Dexter Anthony Neil

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 Meghan and Clinton on the birth of their beautiful new son Dexter Anthony Neil.

Birth Statistics

Weight: 6 pounds and 9 ounces

Length: 19

Time: 6:44 p.m.

Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009

Delivered by: Martin Meinig, M.D.

Baby's Doctor: Robert Ross, M.D.

Origin of the name Dexter . . .

Latin - "Adroit, Dexterous"

Thursday, October 15, 2009 - A Day To Remember . . . The Weather

Local High: 64

Local low: 38

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The sun rose over Klamath Falls at 7:20 a.m. and set at 6:25 p.m.

In the financial world . . .

The Dow Jones close was 10,062.94

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: 306,488,355

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

1924 - Lee Iacocca - American automobile executive who introduced the fabulously popular Ford Mustang and rebuilt Chrysler from near bankruptcy.

1921 - Mario Puzo - American novelist and screenwriter best known for his novel "The Godfather" and Oscar winning screenplays for movies Godfather I and II.

1858 - John L. Sullivan - Greatly popular heavyweight boxing champion whose name has become the symbol of bareknuckle style of boxing of the 1800's.

1608 - Evangelista Torricelli - Italian scientist and thinker who invented the barometer and laid much groundwork in the development of integral calculus.

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

1951 - The pioneer sitcom "I Love Lucy" debuted on CBS. Under one name or another it lasted 20 years and set the standard for serial TV comedies to follow.

1878 - Thomas Edison incorporated the The Edison Electric Light Company in New York City.

1860 - Eleven year old Grace Bedell had a major impact on how we view our greatest president. On this date she wrote to Abraham Lincoln asking him to grow a beard. He did after the election.