IHCC Celebrity Night

Indian Hills

OTTUMWA — Tickets are now on sale for Indian Hills Community College’s annual Celebrity Night. This year’s speaker will be Chris Norton, a former Luther College athlete who suffered a severe injury playing football and was told he would never walk again. Norton will tell his inspirational story at the Celebrity Night event, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 21, in the Tom Arnold Net Center on the IHCC Ottumwa campus.

In a college football game in October 2010, Norton suffered a spinal cord injury that left him with a very slim chance to regain feeling below his neck. His football career over, the injury threatened to take away much more than his ability to move. But Norton, a freshman when his was injured, set a seemingly impossible goal and defeated all odds by walking across the stage at his graduation.

A website dedicated to Norton states that he works tirelessly every day to regain his movement. It adds “Chris’ greatest feat of perseverance isn’t the physical act of standing, it’s his attitude, his determination to shape himself in the face of adversity. That strength defines him.”

Celebrity Night at Indian Hills begins with a social hour at 5:30 p.m., followed by a prime rib and seafood dinner at 6:30 p.m., and, then, Norton’s message.

Tickets can be purchased individually or by the table. They are available here:
www.indianhills.edu/celebritynightregistration

All proceeds from the event are used to fund student scholarships at Indian Hills. This is one of the major fundraisers each year for the IHCC Foundation.