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Paige L

Tara and Dwight have chosen the name Paige L for their beautiful new daughter born Sunday, January 4, 2009 at St. John Medical Center.

Birth Statistics

Weight: 9 pounds, 7 ounces
Length: 23
Time: 5:59 a.m.
Date: Sunday, January 4, 2009

Origin of the name Paige...

French Helpful, Young attendant

Sunday, January 4, 2009 - a day to remember

The Weather:
The sun rose over Longview at 7:54 a.m. and set at 4:40 p.m. Local high:37° F
32° F
The nation's weather extremes were ° recorded at and ° at

In the financial world
the Dow Jones closed at 9,034.69

and the prices of some big and little ticket items were

Loaf of Bread: $2.49

Gallon of Milk: $3.85

Average New Home: $155,000.00

New Car: $21,750.00

Gallon of gasoline: $1.75

Populations:
Longview: 34,360
U.S. Population: 305,355,763

In the world of entertainment this week
The top grossing movie was: "Marley & Me"

Paige L shares his/her birthday with these other interesting people

1935 - Floyd Patterson -Heavyweight boxing champion (1956-59) - first man to win the heavyweight title twice

1914 - Jane Wyman - Academy Award-winning actress: Johnny Belinda (1948); first wife of Ronald Reagan

1809 - Louis Braille - Developed system of writing that could be felt and interpreted by the blind that bears his name

1785 - Jacob Grimm - Fairy tale author (with brother): Hansel and Grethel, Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White

There have been some other notable events on this day in history
1896 - Utah became the 45th State to be admitted to the Union.
1885 - The medical science of surgery made a leap as Dr. William Grant performed the first recorded appendectomy.
1754 - Columbia University, known then as Kings College, was founded in New York.

Happy Birthday Paige L
from your friends at
St. John Medical Center