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Abbygale Ranee'

Angelina and Jarod have chosen the name Abbygale Ranee' for their beautiful new daughter born at Mid-Columbia Medical Center.

2:26 p.m.
Monday, September 28, 2009
19 3/4 inches
7 pounds, 5.3 ounces
Origin of the name Abbygale: English, Hebrew
Name's original meaning: "My father rejoices"

This day in history

Other interesting people born on this date:

1954 - Steve Largent - Outstanding pro-football wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks who set records for most consecutive games with a reception, most yards on receptions and others. Later a U.S. Congressman.
1909 - Al Capp - Cartoonist whose newspaper comic strip, "Li'l Abner", with characters Daisy Mae, Mammy Yokum, Li'l Abner and others, delighted readers from 1934 through 1977.
1856 - Kate Douglas Wiggin - Leader of the kindergarten education movement in the United States and author of "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm."
1839 - Frances Willard - American political activist who founded the WTCU (World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union) in 1883, one of the forces that resulted in alcohol prohibition during the 1920's.

Other notable events
on this day in history:

1910 - Optometry classes were offered for the first time in America with the introduction of a two-year course in the field at Columbia University in New York City.
1781 - Some 16,000 Colonial and French troops began the siege of Yorktown, the action that would result in the British surrender and the end to the American War of Independence.
1542 - Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo landed at San Diego Bay, the first European landing on the Pacific Coast and the first exploration of what is now California.


Population:

The Dalles:
11,600
U.S. population:
306,420,559

Sunrise and sunset:

Sunrise:7:00 a.m.
Sunset:6:50 p.m.

Local weather:

The Dalles high:
69° F
The Dalles low:
42° F

The nation's weather extremes:

High: 118° at Death Valley, California
Low: 30 at Eagle, Alaska

The day's Dow Jones close:

9,665.19

Your dollar's worth

Loaf of bread:
$2.49
Gallon of milk:
$3.85
Gallon of gasoline:
$2.92
First-class stamp:
$0.44
New car:
$21,750.00
Average new home:
$165,000.00