Harmony paige Born: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 Time: 2:45 pm Weight: 9 pounds and 5 ounces Length: 21 1/2 inches Parents: Tammy and Mark

Delivered by: Manya Schmidt, C.N.M.

Baby's doctor: George H. Evans, M.D.

Origin of the name Harmony: Latin - "Harmonious".

September 9, 2009 - a day to remember The Weather The sun rose over Topeka at 6:59 am and set at 7:40 pm Topeka high: 76° F Topeka low: 66° F The nation's weather extremes were 118° recorded at Death Valley, California and 30° at Eagle, Alaska

In the financial world The Dow Jones closed at 9497.34 The Kansas Minimum Wage was $6.55

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

Loaf of Bread:$ 2.49 Gallon of Milk: $ 3.85 First Class Stamp: $0.44 Average New Home: $132,500.00 New Car: $21,750.00

Populations:

Topeka: 120,300 U.S. Population: 288,898,183

Harmony paige shares her birthday with these other interesting people 1754 - Captain William Bligh - Captain of Her Majesty's Ship, Bounty, at the time of the most famous mutiny in history, known as the "Mutiny on the Bounty". 1890 - Colonel Harland Sanders - American entrepreneur and founder of the fast food chain, Kentucky Fried Chicken. 1893 - Esther Cleveland - Daughter of President and Mrs. Grover Cleveland. She was the first baby born to Presidential parents in the White House.

There have been some other notable events on this day in history 1776 - The Second Continental Congress changed the name of the fledgling country from "United Colonies" to the "United States." 1836 - Abraham Lincoln was awarded a license to practice law in the state of Illinois. 1850 - California became the 31st state admitted to the Union. 1926 - NBC was established in New York with a mission to provide nationwide radio broadcasts.