Molly and Malacai have chosen the name Jude Josiah for their beautiful new boy born at Benefis Hospitals.

Jude
Names Origin: Latin, Hebrew
Name's original meaning: "Praised"

Weight: 8 pounds, 5 ounces ounces
Length: 21 1/4 inches
Time: 12:31 p.m.
Date: Monday, November 2, 2009

Delivered by: Dorothy T. Lee, M.D.
Baby's doctor: Deborah M. Garrity, M.D.

Monday, November 2, 2009 A Day To Remember

Sunrise and sunset:

• 6:47 a.m. a.m.
• 5:03 p.m. p.m.

Local weather:

• Great Falls high: 51° F
• Great Falls low: 26° F

The nation's weather extremes:

• High: 94° F at Rialto, California
• Low: -17° F at Anaktuvuk Pass and Denali National Park, Alaska

• 9,712.73

Your dollar's worth

• Loaf of bread: $2.49
• Gallon of milk: $3.85
• Gallon of gasoline: $2.50
• First-class stamp: $0.44
• New car: $21,750.00
• Average new home: $155,000.00

Other interesting people born on this date:

• 1865 - Warren G. Harding - Ohio lieutenant governor, U.S. Senator, and 29th President of the Untied States.
• 1795 - James K. Polk - 11th President of the United States whose time in office is marked by territorial gains including Texas, California, and the Oregon territory.
• 1755 - Marie-Antoinette - Most famous Queen of France in history whose opposition to reform contributed to the development of the French Revolution in 1792.
• 1734 - Daniel Boone - Legendary American frontiersman who blazed the trail through the Cumberland Gap opening Kentucky to the country's first westward expansion.

Other notable events on this day in history:

• 1947 - The world's largest airplane, Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose," made its only flight, one mile at 80 mph. The plane's wingspan measured 320 feet and it weighed about 400,000 pounds.
• 1889 - North Dakota and South Dakota became the 39th and 40th states admitted to the Union.