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Show an me nr oA Nt A SO A t,t RON a SiO Gia ts te Soa SOPE PD TA COE dB RA fi ht tag iE AY 5 Capa, A AT Nia PE HS Sanrio { ' The Birth of the New ille - g nniuim Heber Valley Medical Center Welcomes First Baby, Ruby Gillin PHOTOS STO RY AND he oblique Maori necklaces around ‘ize new beginnings, and for the couple and Wasatch County, young Ruby was 16 At midnight on Dec. 31, when most of the world waved goodbye to the old year and heralded the new with a glass of bubbly and perhaps a kiss, Dana, in labor, and Bill raced from their Peoa home to the Heber Valley Medical Center. The hospital ‘staff, eager for the arrival of the first ‘infant of the year, anxiously waited outside the Gillin’s room. After nearly 20° hours, a seven - pound, five ounce baby girl named Ruby Rhye was born at 7:45 p.m. She is the first baby to be born in Wasatch County on the first day of the new millennium. eae gees “This was the first New. ‘Year’s Eve I’ve whose bright eyes belied her : -Ruby’s birth was not an easy one. Dana turned down medication and an epidural, preferring a natural childbirth. Se aga ee “You have to really want to have a natural birth to do it,” said Dana. “And you have to be able to Dana’s childhood friend, Stephanie, promises Ruby a 22: “It seems like t he whole _ not take part in traditional motherhood classes such as lamaze, but found yoga j and midwife literature to be helpful. Ruby Rhye was ‘the recipient of the New Year’s baby package prepared by the hospital auxillary, a volunteer group formerly known as the Pink Ladies. Forty-seven businesses donat- ed more lifelong friendship. was very generous, and so was the Candy Bouquet, half of whom’s proceeds go to the Huntsman Cancer Institute.” _ Se The Gillins were quite thankful for the gifts, and Dana said it was all due to Ruby “picking that than. $1,000 worth of merchandise, MILLENIUM continued on B5 more than twice last year’s amount. Gifts includ- ed bank bonds totaling $150, free dinners, a gift certificate to the Homestead Resort, free movies from Video Update, books, toys, groceries, a massage, a one-month gym membership, a baby monitor from Radio Shack and. much, much more. Female inmates at the | Wasatch County Jail donated baby clothes ~ zee and a beautiful blanket. “I don’t know whether it was the nium or I just worked harder,” joked lary president Calleen Cox. “We have business in Heber now and next ‘arduous week:< SHAW not feel bad if you change your mind.” Gillin did — ‘stayed up all night long,” Said Dana, KIRSTEN world has stopped. It is definitely a New Year’s to remember.” Bill and Dana Gillin’s necks symbol- just that. BY : millenauxilmore year might even be better. We were really excited. The Gillins are a nice young -couple who seemed really happy to have Ruby. Bill was a real cute little _ papa, insisting he accompany Ruby and I to the nursery. She’s a gorgeous little thing.” | “A lot of donors deserve mention. Chrysalis Hair Designs — donated almost as much as each bank,” Cox Pedros en said. “Don a skh Sl cain ¥ & 6 = RO See Se rane, I ae Jie . ee Nee pes SLE boot “cep ; e gene tg ; $258 Be be OE |