New Year Baby is Lyra Walls

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(photo from Washington Times Herald)  

The New Year Baby for 2018 at Daviess Community Hospital is Lyra Ann Walls.   She was born at 2:41 pm Thursday.    Lyra came early according to the Washington Times Herald  She wasn’t expected to be born until the end of the month.   Lyra is the daughter of Garrick Walls and Ayla Fay.

        DCH spokesperson told the paper that 500 babies were born at the hospital in 2017.   That’s up from 458 in 2016.   The babies in 2017 were from Daviess, Knox, Greene and Orange Counties and from Oblong, Illinois.  Currently there are 50 babies due to be born at DCH this month.