Iola High senior Jordan Strickler thinks highly about the small-town feel of his hometown, and he hopes to bring those values out into the world.
“Iola was the perfect place for me to grow up,” Strickler said. He has been in Iola his entire life. His mother, Julie, is a fifth-grade teacher at Jefferson Elementary and his father, Tom, is a banker at Community National Bank.
He said he has learned a lot by being in a small town, especially because it gives him the chance to do things he wouldn’t have the chance to do in a larger high…
Strickler shaped by life in Iola
