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Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital welcomes 2009's first baby

Chaix Ernestine Cynthia Speerstra Mooney was the first baby of 2009 born at the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in Sitka.

Chaix, pronounced "shay," was born at 12:07 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Her parents are Linda Speerstra and Phil Mooney of Sitka. Chaix weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces, and she was 19 inches long at birth. Chaix was delivered by Dr. Don Lehmann of Sitka Medical Center.

Chaix has three brothers, Jason Nuñez Mooney, Nicholaas Perkins and Anthony Perkins. She also has two sisters, Brenna Mooney and Maryke Speerstra Mooney. Her grandparents are Mary and Ted Schwindt of Woodland, Wash., and Ernestine Mooney of Boise, Idaho. Chaix is named for the Chaix Hills on Malaspina Glacier, near Icy Bay and Yakutat. Her middle name Ernestine honors her grandmother, and Cynthia honors an aunt who died of cancer.

As the first baby of the new year born at Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital, Chaix and her parents received several special gifts from local businesses. The donated gifts included a variety of baby supplies and numerous gift certificates.

The gifts were donated by Home Plus, Ben Franklin, Lakeside Grocery, SeaMart Grocery, True Value, Alaska Basket Company, Raincountry, Old Harbor Books, Harry Race, The Cellar, Brenner's, Abby's Reflection, Colliver's Shoes and Bear Country Gifts, First National Bank of Alaska, Theobroma Chocolates, ALPS Federal Credit Union, Stereo North, Silver Basin, Wells Fargo, Sitka Bazaar, Mac's/Russell's, Westmark Hotel Raven Dining Room, Sitka Lutheran Church, Agave Restaurant, Pizza Express and SEARHC Administration. SEARHC Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital thanks the businesses for their donations.



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First baby of 2009: Chaix Ernestine Cynthia Speerstra Mooney

Maryke Speerstra Mooney, 5 1/2, holds her baby sister, Chaix Ernestine Cynthia Speerstra Mooney, as parents Phil Mooney and Linda Speerstra look on. Chaix, pronounced "shay," was the first baby born in Sitka in 2009. She was born at 12:07 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 3, at SEARHC Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital. She weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces, and was 19 inches long. Behind the Speerstra Mooney family are several gifts donated by local merchants for the first baby born at Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital.