ELKTON — It’s been five years in the making, but soon the public will be able to see Elkton Community Education Center’s new building.
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Correction: there is a physician at the Aviva Health clinic in Drain three days a week. That is roughly 15 minutes away from Elkton. There are at least two outpatient clinics in Sutherlin that have physicians M-F to see the community. Elkton is indeed in a medically underserved area, but not as geographically isolated as you portray it. It makes for a less compelling article, but facts are fact.
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