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126 Issue No. 30
Legal Organ For Peach County. City of Fort Valley and City Of Byron
Thoughts On
September Uth
By Mark C.L. Walker and
Horace C. Holloman III
Curley Williams
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THOUGHTS ON 9/77: I feel
like the U.S. as a whole has
come a long way even though
we have a long little away bit to go
we have come a more
unified at that but I feel like we
still need a lot more work.
WHERE YOU WERE: I was at
school and the next thing I knew
everyone was turning to the tele¬
vision I was in a rush to get home
to see if my parents knew about
it for all those that did I send my
blessing out to them and keep
god first.
Frank Mahigad
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WHERE YOU WERE: At the
time I was still working of Hunt
Memorial happened Library walk and by the I just elec¬ so
to
tronic section of a store I was in
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Local Weather Forecast
Wednesday, Sept. 7
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Somone To Look Up To. During the playing of the Alma Mater, Matthew Winters gives next-door neighbor
Noah the honor of holding up his helmet as the Trojans celebrate another victory. We suspect the young¬
ster plans to play football for the Trojans in a few years. Photo by Victor Kulkosky
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Doing a double takef Rest assured, your eyes deceive you not. Pictures are 10 of the 12 pairs of twins
attending Hunt Elementary School. Front row (seated), l-r: Jasmin and Yasmin Copeland, Jayda and and Jayden
Madison-Houston, Brooklynn and Jayde Haber; Middle Row (kneeling) l-r: KdaQuavous DonTravious
Oliver, Kheyana and Khayri Henton, Shaliyah and Aaliyah Wynn, Jaylen and Jamel Dickey; Back Row
(Standing) l-r: Caymen ana Caleb Watson, Jayla and Javion Carter, Akeem and AuSeon Williams. Not
pictured: Kayana and Kcyana Redmon, ShonTravious and ShonTrevious Leary. Photo by Victor Kulkosky
By Victor Kulkosky
News Editor
It would take some fancy math
to find the exact figure, but Hunt
Elementary School can probably claim
a “12 in a million" phenomenon: 12
sets of twins are enrolled in the school
at the same time.
It was something that HES staff
noticed by chance after comparing
notes. It requited a photo shoot to
confirm it. and indeed, it's true. HES
staff have taken to calling them “The
Unique Dozen." How about "The
Doppelganger Dozen?" And, to
lengthen the long adds even more, four
of those pairs are boy-girl sets.
One question people always ask
twins is, “Do you like being twins?'
Fifth graders Kheyana and Khayri
Henton had differing opinions when
quizzed after the photo shoot.
Kheyana said “yes," while Khayri
said “no.”
Kharyi let on that he'd like a twin
brother, “so we can do boy stuff."
EX> the unalike siblings play much
together.? After a pause. Kheyana said,
"kind of.”
Kindergartners Jayde and Brooklynn
Hebcr seem more twin-like. If not for
their white and red shirts, it would take
a parent's - or a sibling's - eye to tell
them apart
Asked the “do you like being twins,"
question, the pair smile the same bash
fid smile after looking at each other, as
if checking to see what the other one
thinks.
"Sort erf,” they say almost in unison.
Brooklynn and Jayde do a lot togeth¬
er. They both play t-bail and cheer¬
leading.
Asked if they do anything different,
they oddly enough nod together and
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Marine Hero
Welcomed in
Byron and
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Marine CpI. Tony Mullis stands
tall just five months after losing
both legs to a roadside bomb in
Afghanistan. His escort passed
through Byron on the way to
his hometown of Hawkinsville,
where he spoke to a crow of sev¬
eral hundred well-wishers. Photo
by Mark Walker
By Horace Holloman III
Leader-Tribune Intern
Just five months after los¬
ing his legs to a roadside bomb in
Afghanistan, Marine Corporal Tony
Mullis received a hero's welcome as
he travelled through Byron and on to
his hometown of Hawkinsville.
On April 5, while serving his
second tour in Afghanistan, CpI.
Mullis witnessed the birth of his son
Cason via the Internet. On April 6,
Mullis was injured by a blast from
an improvised explosive device and
became a bi-lateral amputee. The
Georgia native received a Purple
Heart on April 12 and spent the
next few months rehabilitating at
the Walter Reed Military Medical
Center and Bethesda Naval Hospital
in Maryland. Equipped with two
prosthetic legs and his unwavering
resiliency, the strong- willed marine
returned to Georgia last Saturday for
the first time sine* his brush with
death.
The journey back home began
Saturday morning September 3 as
a limousine carrying Mullis and
a motorcycle escort traveled with
the hero from the Westin Atlanta
Airport Hotel and made a stops
at Vietnam Veterans Parkway in
Byron and Robins Air Force Base
j n Warner Robins before arriving in
Hawkinsville for the homecoming
festivities.
Hundreds of on ookers lined the
streets of Hawkinsville to show their
support for Mullis and his family.
•“This event was touching, I know
their family and I’m happy to see
him come home." said Marcia Harris
a resident of Hawkinsville. It was an
emotional time for friends and family
as they were able to see their hero for
the first time since his deployment.
Many reminisced about the good
times they shared with the young
m an and how much they appreciated
his sacrifice,
“Tony was my neighbor; my
daughters used to babysit him and
his brother. 1 used to let him hunt
arcHJIK i the back of my place. He
loved hunting: he loved everything;
he did what he wanted to do and I’m
j t turned out this way,” said Pat
Weldon.
With the anniversary of September
j i th slowly approaching, the parade
was a griping reminder of the sacri
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then spin each other around.
It turns out they have separate favor
ite toys. Brooklyn prefers "Beary.
a teddy bear, while Jayde prefers
"blanky,” a blanket with animal pic¬
tures on it.
So just how unusual is it to have
12 pairs of twins in a school of 721
students?
Statistics from the National Center
for Health Statistics of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention say the
national birth rate for twins is around
32 per 1,000 live births. That means
32 sets of twins are bom somewhere
in the country out of every thousand
births. In H)08. 138,660 twin births
were reported in the U S The multiple
birth rate has risen about 60% since the
1980s due to both use o! fertility treat
ments and higher birth rates among
okkr parents, who are more likely to
have multiple births.
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