Year?s first baby arrives

For one family, the new year brought with it a tiny bundle of joy.

River Park Hospital has announced that at 2:55 a.m. Jan. 2, the facility?s first baby of the new year was born.

Jose Manuel Carreon, son of Hlarlo Carreon and Brenda C. Vasoues of Yager Road in McMinnville, was delivered in River Park?s Family Birth Unit, weighing 6 pounds, 2 ounces.

?We certainly congratulate little Jose?s family and wish them all health and happiness in the new year,? said Christopher W. Dux, River Park Hospital CEO. ?We?d also like to send out thanks to all of the local businesses who helped make this a special occasion for all of those involved.?

As in years past, River Park and several local businesses donated gifts to the baby?s family to honor his birth.

This year?s participants include: All-O-K?sions, Ashley?s Attic, Bi-Lo, Big Lots, ClearChannel Communications, Eckerd, First National Bank, Foodland, Kroger, The Lathers Lair, Mommy and Me, PK Embroidery, Newtown Foodland, Sally?s Beauty Supply, Stewart Pharmacy, Wal-Mart and the McMinnville-Warren County Chamber of Commerce.