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  • Which Gainesville recovery programs are ready to help your family now?

Also on today's calendar: Multi-Purpose Explosives K9 Handler Course and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Monday: Partly sunny, warm and humid, temps: high: 91, low: 70.
  • Tuesday: Partly sunny, warm and humid, with a high of 92 and low of 72 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Hall Recovers is Monday (wgtjradio.com) — Hall County residents affected by addiction can tap into a wide network of local help, including Gainesville-based centers like Twin Lakes Recovery Center and Avita Detox Gainesville. Ahead of Monday's Hall Recovers event and vigil, the piece outlines peer support at J's Place, accountability courts, and multiple treatment options that accept major insurance and Medicaid/Medicare.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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