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🌱 At Simpson, a first-generation student's example reaches home

Indianola, Iowa Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Indianola! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • At Simpson, a first-generation student's example reaches home
  • Shakespeare meets Chicago jazz on Simpson's stage
  • Norwalk girls wrestlers open their season in Indianola

Also on today's calendar: Trivia Night at The Groggy Dog and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Partly sunny; windy, cooler, with a high of 60 and low of 34 degrees.
  • Thursday: Some sun, breezy and cooler, temps: high: 44, low: 27.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 43 and low of 25 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Celebrating first-generation students at Simpson College (thesimpsonian.com) — Simpson sophomore Vanessa Aguirre says pursuing college inspired her mother to return and finish her own education. Now a TRIO ambassador, Aguirre helps fellow students find their footing as Simpson celebrates First-Generation Student Week through November 14, with financial-aid and career workshops plus recognition for first-generation athletes at Saturday's football game.
   

2. Simpson's Shakespeare Goes to Chicago: The Two Gentlemen of Verona Opens November 20th (kniakrls.com) — Simpson Productions is moving Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona into Chicago's 1919 jazz scene for performances November 20–22 at Blank Performing Arts Center. The story follows two friends whose musical ambitions become tangled in romantic betrayal. Tickets cost $10 for adults and $7 for seniors and non-Simpson students, with free admission for Simpson students and employees with IDs.
   

3. Norwalk's winter sports season just one week away (kniakrls.com) — Girls wrestling comes to Indianola on November 17, when Norwalk opens its season with a meet at 5:30 p.m. That visit kicks off Norwalk's winter varsity schedule, with bowling starting the following week and boys basketball and wrestling beginning after Thanksgiving.
   

4. Warren County zoning commission recommends rejecting competing shooting range proposals (who13.com) — Warren County's zoning commission recommends rejecting both proposals to change shooting-range rules, leaving supervisors to consider the dispute at a November 17 hearing. The recommendation follows a court ruling that rezoning for New Pioneer Gun Club near New Virginia was illegal. County extensions have allowed the club to keep operating, and supervisors have the final say.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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