Christina and Stephen have chosen the name Luca for their beautiful new boy born at Benefis Hospitals.

Luca
Names Origin: Greek
Name's original meaning: "From Lucanus"

Weight: 6 pounds, 14 ounces ounces
Length: 19 inches
Time: 4:58 p.m.
Date: Thursday, October 29, 2009

Delivered by: StacyWhitaker, D.O.
Baby's doctor: J. Christine Burk, M.D.

Thursday, October 29, 2009 A Day To Remember

Sunrise and sunset:

• 6:42 a.m. a.m.
• 5:08 p.m. p.m.

Local weather:

• Great Falls high: 36° F
• Great Falls low: 24° F

The nation's weather extremes:

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

• 9,762.69

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:

• 1921 - Bill Mauldin - Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist who brought the lives of soldiers in World War II into focus with his characters GI Joe and Willie.
• 1891 - Fanny Brice - American actress and comedienne famous for her starring roles in the Ziegfeld Follies and as inspiration for the movie "Funny Girl."
• 1815 - Daniel Emmett - American music troupe leader and composer known for the song "Dixie" which was the unofficial anthem of the Confederacy and the South.

Other notable events on this day in history:

• 1863 - The International Red Cross was founded in Geneva, Switzerland.
• 1796 - Captain Ebenezer Dorr recorded in the log of the ship Otter, that he had arrived off the coast of California, becoming the first American ship to sail there.