Melissa and Justin have chosen the name Mia Marie for their beautiful new girl born at Benefis Hospitals.

Mia
Names Origin: English
Name's original meaning: Root: Miriam - "Wished for Child"

Weight: 7 pounds, 9 ounces ounces
Length: 19 3/4 inches
Time: 6:25 p.m.
Date: Friday, November 13, 2009

Delivered by: AmandaHenzel, M.D.
Baby's doctor: Craig C. Matelich, MD

Friday, November 13, 2009 A Day To Remember

Sunrise and sunset:

• 7:01 a.m. a.m.
• 4:51 p.m. p.m.

Local weather:

• Great Falls high: 37° F
• Great Falls low: 20° F

The nation's weather extremes:

• High: 88° F at Kona Airport, Hawaii, and Laredo, Texas
• Low: -30° F at Arctic Village, Alaska

• 10,197.47

Your dollar's worth

• Loaf of bread: $2.49
• Gallon of milk: $3.85
• Gallon of gasoline: $2.55
• First-class stamp: $0.44
• New car: $21,750.00
• Average new home: $155,000.00

Other interesting people born on this date:

• 1856 - Louis Brandeis - American lawyer who broke race and religious barriers by becoming the first Jewish U.S. Supreme Court Justice in 1916.
• 1850 - Robert Louis Stevenson - Scottish author of fiction and travel books, best known for his great adventures "Treasure Island", "Kidnapped", and the "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."
• 1718 - John Montague, 4th Earl of Sandwich - British first lord of the Admiralty during the American Revolution and person for whom both the Sandwich Islands and the sandwich are named.

Other notable events on this day in history:

• 1971 - Man pushed a little farther into space this day with the launch of Mariner 9. It was the first to orbit and map Mars and study its thin atmosphere.
• 1940 - The strange and wonderful Walt Disney full-length animated movie "Fantasia" premiered in New York.
• 1789 - Ben Franklin noted in a letter to a friend what has become one of the world's most often quoted phrases, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes."