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Tally Jo

Stacy and Ray have chosen the name Tally Jo for their beautiful new daughter born at Mid-Columbia Medical Center.

6:44 p.m.
Friday, August 28, 2009
18 3/4 inches
6 pounds, 15 ounces
Origin of the name Tally : Hebrew; French
Name's original meaning: "Dew from Heaven"; "Blooming"

This day in history

Other interesting people born on this date:

1917 - Jack Kirby - "The King of the Comics". He helped develop 400 comic book characters, including superheroes, Captain America, Spiderman and The Incredible Hulk.
1910 - Mother Teresa - Albanian born founder of the Catholic order of the Missionaries of Charity and dedicated servant to the impoverished of India.
1877 - Charles Stewart Rolls - British aviator who was first to fly across the English Channel and back without stopping. He also was co-founder of the legendary Rolls-Royce Ltd. automobile company.
1828 - Leo Tolstoy - Russian author considered to be one of the greatest novelists of all time, He is most recognized for the epic novels "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina".
1774 - Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton - Founder of the first American religious society - the Sisters of Charity and the first American-born person to achieve sainthood in the Catholic Church.

Other notable events
on this day in history:

1922 - WEAF radio aired the first radio commercial, a 10-minute pitch for a real estate development in New York.
1830 - Passenger rail service was inaugurated in the United States with the maiden voyage of the "Tom Thumb", transporting 26 passengers 13 miles in just one hour fifteen minutes.


Population:

The Dalles:
11,600
U.S. population:
306,296,931

Sunrise and sunset:

Sunrise:6:21 a.m.
Sunset:7:49 p.m.

Local weather:

The Dalles high:
89° F
The Dalles low:
64° F

The nation's weather extremes:

High: 121° at Death Valley, California
Low: 25 at Chandalar Lake, Alaska

The day's Dow Jones close:

9,544.20

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