Nathan Deen

The Klamath Basin is blessed with the arrival of a baby boy!

The Staff of Sky Lakes Medical Center add our congratulations and very best wishes to Kirby and Dameon on the birth of their beautiful new son Nathan Deen.

Birth Statistics

Weight: 7 pounds and 13.4 ounces

Length: 19 1/2

Time: 6:52 p.m.

Date: Friday, October 2, 2009

Delivered by:

Baby's Doctor: Nicola J. Cherry, M.D.

Origin of the name Nathan . . .

English, French, Hebrew - from Nathaniel, gift of God

Friday, October 2, 2009 - A Day To Remember . . . The Weather

Local High: 59

Local low: 27

The nation's weather extremes were 99 recorded at nationHighLocation and 3 recorded at Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska

The sun rose over Klamath Falls at 7:06 a.m. and set at 6:46 p.m.

In the financial world . . .

The Dow Jones close was 9,487.67

and the Minimum Wage was $8.40

A market basket of consumer prices looked like this . . .

Loaf of Bread: $2.49

Gallon of milk: $3.85

First class stamp: $0.44

Average new $201,000.00

New Car: $21,750.00

Populations . .

Klamath Basin Population: 71,000

U.S. Population: 306,436,511

Nathan shares his birthday with these other interesting people . . .

1895 - Bud Abbott - Comedian who starred in 35 movies with partner Lou Costello and is most famous for the timeless act, "Who's on First?"

1890 - Groucho Marx - One of the great comedic actors and personalities of all time. He starred with the Marx Brothers in classic films "Animal Crackers", "Duck Soup", "Horse Feathers", and others.

1869 - Mahatma (Mohandas) Gandhi - Indian spiritual leader whose non-violent political strategies won independence from Great Britain for his nation.

1737 - Francis Hopkinson - American member of Continental Congress and probable designer of the American flag. You will find his signature on the Declaration of Independence.

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

1967 - Thurgood Marshall took the oath of office becoming the first American of African descent to hold the office of Justice of the US Supreme Court.