🌱 Patch AM: Rock legends’ greatest hits are coming live to Coppell Arts Center

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In today's newsletter:

• Rock legends' greatest hits are coming live to Coppell Arts Center
• Skilled-trades roadshow just launched in Coppell—what students can try inside
• How Coppell's Troop 848 conquered a spooky triathlon challenge

Also on today's calendar: Sherman Evening Lions Club 8th Annual Chili Cook-Off and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What day of the year is trucker's day? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Sunshine; record-tying heat, with a high of 100 and low of 79 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Toasty conditions, temps: high: 99, low: 80.
• Sunday: Mostly cloudy and hot, with a high of 97 and low of 79 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• THE VOICES OF ROCK to Perform at Coppell Arts Center (broadwayworld.com) — Coppell music fans can catch The Voices of Rock at the Coppell Arts Center on Saturday, November 14, with tickets priced at $58.82. The powerhouse vocal group will cover classics from bands like Styx, Boston, Kansas, Toto, and more, offering a high-energy tribute show just a short drive from home.
   

• Be Pro Be Proud Launches 10th Anniversary Mobile Workshop Tour (contractormag.com) — A new Be Pro Be Proud Texas mobile workshop just kicked off in Coppell, giving local students hands-on simulators to explore more than a dozen high-demand skilled trades. Backed by a $500,000 Meta investment, the traveling lab will tour eight states, connecting young people with construction, manufacturing, transportation, and utilities careers and pointing them toward training paths in their own communities.
   

• Scouts Go the Extra Mile With the Multisport Merit Badge (scoutlife.org) — Girl Scouts from Coppell's Troop 848 recently tackled a Halloween-themed Monster Triathlon, using the race to help earn their Multisport merit badge. Their experience is highlighted alongside Scouts from Cypress and California, showing how youth nationwide are training, organizing events, and learning safety and healthy habits while pushing themselves through triathlons and other multisport challenges.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Coppell

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 26
• Sherman Evening Lions Club 8th Annual Chili Cook-Off →
  903 Brewers, 221 W Houston St, Sherman
  8:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday September 19
• Coppell Arts Center - Dog Days Fashion Show & Adoption Event →
  The Grove, 505 Travis Street, Coppell
  9:00 am
• Dog Days: Fashion Show and Adoption Event →
  Coppell Arts Center, 505 Travis Street, Coppell
  9:00 am
• Fall Frolic →
  Biodiversity Education Center, Coppell
  10:00 am
• Sunset Socials: Music in Old Town →
  Old Town Coppell, Coppell
  7:00 pm
Monday September 21
• Coppell Recreation Development Corporation Meeting →
  Second Floor Conference Room, 255 E Parkway Boulevard, Coppell
  6:30 pm
Wednesday September 23
• BEC Nature Quest - Macroinvertebrates →
  Biodiversity Education Center, Coppell
  10:00 am
Friday September 25
• Art Center →
  Event Location, Coppell
  8:00 am
Saturday September 26
• Latino-Hispanic Heritage Festival →
  Coppell Historical Museum, 700 S Coppell Rd, Coppell
  10:00 am
• Harvest Moon Hike →
  Biodiversity Education Center, Coppell
  6:30 pm
• Lonestar →
  Coppell Arts Center, 505 Travis Street, Coppell
  7:30 pm
Wednesday September 30
• My First Fish →
  Moore Road Park, Coppell
  10:00 am
Thursday October 1
• Old Town Coppell Meeting →
  Coppell TX
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I am looking for someone to walk my Golden Retriever before dark every day until 9/30.
  Maybe you know a responsible person who could walk two year old Bitsy? I can pay $20 for a 30 minute walk. She's a wonderful girl and walks nicely… (Nextdoor South Coppell)
• Hello!
  This morning when I stepped out of the house, I found this in my front yard : areas where it seems someone or something was taking out the grass … (Nextdoor Gibbs Station-Denton Cree)

• Wolters Kluwer N.V. posted a job opening for Associate Director, Product Management - Market Strategy in Coppell. Apply here.
• USA Compression Partners, LP posted a job opening for Terminal Operator in Grapevine. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Coppell here.

🗞 Nearby News

Carrollton

• Meet Joseph Lahoud (boldjourney.com)
• Carrollton's Flock camera contract sparks debate over privacy, public safety (wfaa.com)
• Dominating the Dallas market (branchherald.com)

Farmers Branch

• Farmers Branch Chess Club Tournament #60_December 6, 2026 (uschess.org)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: 10-4, good buddy! (Thank you Jean H. for sending it in!)
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