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It seems unfathomable that a week ago, the world’s televisions were full of triumph and sport, international spirit and respect. Those same screens are unrecognizable now, as people from every continent woke up to a new reality: war. As images flash across monitors of explosions along the Ukrainian front, there’s a certain disbelief that any of this is real. Families, hunkered down in bomb shelters. Children, pinned with bright stickers listing their blood types, parents› names, and phone numbers. Mothers and fathers, braced for news that their soldier sons have fallen. A new winter is blowing through the West, and no one is sure how -- or where -- it will end.
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BLANKETS OF LOVE — The Coalgate High School baseball team delivered brand new blankets to every resident in the Manor on Valentine’s Day. The blankets were donated by citizens of the community during a drive sponsored by the Wildcat team. Shown from left (front) - Jay Todd, Payton Hilfer, Jody Trevathan, Mark Reed, Dax Childers; (back) - Trevin Loudermilk, Conner Davidson, Cade Cometti, Coach Phillip Wilkinson, Trey Wilkinson, Gavin Blue, Easton Wilkinson, Assistant Coach JW Stanley. Not pictured - Caleb West, Tristan Trevathan, Kolten Magby, Tison Franklin, Ryfle Gold. (photo submitted)
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2021-2022 NATIONAL JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTEES — Wallace Byrd Middle School students inducted into the National Junior Honor Society included Easton Wilkinson, Kamryn Wilkinson and Jett Burris, from left. Not pictured – Makayla Brown, Ezekiel Marlow. (Note: This photo was published in the February 23 paper with Jett Burris’s name listed incorrectly. Our apologies to Jett and his family.)
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