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

And on the Coppell Patch calendar - Sherman Evening Lions Club 8th Annual Chili Cook-Off

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Greetings Coppell! We're your go-to source for what's happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☕️️

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

Ok Coppell! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

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