Talia Mae

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 Laura and Jonathan on the birth of their beautiful new daughter Talia Mae.

A precious gift from God.

Birth Statistics

Weight: 7 pounds and 10 ounces

Length: 20

Time: 7:29 p.m.

Date: Friday, October 30, 2009

Delivered by: Rebecca Ullman, M.D.

Baby's Doctor: James Novak, M.D.

Origin of the name Talia . . .

Greek; Latin - "Blooming"; "Birthday"

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 9,712.73

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

Talia 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.