Christian Andreas

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 Michelle and Christian on the birth of their beautiful new son Christian Andreas.

Birth Statistics

Weight: 7 pounds and 0 ounces

Length: 20

Time: 6:48 a.m.

Date: Friday, October 9, 2009

Delivered by: Sarah A. Lamanuzzi, M.D.

Baby's Doctor: Sarah A. Lamanuzzi, M.D.

Origin of the name Christian . . .

English, Greek - "Anointed one"

Friday, October 9, 2009 - A Day To Remember . . . The Weather

Local High: 70

Local low: 28

The nation's weather extremes were 95 recorded at nationHighLocation and 7 recorded at Arctic Village, Alaska, and Logan, Mont.

The sun rose over Klamath Falls at 7:13 a.m. and set at 6:34 p.m.

In the financial world . . .

The Dow Jones close was 9,786.87

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: 306,464,427

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

1940 - John Lennon - Lead singer and songwriter for the world's most commercially successful rock and roll band - the Beatles.

1891 - Otto Schnering - American entrepreneur and candy manufacturer who founded the Curtiss Candy Co. and introduced Baby Ruth and Butterfinger candy bars to the world.

1890 - Aimee Semple McPherson - Highly theatrical evangelist who pioneered preaching on the radio and through that became wealthy, famous, and controversial.

1873 - Charles Walgreen -American pharmacist and innovator who created the concept of the modern drugstore, and founded the largest drugstore chain in the U.S.

1860 - Leonard Wood - American Army Officer, physician, Governor General of the Philippines, and candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1920.

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

1946 - The Simmons Company of Petersburg, Virginia, introduced the first electric blanket, suggested retail price $39.50.

1872 - Aaron Montgomery initiated a new marketing technique with the release of the his first catalog. It was so successful that it resulted in the huge Montgomery Ward catalog and stores.

1855 - Isaac Singer received a patent for the sewing machine motor, a device that greatly increased the productivity of garment workers and home hobbyists everywhere.

1701 - The Collegiate School of Connecticut, known today as Yale University, was chartered in New Haven, Connecticut.