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Show Two sets of twins sh are things besides clothes . There's more to being an identical iden-tical twin than wearing the same type of clothes as your sibling. Just ask the "Jones boys' at Viewmont High School or the Wilds twins at Centerville Junior High School. The most prominent thing that they all have in common is being a student body or class officer in their respective schools. The Jones boys are student body officers at Viewmont, and the Wilds twins are seventh grade class officers offi-cers at Centerville Junior High. All are residents of Centerville. And when the occasion calls for them to wear name tags for identification, identifi-cation, don't trust what you see because they've been known to switch tags "just for the heck o it." They admit, however, that it's more difficult for teachers and relatives to tell them apart than it is to pull a fast one on their friends. "Our friends have no trouble distinguishing between us, but even our parents will get us mixed up," they said smiling. "But sometimes that is not so good either because Playing soccer together, they will divide their playing time, but unaware spectators think the same person is "all over the field scoring all those goals." In a school play while in the sixth grade, Aaron and Ammon switched roles of the king midway through the production. They would have gotten away with it except Aaron had a black eye and Ammon didn't. Both sets of twins have attempted the old switcharoo with teachers in class. "The teachers were unaware, but we got kicked out of class' said Aaron. They haven't been successful yet in switching dates, but they have bluffed their way through a few telephone calls meant for the other. "What really bugs our parents are phone callers asking for 'one of the Jones boys' and when asked which one, the callers reply 'either one.' " In the Jones family, another brother, Mike, looks and sounds a lot like his twin siblings. 'And that really complicates things for our parents, especially Mom," the twins agreed. The girls admit that their mother has more trouble telling them apart than do other family members, 'especially when we have our back to her," said Mandy. The Jones boys said they both asked the same girl out for a weekend week-end date. "But there was no problem prob-lem because the girl had another commitment and didn't go with either one of us," said Ammon. On a plane trip, Mandy got airsick air-sick but managed to hold everything every-thing down while Jenny (who said she felt Mandy's illness) threw up for both of them. , The girls took advantage of their grandmother's inability to tell them apart by switching name tags or answering an-swering for the other. They said they stick up for each other but on occasion have been grounded together because their parents weren't sure which twin was at fault. The girls were to have been named nam-ed Jennifer and Jenny, but since Jenny is short for Jennifer, that idea didn't work. Thus, it became Jenny and Mandy. They are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Myron Wilds. Aaron and Ammon are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Jones, all of Centerville. Jenny and Mandy Childs, 7th grade officers at Centerville Junior Ju-nior High, and Aaron and Ammon Jones, Viewmont High School student body officers, say being identical twins can be fun, but can have its drawbacks too. Aaron Jones is student body president at Viewmont and his twin, Ammon, is vice president. At CJHS, Mandy is vice president and Jenny is secretary of the school's seventh grade class. At Viewmont Aaron ran for student stu-dent body president because Ammon had been a student body president at Centerville Junior a few years earlier. "It was my turn to be a student body president," said Aaron. And when Jenny decided to run for CJHS seventh grade secretary, secre-tary, Mandy placed her name in the running for vice president. Both sets of twins gave up dressing dress-ing alike several years ago but they do wear each other's clothes. too often we both get blamed for what the other did wrong. Teachers, too, will sometimes punish both of us because they are not sure which was at fault." Do twins think alike? "You better believe it," they said in unison. "We know what the other is thinking most of the time. There's more togetherness than most people realize." All four are honor students and very often get identical scores on tests. But they quickly added, ' We will miss different questions. ' ' Aaron and Ammon scored exactly the same on a recent ACT test given nationally to high school students. |