🌱 How Camden Hospital’s tiny EVS team keeps every room safe.
Camden, Tennessee Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning Camden! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Camden Hospital’s tiny EVS team keeps every room safe.
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 75 and low of 63 degrees.
- Sunday: Some sun with a shower, temps: high: 78, low: 54.
- Monday: Sunny, nice and less humid, with a high of 77 and low of 49 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• The Work You Don't See: Glenna Scott and Camden Hospital's EVS Team (wth.org) — Staff at West Tennessee Healthcare Camden Hospital’s Environmental Services department are working long, physically demanding hours to keep patient rooms and emergency areas safely disinfected, often with a very small team. Supervisor Glenna Scott describes how her crew handles infections, tough cleanups, and constant room turnover, emphasizing their role as a quiet first line of defense for Camden patients and visitors. 
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Stewart County at Camden Central →
Camden Central High School, 115 Schools Dr, Camden
Saturday October 24
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Board of Education Monthly Meeting
Benton County, 197 Briarwood St, Camden
6:00 pm
Monday October 5
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🗓 Events Nearby
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2026 Possadillo Festival and 5K Run & Ramble →
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Paris TN
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Jeff Allen - "My First 'Final' Farewell Tour" →
Krider Performing Arts Center, 650 Volunteer Dr # B, Paris
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Bruceton Central Tigers vs Clarksburg Rockets →
Hollow Rock-Bruceton Central High School, 29590 Broad St, Bruceton
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3D Cross Country Meet →
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City Commission Meeting →
City Hall, 100 N Caldwell Street, Paris
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K-POP WARRIORS - PARIS, TN →
Paris Convention Center, 1510 East Wood Street, Paris
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Planning Commission Meeting →
City Hall, 100 N Caldwell Street, Paris
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WCHS Football at Sycamore High School
Waverly Central High School Waverly, TN 37185
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Saturday October 3
Sunday October 4
Tuesday October 6
Thursday October 8
Friday October 9
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
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🗞 Nearby News
Waverly
- First Person: Line Drive Media's Grace White on 'The Question of Identity and the Things I Let Define Me' (Oct. 2, 2026) (linedrivemedia.com)
Huntingdon
- Wanda Jean Justice (mckenziebanner.com)
- West Tennessee high school fall sports postseason brackets for 2026 (milanmirrorexchange.com)
Paris
- 1st Vein Drain Blood Drive At LIFELINE Paris (radionwtn.com)
- Public Meetings September 30, 2026 (parispi.net)
- Five Classic Americana Downtowns In Tennessee (worldatlas.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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