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🌱 Former NFL star Sammy Watkins joins Ocoee High as receivers coach

Ocoee, Florida Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Former NFL star Sammy Watkins joins Ocoee High as receivers coach
  • Ocoee family member reflects on long fight to clear Groveland Four

Also on today's calendar: West Orange Walkers Annual 5K Walk! and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: When is a car not a car? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 89 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Sunday: Humid; a p.m. t-storm or two, temps: high: 90, low: 76.
  • Monday: A p.m. t-storm in spots, with a high of 91 and low of 77 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Former top Bills draft pick find new path in football (usatoday.com) — Ocoee High School’s Knights football program has hired former NFL wide receiver Sammy Watkins as its new wide receivers coach, bringing big-league experience to local players. The school says his on-field success and commitment to discipline will help build a championship culture and develop young athletes on and off the field.
   

• Families of wrongly convicted Groveland Four offer thanks for $4M state compensation (orlandosentinel.com) — An Ocoee resident whose uncle was one of the Groveland Four is welcoming Florida’s new $4 million compensation for the families, while stressing that exoneration in 2021 mattered most. Relatives and lawmakers describe the payment as a late but important step in correcting a notorious Jim Crow-era injustice rooted in nearby Lake County.
   

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  • Mama and her 3 kids having a swim.
    I put a ball in the pool and mom liked to bat it around. (Nextdoor Forest Oaks)
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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: When it is turning into a driveway! (Thank you Dana J. for sending it in!)
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