🌱 Patch AM: Meet the Coppell couple helping share Blessed Stanley Rother’s story

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In today's newsletter:

• Meet the Coppell couple helping share Blessed Stanley Rother's story
• How Coppell's Chiaka Ogbogu powered Team USA to NORCECA silver

Today's riddle: What did the tree say when Spring arrived? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Sunny and toasty conditions, with a high of 102 and low of 80 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Hot with sunshine, temps: high: 101, low: 80.
• Sunday: Hot with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 100 and low of 81 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Pilgrims turn to 'red dirt Catholic' martyr as Blessed Stanley Rother story gets wide release (detroitcatholic.com) — Parishioners from St. Ann in Coppell, Gaby and Pietro Damasceno, helped promote a new nationwide documentary on Blessed Stanley Rother after attending his feast day Mass in Oklahoma City. Their involvement highlights how local Catholics are drawing inspiration from the martyred priest's life as they support the film's wider release and share his story with families facing persecution abroad.
   

• U.S. Women Take Silver at 2026 NORCECA Continental Champs (usavolleyball.org) — Coppell native Chiaka Ogbogu helped the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team capture silver at the NORCECA Continental Championship, contributing key blocks and kills in a tight five-set loss to Canada. The tournament in the Dominican Republic capped a strong summer run for Team USA, with Ogbogu standing out among the middle blockers on the international stage.
   

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Saturday August 29
• Crafting Club
  Martin Luther King Jr Library and Learning Center 2922 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Dallas, TX, 75215, US
  10:00 am
• Keyboard Class
  Dallas Public Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, US
  10:00 am
• Voice Class
  Dallas Public Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, US
  11:00 am
• Get LIT! Adult Book Fair
  Dallas Public Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, US
  11:00 am
• Crafting with Geeky Girls
  Martin Luther King Jr Library and Learning Center 2922 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Dallas, TX, 75215, US
  12:00 pm
• Guitar Class
  Dallas Public Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, US
  1:00 pm
• Saturday Movies
  Dallas Public Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, US
  1:00 pm
• Volunteer Transcription Orientation
  Dallas Public Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, US
  2:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday August 28
• National College Colors Day
  Cannon Elementary School Grapevine, TX 76051
  8:00 am
• Sort New PK/ECSE
  Eagle Ridge ES Keller, TX 76244
  8:00 am
• NTFB Application Assistance for Social Services
  Dallas Public Library 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX, 75201, US
  9:30 am
• Mahjong Open Play →
  Southlake Public Library Southlake Training Center - Southlake TX 76092
  10:00 am

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• I'm looking for someone to install 4 large tiles on bathroom wall.
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• ABM Industries posted a job opening for Janitorial Cleaner in Coppell. Apply here.
• AIT Worldwide Logistics posted a job opening for Quality Assurance Manager - Universal in Coppell. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Coppell here.

🗞 Nearby News

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• Pho Soul: New Vietnamese Concept Plans Carrollton Location (whatnow.com)
• Annette Horton (amarillotribune.org)
• North Texas school evacuated following alarm activation, district says (wfaa.com)

Farmers Branch

• The remarkable story of Smokey John's, a 50-year-old barbecue joint in Dallas (dallasnews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: What a re-leaf! (Thank you Flo G. for sending it in!)
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