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Ainsley Jean

Rebecca and Zack have chosen the name Ainsley Jean for their beautiful new daughter born at Mid-Columbia Medical Center.

6:32 a.m.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
21 inches
8 pounds, 14.5 ounces
Origin of the name Ainsley: Scottish Gaelic
Name's original meaning: "One's own meadow"

This day in history

Other interesting people born on this date:

1946 - Marilyn vos Savant - American journalist and columnist who recorded the highest IQ score ever tested, 228.
1921 - Alex Haley - American author noted for his Pulitzer Prize winning account of his search for his African ancestors, Roots and for the biography of Malcolm X.

Other notable events
on this day in history:

1965 - Karen Yvett Muir became the youngest athlete to set a world record. At age 12, she swam the 100-yard backstroke in 87 seconds at a meet in Blackpool, England.
1896 - Harvey Hubbell of Bridgeport, Connecticut, received a patent for the pull chain electric light socket.


Population:

The Dalles:
11,600
U.S. population:
306,229,135

Sunrise and sunset:

Sunrise:6:01 a.m.
Sunset:8:18 p.m.

Local weather:

The Dalles high:
88° F
The Dalles low:
61° F

The nation's weather extremes:

High: 117° at Death Valley, California
Low: 27 at Anaktuvak Pass, Alaska

The day's Dow Jones close:

9,337.95

Your dollar's worth

Loaf of bread:
$2.49
Gallon of milk:
$3.85
Gallon of gasoline:
$2.84
First-class stamp:
$0.44
New car:
$21,750.00
Average new home:
$165,000.00