Only one minute remained of the first day of 2009 when Jeremy Allen Wiitala was born at Memorial Health Center’s Family Center, earning him the distinction of being the health center’s first baby of the year. Born at 11:59 p.m. on January 1, 2009, to parents Randy and Melissa Wiitala, of Westboro, Jeremy weighed 8 lbs., 2 oz., and was 21 inches in length.

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