It’ll be his first New Year’s Eve

Thomas George Kula will celebrate his first New Year’s Eve Monday night. Thomas was born Jan. 2, 2001 in Little Falls and was the first boy born in 2001 at St. Gabriel’s Hospital. His parents are Tony and Val Kula. His siblings are Joseph, 8, Molly, 5 and Elizabeth, 3. His grandparents are George and Erna Wetzel, Little Falls. Staff photo by Keith O. Axvig