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Thursday, September 6, 2012 • Vol. 21, No. 2 • 24 Pages • Circulation 20,000 • www.capitalcitynews.us • Phone 225-261-5055
Mayor Pro-Tem Was Adopted Twice by Age 16
Photo by Woody Jenkins
BATON ROUGE — The future didn’t look very bright for the little boy born to a 16-year-old unwed moth-
Mike Walker as a boy and today
Prep Football: Coach Sid Says Best Wins Don’t Always Come on Friday Nights COACH SID EDWARDS with son Jack Ryan who suffers from autisim, wife Beanie, and coach J. R. Owens.
CITY OF CENTRAL — Central High head football coach Sid Edwards was honored recently as a Louisiana Sports Legend, the only high
school coach ever to receive the who rarely talks about football — honor. Two years ago, he was even to his players. He talks to named Louisiana’s 5A Coach of them about things like character, the Year. Ironically, this is a coach See FOOTBALL on Page 20
er on Dec. 31, 1948, in the small North Louisiana community of Weston. That wasn’t something that was accepted, and babies like that were often given away. But the mother was the youngest in a family of five girls, and when the girl’s father looked down at the newborn, he said, “I wanted a boy! We’ll keep him!” So, instead of being given away at birth, little Mike Hudson was adopted by his grandfather and grandmother and got to stay with his family. Although there was a lot of pain along the way and he
U. S. Chamber Affiliates with New Chamber
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MOUNTED POLICE — The Baton Rouge Police Department’s mounted unit attracted attention on Third Street last weekend.
BATON ROUGE — The United States Chamber of Commerce has announced its affiliation with the Chamber of Commerce of East Baton Rouge Parish. As a result, members of the local Chamber will automatically be members of the U.S. Chamber and Bob Breaux enjoy all member benefits without additional cost, Chamber EBR executive director Bob Breaux said. The new Chamber was formed in May to provide a voice for small business owners in the parish. The group said it supports free See HOW on Page 19