffered a fatal blow with the initiation of the transcontinental telegraph. That first telegram was sent from California Chief Justice Stephen Johnson Field to President Lincoln.