Anita and Dustin have chosen the name Sierra La'Rae Lynn for their beautiful new girl born at Benefis Hospitals.

Sierra
Names Origin: Spanish
Name's original meaning: Saw-toothed mountain range

Weight: 8 pounds, 3 ounces ounces
Length: 21 inches
Time: 3:51 p.m.
Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009

Delivered by: Thomas C. Key, M.D.
Baby's doctor: Petra M. Messick-Laeven, MD

Thursday, October 15, 2009 A Day To Remember

Sunrise and sunset:

• 7:25 a.m. a.m.
• 6:29 p.m. p.m.

Local weather:

• Great Falls high: 60° F
• Great Falls low: 36° F

The nation's weather extremes:

• High: ° F at
• Low: ° F at

• 10,015.86

Your dollar's worth

• Loaf of bread: $2.49
• Gallon of milk: $3.85
• Gallon of gasoline: $2.51
• First-class stamp: $0.44
• New car: $21,750.00
• Average new home: $155,000.00

Other interesting people born on this date:

• 1924 - Lee Iacocca - American automobile executive who introduced the fabulously popular Ford Mustang and rebuilt Chrysler from near bankruptcy.
• 1921 - Mario Puzo - American novelist and screenwriter best known for his novel "The Godfather" and Oscar winning screenplays for movies Godfather I and II.
• 1858 - John L. Sullivan - Greatly popular heavyweight boxing champion whose name has become the symbol of bareknuckle style of boxing of the 1800's.
• 1608 - Evangelista Torricelli - Italian scientist and thinker who invented the barometer and laid much groundwork in the development of integral calculus.

Other notable events on this day in history:

• 1951 - The pioneer sitcom "I Love Lucy" debuted on CBS. Under one name or another it lasted 20 years and set the standard for serial TV comedies to follow.
• 1878 - Thomas Edison incorporated the The Edison Electric Light Company in New York City.
• 1860 - Eleven year old Grace Bedell had a major impact on how we view our greatest president. On this date she wrote to Abraham Lincoln asking him to grow a beard. He did after the election.