Ellana Grace Louise Born: Monday, November 16, 2009 Time: 1:16 am Weight: 6 pounds and 2 ounces Length: 19 3/4 inches Parents: Rekeisae and Rene

Origin of the name Ellana: Old French - "Bright, shining, light".

November 16, 2009 - a day to remember The Weather The sun rose over Topeka at 7:07 am and set at 5:08 pm Topeka high: 40° F Topeka low: 33° F The nation's weather extremes were 85° recorded at Honolulu, Hawaii (contiguous 4 and -44° at Huslia, Alaska

In the financial world The Dow Jones closed at 10270.47 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: 289,169,367

Ellana Grace Louise shares her birthday with these other interesting people 1889 - George S. Kaufman - Pulitzer-winning playwright and director or a wide range of plays including "The Cocoanuts", "A Night at the Opera", and "You Can't Take It with You".

There have been some other notable events on this day in history 1901 - A.C. Bostwick smashed the land speed record by racing 63.8 mph over a one-mile course in Brooklyn, New York. It was the first time an automobile exceeded a mile a minute. 1907 - Oklahoma became the 46th state admitted to the Union. 1984 - Astronaut Anna L. Fisher scored a first when she became the first mom to fly in space, doing so aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery.