🌱 What a $23.6M verdict means for care at PruittHealth-Fitzgerald.

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In today's newsletter:

• What a $23.6M verdict means for care at PruittHealth-Fitzgerald.

Also on today's calendar: Balcony Club Presents Practical Magic 2 Dinner & a Movie.

Today's riddle: What happened to the pregnant cat that ate yarn? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 90 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Wednesday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 86, low: 72.
• Thursday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 88 and low of 72 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• SGA Family speaks after jury awards $23.6M in PruittHealth nursing home lawsuit (walb.com) — A Georgia jury has ordered PruittHealth-Fitzgerald and related companies to pay $23.6 million over the death of longtime Fitzgerald teacher and coach John D. Owens Jr., who spent his final months at the local nursing home. The case, tried in Gwinnett County, centered on alleged unprescribed medications, understaffing, and violations of residents' rights, and could influence how nursing homes in Fitzgerald and across Georgia handle staffing, oversight, and family communication.
   

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Friday October 2
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  The Carnegie Center, S Lee St, Fitzgerald
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Saturday September 12
• Balcony Club Presents Practical Magic 2 Dinner & a Movie →
  Fitzgerald Grand Theatre, 119 South Main Street, Fitzgerald
Saturday September 26
• Fitzgerald Fall Festival →
  146 Paulk Park Road, Fitzgerald
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday September 9
• Karaoke Night at Don Julio's →
  Don Julio's Mexican Restaurant, Tifton, 211 Main St S, Tifton
  6:00 pm
Thursday September 10
• Ben Hill/Irwin GA Chapter Banquet →
  Harper Hill Plantation, 1469 Holt Road, Ocilla
• Fitzgerald Purple Hurricanes vs Thomasville Bulldogs →
  Fitzgerald High School College and Career Academy, 553 Ocilla Hwy, Fitzgerald
  5:30 pm
Saturday September 12
• Rvshvd →
  131 Hancock Ln, Ocilla
• Trivia Night at Cirillo's Pizzeria →
  Cirillo's Pizzeria, 113 S Main St, Fitzgerald
  7:00 pm
Thursday September 17
• Fitzgerald Purple Hurricanes vs Brooks County Trojans →
  Fitzgerald High School College and Career Academy, 553 Ocilla Hwy, Fitzgerald
  5:00 pm
Saturday September 26
• GA07 Irwin County Saddle Club →
  Irwin County Saddle Club, Ocilla
  2:00 pm
Tuesday September 29
• Fitzgerald Purple Hurricanes vs Jeff Davis Yellowjackets →
  Fitzgerald High School College and Career Academy, 553 Ocilla Hwy, Fitzgerald
  6:00 pm
Friday October 2
• Karaoke Night at Your Pie →
  Your Pie Pizza, 2210 US Hwy 41, Tifton
  6:00 pm

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• Dollar Tree posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate I in Fitzgerald. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Tifton

• Tifton community celebrates road to recovery at sixth annual RecoveryFest (tiftongazette.com)
• I Always Thought This Was My Mom's Dessert—Then I Found It In An Old 'Southern Living' (southernliving.com)
• Candidates in purple states tout cross-party endorsements (washingtonexaminer.com)

Cordele

• 3 new Assistant United States Attorneys join Albany Criminal Division (walb.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: She had mittens! (Thank you April M. for sending it in!)
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