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Kaylee Ann


Rebekah and Jim have chosen the name Kaylee Ann for their beautiful new girl born at Sacred Heart Medical Center.
Birth Statistics
Weight: 5 pounds and 15.6 ounces
Length: 19 inches
Time: 11:56 a.m.
Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Delivered by: Martha M. Reilly, M.D.
Baby's Doctor: Clayton W. Young, MD
Origin of the name Kaylee
Greek - Root: Katherine - "Purity."

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - A Day To Remember . . .

The Weather:

The sun rose over Lane County at 7:09 a.m. and set at 6:54 p.m.
Local high: 63
Local low: 46
The nation's weather extremes were 118 at Death Valley, California and 30 at Eagle, Alaska

In the financial world

The Dow Jones closed at 9,742.20
Minimum Wage was $8.40

and the prices of some big and little ticket items were

Loaf of bread: $2.49
Gallon of milk: $3.85
Average New Home: $239,000.00
New Car: $21,750.00
Gallon of gasoline: $2.87
First class stamp: $0.44

Populations:

Eugene/Springfield 185,160
U.S. Population: 306,428,535

Kaylee Ann shares her birthday with these other interesting people

1861 - William Wrigley, Jr. - American salesman who built the Wrigley chewing gum dynasty, owned the Chicago Cubs and developed Catalina Island off the coast of Southern California.
1882 - Hans Geiger - German scientist who developed the first successful detector of various forms of radiation, known as the Geiger Counter.
1924 - Truman Capote - American author and playwright known principally for the play, "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and the powerful novel, "In Cold Blood."

There have been some other notable events on this day in history

1787 - The American merchant ship, Columbia, sailed out of Boston Harbor on what would become a 3 year, 42,000 mile journey around the world, the first ship to circumnavigate the globe under the American flag.
1927 - Yankee slugger Babe Ruth hit a record 60th home run in a single season. His record would stand until Roger Maris hit his 61st, 34 years later.
1947 - The New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 5 to 3 in the first televised World Series game.

Happy Birthday Kaylee
from your friends at
Sacred Heart Medical Center