Cassandra and Jeremy have chosen the name Isaiah James for their beautiful new boy born at Benefis Hospitals.

Isaiah
Names Origin: Hebrew
Name's original meaning: "God is my salvation"

Weight: 8 pounds, 3 ounces ounces
Length: 20 1/2 inches
Time: 6:55 p.m.
Date: Thursday, October 8, 2009

Delivered by: Sandra L. Bailey, D.O.
Baby's doctor: Craig C. Matelich, MD

Thursday, October 8, 2009 A Day To Remember

Sunrise and sunset:

• 7:17 a.m. a.m.
• 6:40 p.m. p.m.

Local weather:

• Great Falls high: 46° F
• Great Falls low: 19° F

The nation's weather extremes:

• High: 101° F at Laredo, Texas
• Low: 7° F at Lake Yellowstone, Wyo.

• 9,786.87

Your dollar's worth

• Loaf of bread: $2.49
• Gallon of milk: $3.85
• Gallon of gasoline: $2.59
• First-class stamp: $0.44
• New car: $21,750.00
• Average new home: $155,000.00

Other interesting people born on this date:

• 1922 - Dr. Christiaan Barnard - South African surgical pioneer who performed the first successful heart transplant in 1967.
• 1890 - Eddie Rickenbacker - Fighter pilot, industrialist, and the most celebrated American air ace of World War I having won 26 air victories in Europe.
• 1869 - J. Frank Duryea- Inventor who, with brother Charles, of one of the first automobiles and the first to be built and operated in the United States - in September, 1893.
• 1846 - Elbert Henry Gary - American lawyer and first chairman and CEO of U.S. Steel who introduced employee stock ownership, profit sharing and safe working conditions.

Other notable events on this day in history:

• 1956 - New York Yankee pitcher Donald Larsen, recorded the first ever perfect world series game, no hits, no runs and no walks in a 2 - 1 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers.
• 1890 - In one of history's most incredible solo military actions, U.S. Army foot-soldier Alvin York single-handedly took out a German machine gun emplacement, killed 25 enemy soldiers and captured 132.