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Jayten Scott Coleman

Stacy has chosen the name Jayten Scott Coleman for her beautiful new son born at Mid-Columbia Medical Center.

9:13 p.m.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
21 1/2 inches
8 pounds, 7.5 ounces

This day in history

Other interesting people born on this date:

1935 - Geraldine Ferraro - American political leader and the first woman to be nominated for the Vice-Presidency by a major political party.
1906 - Albert Sabin - Polish/American physician and medical scientist. He developed the first oral polio vaccine which protected millions of children world-wide from the horrific disease.
1873 - Lee De Forest - Iowa inventor and holder of hundreds of patents. He is most noted for cration of the Audion vacuum tube, the key to making radio reception possible.

Other notable events
on this day in history:

1957 - Ford Motor Company rolled out its first Edsel. It was the wrong car for the wrong time and became the butt of jokes for many years. Today they are considered rare collectors items.
1883 - History's greatest recorded natural fireworks display, the volcanic explosion of Krakatoa, occurred. The blast, heard some 3,000 miles away, spewed five cubic miles of debris into the air, fifty miles high and created tidal waves up to 120 feet high.
1873 - The St. Louis school board authorized the creation of America's first public kindergarten.


Population:

The Dalles:
11,600
U.S. population:
306,288,955

Sunrise and sunset:

Sunrise:6:19 a.m.
Sunset:7:53 p.m.

Local weather:

The Dalles high:
91° F
The Dalles low:
51° F

The nation's weather extremes:

High: 115° at Death Valley, California
Low: 25 at Chandalar Lake, Alaska

The day's Dow Jones close:

9,543.52

Your dollar's worth

Loaf of bread:
$2.49
Gallon of milk:
$3.85
Gallon of gasoline:
$2.91
First-class stamp:
$0.44
New car:
$21,750.00
Average new home:
$165,000.00