🌱 How MGA’s record enrollment could benefit students and families in Cochran.

Hi there, Cochran! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How MGA’s record enrollment could benefit students and families in Cochran.

Also on today's calendar: Matthew Roland Memorial Poker Run.

Today's riddle: If there are 2 flys in the kitchen, how can you tell which one is the cowboy? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Beautiful with plenty of sun, with a high of 75 and low of 49 degrees.
• Sunday: Beautiful with plenty of sun, temps: high: 74, low: 49.
• Monday: Sunny and nice, with a high of 75 and low of 43 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Middle Georgia State University enrollment tops 10,000 for first time (41nbc.com) — Middle Georgia State University, which includes a campus in Cochran, has surpassed 10,000 students for the first time, driven by a 14% enrollment jump this fall. The school also reports its best retention rate in a decade, suggesting more students are staying to complete degrees that can impact the local workforce and economy.
   

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📸 Around Cochran

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cochran

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 30

• Halloween Weekends →
  592 GA-87 S, Cochran

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Other local events

Saturday November 7

• Matthew Roland Memorial Poker Run →
  Community House, 192 Southeast 3rd Street, Cochran
  9:00 am

Friday November 20

• Thanksgiving Week →
  592 GA-87 S, Cochran

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📣 Cochran Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 24

• Rehab Returns to Pub 96 →
  Pub 96, 405 State Route 96, Bonaire
  9:00 pm

Tuesday October 27

• đ´đFlag Football @ Dooly Co (JV/Varsity)
  Pulaski County Hawkinsville, GA 31036
  5:30 pm

Thursday October 29

• đ´đFlag Football @ Twiggs Co (JV/Varsity)
  Pulaski County Hawkinsville, GA 31036
  5:30 pm

Friday October 30

• Firefighter Bull Riding Challenge →
  290 Abbeville Highway, Hawkinsville
  5:00 pm
• đVarsity Football vs Treutlen Co (đSenior Night/đHalloween) (DC/
  Pulaski County Hawkinsville, GA 31036
  7:30 pm

Tuesday November 3

• đ´đFlag Football vs Telfair Co (JV/Varsity) (đSenior Night) (JH)
  Pulaski County Hawkinsville, GA 31036
  5:30 pm

Thursday November 5

• Trapt live at Pub 96 →
  Pub 96, 405 State Route 96, Bonaire
  8:00 pm

Friday November 6

• SLP Consortium →
  Heart of Georgia RESA (Regional Educational Service Agency), 717 Smith St, Dublin
  9:00 am
• Easterseals Pro Rodeo 🐂 →
  Southern Pines Regional Park, F3VH+54 575 Southern Pines Rd, Dublin
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• State of Georiga posted a job opening for Housekeeper 1- Eastman YDC -Eastman GA in Eastman. Apply here.
• Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc. posted a job opening for DC Crew Leader - Inventory Control - 1st Shift in Jeffersonville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cochran here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Hawkinsville

• Proficiency Award Winners named at national convention (agdaily.com)

Eastman

• GBI Arrests Former Dodge County Jailers and Inmates in a Contraband Investigation (georgia.gov)
• What's happening to the dome on the Polk County History Center? (theledger.com)
• Community Foundation of Central Georgia Awards More Than $350,000 in Grants to 21 Nonprofits Serving Central Georgia (middlegeorgiaceo.com)

Perry

• Rick Jackson campaigns in Macon and Perry ahead of Georgia governor midterm race (wgxa.tv)
• Library to Host True Crime Author Phillip Andrew Gibbs (virginianreview.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "If there are 2 flys in the kitchen, how can you tell which one is the cowboy?" — It's the one on the range. (Thank you Helen H. for sending it in!)
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