🌱 How a new Hawkinsville clinic could affect Eastman patients’ healthcare access

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• How a new Hawkinsville clinic could affect Eastman patients’ healthcare access

Today's riddle: What do trees and dogs have in common? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 90 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Monday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, temps: high: 91, low: 71.
• Tuesday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 93 and low of 72 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• New clinic opens doors in Hawkinsville as hospital's future remains uncertain (13wmaz.com) — Patients from Eastman who once relied on Taylor Regional Hospital now have another option, as a new internal medicine and family practice clinic has opened in nearby Hawkinsville and is accepting new patients. Staffed by a family nurse practitioner with geriatrics training and a new internal medicine doctor, the clinic aims to serve aging, rural patients who struggle to travel long distances for care.
   

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📸 Around Eastman

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Eastman

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Tuesday August 11

• DCMS- Softball @ West Laurens
  Dodge County Schools Eastman, GA 31023
  4:30 pm

Wednesday August 12

• DCMS- Football @ Montgomery Co.
  Dodge County Schools Eastman, GA 31023
  5:00 pm

Tuesday August 18

• DCMS- Softball v. East Laurens
  Dodge County Schools Eastman, GA 31023
  4:30 pm

Thursday August 20

• DCMS- Softball @ Bleckley
  Dodge County Schools Eastman, GA 31023
  4:30 pm
• DCMS- Football @ East Laurens
  Dodge County Schools Eastman, GA 31023
  5:00 pm

Friday August 21

• DCMS- Back to School Bash!!!
  Dodge County Schools Eastman, GA 31023
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday August 10

• TCHS Fall Sports Pictures
  Telfair County High McRae, GA 31055
  7:30 pm

Tuesday August 11

• đĽSoftball vs Turner Co (DC)
  Pulaski County Hawkinsville, GA 31036
  5:30 pm

Thursday August 13

• đĽSoftball @ Wheeler Co
  Pulaski County Hawkinsville, GA 31036
  5:30 pm

Monday August 17

• đĽSoftball vs Marion Co (KS)
  Pulaski County Hawkinsville, GA 31036
  5:00 pm

Tuesday August 18

• đĽSoftball vs Telfair Co (JH)
  Pulaski County Hawkinsville, GA 31036
  5:30 pm

Friday August 21

• đVarsity Football @ Marion Co (đ˝America) (DC/JH)
  Pulaski County Hawkinsville, GA 31036
  7:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The Grounds Guys posted a job opening for Team Lead Landscaping in Eastman. Apply here.
• Captain D's Seafood Kitchen posted a job opening for Team Member in Eastman. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Eastman here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Cochran

• DGR's Clubhouse in Cochran receives a 67% on their recent health inspection (thegeorgiagazette.com)

Dublin

• Laurens County voters asked to approve new sales tax in November (courierheraldtoday.com)
• Dublin school board keeps Pool on as interim superintendent (courierheraldtoday.com)
• The Spy Syndicate Launches a New Book ‘How To Get Women, The Talk Method' on Amazon (issuewire.com)

Fitzgerald

• GHSA Class AA Region 1 preview: New signal-callers, massive reloads, and veteran connections set to decide the crown in 2026 (walb.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bark (Thank you John D. for sending it in!)
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