Re: Way OT Alaska Town Welcomes First Baby Ever Born


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Alaska Town Welcomes First Baby Ever Born in Community
Thursday, January 17, 2008

KETCHIKAN, Alaska - The Prince of Wales community of Whale Pass is
welcoming the first baby ever born in the small community, at least as far
back as local people can remember.

The baby is named Boomchain Everett Loucks. He was born December 18th at
1:15 a.m.

Steve Loucks, the baby's father, says the baby was born right on the couch
in the living room.

Steve said he and his wife, Christy, were out trapping in Exchange Cove
when his wife went into labor. The baby's due date was a few days later.

He says by the time they get home, it was too late to go to Craig and the
helicopters weren't flying.

Christy says the birth went well. There was help from the local EMS squad,
and two doctors at Ketchikan General Hospital supervised by phone.

The couple named the child Boomchain because Steve works in logging and
likes boomchains. A boomchain is a heavy chain used to attach the ends of
logs together to make a log boom, which helps in the building of log
rafts.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,323705,00.html
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I posted this because of the baby's name. Cracked me up.


LOL I think its very Alaskan to name your child Boomchain.

Mostly people in bush alaska get xferred to urban centers to give birth at
32 weeks. They don't deliver babies in craig either but there is a clinic.


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