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IN EVERY ISSUE

FELIX CAVALIERE

Continuing the conversation with legendary musician, hitmaker and Free Speech Center honoree.

WAB SPORTS

July golf tounament brings sports celbrities to Murfreesboro to support local youth.

STILLHOUSE HOLLOW

Take a cool summer splash under a beautiful Tennessee waterfall.

5 Events

CALENDAR Splash Out, Dewdrop Jamboree, Blue Raider Blitz, Murfreesboro Antiques Show, Fireflies, Everybody Drum Some and more

9 Sounds CONCERT CALENDAR

ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR MUSIC NOTES Dave-A-Palooza Jason Minton Band

MOTHER’S MILK BANK MOTHER

A local organization collects milk for babies in need across the state, encourages breastfeeding.

KYLE THOMAS

Work by local writer selected to appear at Rogue Theatre Fest.

Lifest Music City Arkansauce

24 Living

MOVIE The Black Phone

FREE YOUR CHILDREN What the government funds, it runs.

EXHIBIT Ashleigh Newnes’ photography

BUSINESS MOMENTUM Spread the Positive

THEATER Portrait of a Young Man

LIVE . . . WELL Think less, feel more.

Matilda: The Musical

30 Food

THE MR. MURFREESBORO MINUTE Rutherford Fairgrounds and horseracing history

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MILLIONAIRE MENTOR Shaping your kids’ money mindset

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36 Opinion

26 Art

17 Reviews 34 News ALBUM Barnum Brown, Polly

Hut, Love Thai Sushi, 7 Brew, Discovery Plaza and more

NATURE NEWS Respect the snakes.

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Publisher/Editor in Chief: Bracken Mayo

Blaine Little, Ashleigh Newnes, Ethan Pickering, Jay Spight, Andrea Stockard, Bill Wilson

SPORTS TALK Are sports-governing bodies waking up? SCAM ALERT Refund scam

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THE RECENT SUPREME COURT RULING on abortion has thrust that topic into the forefront of discourse in the U.S., bringing up some important issues of civil liberties, women’s rights and health that many stand so passionately for in their own way. The U.S. government exists to protect civil liberties—life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That series lists life first; life may perhaps be the most important civil liberty, the most important item that a worldly organization could protect and defend. I have asked it before: How can one enjoy liberty if they are denied life? But outlawing abortion erodes the rights of the poor, the disenfranchised, doesn’t it? Some say all of those poor mothers cannot financially afford to have children. We must protect the defenseless! Well, in the case of abortion, if I am standing for the rights of the helpless, weak and disenfranchised, I will side with the baby in that deal, and do what I can to protect his or her life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. I see them as the group of Americans most in need of protection in this situation, not the rights of their mothers to choose to end their unborn child’s life. “But, but . . . you’re against women’s rights!” No, I am standing for women’s rights. Did you know . . . ? Approximately half of those killed by abortion are female. Opposing abortion is standing for women’s rights. Women’s health! Refraining from killing preborn females prior to them ever seeing the light of day outside the womb is the healthy choice for those women. Some medical professionals take the idea of “do no harm” seriously; others, then, must view the poisoning or dismemberment of a human in the womb as something other than “harm.” Now, some are coming out of the woodwork defending the rights of the Satanists, stating that abortion is part of their religion, and we must not infringe upon the free exercise of their religion, right? Well, I appreciate the honesty of the Satanists regarding their intentions to engage in human sacrifice, but no, if your Satanic babykilling ritual conflicts with the protection of someone else’s life, sorry, you do not have freedom to practice that in the U.S. Go elsewhere. Kill each other. I guess you want “innocent blood” for your ritual, but I say protect the innocent blood. But what about bodily autonomy?! Exactly! Bodily autonomy—the right for a person to govern what happens to their body without external influence or coercion—we must do all we can to protect the most defenseless and vulnerable from bodily harm and death. The babies are not making their own decision to destroy their bodies. That’s coming from external influences. Stand for bodily autonomy and oppose abortion! (And goodness gracious, there’s some inconsistent logic when you hit the pro-choice, “bodily autonomy” crowd with some support for bodily autonomy when it comes to mask mandates and forced vaccinations.) Some who speak out so loudly about protecting our children from gun violence are the same ones advocating for legal violence against young humans in the abortion clinics. Protect children against violence and oppose abortion! “But it’s not a baby!” others will cry, “it’s simply a clump of cells hosted in the woman’s body.” Well, let’s follow the science. As MedlinePlus, a service of the National Institutes of Health, describes, “When the single sperm enters the egg, conception occurs. The combined sperm and egg is called a zygote. The zygote contains all of the genetic information (DNA) needed to become a baby. Half the DNA comes from the mother’s egg and half from the father’s sperm.” Okay, they won’t yet call it a “baby,” they call it a zygote, but the National Institutes of Health’s own literature recognizes that a new individual, one with unique DNA never before found in another human being, is created at the moment of conception; this from the great scientific bastion that is the NIH, a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services itself. From Van Nostrand’s Scientific Encyclopedia: “At the moment the sperm cell of the human male meets the ovum of the female and the union results in a fertilized ovum (zygote), a new life has begun.” So stand for civil liberties, stand for bodily autonomy, stand for women’s rights, stand for the disenfranchised, stand for science and stand for banning abortion. Protect the life and liberty of innocent unborn American children.

Peace, BRACKEN MAYO Publisher/Editor in Chief

EVENTS CALENDAR  JULY 2022  BY ANDREA STOCKARD JULY 5 YOGA AT THE AVENUE The Avenue welcomes the public to a complimentary yoga session on Tuesday, July 5, from 7–9 p.m. in Central Park (2615 Medical Center Pkwy., near Bath & Body Works). Space is limited and a new RSVP is required each month. The class is provided by a certified yoga instructor. Class participants are required to bring a lightcolored mat, towel and water, complete the signed waiver and review the Commitment to Safety section. Reservations can be made at Eventbrite under Yoga at the Avenue Murfreesboro. For more information, visit theavenuemurfreesboro.com or find The Avenue Murfreesboro on Facebook.

JULY 5–21 FREE SELF-DEFENSE COURSE MTSU Police are offering and teaching a three-week Rape Aggression Defense Systems course this summer free of charge to female MTSU students, faculty, staff and community members age 13 and up. Courses run July 5–July 21 and consist of twice weekly training sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30–7:30 p.m. The RAD course teaches realistic self-defense tactics and techniques to women, providing both risk awareness, reduction, recognition and avoidance education along with handson, physical defense instruction and practice. Participants are asked to commit to all of the sessions to receive proper training. No previous experience is required. To register, visit mtsu.edu/police/RAD.php or email rad@mtsu.edu.

JULY 7 AND 21 SPLASH OUT! Cool down under the spray from a fire truck on Thursday, July 7 at Barfield Crescent Park (697 Veterans Pkwy.) and Thursday, July 21 at Old Fort Pkwy. (1024 Golf Ln.), from 1:30–3 p.m. There is no cost for local children to participate; adult supervision is required. Pack your sunscreen and towel, and wear clothes and shoes that can get wet. For more information, email shicks@murfreesborotn.gov.

JULY 8 FAMILY NIGHTS AT THE MUSEUM: FIREFLY WATCH

THROUGHOUT JULY MOVIES UNDER THE STARS Bring the family for a fun night of Movies Under the Stars throughout the summer at various Murfreesboro locations on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Concessions are available for purchase. Bring your blankets or lawn chairs. Movies begin at 8:30 p.m. Admission to the event is free for all ages. For more information, find the Movies Under the Stars: Patterson Park event on Facebook, call 615-893-7439 or email lwright@murfreesborotn.gov. Text MOVIE to 38276 to be notified of movie cancellations. Schedule: Week of July 5 – Luca (No Movie July 4) Week of July 11 – Raiders of the Lost Ark Week of July 18 – The Incredibles Week of July 25 – Back to the Future Locations: Mondays (and Tuesday, July 5) – Barfield Crescent Park (697 Veterans Pkwy.) Thursdays – Richard Siegel Neighborhood Park (515 Cherry Ln.) Fridays (rain or shine)– Patterson Park (521 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.) Saturdays – Fountains at Gateway (1500 Medical Center Pkwy.) Learn how to communicate back and forth with fireﬂies on the grounds of the Historic Sam Davis Home (1399 Sam Davis Rd., Smyrna) on Friday, July 8, at 7 p.m. Dr. Steve Murphree teaches how to use your ﬂashlight to understand these beautiful insects. Pre-purchased tickets are required; Admission is $10 for ages 2 and up. For more information, call 615-459-2341 or visit samdavishome.org and find Visit Us – Special Events Calendar.

JULY 10 AND 11

10, and Monday, July 11. Auditions are separated into three time slots depending on the character. Only primary roles will be read at auditions, so if you only wish to be considered for ensemble roles, you still need to select a primary role that most closely matches your age and read for it. You do not need a British accent for these auditions. For more information on audition time slots and character bios, visit boroarts.org and find Auditions, or email hamletcfta@gmail.com.

HAMLET AUDITIONS

JULY 11

Auditions for Hamlet (directed by Connie Downer) at The Center for the Arts (110 W. College St.) are Sunday, July

The local chapter of 100 Women Who Care gave away over $16,500 this past

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100 WOMEN WHO CARE

quarter. The 100 Who Care Alliance National Conference was held in Nashville in April, and as a conference sponsor, the local chapter had a special opportunity to enter Rutherford County nonprofits into a drawing. Isaiah House 117 Rutherford County was awarded $10,000 and Doors of Hope received $500. The chapter itself raised over $6,000 this quarter, presented recently to Amelia’s Closet. Since 2020, 100 Women Who Care Rutherford Country has given back over $53,000 to the community. The third quarterly meeting is Monday, July 11, at 5:30 p.m. at Redstone Federal Credit Union (2404 Medical Center Pkwy.). Help support the Nourish Food Bank by donating non-perishable food items. Networking is from 5:30–6 p.m. with presentations and voting from 6–7 p.m. You do not have to be present to give, but you do have to be present if you want to vote. To RSVP, email rcwomenwhocare@gmail.com or find 100 Women Who Care-Rutherford County on Facebook.

JULY 11 AND 25 NASP MURFREESBORO NETWORKING EVENT The Nashville Association of Sales Professionals hosts its Murfreesboro networking event the second and fourth Monday of each month (July 11 and 25) in the Burger Bar Restaurant in The Doubletree by Hilton (1850 Old Fort Pkwy.) with networking starting at 11 a.m. and the meeting at 11:30 a.m. NASP is a professional nonprofit organization that provides a positive forum for skill enhancement training and networking for career sales people. Learn how to become a more polished and successful sales professional by improving your presentation and enhancing your people skills. Everyone from new sales professionals to seasoned road warriors are invited to attend. For more information, visit nashville-nasp.org.

JULY 12 RUTHERFORD CABLE JULY MEETING The Rutherford Cable July Breakfast Meeting is at the Doubletree Murfreesboro (1850 Old Fort Pkwy.) on Tuesday, July 12, CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 BOROPULSE.COM

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 from 7:15–9 a.m. The topic is “Use What You’ve Got, to Get What You Want.” Join Speaker DarKenya W. Waller. Waller serves as the Executive Director of Tennessee’s largest nonprofit law firm, Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands. She is a graduate of Jackson State University, University of Mississippi – School of Law and earned a Master of Business Administration from Belhaven University in Jackson, Mississippi. She has spent the last 12 years representing victims of domestic violence and marginalized communities without anywhere else to turn. Members and guests are welcome. Remember to bring plenty of business cards and grab a card from the basket on the way out to make an additional connection. For more information, email yourrutherfordcable@gmail.com.

JULY 15–17

JULY 12

MURFREESBORO ANTIQUES SHOW AND SALE

BUSINESS AFTER HOURS The Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours event for this month is set to take place on Tuesday, July 12, at the F&M Bank at 802 Memorial Blvd. The event is described as an informal, social networking event designed to connect business professionals from the Rutherford County area. Event hours are from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Admission for Chamber members is $10 and $20 for non-members. For more information, visit web.rutherfordchamber.org/events.

JULY 12 PEGGY O’NEAL PEDEN BOOK SIGNING Linebaugh Public Library (105 W. Vine St.) will host local author Peggy O’Neal Peden for a book signing on Tuesday, July 12, from 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Peden signs and sells copies of her books Your Killin’ Heart, Gone Missin’, and her newest release, Flyin’ Solo, published by Severn House. Flyin’ Solo is the third installment of Peden’s Nashville Mystery book series. It follows the story of travel agent Campbell Hale. Attending her high school reunion, Hale isn’t looking for love when she runs into her high school sweetheart, Franklin Fly Young. Her date, homicide detective Sam Davis, might have stood her up, but he does have an excuse: there’s a murder to investigate. Peden currently lives in Nashville, but was born in Smyrna, and was an early cardholder at Linebaugh, as her father was on the committee to help develop the Smyrna Public Library. Her first novel, Your Killin’ Heart, was a St. Martin’s Best First Traditional Mystery. Peden is also a member of the Nashville Artist Guild. Books will be sold for $28.99 each. Cash or checks 6 * JULY 2022 * BOROPULSE.COM

The 55th Annual Murfreesboro Antiques Show and Sale returns with dealers from over 20 states with something for everyone at the Mid-TN Expo Center (1660 Middle Tennessee Blvd.) on July 15 and 16 from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. and July 17 from 11 a.m.–4 p.m. An award-winning crystal and glass repair specialist will be onsite, so bring in that family heirloom that is chipped or cracked and get it repaired. The day will offer family-friendly and air-conditioned fun with Americana, art glass, pottery, china, estate jewelry and more. Admission is $7 for all three days. For more information, visit murfreesboroantiqueshow.com or email murfreesboroantiques@gmail.com. are accepted. For more information, visit rclstn.org or call 615-893-4131.

JULY 13 LIVING SENT MEETING Living Sent Murfreesboro will hold its July meeting on Wednesday, July 13, from 11:45 a.m.–1 p.m. at the Experience (521 Old Salem Rd.) featuring guest speakers Susan Gulley and Judy King. Budget Blinds of Murfreesboro will provide a complimentary lunch to all who attend. Living Sent Ministries inspires and equips business leaders to live out their Christian faith all week long and to help build the Kingdom. RSVP to bob.williams@alhambrapartners.com.

JULY 13 ROGER DAY’S FAMILY CONCERT Roger Day’s Family Concert is a free concert in the park for all ages on Wednesday, July 13, from 10 a.m.–10:45 p.m. next to Kids’ Castle (275 Golf Ln.). Bring lawn chairs and blankets for grass seating. Roger Day performs award-winning, original children’s music that tickles the imagination with infectious tunes, rhythms and inspiring characters. Day’s music makes kids laugh and think, inspiring each child to discover his and her own talents, giving ﬂight to the imagination. Day has been writing and performing for over 20 years. He plays

over 200 concerts every year from major festival stages and performing arts halls to small rural schools and libraries. He is an approved Dove Family Foundation artist and multiple Parents’ Choice Gold Award winner. For more information, call 615-6723723 or email rsinger@murfreesborotn.gov.

JULY 14 ALL ACCESS NIGHT AT DISCOVERY CENTER All Access Nights are a time for specialneeds families to enjoy the Discovery Center’s exhibits (502 S.E. Broad St.) in a sensory-friendly environment. Come out and experience the hands-on, environmental, cultural and educational museum on Thursday, July 14, from 5–8 p.m. All Access Nights are free, but reservations are suggested. The night is sponsored by SEC, Inc. For more information, visit explorethedc.org and find Things to Do – Calendar, or call 615-890-2300.

JULY 14 HOLOCAUST EDUCATION DAY MTSU hosts its Holocaust Education Day, geared towards local area high school teachers, on Thursday, July 14. The theme for this year’s internationally recognized event is “Learning from the Holocaust,” and features both in-person and virtual activities. Sessions are led by many inﬂuential

speakers such as Dr. David Deutch of the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, Jerusalem and Jeff Gernsheimer, whose family’s escape from Nazi Germany was detailed in the 1967 major motion picture Voyage of the Damned. Sara Granitza, director of Christian Friends of Yad Vashem, collaborates with MTSU faculty, Rutherford County teachers, Tennessee Holocaust Teaching Fellows and other participants to learn how to integrate Holocaust studies into various curriculum activities. In addition, the Tennessee Holocaust Commission exhibition, “Living On” will be on display. The featured speaker is Ken Gluck, education coordinator for the Tennessee Holocaust Commission. Director of International Education and Training for Yad Vashem Dr. Noa Mkayton speaks virtually at the conference. The afternoon program includes presentations by members of the so-called “second generation,” who will share stories of their parents who survived the Holocaust and found refuge in the United States. All activities take place in the College of Education building at MTSU campus (1756 MTSU Blvd.) from 8 a.m.–3 p.m. The program is free and open to the public, but registration is required. To register, visit mtsu.edu/holocaust_studies/education-day.php.

JULY 15 RUTHERFORD COUNTY VETERANS COMMUNITY CENTER RIBBON CUTTING Come out to the Rutherford County Veterans Community Center (439 Rice St.) on Friday, July 15, for the Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting featuring rafﬂes and prizes at 11 a.m. There is no cost. All donations support the Rutherford County Veterans Comment Center. For more information, find Rutherford County Veterans Community Center on Facebook, visit rutherfordvetcenter.com, email info@rutherfordvetcenter.com or call 615-601-7784.

JULY 15 GOLF TOURNAMENT FOR RIVERDALE CHEER TEAM Support a Warrior and adopt a Riverdale High School cheerleader to support in its upcoming fundraising efforts. With high hopes for the upcoming season, community support is important as well as money raised through fundraising activities and donations. Donations help RHS cheerleaders support the community at games, competitions and other events and also affects their future choices such as college, careers and future families in this community. The Annual RHS cheerleader Golf Tournament

is Friday, July 15. For more information on sponsorship, email lexismith2006@ outlook.com.

win a $50 Everyday Lady gift card. For more information, visit shopeverydaylady.com.

JULY 20–28

JULY 15

BLUE RAIDER BLITZ

EVERYBODY DRUM SOME COMMUNITY SESSION Everybody Drum Some founder Ross Lester said he was so pleased and inspired by the June community rhythm event at Old Fort Park that he wanted to continue the series. Those who would like to join their neighbors in some drumming can plan to do so the third Friday of each month at least through October 2022 at Old Fort Park. The next session will kick off at 6 p.m. on Friday, July 15. “The slightly earlier time will allow for slightly earlier sunsets [through October],” Lester said. The vibe and enthusiasm at the June event motivated event originator Lester to commit to a consistent schedule of leading the community in some drumming. The July 2022 Everybody Drum Some Summer Community Rhythm Event kicks off at 6 p.m. Friday, July 15, at Old Fort Park in Murfreesboro between the playground and outdoor tennis courts. In the event of rain, Lester plans to move the sessions to the fellowship hall of St Patrick’s Anglican Church, 7103 Baker Rd., Murfreesboro. Check the Everybody Drum Some Facebook page or text or call Lester at 615-631-7458 for updates. There is no cost to participate in the community rhythm sessions, and people of all ages are invited to come join the drumming or to spectate. Participants can bring drums, shakers, tambourines, wood blocks or percussive instruments of any type, but even those who have no instrument may come out and use one from the extensive Everybody Drum Some collection. To learn more about Everybody Drum Some, visit everybodydrumsome.com.

JULY 16 ARTIST MEET & GREET WITH ANNIE FURR Quinn’s Mercantile (301 N. Spring St.) welcomes Annie Furr for a Meet & Greet on Saturday, July 16, from 10 a.m.–noon. Furr is one of the local in-store artists and illustrators who creates prints, stickers and cards. Come support local Murfreesboro artists. There is no cost. For more information, visit quinnsmercantile.com and find Events, or call 615-318-4247.

JULY 16 DRAKE’S BARBER SHOP CUSTOMER APPRECIATION Drake’s Barber Shop (1117 Memorial Blvd.) celebrates its 50th anniversary

JULY 23 DEWDROP JAMBOREE The Dewdrop Jamboree makes a great place to enjoy some local community musicmaking in Murfreesboro. Presented by the American Musical Arts Group, the series of Dewdrop Jamboree productions aims to showcase, preserve and promote American styles of music. The Jamboree is promoted as family-friendly and features a variety of music styles—classic country, bluegrass, gospel, rock and blues, just to name a few. July 23 performers include Larry Martin, Pat Roden, Teresa Camp, Danny Bell, Hal Newman, Melissa Lemay, Rhonda Tenpenny, Allen Karl, Buddy Baker, Macy Tabor and Hunter Lott. Dewdrop Jamboree is held several times a year; following the Saturday, July 23, show, which kicks off at 6 p.m., organizers plan upcoming installments on Sept. 24 and Nov. 5 at the Washington Theatre in Patterson Park Community Center, 521 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Murfreesboro. Tickets are $10 at the door. For more information, visit amagroup.org. with a customer appreciation event from 11 a.m.–3 p.m. on Saturday, July 16. The celebration includes food from the award-winning Veterans Pork Pullers, as well as a large adult bounce house called The Hulk, music from a DJ and a small car show. For more information, call 615-497-2906.

JULY 16 OAKLANDS MANSION’S ANNUAL SUMMER PARTY Oaklands Mansion hosts its annual Summer Party on Saturday, July 16, at 6:30 p.m. in the Maney Hall ballroom (900 N. Maney Ave.). Uncle Bud’s serves their famous southern fried chicken and catfish, Murfreesboro Wine and Spirits features a full bar and signature summer cocktails are hand-crafted by Prichard’s Distillery. The local band Quarterlife brings love and kindness through the chillness of lo-fi hip-hop and jazz. A ticket purchase or sponsorship helps support the mission of preservation and education. Tickets are $100. For more

information or to purchase tickets, visit oaklandsmansion.org and find News + Events.

JULY 16 AND 30 CRUISIN’ THE ’BORO ON SATURDAY NIGHTS Show off your car, listen to music and meet new friends at Cruisin’ the ’Boro on Saturdays, July 16 and 30, from 4–8 p.m. at River Rock Baptist Church (2248 Highway 99). The Murfreesboro Hot Rod Club hosts the day featuring music, door prizes and games for the kids. Parking is a $1 donation to charity. Concessions are provided by the RRBC Youth Groups. Everyone is welcome. For more information, find the Cruisin’ the ’Boro on Saturday Nights event on Facebook, or call 615-405-5271 or 615-556-0547.

JULY 17 HOPS AND SHOP Join the fun at Mayday Brewery (521 Old Salem Rd.) and shop exclusive items from Everyday Lady while having a beer with friends on Sunday, July 17, from 3–6 p.m. Sip, shop and try on clothes with a chance to

MTSU Athletics will once again host the Blue Raider Blitz, a summer caravan that will blanket the mid-state, July 20–28. The Blitz will be a way for fans of all ages to engage with Blue Raider football as the team prepares for the 2022 season. Members of the football coaching staff and a few head coaches from other sports will be at each location. Like last summer, the Blue Raider Blitz will stop at seven locations over four days, seeing hundreds of fans each day. Season ticket information, posters, contests, prize giveaways and appearances by the spirit squads and Lightning will highlight the events. Stay tuned to goblueraiders.com for information on how to RSVP for free food and drinks. The 2022 Blue Raider Blitz schedule includes: Wednesday, July 20 12–1:30 p.m. @ Franklin | Party Fowl 6–8 p.m. @ Nashville | The Listening Room Thursday, July 21 12–1:30 p.m. @ Manchester | Boskey’s Grille at Willowbrook Golf Course 6–8 p.m. @ Smyrna | Lee Victory Park Monday, July 25 12–1:30 p.m. @ Mt. Juliet | The Pub – CP Between the Lakes 6–8 p.m. @ Shelbyville | Bedford County Courthouse Square Thursday, July 28 6–8 p.m. @ Murfreesboro | Cannonsburgh Village

JULY 21 THE CONNECTION AT CARMEN’S TAQUERIA Carmen’s Taqueria will host the July 2022 installment of The Connection: An Evening of Professional Networking and Business Brainstorming from 5–7 p.m. on Thursday, July 21. All Middle Tennessee entrepreneurs and professionals are welcome to attend this casual, free, no-obligation event, where they can meet other small business owners and tap into one another’s experience and energy. Carmen’s is located at 206 W. Northfield Blvd.

JULY 23 TASTE OF RUTHERFORD Main Street Murfreesboro’s annual fundraiser Taste of Rutherford is at Oaklands Mansion (901 N. Maney Ave.) on Saturday, July 23, from 7–9 p.m. Funds raised help Main Street Murfreesboro carry out its mission to maintain and enhance the historic downtown as the heart of the community. A $100 VIP ticket includes a VIP area with private VIP CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 BOROPULSE.COM

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 bar, two drink tickets, Tasty Table and Jo’s Custom Cakes catering, access to food vendors, a craft beer garden wristband, special entertainment and access to inside Oaklands Mansion. A $50 general admission ticket includes two drink tickets, live music performed onsite and access to over 30 local restaurants’ tastings. The Craft Beer Garden offers tastings of over 10 local craft breweries. For more information, visit mainstreetmurfreesboro.org/ tasteofrutherford.

welcomes runners of all paces looking to get out and run and socialize with other runners. Normal run distances are between 3 and 5 miles. Participants are welcome to hang out and socialize at Mayday following the run. For more information, visit facebook.com/boro2square.

WEDNESDAYS WILD THINGS AT THE WILDERNESS STATION

JULY 29–31 WAB SPORTS FOR GOLF TOURNAMENT WAB Sports will host a celebrity golf tournament to raise funds to sponsor a youth day for the children of Murfreesboro. The tournament will take place July 29–31. Wayne A. Buckingham, a former professional basketball player hailing from Bell Buckle, Tennessee, created WAB Sports. This will be the 11th year this annual golf event is taking place, but it will be the event’s first occurrence in Murfreesboro. Participating in the event will be legendary boxers Riddick Bowe and Buster Douglas, and former NFL and NBA players such as Dale Davis alongside members of the Murfreesboro community, including MTSU athletes, small business owners and doctors. The youth day will take place on Saturday, July 30, from 10 a.m.–1 p.m. on the MTSU football field. This is free to attend for children grades K–6 and is first come, first serve. The organization has prepared for about 500 attendees. At the end of the day the youth will also be treated to a T-shirt, a free meal and a goodie bag filled with school supplies. The contents of the goodie bag are donated by the community or funded by the proceeds from the golf tournament. For information on how to donate, call 331-4729828. The golf tournament will take place Sunday, July 31, at the Old Fort Golf Course. Teams for the tournament will consist of four players each and will cost $150 per person; all of the money raised will go directly to the youth day. For more information about how you or your business can get involved, call 331-472-9828 or visit wabsports.com. Register for the W.A.B Sports 11th Annual Golf Tournament on Eventbrite.

AUG. 5 FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE CONCERT WITH MIXTAPE The Main Street Friday Night Live Concert Series is on the historic Murfreesboro square on Friday, Aug. 5, from 6:30–9:30 p.m. Bring a chair to see Mixtape and enjoy supper from one of the food trucks 8 * JULY 2022 * BOROPULSE.COM

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MONDAYS CONNECT MURFREESBORO Join Connect Murfreesboro each Monday from 9–10 a.m. at BoomBozz Craft Pizza & Taphouse (2839 Medical Center Pkwy.) for a casual networking event designed to connect professionals, build relationships, drive referrals and help grow businesses. Please prepare a 60-second pitch about who you are and what you do, as well as a specific referral request for attendees on what can be done to help promote your business. The approximately 20 minutes at the end of each meeting is reserved for members to set up one-on-ones and socialize. For more information on this and other area meetings, visit connectnashvillenetworking.com/events.

TUESDAYS & FRIDAYS RUTHERFORD COUNTY FARMERS’ MARKET The Rutherford County Agricultural Extension Cooperation presents a producer-only

farmers’ market in the indoor/open air community center at the Lane Agri-Park (315 John R. Rice Blvd.). The RCFM is open through the last Friday of October from 7 a.m.–noon every Tuesday and Friday. Market vendors hail from over 20 Middle Tennessee counties and sell a wide variety of seasonal fruits and vegetables, meats, eggs, baked and canned goods, ﬂowers, plants and more. “Come & Go” informative sessions are open to the general public every market day from 9–11 a.m. in the lobby. Topics range from sustainable gardening, cooking, food preservation and environmental education. The Master Gardeners of Rutherford County are available from 9 a.m.–noon in the demonstration garden for questions and tours. For more information, call 615-898-7710 or 615-785-0862, visit rutherford.tennessee.edu/farmers-market, or email hlambert@utk.edu.

WEDNESDAYS BORO 2 SQUARE RUNNING GROUP The Boro 2 Square running group meets at Mayday Brewery (521 Old Salem Rd.) every Wednesday at 6 p.m. The group

Let the smaller among us get in touch with their wild side at the Wilderness Station (401 Volunteer Rd.) on Wednesdays in July from 9:30–10:30 a.m. and 10:45–11:45 a.m. Sing songs, read a story, complete a craft and conclude with a short walk while focusing on a different nature theme each week. The cost is $3 per child. Pre-registration is required by calling 615-217-3017 the day before. For more information, call 615-217-3017 or email dthomas@murfreesborotn.gov.

SATURDAYS MAIN STREET MARKET Main Street Saturday Market in downtown Murfreesboro is a weekly farmers market on the Murfreesboro Public Square every Saturday from 8 a.m.–noon through the end of October. Spend the day with real farmers, real food and real community. For more information, find Murfreesboro Saturday Market on Facebook.

SATURDAYS SMYRNA DEPOT FARMERS MARKET Carpe Artista hosts the Smyrna Depot Farmers Market in partnership with the Town of Smyrna. The 2022 season runs until Sept. 17 from 8 a.m.–noon at the Historic Smyrna Front Street Depot District (98 Front St.). For more information, visit carpeartista.com/farmers-market or call 615-984-4038.

ONGOING HEAD START ENROLLMENT Mid-Cumberland Community Action Agency is currently enrolling for its Head Start, Early Head Start and Pre-K programs, which provide free learning activities for children up to 5 years old. Enrollment means individualized education, health and dental screenings, development assessments, parent involvement, parent trainings and meetings, and family support services for all students. For more information, call 615-742-1113 ext. 7510 for Murfreesboro Head Start or Early Head Start, ext. 7520 for Murfreesboro pre-K, or ext. 9410 for North Rutherford or home-based Head Start.

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CARMEN’S TAQUERIA Joe West HANK’S HONKY TONK Bailey Rose; Justin Dukes JACK’S PLACE (MILANO II) Tony Castellanos MAYDAY BREWERY Miguel Dakota PUCKETT’S GROCERY Tennessee Stills Band THE ABBEY PUBLIC HOUSE Jef Lysyczn THE HARVESTER William Matheny

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CARMEN’S TAQUERIA Joe West HANK’S HONKY TONK Dirt Road Daisies; Cooter River Band PANTHER CREEK BREWS The Dirty Poors; Jeremy Pinell Band PUCKETT’S GROCERY The Deltaz THE ABBEY PUBLIC HOUSE Tom Davidson WASHINGTON THEATRE AT PATTERSON PARK Dewdrop Jamboree

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CARMEN’S TAQUERIA Joe West HANK’S HONKY TONK Mikki Zip; The Roads Below HOP SPRINGS Forever Abbey Road (Beatles ’60s Experience) JACK’S PLACE (MILANO II) Tony Castellanos MAYDAY BREWERY Roland Justice PANTHER CREEK BREWS Tom Davison PUCKETT’S GROCERY Hobo Cane THE ABBEY PUBLIC HOUSE Don Jacobsen

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MUSIC NOTES STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN, CAIN, RILEY CLEMMONS, CASTING CROWNS HEAD TO BON AQUA FOR LIFEST MUSIC CITY LIFEST MUSIC CITY, a family-friendly music festival held July 28–30, returns to Hideaway Farm in Bon Aqua, Tennessee, a former retreat for Johnny Cash located about 40 miles west of downtown Nashville. This three-day “Party with a Purpose” will feature dozens of contemporary Christian music artists as well as camping, seminars and more. The 2022 lineup includes Steven Curtis Chapman, Cain, Riley Clemmons, Casting Crowns, Zach Williams, Sidewalk Prophets, and Skillet. Life Promotions, a nonprofit organization focused on “instilling hope in youth,” according to its website, presents both Lifest Music City and Lifest Oshkosh, and organization founder and president Bob Lenz will speak. For tickets, the full lineup of musicians and speakers, and more information, visit lifest.com/music-city.

JASON MINTON BAND BRINGS CLASSIC ROCK, INSPIRATIONAL ORIGINALS TO SEASONS, JULY 16 THERE’S A REASON IT’S CALLED CLASSIC ROCK, friends and neighbors. The rock music of the late ’60 and much of the 1970s simply stands the test of time. It’s not the only music to legitimately make that claim, but the sounds of the baby-boomer crowd have clearly found favor with subsequent generations. Because hunks of that music are now woven into the fabric of pop culture, it’s easy—maybe too easy—to encounter it, whether in the form of mediocre covers, shopping-center soundtracks, or radio stations with predictable, paint-by-number playlists you could set your clock to: “Whoa, it’s half-past ‘Gimme Three Steps,’ man, I gotta get back to work by ‘Carry On Wayward Son’!” Classic rock—like any music, in fact—is best when life and personality is being breathed into it by musicians who aren’t just going through the motions. Enter Jason Minton Band, a crack area quintet that has built a faithful following just down the road in Franklin. A lifetime local, Minton wields the pipes to pull off McCartney, Paul Rodgers (Bad Company, Free) and their sandpapery ilk, all convincingly enough to make you think you can party like it’s 1977. Minton’s meaty original tunes reveal a perhaps unexpected side; they often tap into the spiritual stream that sometimes finds him playing to comfort and inspire folks in the missions of downtown Nashville. When Minton and his mighty musical crew take the stage at Seasons of Murfreesboro (2227 Old Fort Pkwy.) on Saturday, July 16, they’ll offer up classic rock and originals, including tracks from the band’s recently released new album, Just Another Day—but for the vintage rock aficionado, it’s not likely to seem like just another night. — STEVE MORLEY 14 * JULY 2022 * BOROPULSE.COM

ARKANSAUCE: BLUEGRASS-FUNK QUARTET TO HIT HOP SPRINGS JULY 7 STRAIGHT OUTTA NORTHERN ARKANSAS, the “newgrass” string quartet Arkansauce will perform at Hop Springs Beer Park in Murfreesboro on July 7. Arkansauce takes a new approach to classic bluegrass and country inﬂuences, adding saxophone riffs to the improv solos from the many string instruments that the group features as it blends traditional Americana music with some modern touches. The band, from the small Fayetteville, Arkansas, music scene, first got together in 2011. Its first album, All Day Long, was released in 2015, and the group has routinely released several albums in the years since. Murfreesboro is just one of the stops on the current Arkansauce tour as it plays several music festivals from Colorado to Mississippi. Arkansauce performs at Hop Springs Beer Park, 6790 John Bragg Hwy., on Thursday July 7, at 8 p.m. Find tickets on Eventbrite. — ETHAN PICKERING

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Making a drop from the area’s underground, Murfreesboro’s folk/bluegrass/ roots cabin crooner Alex Tumbleson released a self-produced, solo debut EP, Polly, under the stage name Barnum Brown. The release captures the darkly swooning discipline of a local multi-instrumentalist, a haybale/brewery-circuit picker proud to remain subterranean. But the music will probably earn some attention, because Barnum Brown throws around Dostoyevsky quotes like a true, traditional-style Middle Tennessee circuit picker. Polly was recorded as a simple, no-BS production of triple talent—picking skills, lyric stylings and vocal discipline—arranged for a bluegrass-steeped, cabin-lit mood in each of its six tracks. Polly opens with “Change Is Coming Soon,” featuring a strummed acoustic guitar accompanying vocals sounding like a late-middle-aged but still throaty Ralph Stanley singing a Dan Tyminski-penned song, one about a conﬂicted man awake at night, at the train station, thinking about his woman. Brown’s picking stumbles onto deft pinkie-ing of high-string 7th, 9th and 11th notes for the melody while the chorded down-strum of the lower three or four strings of the instrument act as the bass line. It’s a backwards, melodic claw-hammering technique borrowed from banjo masters like ’Boro-area legacy and early Opry star Uncle Dave Macon. A possibly area-telling “Vine Street Girls” livens up Polly as a Jewish-folk-sounding

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minstrel tune, properly layering the high-register, mandolin-style strummed banjo over a waltz-ish acoustic guitar, accompanying lyrics of a drunkard’s nightcap about three doors down on Vine Street. All three of Brown’s triple talents play an equal part in this banger and EP highlight. Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor likely inﬂuenced the vocal style on the homely, solo acoustic homage to the area, “Tennessee.” Brown’s vocals then closely resemble those of Trampled by Turtles’ Dave Simonett on the title track, as traditionalist clawhammer banjo picking plays, while lyrically the song explores a dark combination of time and failure, truly giving up, and having only Polly to say goodbye to. “Undertow” follows as another soloacoustic number, with noticeable impressive breath control as a sub-talent of Brown’s vocal discipline, all over some Neko Caseesque minor-chord rise-and-fall. Brown string-smacks and mutes for a percussive effect, and the resulting crescendo keeps feet tapping while sounding as if the artist was raised by wild, roving open-mic musicians. Brown goes to town with a vocal style reminiscent of Andrew Bird on “The Bitter End” for an ultimate track utilizing guitar parlor tricks, acoustic mute strumming and chiming intonations while keeping a solid picking ﬂow and running a bass line that fills in a wonderful, dark jazz/folk vehicle for a bluegrass-accompanied apocalypse (or acquiescing to an opioid death and succumbing to a true underground . . . “if you do not deign to give me your attention,” as Dostoyevsky would say). Find Polly by Barnum Brown/Alex Tumbleson on Spotify or at alextumbleson.bandcamp.com. — BRYCE HARMON

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The Black Phone is one of those movies where if you’ve seen the trailer you basically know what is going to happen. But, it’s like reading the CliffsNotes for a classic novel; you might know all the plot points, but you don’t get the true experience. Based on a short story of the same name by Joe Hill (son of Stephen King), The Black Phone is about a masked serial killer the kids call “the grabber” in a sleepy north Denver suburb in 1978. When the grabber abducts Finney (Mason Thames), it’s up to his younger sister Gwen (Madeleine McGraw), whose dreams sometimes come true, to help find Finney. Meanwhile, Finney receives help from the ghosts of the grabber’s victims via a disconnected black phone attached to the wall of the grimy basement in which he’s being held. Coming from the son of Stephen, it’s all very King-esque: the dreary neighborhood, kids cussing and riding bikes, bullies, alcoholic fathers, a creepy child predator, and just a touch of the supernatural in Gwen’s visions and Finney’s phone. And it all comes together on the strength and simplicity of the source material, the direction, and the performances. Scott Derrickson, whose early horror films landed him the first Doctor Strange AVERAGE

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WAB SPORTS is organizing an upcoming charity celebrity golf tournament to raise funds to sponsor a youth day for the children of Murfreesboro. This tournament will actually be a weekend-long community event taking place July 29–31 and hosted by WAB Sports, an organization designed to help nonprofits and individuals raise funds through hosting charity sports events. Wayne A. Buckingham, a former professional basketball player hailing from Bell Buckle, Tennessee, created WAB Sports. As a young athlete, Buckingham was given the opportunity to attend prep school in Atlanta on a full-ride scholarship, and this led to his basketball career at Clemson University, in the NBA, and later in Europe. Buckingham has hosted youth camps and charity events to give back to the Middle Tennessee community since his retirement from basketball in 2005. “My whole life has been charity since I retired,” says Buckingham. “As of last year we’ve impacted around 25,000 kids in the Middle Tennessee area.” 18 * JULY 2022 * BOROPULSE.COM

Professional athletes join forces with community members, WAB Sports for Golf Tournament to raise money for local youth STORY BY BAILEY FINN This will be the 11th year this annual golf event is taking place, but it will be the event’s first occurrence in Murfreesboro. Participating in the event will be legendary boxers Riddick Bowe and Buster Douglas, and former NFL and NBA players such as Dale Davis alongside members of the Murfreesboro community, including MTSU athletes, small business owners and doctors. The youth day will take place on Saturday, July 30, from 10 a.m.–1 p.m. on the MTSU football field. This is free to attend for children grades K–6 and is first come, first serve. The organization has prepared for about 500 attendees. Participating youth will be given the opportunity to hang out with the players while playing field games and other outdoor activities. The children will learn about nutrition,

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or a very enjoyable hike that leads to a beautiful waterfall with a small swimming hole, check out Stillhouse Hollow Falls, located near Mount Pleasant, Tennessee, between the towns of Columbia and Lawrenceburg. The trail to the falls, a .7-mile journey in, making a 1.4-mile round trip walk, starts out on a decline on the first section. Though a few loose rocks and roots require some awareness, the whole trip is not incredibly strenuous for those accustomed to a bit of movement. The majority of the trail is quite shady, a welcome feature on a hot summer day. Once hikers get down the first big hill and arrive at the creek, they may decide to go ahead and cool off here in the stream, which presents a neat little 5-foot-tall waterfall. After enjoying this smaller water feature, continue walking down the shallow creek, or get back on the trail, to get to the top of the larger falls, not far away. The trip to Stillhouse Hollow Falls goes quickly and includes a couple of bridges over the creek, some steps and sections of boardwalk. Once at the top of the primary waterfalls, enjoy the view from above and then descend down the hollow to the pool at the bottom. Lots of stairs lead down the hillside, simplifying the descent. Once arriving down to the level ground near the stream below the falls—which soon feeds Big Bigby Creek— a brick chimney still stands with only a square dirt patch around it, likely the site of a structure years ago. Was this the stillhouse? No, according to Mike Cothran, whose family used to own the property and who still visits the falls frequently to help pick up trash and take young family members to visit this portion of the Tennessee forest he enjoyed as a boy.

Cothran says his uncle, Russell Cothran, built a small building in the 1960s that served as a hunting cabin, located in a spot where only the chimney still stands. He and Mike’s father would coon hunt, deer hunt and fish on the land, but, while they may have drunk some moonshine on the property, never produced it, as far as Cothran knows. The family never referred to the falls as Stillhouse Hollow, a name that would come later; they sometimes called it Cothran Falls. The Cothrans sold the land to a nature conservancy in 1989 and the conservancy has since sold it to the state of Tennessee for all to enjoy. Now, many visitors get the opportunity to come to Stillhouse Hollow Falls and splash beneath this fantastic 75-foot-tall Tennessee waterfall, where mothers tell their sons “be careful!” as they climb on the slick rocks surrounding the plunge pool. The pool holds just enough water for an adult to fully submerge themselves, offering a shady and cool refreshment, even on a blisteringly hot summer day. And this area below the waterfalls contains plenty of rocks on which to sit, and shallow, level places for young children and dogs to just get their feet wet. Pay it a visit sometime and get a little wet in the woods at this beautiful and secluded spot.

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Murfreesboro’s Mothers’ Milk Bank Collecting and distributing milk to vulnerable babies, encouraging mothers to breastfeed STORY AND PHOTOS BY LAURA LINDSAY “One of the main health issues in Tennessee is that we have one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the country,” she said. “We have moms who call us and say they really need some milk because their milk supply is dropping. So we try to connect them with some support. This may be linking them up with the breastfeeding hotline, which we are very fortunate to have in Tennessee, where any mother any time of the day can call, and they can talk to a board certified lactation consultant, who can

talk the mother through some things with suggestions to improve their supply, which moms can do,” Campbell continued. Campbell says one thing that concerns her is moms who want to share their breast milk. “Because breast milk, if it is not pasteurized, can have bacteria and viruses in it that can be detrimental to a baby. Even though you may have a very dear friend and you trust them implicitly, there still could be something that gets transmitted. We tell

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the mothers whom we approved as donors that just because we have approved them as donor doesn’t mean it is safe for them to give their raw milk to somebody else. If we pasteurized the milk, we still culture it afterwards to be certain it is absolutely safe.” Right now, even while Mothers’ Milk Bank is only supplying milk to the hospitals, growth has resulted in an increasing size of orders. “We have gone from 30 bottles on our first delivery to 660 bottles in a recent shipment,” Campbell said. Campbell said the milk bank is serving hospitals as far away as Regional One in Memphis and Erlanger in Chattanooga, plus a lot of Middle Tennessee hospitals. On the day in June when she spoke with

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festival and my words were chosen to be spoken aloud in New York City,” said Thomas, “It remains surreal to me as an aspiring writer—this is like the mecca.” Thomas is more of a writer than an actor, but he wanted to take this opportunity to act in this very personal piece that has been years in the making. Portrait of a Young Man is a piece that Thomas has worked on for over seven years. Written originally as a screenplay, Thomas was inspired to write this story based on personal experiences in his life. “One of the opening parts of the story is very autobiographical,” Thomas said, “There used to be a bookshop in Murfreesboro called Hastings and I was in there one day thumbing through books and found an old boarding pass in one of them and it was cool to think about how that book went on a trip with someone.”

After several years of different edits and breaks from the story, Thomas finally reached this version that he is performing in New York City, now a 17-page monologue. “In a monologue, there are no gunfights, and no one is getting poisoned,” Thomas chuckled, “it’s just me telling you a story and, as a writer, I have to try to keep you engaged.” The monologue’s narrator, Greg, is a history teacher and father to a 16-year-old named Bryce. The story begins at the end, with him and his teenage son in Florence, Italy, on a father-son trip. The details of what surrounded the trip and how it is going to affect them both is revealed much later in the story. The father-son relationship in Portrait of a Young Man closely mirrors that of Thomas’ own life. His father sparked his interest in theater from a young age. Thomas is now a father himself as well, with a 3-year-old son. Thomas has been an avid lover of theater and film his whole life. He grew up in Shelbyville, and first heard Phantom of the Opera when he was just 4 years old. “My dad got the soundtrack [to Phantom] and I first loved it because he loved it. He was my hero . . . and at four, I was learning all the words and had no clue what they meant. Then years later I thought ‘That was some pretty heavy [stuff ],’” Thomas recalled. Thomas acted during all four years of high school and went to MTSU to study communications with a minor in theater. He was always interested in what went into the writing and script building of plays, TV shows and movies. He works for Marelli remotely since the COVID-19 pandemic began and has since gotten his “unofficial MFA,” as he puts it, in his free time. He studies classic English playwrights, literature and scripts of all kinds. He is a lover of history as well, which he incorporates in several of his works, including Portrait. The Rogue Theater Festival took place June 30 to July 1, and Thomas closed out the first night of the fest as the last act to take the stage. The Players Theatre is located off Broadway in Greenwich Village and has been a theater since the late 1950s. For more information, visit theplayerstheatre. com and roguetheaterfestival.com. — ETHAN PICKERING

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dishes. For more information, call 615-6248752 or visit yummyasianhut.com. 7 BREW COFFEE recently announced that it will open its first Tennessee location this fall at 217 N. Thompson Ln. beside Slim Chickens. This new location will be an addition to the company’s 21 locations across the South and Midwest, which include locations in Arkansas, Missouri, South Carolina, Kansas and Texas. The company has plans to extend further within the greater Middle Tennessee area by 2023. 7 Brew offers drive-thru coffee and other drinks including infused energy drinks, Italian sodas, smoothies and teas. 7 Brew offers a variety of iced and hot coffee beverages, like its fan-favorite Blondie and White Mac Chillers, along with newly launched muffin tops to accompany any of the beverages. Seasonal beverage options are also available each month and 7 Brew fans can access these beloved drinks year-round by ordering from the “secret drink” menu. The Murfreesboro location expects to hire more than 40 new brew crew members once opened. For more information, visit 7brew.com. Brian Burns of BLUE SKY CONSTRUCTION has purchased multiple properties on Maney Street, which includes

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After occupying 302 W. Main St. for several years, WHISKEY DIX SALOON is moving to a former judicial building located on the Murfreesboro Public Square. The former Whiskey Dix building at 302 W. Main is currently under construction, and will soon be occupied with HAPPY’S SPORTS LOUNGE, WHICH will offer virtual golf, bowling, live music and alcohol—a non-smoking location for sports entertainment. This new sports lounge is expected to open this fall. The owners of HANK’S HONKY TONK plan to open a new restaurant in the new Whiskey Dix building on the Square, in the portion of the building just across Maple Street from Marina’s.

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Opinion What The Government Funds It Runs Government forcing itself into private schools will make them look more like public schools

of State Legislatures, “There are differing RECENTLY, I WATCHED IN DISMAY as opinions on how best to hold private school many naive individuals celebrated the Carchoice programs accountable. Some believe son v. Makin U.S. Supreme Court ruling. private schools participating in these pro“The Supreme Court issued a ruling today grams should be held to the same academic in Carson v. Makin that requires the state of accountability standards as public schools Maine to fund religious education at private because they are all competing for the same religious schools as part of its tuition assisstudents and resources. tance program. The proOthers believe that uniform gram pays for students government standards will to attend private school if force all schools, public and their town does not have private, to teach the same a public high school,” the BY TIFFANY BOYD material rather than allow ACLU stated. private schools to provide an This ruling allows array of alternative learning environments Christian schools to be the beneficiaries of that offer innovative teaching philosophies tax credits, voucher programs or education and unique school cultures.” savings programs. Why wouldn’t this be conSo, what does this really mean? It means sidered a victory, you may ask? this: 1) What the government funds, it runs. 1) Accountability. If the government is If the government is paying, the schools will funding a private Christian school or a home answer to the government in terms of curschool, they want accountability for those riculum, testing and mandates. funds. According to the National Conference

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2) No more autonomy. Autonomy is, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, “the quality or state of being self-governing.” If the private schools or home schools are accepting government funding they are no longer self-governing. Once money exchanges hands, the autonomy is lost. Private Christian schools or home schools that accept government funds would no longer be “private.” They would then become “public” because they are receiving taxpayer funding. What the government funds, it runs. 3) No faith-based curriculum. Government is not going to “approve” any faithbased curriculum. This has already happened in multiple states that have already implemented school choice initiatives. Just because they have the word “Christian” in their name does not mean they will be teaching from a Biblical world view and if the government is funding the school or home school, it will not be allowed. What the government funds, it runs. 4) It is deceptive. Many families believe that this will give them the ability to provide a better education for their children because they will then be able to afford a faithbased education for their children. This is a misconception. First, these initiatives rarely cover the entire cost of the school. Secondly, if the school or home school is accepting government funding, it is most likely teaching the same material that is currently found in public schools. It isn’t “better,” it is more of the same. What the government funds, it runs. School choice is a money machine. The numbers are mind-boggling. Take a look at one example from Wisconsin. “Overall, the combined costs of the Wisconsin and Racine Parental Choice voucher programs to local property taxpayers, as reﬂected in revenue limit exemptions tracked over time by DPI, has grown five times larger since the voucher programs began a rapid expansion in 2015–16, from an initial $21.4 million to $121.4 million for the current school year (according to DPI numbers as of Jan. 25, 2021). The cost of the Special Needs Scholarship Program

has grown six times larger over the last four years, from an initial $3 million in 2017–18 to $18 million in 2021. All in all, statewide, local taxpayers have gone from spending about $21 million on private school vouchers in 2015–16 to spending about $140 million on private schools in 2020–21. And that’s just the cost for local property taxpayers,” this from the Wisconsin Examiner. Families need to remember that the answer to a better education for their children is not the government. These initiatives are not about the children. Follow the money. Do families really believe that the government has done a sufficient job educating the youth of our nation? If so, why are families clamoring for educational alternatives? Why then do these same families expect the government to “fix” education by swallowing up private Christian schools and home schools? The irony in this theory is astounding. It is time for parents to make some hard decisions, step back, and look at this logically. This Supreme Court ruling is only a victory if your desire is to decimate all true faith-based education and true educational freedom. The children aren’t getting “better” educational opportunities, they are just getting more of the same under the guise of “school choice.” My hope is that at some point, families will wake up before it is too late and realize that these initiatives are really nothing more than a calculated effort to destroy true educational choice by making all options government-controlled. Let it be said again: what the government funds, it runs. Always.

“... if the school or home school is accepting government funding, it is most likely teaching the same material that is currently found in public schools.”

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Tiffany Boyd is the founder of Free YOUR Children, a home school advocate, consultant, speaker and the founder of Middle Tennessee Christian Homeschool Connection. She is a wife of 30 years and mother to ﬁve children, grandmother to two. She and her husband have home educated for 18 years. Contact her at freeyourchildren@ gmail.com.

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YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD THE NAME important to say. He has worked with Trent Denson, but there is a good chance you several charities to help further their have heard or met people in Middle Tennessee he causes as well. has helped to promote. Denson owns the media The podcaster has a mobile studio, company Spread the Positive, which helps individuso the idea of a “remote” is a very real als with a positive message to communicate their marketing idea. One recent episode ideas, specifically by way of podcasts. of STP was recorded at the United We Denson has a studio just off Broad Street in Style fundraiser for United Way. Murfreesboro—located in the same building as “It was such a cool event. It’s stoProhibition Home Brewing and Cedar Glade Brews. rytelling, music and hair dressing all at the same Spread the Positive is a labor of love that began in a time,” the podcast host says. quest to find the good in the world. Occasionally, local entrepreneur Jonathan “I’ve always had a beef with the mainstream Harmon will join the host for some casual table media 24-hour news cycle. You talk about local happenings in know, so much of what didn’t go Rutherford County. right, all the scandals, the drama I asked the business owner and trauma,” Denson says. “I what advice he would give anyremember at an early age being one thinking of starting their BY BLAINE LITTLE turned off by everyone in my life own enterprise. running to the TV at 5 p.m. to watch everything “As cliché as it may sound, follow your heart,” that went wrong that day.” Trent said. “I would recommend a person to do Knowing that negativity breeds negativity, he something where you feel alive, something that wanted to do his part to shine light on all the has a real purpose to it. I know everyone has to good. One day, he went to a city park and walked pay the bills, but if you can’t get that job that almiles of wooded trails thinking about how to lows you to do what you want immediately, do the impart more upbeat information to others. It ‘side hustle’ first.” began to rain, but he just kept walking, convinced Those are wise words. As a career coach myself, his little trek would yield an answer as to what he I can attest when I ask clients what they want to could do to make the world a better place. He hit do, most don’t know. I always follow up that questhe end of a trail right when it stopped raining tion with “what are you passionate about?” Sadly, and he had a burst of inspiration. A podcast would the answer is usually the same. But Trent has allow him to produce stories about local events yet figured it out and he is helping others to pursue reach anyone on the planet. their dreams of doing something positive. Life is He now produces several local shows, over 30 too short to not pursue your dreams. in all! From health coaches to doctors, from shows that lead you through mindfulness to the pumpTo find out more about what Spread the Positive up motivation, if it’s positive, Denson will help does, or just to hear some of the latest episodes you create it. and find out what is happening in the area, Visit “If you send me the title, a description, logo artspreadthepositive.net. Thinking of starting your work and at least an idea for a first episode, I can own podcast? Whether audio or video, Trent can build out a show in about 10 minutes. And it will be help. Contact him at 615-804-0480. on all the distribution networks in 24 hours.” Visit spreadthepositive.net to see some of the Blaine Little is the founder and CEO of Momenshows he has produced over the years, including tum Seminars Training and Coaching, a veteran Journey with Jen Poulson, the Live Grow Do podcast owned business, helping companies remain with Don Day, Creating Ambition with Tylor Gentry, profitable by investing in their people. He the Get Happy podcast with Rudrani Devi, and the publicly trains and privately coaches the power Murfreesboro Young Professionals podcast. skills of leadership, team building and commuTrent has his own podcast that bears the same nication. Learn more at momentumseminars. name as his business, Spread the Positive. With it, com. Get his new book Managerial Mistakes, he puts forward a message of hope and optimism. Missteps & Misunderstandings, available now on He interviews an eclectic slate of guests from proAmazon in paperback or Kindle format. Check fessionals to people who simply have something out his podcast at bit.ly/toastcaster143.

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Think Less, Feel More HAVE YOU EVER GOTTEN SO LOST in thinking about something that you found yourself in a mental whirlwind where you couldn’t seem to catch one solid thought for all the swirling? That’s when you know you are caught in your head and have become disconnected from your heart and what you feel. Logic and reasoning have their place. It is important to look at the facts and see how they align with a situation or decision you have to make. Oftentimes you can stack logic and reason next to your heart, and many times your heart will make the final decision. Take buying a house, for instance. Usually you have a budget that you have to stay within, so that’s going to be logical. Reasoning might come into play on decisions like where the house should be located, whether near a school, or close to work or family. Then you might see a house that isn’t exactly within these thinking points, but you just feel like it’s where you belong. It’s important to listen to your body wisdom and trust your feelings or instincts, even when the logic doesn’t stack up. I’m not saying always, but I am suggesting that you pay close attention to how you feel in any given situation. I had a friend betray a trust once. I was devastated by this unexpected behavior. I thought over and over about why they would do this, what was the reason behind it, why didn’t I matter more, and so on. I was lost in the whirlwind of thoughts and could not land on one that wasn’t mixed with emotion, anger or disappointment. Through all of the “thinking,” I was also missing my friend. We’d been friends for many years and, despite this poor judgement, I knew my love of our relationship outweighed any perceived betrayal. After speaking with another friend and lamenting over the anger and reasons to never talk to my friend again, I realized that if I removed all of the “thinking” and the anger, all that was left was genuine love and compassion for my friend. They knew they were wrong, and regretted the action. It was enough for me to listen to my deep instincts and know that to forgive and love was the choice that felt better, that felt right. It took a little gentle time, but our friendship was restored and strengthened. “Get out of your head, and into your heart. Think less, feel more.” — Osho Sometimes feeling more can also be saving you from unwanted trouble. I remember walking through a parking lot of a large retailer around 10 p.m. when someone came out from between two cars and asked for a handout. I am all for helping folks in need, but I am not okay with this type of approach. I told this person that perhaps they should go inside or go to a local agency to ask for assistance rather 38 * JULY 2022 * BOROPULSE.COM

than stopping strangers late at night in the middle of a parking lot. I was only asking them to reconsider their approach. My feeling led me to consider the reasoning behind this and I felt good about it. “What you think you become, what you feel you attract, what you imagine you create.” — Buddha A friend shared another example of this when she was on vacation with her family. In her head, she is dreading the end of the vacation while simultaneously trying to be in the moment and enjoy her leisure time. In doing so, she was actually less present in the moments of joy because she was too consumed by a future event that hadn’t even happened yet. This practice of thinking more and feeling less robbed her of value in the moment. If she could have put the thinking on pause, she would have felt more of the abundance right in front of her. These moments happen all the time. Let’s look at a more spirit-filled view. Example: When you feel something is not right in your body. Many people immediately get into their heads and start thinking of all the things that could be wrong. They talk about what they don’t know about, and build an incredible story around it. The sensations can even seem more daunting the more they attach worry to the tale. Now, if you change your position, stop thinking, and start feeling a spiritual presence in its place, you stop adding to the anxious version of the story and can seek a more peaceful approach. Symptoms seem to lessen as you breathe in and calm your thoughts rather than add chaotic “what ifs.” It can be difficult to do this if you are not familiar with managing your thoughts. You can start simply, but do start. Fill your mind with more peaceful consideration, breathing with an emphasis on the exhalation, and how you feel will start to change. This shift will result in a more pleasant and less worrisome outcome. One last thought to help you redirect your thinking are seven steps to happiness. They are: Think less, feel more. Frown less, smile more. Talk less, listen more. Judge less, accept more. Watch less, do more. Complain less, appreciate more. Fear less, love more. “The person that tries to keep everyone happy often ends up feeling the loneliest.” — Unknown Jennifer Durand is the owner and operator of The Nurture Nook Day Spa & Gift Shoppe. Visit nurturenook.com for more information.

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Old Rutherford Fairgrounds Property off of Church Street has hosted many horse races, shows, fairs, carnivals and events over the years HOW MANY OF YOU have enjoyed a cheeseburger from the local Krystal on South Church Street here in Murfreesboro? I bet you didn’t know that, right behind that location, Murfreesboro had a fairgrounds that held several events over the years. It began in 1868 when some Northern investors bought 30 acres of the Alfred Miller estate. They built a fairground, enclosed with a plank fence. It contained a half-mile track for training horses and, later, harness racing. They also built an amphitheater with a 150-foot show ring in a stadium with covered seating for several thousand people. In the back were stalls for the horses and offices. There was also an L-shaped building named Floral Hall. There was an observatory in a smaller building that was used for dressing rooms and storage. There was a long line of stables for the livestock. The grounds had walkways and were well landscaped and the cost for all this was around $20,000. This new facility was called the Tennessee Central, where the railroad tracks cross the turnpike. The railroad opened a new platform for passengers visiting the fairgrounds. In the first two years several stock, art and produce exhibitions were well

attended. It looked to be profitable. An early version of a Tennessee State Fair used these fairgrounds in 1869. Starting in 1890, harness races were the big draw. Additionally, competitions for the best in several hundred farm, homemaking, and skill categories all promised cash or merchandise to the winners. Cash rewards were typically $20. The fairgrounds remained very active with all sorts of turn-of-the-century exhibitions, traveling shows, circuses and revivals of the day. The racetrack stayed busy during most of the year. Local entrepreneur G.B. Giltner operated a year-round horse training facility (offering shoeing, surgery and livestock dentistry) at the fairgrounds. The RCFA (Rutherford County Fair Association) would struggle financially. In 1917 the association filed for bankruptcy. The fairground was court-ordered to sell at auction and it was purchased by five local businessmen (Henry King, J.W. Daniel, A.L. Todd, T.H. Harrison and Andrew Spain) for $6,000. Two years later it was sold to J.D. Hooper, who owned a property next door, for $5,000. The RCFA reorganized and, in 1925, bought the 30-acre fairground plus an additional 50 acres from Hooper for $16,750.

The fairgrounds were shut down during the Great Depression of 1929 and it didn’t reopen till 1934. The RCFA sold 12 acres for $5,500 to Rutherford County where a workhouse was built and today is the Rutherford County Juvenile Center. There were great hopes for the fairgrounds in 1934. The Rutherford Courier reported a three-day fair that had a carnival with six riding devices, 10 side shows and 30 concessions. There were agricultural and domestic exhibits and competitions. Daytime harness racing and nighttime horse shows filled the arena. Did you know . . . ? The county declared a holiday for schoolchildren so they could go enjoy the fair for a day. The 1934 fair was a huge success. There were big plans for the 1935 fair. It had everything going for it, great attendance, and popularity; however, it was not a financial success. Even the year-round horse racing and other events at the property could not cover the expenses. In August 1949 there was no county fair, but the fair-like Lions Club Exposition was the big event. The property owners at the time, Mssrs. Wilson and Carroll, announced that the Rutherford Raceway would host three days of harness races in October. In 1956, the estate of H. Wilson sold the fairgrounds property to Joe Werthan, a Nashville investor, for $31,500. A one-half acre tract, known as the Fairground Tavern Property, was excluded from the sale. Today the old fairground, still owned by Werthan interests, is mostly vacant. The Krystal and car wash stand on the tavern property. Did you know . . . ? Back in 1987, Rutherford County was one of several counties

across Tennessee that were being considered for parimutuel gambling, which meant there was a possibility of horse racing coming back to Rutherford County. When the Tennessee General Assembly passed the Racing Control Act of 1987, allowing parimutuel gambling on horse races. There was a gentleman here in Murfreesboro by the name of Claude Cockrell who was hoping to bring horseracing to Rutherford County. It was frowned upon because some thought that gambling could bring some seedy criminals. Before it all panned out, Cockrell himself was indicted for some illegal activities and it never got off the ground. On a personal note, back in the 1970s my grandfather Bill Wilson was in charge of the Rutherford County Workhouse mentioned above. I remember as a small child going to have breakfast at the workhouse with him, other jailers, and prisoners alike. Granddaddy kept his mules in a barn on the old fairground property, and I can remember vividly going with him and my brother, David Wilson, to check on those old mules. For some reason he always loved mules—I guess because they were hard workers and he was from Macon County. (Some of this information comes from John Spence’s book Annals of Rutherford County (1870) and from Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker.) Tune into WGNS at 100.5 FM or 1450 AM each Sunday at 9 p.m. for The Mr. Murfreesboro Show. Call Mr. Murfreesboro, a.k.a. Bill Wilson, for all of your local real estate needs at 615-406-5872. You can also follow him on Facebook. BOROPULSE.COM

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Opinion Shaping Your Kids’ Money Mindset Teach budgeting and investing from a young age the little ones learn bad habits. IF YOU’VE LISTENED to The Millionaire I chose to be very clear that if we went Choice Show, then you probably already know into a store for something, that was all we that I have six kids. No, I’m not insane, but were getting. It didn’t stop the kids from some days I do think I’m two kids past my asking, but it made my response much limit! My oldest son is 22. My youngest son easier. “Did we come in here for that? No. is 10. I have another son that is 18, and three Then we’re not going out of here with that.” daughters who are 17, 14 and 12. Very clear. Candy was their most common While I’ve been learning about money request, but the message was always the since I was 25, I can’t say I have everything same. I’ve lightened up figured when it comes on this a little bit more to teaching kids about MILLIONAIRE recently when one of the money. I’m learning. kids wants to go on an Like so many of us, BY TONY BRADSHAW errand with me. A trip to we copy what was modHome Depot might be eled for us as children. worth a pack of Twizzlers or a push pop. A In my case, I learned to work hard, do a trip to our new house with my oldest daughgood job, take pride in my work and blow ter usually ends up with a stop by Andy’s all my money with no plan for the future. I Frozen Custard. Always in moderation. don’t really want to model that for my kids. Regardless of your upbringing or current Since I adopted a debt-free mindset, my financial situation, making sure your kids kids have picked up on it as well. We’ve done have good money principles will be valuable a good job of not spoiling the kids, and we’ve for them for the next 75-plus years of their done a good job of not buying a lot of useless life. There are very few things that we, as stuff. For the most part, the kids are frugal parents, have as much power to shape our and don’t expect to get the latest trend in children’s futures with as money. Just a few clothes, sneakers or anything. When it comes small lessons can make a huge difference, to electronics, they get the hand-me-downs. but the habits they form will be key for reWhen mom gets a new laptop. They get the old one. The same goes for phones. My oldest ally empowering their financial future. son is still using an iPhone 5. Hey, it works. It’s cheap. My second son wanted a newer Learning to Make Money phone after his went on the fritz. He opted One of the first things a kid needs to learn for an iPhone 10, for which he footed the bill. is where money comes from. If you give During my childhood, I would often beg them money, they learn that it comes from for treats at the store. Money was tight, but you. If they steal money, they learn it comes my mom couldn’t refuse. I knew it, and I from stealing. I’ve had to deal with this in worked it. Looking back, she should have my house a few times, which brought about just spanked me . . . a lot. I deserved it. With the lesson of learning to protect your money my kids, I opted not to reward bad behavior and the lesson of punishment for taking like begging. It’s best to nip it quickly before someone else’s money!

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The lesson we really want to teach is that money comes from working and earning it. Early on, I would pay my kids in quarters. Every time they completed a job, they would get a quarter. Instant gratification. Later, we tried $1 poker chips and let them redeem the chips. This allowed them to build a paycheck of sorts and redeem it for cash. I’ve never been terribly good with the structured model of chores in our house. I believe there are things that just need to be done. Kitchen, dishes, rooms. All of that stuff needs to be done because you live in this house and it is yours. Take pride in your home and take care of it. I’ve done much better for task and small jobs payments that are outside of the standard house routine. There’s always plenty of this stuff around the house to do, and it’s okay to pay to get it done. Specifically, cutting the grass. My oldest son’s first job was cutting our grass. When he turned 16, I fired him and told him to go get another job. I hired his brother, then 14, to be my new lawn care guy. I wanted to push him out of the nest a bit. It’s amazing how much money kids can accrue through birthday and Christmas gifts! Be sure to set aside portions of this gift money so the kids don’t get spoiled thinking the money they need comes in the forms of gifts. Place most of this money in an investment fund for their first car or other future needs.

Learning to Manage Money It’s a little bit of a challenge, but teaching your kids even a simple budget when they are 16 or so is huge. I missed this opportunity with my oldest. We created his first budget at 18 to help him understand his expenses for college. His words: “I wish you’d done this with me sooner.” As soon as possible (ages 13–16), set up a checking account and start letting your kids get used to handling and managing their own money. Giving them some expenses to manage and pay is a really big deal in teaching them financial responsibility. You don’t want to be their financial handler for very long. The sooner you can migrate them onto being their own financial manager, the better. And please, don’t keep bailing them out of problems in their 20s. You’re just going to be enabling them and delaying them from getting on a good financial path.

ter it is. The more time it has to multiply. For kids, you have a couple of great options to get them started. CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT: You can set up an account in your child’s name under your management. I prefer eTrade due to fees, but you can use any reputable provider. Once you set up your account, work with them to look at some stocks. I used a simple process of letting them name 10 companies they are interested in. Usually these are brand names they know and are familiar with. In many cases, the stocks they name are stable and viable investments, or they wouldn’t be in business, and your child would not perceive them as a good brand. After you have your list, help them do some research on the companies using a tool like ﬁnance.yahoo.com. How’s the profitability of the company? Is it trending up or down? Is the company facing any trouble in the future? Do they have any new products coming out? ROTH IRA: If your kid is of working age and gets a W2, then you could help them start an IRA. You could fund it as the parent up to the amount of income they had that year. I like this idea because it helps your child have a chunk of money set aside at a very young age and helps them to switch on the prep for retirement part of their brain. For many, that switch doesn’t get ﬂipped until much later in life. GET INVESTMENT SMART: Get your kids some investing material that interests them. This could be a podcast, or YouTube channel. Require them to watch a few of these every once and a while. Last year, I started having my 10-year-old start watching cryptocurrency videos on YouTube. Once you get your child moving in a direction, keep putting coals on the fire.

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One of the greatest tricks I’ve uncovered for teaching kids about money is don’t start with budgeting. Budgeting is boring. Start with investing. Once your kid learns about investing and it clicks, the sky is the limit. Kids are brilliant, and once they connect the dots with investing, they’ll figure out things you probably can’t imagine. Once investing is ingrained in their minds, all the other principles of money will begin to fall into place. They can develop an “invest first” mindset, which will naturally restrict their spending.

Many people don’t learn to invest their money until much later in life. As every savvy investor will tell you, time matters. The longer your money is invested, the bet-

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Kaepernick Still Can’t Make a Team, July 4th Hot Dog Eating Contest Continues Tradition, and Some Sports Governing Bodies Are Waking Up THE TRAIN DADDY IS BACK with sports news, life lessons and politically incorrect talk. All aboard! ’Merica, F-yeah! Let’s start off by talking about the circus that is Colin Kaepernick. It’s being reported that his latest workout with the Raiders was a disaster. Kap was trash years ago when he lost his starting job, and he hasn’t played football for over 2,000 days! Just think about that, it’s been over 2K days since any public action other than bitching about life. Kaepernick has a right to kneel, but it still makes him a punk in my book. That’s fine, we all don’t have to agree with one another. I just find it ignorant to hijack something like the national anthem to grab attention. I don’t hate Kaepernick, though most of you probably believe that I do. Sure, I probably wouldn’t invite the dude to my BBQ, but at the end of the day Kap can cry all he wants about being blackballed. He made his own decisions and life isn’t always fair. Learn to live with those decisions, or be like Kap and play the victim. Have you ever thought about how many wieners you can shove down your throat in 10 minutes? The editor of this paper told me he might be able to knock out 20 in the hot dog eating contest if hungry enough! Yeah, that’s called taking a quick left turn, going from from Kaepernick to wieners! Dominating this annual patriotic event is a legend by the name of Joey Chestnut, one of America’s greatest athletes! Last year he broke the record for wieners and buns eaten after stuffing 76 of them down his throat. Joey has won the competition 14 out of 15 years, consuming anywhere from 54 to 76 hot dogs in the 10-minute timespan each year, seemingly always one-upping himself year after year. The women, on the other hand, while still

impressive, aren’t anywhere near that number. Miki Sudo, while not the reigning champ, has won 7 out of 8 contests she has competed in. She didn’t participate last year due to being pregnant. She should be back to championship form this year. The women’s champ may put down 40 wieners with the male putting down 70-plus. I love this event and I have watched every single one of these Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contests since Kobayashi came onto the scene in 2001 and shattered the record with 50 wieners. I was rooting for Joey to put down one more dog this July 4 and break his record once again. He did not set a personal best, downing 63 dogs in 2022, but still dominated the field; the second place finisher only ate 47.5. And as expected, Sudo easily won the women’s division with 40 wieners and buns. Biology matters when it comes to athletics, even in the world of competitive eating. That’s the perfect segue into another topic, a huge win for the integrity of female sports. Transgender bans in the sports world—it’s like a domino, knock one over and they begin to topple. I don’t even need to get into much detail about this, but I believe without doubt the integrity of female athletics has been damaged and it’s beautiful to see something done about it before it’s gotten too far out of hand. Biology matters in sports, and if you don’t believe it does, we should just get rid of gender separation and let the best compete regardless of sex. You know as well as I do what the results of that would be. So, it’s great to see FINA (the world swimming body) and World Rugby say enough is enough! Maybe we can salvage the integrity of female sports. Honestly, there is no room for debate—at this point it’s all nonsense and

emotions. Let the goofs like Megan Rapinoe cry about it. She believes inclusion in sports doesn’t threaten the integrity of fair competition, this after watching the recent domination of University of Pennsylvania trans swimmer Lia Thomas, who competed as a male for three years and didn’t make a bleep. Then, boom, within a year, Thomas competes with the women and wins a Division 1 National Championship! Believe what you want, but I call that B.S., and it gives me hope seeing these dominoes fall, reﬂecting what polls clearly show: most Americans are not okay with natural-born males competing with women. I had no intention of rambling too much about that, but I have been talking about this topic for over a decade, so excuse me for celebrating a win. Let’s end this article on a more positive note for all of us. Happy July 4th—grill some burgers, swallow a wiener (or 70 of them), chug a beer, blow up some fireworks, and take a moment to remember all the men and women who served so we can continue to live in a free country! This country may not be perfect, but only the ignorant fail to realize how fortunate those living here truly are. I have given love to Pat Tillman every year for the past decade in these articles. Tillman gave the ultimate sacrifice for his country. Pat was an Arizona Cardinal, an NFL safety, who turned down $4 million to join the Army after 9/11. Pat was killed in Afghanistan in 2004 and became the face of heroism for many. God bless you, Pat! There are so many great moments in American sports history: Jesse Owens shaming Hitler in Berlin and winning numerous gold medals for the U.S, the 1980 hockey team taking down the power that was USSR hockey—many like to give credit to President Reagan for ending the Cold War, but I say it was the Miracle on Ice that did it!

Remember the 1992 Dream Team? Complete domination—they beat teams by an average of 44 points to win a gold medal for USA Basketball, with names like Jordan, Bird, Magic, Barkley and Ewing. Ballers! Or, do you recall in 1976 when Rick Monday stopped two protestors from burning a flag on-field at Dodger Stadium? That was a legendary patriotic moment. One unfurled the flag, the other took out a lighter, but Monday was faster and snatched the flag before the act was accomplished. “What they were doing was wrong then, in 1976, and in my mind, it is wrong now,” Monday said later in a 2006 interview. Let us also not forget the perfect pitch before game 3 of the 2001 World Series, 49 days after 9/11 George W. Bush, wearing a bulletproof vest and standing alone on the mound, held his head high in Yankee stadium. Many people say he looked like an unbreakable statue that night. Bush threw a perfect pitch from the mound, something not easy to do. The crowd went wild, and it was a feel-good moment for America when we needed it. I know one truth; America was more united during that time than today’s youth could even imagine. That’s it, the Train Daddy is rolling into the station! To my readers, have an amazing July. It’s crazy that football is just around the corner, with NFL preseason play beginning in August. About time! I can stop rambling and start doing what I do—talk Tennessee Titans and Vols football. That’s my passion! Nothing but love to you all. My feelings towards policies regarding trans athletes do not equate with my feelings towards transgender individuals in general. That would be ignorant! Many people attempt to discredit an opposing viewpoint regarding the playing field of sports by saying it is based on hate. Not so. The Train is rolling into the station. Choo-choo!

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The Refund Scam REFUND SCAMS WORK SIMILARLY TO THE TECH SUPPORT SCAM, with the scammer trying to gain access to the target victim’s computer and banking information. The refund scam starts out with a phone call from someone telling the target victim that they work for a retail or tech company. The target victim will be asked if they just ordered a product from the company or if they want to continue using the company’s product. The target victim may also receive a text message pretending to be from a retailer asking if they just ordered an item from the retailer’s online store. If the target victim tells the scammer they didn’t order a product or want the product, the scammer will tell the target victim they will be issued or receive a refund. The amount of the refund the scammer will tell the target victim they are entitled to will vary between $100 to $500 dollars. HOW THE REFUND SCAM WORKS The refund scam begins with the scammer asking the target victim to download a software app that allows screen sharing and remote access to the target victim’s computer. Downloading the remote access app will allow the scammer to see and control the target victim’s computer. Once the target victim allows screen sharing remote access, the scammer will ask the target victim to log into their bank account. When the target victim logs into their bank account, the scammer is able to see the target victim’s bank account balance(s) and the amount they plan to scam from the target victim. The scammer will not allow the target victim to see their computer screen at the beginning of the refund scam. When the screen comes back on, the target victim will see two command prompt lines asking for the target victim’s “Name” and “Amount of refund.” The target victim will be asked to enter their name and the amount of the refund they are expecting from the scammer at the command prompt’s “Name” and “Amount of refund” lines. As the target victim is typing out the amount of the refund the scammer has told them they will be receiving, the scammer will type extra zeros in the amount and press enter using their remote access. The scammer will then ask the target victim in a 42 * JULY 2022 * BOROPULSE.COM

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