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CITY OF ORLANDO TO HONOR LOCAL CHILDREN’S ADVOCATE AND RENAME WEST 50 SOCCER FIELDS

City’s Recreation Division Dedicates the Emery Hamilton Sports Complex For His Service to the Local Community

WHAT: Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer will join City Commissioners, Emery Hamilton’s family and the City’s Recreation Division for the dedication of the Sports Complex.

The West 50 Fields will be renamed to the Emery Hamilton Sports Complex in honor of Emery Hamilton, former Recreation Division Manager, who served 16 years as a dedicated and loyal City employee. He advocated for City recreational facilities to serve as a safe haven for after school and summer programs for youth.

The dedication comes at the one-year anniversary of Emery’s passing, and will be commemorated by the dedication of the complex with his family, City officials and more than 750 children from the City’s tackle football league.

Following the dedication, the City’s 2005 Youth Tackle Football season will kick off. This year the City has 36 peewee, junior and senior teams participating in the City’s youth tackle football league and 12 cheerleading teams (additional teams are registering). These Youth Football opportunities offered by the City’s Recreation Division are the only opportunity for middle school children to participate in an after-school football program.

WHO: Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer
City Commissioner Patty Sheehan, District 4
City Commissioner Daisy Lynum, District 5
City Commissioner Mayor Page, District 6
Emery Hamilton’s Family and Friends
More than 750 members of the City’s youth tackle football league
Citizens and Community Leaders

WHEN: Saturday, August 20, 2005
9:00 a.m.

WHERE: West 50 Fields
4400 West Colonial Drive
(next to the Central Florida fairgrounds)

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