Bishop Isreal Born: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 Time: 8:39 am Weight: 6 pounds and 5 ounces Length: 19 1/2 inches Mom: LaToya

Origin of the name Bishop: Greek - "Overseer".

April 30, 2008 - a day to remember The Weather The sun rose over Topeka at 6:26 am and set at 8:15 pm Topeka high: 80° F Topeka low: 46° F The nation's weather extremes were 105° recorded at Death Valley, California and -8° at Nuiqsut, Alaska

In the financial world The Dow Jones closed at 12820.13 The Kansas Minimum Wage was $5.15

. . . and the prices of some big and little ticket items were

Loaf of Bread:$ 2.49 Gallon of Milk: $ 3.85 First Class Stamp: $0.41 Average New Home: $132,500.00 New Car: $21,750.00

Populations:

Topeka: 120,300 U.S. Population: 286,916,147

In the world of entertainment this week The top grossing movie was: "Iron Man"

Bishop Isreal shares his birthday with these other interesting people 1777 - Carl Friedrich Gauss - German thinker whose contributions to mathematics rank him as one of the world's greatest mathematicians. 1933 - Willie Nelson - Grammy Award-winning musician, actor and author of scores of famous songs including "Georgia on My Mind" and "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain."

There have been some other notable events on this day in history 1789 - Nine days after John Adams took office as the first U.S. Vice President, George Washington was inaugurated as the first President of the United States. 1803 - In one of the biggest real estate deals of all time, the United States purchased the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Territory from France for less than three cents per acre. 1812 - Louisiana became the 18th state admitted to the Union. 1900 - Hawaii became a territory of the United States.