Veterans in Milledgeville can now look forward to a short commute to receive VA medical care.

According to a news release, the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center in Dublin plans to open a Milledgeville VA outpatient clinic on November 1.

That's located at A Wing, 1st Floor, Pete Wheeler Building at 2249 Carl Vinson Highway in Milledgeville.

Services will include: 

• primary care,
• mental health,
• social work,
• dietary counseling

Hours of operation: Monday-Friday 8-4:30.

Veterans can also call the 24-hour Nurse Triage number at 1-877-424-8212 to speak with a nurse.

Veterans requesting care at the new clinic that are not currently enrolled in VA Healthcare may obtain an application form online at www.va.gov or can visit the clinic after the opening on Nov. 1st, 2012, to pick up an enrollment package.

The Board of Directors of the Flannery O'Connor-Andalusia Foundation recently elected two new Directors the Board, according to a Flannery O'Connor-Andalusia news release.

They are:

Dr. William H. Fox served from 1992 until his retirement in 2005 as the Senior V.P. for Institutional Advancement at Emory University, where he also earned his Ph.D.  His dissertation focused on Flannery O'Connor and Walker Percy.  He serves on several nonprofit boards and is a part-time consultant for Washington University in St. Louis.

Barry Schrenk is the President of Taggart's Driving School in Tucker, Georgia.  He earned a B.S. from Rider University, majoring in Business Administration.  He also served in the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Navy Reserve.  He is a member of several nonprofit boards, including that of The Atlanta Opera.

Dr. Renée Fontenot has been awarded the 2012 Gordon Long Award for the Marketing Educator of the Year from the Georgia Association of Marketing Educators (GAME).

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