Blair student Brendan Elliott won 1st place in the regional entrepreneurship competition in Washington DC. Next stop the Nationals in New York City. Pictured is Mr Kevin Murley (entrepreneurship teacher) and Brendan Elliott @blairprincipal

Scierra Blair and José Ervin Jr. are an Ohio couple who shared the same August 18 birthday and welcomed fraternal twins—José Ervin III and Ar’ria Lannette Ervin—on that exact same date in August 2023.... When Scierra Blair met José Ervin Jr., they discovered something extraordinary. They had the same birthday, August 18, just one year apart. José initially thought she was joking. She had to show him her ID. Then, in 2023, Scierra became pregnant with twins. The babies were due August 28, but doctors recommended an earlier delivery. With everyone medically stable, the couple arranged for the birth to take place just after midnight on August 18. At 12:35 a.m., their son José III arrived. One minute later, their daughter A-ria was born. Suddenly, all four members of the family shared the same birthday. Their story went viral, and José called the twins the best birthday present he could have received. But the family’s happiness was followed by tragedy. In October 2024, José was shot and killed outside a business in Ohio. He was just 32. He and Scierra had married only four months earlier. She was pregnant with their third child. The family that once made headlines for sharing one extraordinary birthday was now facing an unimaginable loss. Every August 18, Scierra and the twins share a birthday that also marks the life of the husband and father they lost.