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🌱 Patch AM: Why Hobart’s longtime athletic director chose a new challenge downstate

Coming up on the Hobart Patch calendar: HAMMERFALL With EVERGREY & ELVENKING

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  • Why Hobart's longtime athletic director chose a new challenge downstate

Also on today's calendar: Evergrey with Elvenking and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: Why are elevator jokes so good ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 78 and low of 59 degrees.
  • Monday: Partly sunny and nice, temps: high: 79, low: 61.
  • Tuesday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 87 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

📰 News we're reading

• SETTLING IN: Veteran educator, coach, leader takes over Mt. Vernon athletics (greenfieldreporter.com) — Longtime Hobart High School coach and athletic director Mike Black has left after 27 years to lead the athletic program at Mt. Vernon High School near Indianapolis. He reflects on deep ties to Hobart, the difficulty of leaving a community he loved, and how Mt. Vernon's small-town feel reminds him of Hobart even as he settles into his new role.
   

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    Monday September 7
  • Labor Day-No School
    River Forest Community Sch Corp Hobart, IN 46342
    • Tuesday September 8
  • Tech Tuesday
    Daniel Hale Williams Elem Sch Gary, IN 46407
    11:00 am
    • Wednesday September 9
  • Elementary Progress Reports
    River Forest Community Sch Corp Hobart, IN 46342
    • Thursday September 10
  • Civil Service Fire Commission →
    Hobart City Hall Meetings - Hobart IN 46342
    5:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Merrillville

  • Genesis of Schererville opens new showroom on U.S. 30 (nwitimes.com)

Lake Station

  • Creators devise exit strategy for 'Colin from Accounts' (nwitimes.com)
  • Roger Goodell at 20 years: Boos, billions and plenty of bite (nwitimes.com)

Gary

  • Gary's Comeback Story: Tolleston Opportunity Campus Opens Its Doors (greatnews.life)
  • Nippon Steel's $350 Million Gary Works Investment Locks In Dirty Coal for Decades (mightyearth.org)
  • Memphis storm exposes infrastructure gaps as Black communities rally to keep residents safe (thegrio.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because they work on so many levels ! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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