Evie Isabella

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

The Staff of Sky Lakes Medical Center add our congratulations and very best wishes to Amy Jo and Samuel on the birth of their beautiful new daughter Evie Isabella.

Birth Statistics

Weight: 8 pounds and 4 ounces

Length: 20

Time: 8:34 a.m.

Date: Friday, October 30, 2009

Delivered by: Martin Meinig, M.D.

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

Origin of the name Evie . . .

Hebrew - "Life"

Friday, October 30, 2009 - A Day To Remember . . . The Weather

Local High: 59

Local low: 32

The nation's weather extremes were 103 recorded at nationHighLocation and 8 recorded at Northway, Alaska

The sun rose over Klamath Falls at 7:38 a.m. and set at 6:03 p.m.

In the financial world . . .

The Dow Jones close was 9,962.58

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: 306,548,175

Evie shares her birthday with these other interesting people . . .

1893 - Charles Atlas- Italian-born American physical fitness pioneer who marketed the amazingly popular Charles Atlas mail-order bodybuilding course during the first half of the 20th Century.

1882 - William F. "Bull" Halsey, U.S. Navy Admiral whose leadership of the 3rd Fleet was a key factor in the victory over Japanese forces during World War II.

1735 - John Adams -One of United States Founding Fathers - Vice President under George Washington; 2nd President of the United States

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

1990 - Ground transportation between the island nation of England and France became a reality as tunnel construction crews met under the English Channel.

1945 - The rationing of shoes in America, that was imposed during World War II, came to an end.

1938 - Orson Welles broadcast the play, "War of the Worlds" on CBS radio. It was so effective that thousands truly believed that Earth was being invaded by Martians.

1888 - John Loud of Wemouth, Massachusetts, was awarded a patent for the ball point pen.