🌱 Former Coffee High trainer’s career move highlights Douglas sports medicine roots

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• Former Coffee High trainer’s career move highlights Douglas sports medicine roots

Also on today's calendar: RTCA Varsity Baseball @ CCA and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Partial sunshine, with a high of 80 and low of 56 degrees.
• Thursday: Plenty of sun, temps: high: 84, low: 59.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 84 and low of 61 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• ULM Athletics Announces Phil Shaw as Assistant Athletic Director of Sports Medicine (ulmwarhawks.com) — A former Coffee High School athletic trainer who once worked in Douglas has been named Assistant Athletic Director of Sports Medicine at the University of Louisiana Monroe. Phil Shaw’s new role centers on leading ULM’s revamped sports medicine department, drawing on experience that includes two years supporting 17 varsity sports at Coffee High and outreach work through Coffee Regional Medical Center.
   

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📸 Around Douglas

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Douglas

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday April 22

• RTCA Boys Varsity Soccer @ CCA
  Citizens Christian Academy, 1548 GA-158, Douglas
  6:30 pm

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Other local events

Thursday April 23

• Historic Preservation Commission Meeting
  City of Douglas Calendar , 302 S. Madison Avenue , Douglas
  3:30 pm
• RTCA Varsity Baseball @ CCA
  Citizens Christian Academy , 1548 GA-158 , Douglas
  4:00 pm
• Touch a Truck Event
  City of Douglas Calendar , 1305 S. Peterson Avenue , Douglas
  5:00 pm

Friday April 24

• Customer Appreciation Day
  City of Douglas Calendar , 302 S. Madison Avenue , Douglas
  11:00 am
• Trashin' Fashion 2026
  Coffee High School , 159 Trojan Way , Douglas
  6:30 pm

Saturday April 25

• Adventure Awaits in Downtown Douglas
  City of Douglas Calendar Douglas, GA 31533
  10:00 am

Sunday April 26

• Mark Hall Football Camp: Southern GA Satellite Camp
  Coffee County High School , 159 Trojan Way , Douglas
  2:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday April 23

• Fitzgerald-Ben Hill Library Activities
  Fitzgerald-Ben Hill County Library , 123 N Main St , Fitzgerald
  10:30 am

Saturday April 25

• Pioneer Skills Day
  General Coffee State Park , 46 John Coffee Road , Nicholls
  10:00 am
• Trivia Night at Cirillo's Pizzeria
  Cirillo's Pizzeria , 113 S Main St , Fitzgerald
  7:00 pm
• Weekly Saturday Evening Auctions @ Austin Oliver
  315 E Central Ave , Fitzgerald
  10:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• MYTH: "My project is too shallow to need an 811 call"
  FACT: Some utility lines can be found just inches below the surface. A garden bed, a tree, a mailbox post, a fence installation - any of these can… (Nextdoor )

• Wendy's posted a job opening for Crew Member in Douglas. Apply here.
• PetSmart, Inc. posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate Part Time in Douglas. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Douglas here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Fitzgerald

• Cantor Fitzgerald Pours $10 Million Into Tether-Linked PAC (startupfortune.com)
• Second arrest made in deadly Ocilla shooting (walb.com)
• Herons fall 5-2 in series finale Friday vs. Yellow Jackets (theblacksheartimes.com)

Waycross

• Enoteca Wine Bar Opening in Waycross (businessdebut.com)
• City blood drive volunteers celebrate 20th anniversary (theblacksheartimes.com)
• Marie M. Rowell (theblacksheartimes.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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