Clarksville Living Magazine — August 2020
The August 2020 issue of Clarksville Living Magazine makes the case for a primary-care doctor, reinvents youth sports for a distanced season, and plans the perfect summer soirée.
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“Why a Primary Care Doc Is Important” leads with a reminder that grew more pointed during the pandemic: there are real, sometimes surprising benefits to seeing your primary care provider regularly, from catching problems early to having a trusted guide through a confusing health landscape.
“A New Way to Play” meets the reality that spring and summer 2020 looked different for many ball-playing families, whose evenings usually filled with practices and games. The feature explores how youth sports adapted — and how families found new ways to stay active — when the normal season was upended.
“Planning the Perfect Summer Soirée” brings a note of elegance to a distanced summer, offering ideas for a small, beautiful gathering that works within the season's constraints without sacrificing the pleasure of good company.
The recurring Pet Corner marks National Immunization Awareness Month with a timely reminder about keeping pets' vaccinations current, alongside the issue's regular departments.
Together the features balance health, activity and hospitality — a doctor worth keeping, a sport worth adapting, and an evening worth planning — giving August both usefulness and warmth in an unusual summer.
It is a practical late-summer issue for families finding their footing, holding preventive care, reimagined recreation and small joys within the same pages.
Across its pages the issue helps families find their footing in an unusual late summer — a doctor worth keeping, a sport worth adapting, an evening worth planning — while the recurring Pet Corner and departments carry the everyday rhythms forward. It is practical, warm reading for a community learning to live alongside the pandemic rather than simply wait it out.
Table of Contents
- Why a Primary Care Doc Is Impor tant (p. 6)
- A New Way to Play (p. 10)
- Cur t Ryle: Songwriter to the Stars (p. 12)
- Friday Night Bites: Food Truck Fridays! (p. 16)
- Planning the Perfect Summer Soirée (p. 8)
- Pet Corner (p. 18)
Regular departments
- Petpix (p. 20)
- Calendar (p. 22)
- Network (p. 28)