🌱 How an Eastman native earned a spot among 2026 SEC Legends

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In today's newsletter:

• How an Eastman native earned a spot among 2026 SEC Legends

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Tropical Rainstorm Isaias, with a high of 77 and low of 63 degrees.
• Sunday: A couple of morning t-storms, temps: high: 78, low: 58.
• Monday: Partly sunny and warmer, with a high of 89 and low of 58 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

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📰 News we're reading

• Mark Richt headlines 2026 SEC Legends Class (sicemdawgs.com) — An Eastman native, former Auburn star Benji Roland, is being honored as part of the 2026 SEC Football Legends class, spotlighting his role on back-to-back championship teams. The recognition, celebrated during SEC Championship weekend in Atlanta this December, ties Eastman to one of college football’s biggest stages and underscores Roland’s resilience as a two-time cancer survivor.
   

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📸 Around Eastman

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Eastman

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday October 22

• Regional Commission Meeting (HOGARC) →
  Heart of Georgia Altamaha Regional Commission, 5405 Oak Street, Eastman

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📣 Eastman Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 10

• Pyrotechnic Training Course - PGI Display Operators Course →
  147 Eastman Hwy, Hawkinsville
  9:00 am

Tuesday October 13

• đ´đFlag Football @ Irwin Co/Dodge Co
  Pulaski County Hawkinsville, GA 31036
  5:00 pm
• Trivia Tuesdays →
  Mulligan’s Grille, 80 Live Oak Trail, Helena
  6:30 pm

Wednesday October 14

• Picture Day
  Wilcox County Abbeville, GA 31001

Thursday October 15

• đJV Football @ Montgomery Co
  Pulaski County Hawkinsville, GA 31036
  5:30 pm
• Music BINGO Thursdays →
  Mulligan’s Grille, 80 Live Oak Trail, Helena
  6:30 pm

Saturday October 17

• The Great Pumpkin Festival Run 1 Mile/5K →
  Cochran GA
• Cochran-Bleckley Pumpkin Festival →
  Dykes Street, Cochran
  9:00 am

Tuesday October 20

• đ´đFlag Football vs Turner Co (DC)
  Pulaski County Hawkinsville, GA 31036
  5:30 pm

Thursday October 22

• Bleckley's Last Chance Sectional Tune-up Invitational →
  Cochran GA

Friday October 23

• Halloween Weekends →
  Jellystone Park Cochran, 592 GA-87 S, Cochran

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• McDaniel's Piggly Wiggly posted a job opening for Deli/Bakery Manager Eastman in Eastman. Apply here.
• State of Georiga posted a job opening for Laundry Worker - Eastman YDC - Eastman GA in Eastman. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Eastman here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Cochran

• Cochran's The Great Pumpkin Festival returns for 50th year (courierheraldtoday.com)
• UPDATE: John Milledge at Tattnall named 41NBC's Game of the Week (41nbc.com)
• MGA Gets Federal Grant to Strengthen Student Success and Degree Completion (middlegeorgiaceo.com)

Hawkinsville

• Read the full transcript from the U.S. Senate debate between Jon Ossoff, Mike Collins (atlantanewsfirst.com)

Dublin

• Local officials keeping eyes on Hurricane Isaias, potential impacts on Dublin, Laurens Co. (courierheraldtoday.com)
• Seth Farmer preserves memories of the hunt through taxidermy (courierheraldtoday.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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