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On Friday, July 14, Appling County High School Pirate standout Trey Jones signed a baseball scholarship to play for the Brewton Parker Barons.

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By: Jamie Gardner

I’ve had the opportunity over the years to visit various areas around our beautiful state. From flatland swamps, to mountains, to the coast, I thought I’d seen a great deal of what Georgia had to offer until earlier this year. My family and I had the opportunity to visit a state park over in west Georgia near the town of Blakely that is simply amazing. The park is Kolomoki Mounds State Park. The park’s website states this historically significant park is the oldest and largest Woodland Indian site in the southeastern United States, occupied by Indians from 350 to 750 A.D. Georgia’s oldest great Temple Mound, standing 57-feet high, dominates two smaller burial mounds and several ceremonial mounds. The park’s museum is built around an excavated mound, providing an unusual setting for learning who these people were and how they lived. Inside the visitor’s center, you will find numerous artifacts and a short film.

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