Derrick Reed

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 Racheal and Tyler on the birth of their beautiful new son Derrick Reed.

Birth Statistics

Weight: 5 pounds and 12.2 ounces

Length: 19 1/2

Time: 8:22 a.m.

Date: Friday, October 23, 2009

Delivered by: Martin Meinig, M.D.

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

Origin of the name Derrick . . .

English, Old German - Alternative spelling of Derek: "Famous Ruler" or "Ruler of the People."

Friday, October 23, 2009 - A Day To Remember . . . The Weather

Local High: 63

Local low: 35

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The sun rose over Klamath Falls at 7:30 a.m. and set at 6:13 p.m.

In the financial world . . .

The Dow Jones close was 10,081.31

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: 306,520,259

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

1942 - Michael Crichton - American author whose books translated into some of the biggest movies of all time including "Jurassic Park", "Twister", "Rising Sun" and others.

1906 - Gertrude Ederle - American Olympic gold medalist and the first woman to successfully swim across the English Channel.

1869 - John Heisman - football coach and innovator credited with legalizing the forward pass. The trophy awarded annually the to the best collegiate player is named for him.

1835 - Adlai Ewing Stevenson - Vice President of the United States in the administration of Grover Cleveland.

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

1962 - Following the discovery of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, the United States quarantined the Island nation to prevent a buildup of offensive weapons. So began the "Cuban Missile Crisis."

1885 - Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania opened its doors becoming the first college in the United States to offer graduate level courses for women.

1855 - Kansas became the only state to have two governments as anti-slavery forces swore in a governor and legislature in competition to the fraudulently elected pro-slavery group.