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ON THE COVER: Autumn Art Tour “This Is Tough Ground” by Gayle Levee

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FEATURES

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6 Events

STEELDRIVERS

Seasoned bluegrass band hits Hop Springs Oct. 24.

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FREE THE PLANT TOUR

Captain Midnight Band performs at cannabis industry event.

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CALENDAR Learn to Ride, Count Drahoon’s Feature of Fright, Harvest Days, Backstage Bash, Middle Tennessee Sinfonietta

Pumpkin patches, corn mazes and tons of fall fun at 15 Middle Tennessee farms.

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TOP DOGS

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FINANCIAL EDUCATION Get money smart.

Dia de los Muertos at The Burlap Room featuring 40oz. Burrito

ENTERTAINMENT CALENDAR

34 Opinion FREE YOUR CHILDREN School choice is a trap.

EXHIBITS Autumn Art Tour; Rainbow Mosho

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SPORTS TALK King Henry carries Titans to 2-2 record.

RESTAURANT Red Bicycle

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BUSINESS BUZZ Crunch Fitness, TriFit, ChampionSpin, Fresh Bite, West 22 Tacos,

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BUSINESS NEWS Raider Realty gives students real-life real estate experience.

POSITIVE PARENTING Ways to make holiday time more joyful

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MUSIC NOTES Coyote Motel at Hop Springs

Local magicians invite all to attend meetings and learn the art of magic.

Publisher/Editor in Chief: Bracken Mayo

MOVIE Pig

NATURE NEWS Help box turtles

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MAGIC CLUB

Saltworks and more

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CONCERT CALENDAR PULSE PICK: KISS Army, Mixtape, The Jolly String Quartet, Tom Petty Tribute, Graham Anthem Band

Dog Agility World Championships return to Tennessee Miller Coliseum in Murfreesboro, Oct. 20–24.

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REMEMBERING PHIL VALENTINE Let us discuss our differences with civility.

LIVE . . . WELL Focus on the omnis.

HEALTH Free the plant.

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DOES ANYONE FIND IT STRANGE that some concerts and airlines now ask those at the gate for medical records in order to get into the venue or vehicle?

This seems to have become a socially acceptable thing with this latest disease.

But force everyone to provide a negative HIV test to gain entry, and—I can only imagine—everyone’s all like “medical privacy” and “discrimination!”

What’s next? “You must have had your third chicken pox shot in order to mosh safely . . .” “No one with cancer on the plane.” “You may patronize our restaurant after we view your X-rays.” “No wheelchairs at the ballgame.”

Come on. This asking for medical test results seems very inconsistent with the principles of medical privacy and discrimination—illegal most likely, in conflict with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Civil Rights Act or something.

Distrust in media, big tech, corporate America and social media remains high as some sort of an ongoing coordinated propaganda campaign continues regarding vaccines, masks, shutdowns, safety, safety and death, death, death.

Lots of disinformation and questionable logic and statistics swirl. Many seemingly valid viewpoints go underreported in mainstream media. Many people have grown upset with big pharma, big media, big education, big government and big medicine.

It is a great time to be a small business in many ways.

Yes, the past couple of years have created a uniquely challenging road for many small, independent organizations.

But in other ways, I count myself blessed to be at the helm of a small mom-and-pop, rather than at the mercy of a soulless corporation or massive government entity during this age. A small business can remain more nimble, better able to call its own shots and make its own decisions. It can fly under the radar in certain ways and more effectively avoid the wrath of cancel culture.

Though society continues to undergo divisions, I see a growing group of those who want a more organic, simpler, community-driven existence as distant as possible from big media, public schools, major medical systems, big-box stores, social media and all of that.

Here you go, we present the October edition to you. This Pulse has crepes, coffee, magic, pumpkins, 5Ks, turtles, Jeeps, music and all of the news that really matters.

Well, otherwise there are a few other stories we could have included about a social media mob coming after a local woman’s job at Cigna after she made what they interpreted as the incorrect facial expression at a recent school board meeting; an MTSU student being forcibly removed from class by security because she did not have the proper vaccine; local schools teaching 6-year-olds that wearing a napkin on their faces is the proper, healthy and woke thing to do; concert venues checking medical records at the door, hospitals banning family members from visiting their loved ones in their final days and times of struggle, and a few other strange things going on in the community.

I will try and get to those stories soon, but what a wonderful world when we focus on the positive!

Do not worry about tomorrow—enjoy your now.

Peace, BRACKEN MAYO Publisher/Editor in Chief

EVENTS CALENDAR  OCTOBER 2021  BY ANDREA STOCKARD THROUGH OCT. 15

lywood sci-fi smash musical, Little Shop of Horrors has devoured the hearts of theatergoers for over 30 years.

IMAGINE A DAY WITHOUT WATER Observe the annual Imagine a Day Without Water Campaign with the Murfreesboro Water Resources Community Affairs Department’s matching-themed high school artwork contest. MWRDCA asks those in the community to step up through Oct. 15. Murfreesboro Water urges local youth to acknowledge #TheValueofWater and how important it is to act in preserving the most precious resource. Not only does this encourage students to acknowledge their environmental footprint and to ultimately promote change in the future of water and wastewater infrastructure, but cash prizes can also be won. For more information, contact 615-890-0862, ext.

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THROUGH OCT. 29 FALL MARKET & ARTS FESTIVAL The 46th season of the Rutherford County Farmers’ Market ends Friday, Oct. 29. Until then, visit Lane Agri-Park Community Center (315 John R. Rice Blvd.)

Tuesdays and Fridays from 7 a.m.–noon for special editions of the market featuring local arts and crafts. The RCFM is the sole 100 percent producer-only market in the county. Shoppers can find an array of unique items like in-season produce, baked goods, mixes and dips, jams, jellies, honey, meats, herbs, produce, flowers, shrubs and bouquets. For more information, call 615-898-7710. Bring your own cart. Admission is free.

THROUGH OCT. 30 MAIN STREET SATURDAY MARKET The 2021 Main Street Saturday Farmer’s Market allows local vendors to display an assortment of crops at the Murfreesboro Public Square Saturdays from 8 a.m.– noon, running through Saturday, Oct. 30.

Purchase fresh vegetables, homemade cakes and pies, beef, pork, chicken, eggs, newly cut flowers, jams and jellies and more from over 50 food vendors. For more information, call 615-895-1887 or visit mainstreetmurfreesboro.org.

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OCT. 8 OUT OF THIS WORLD! SCI-FI OPEN MIC

OCT. 8-10 LEARN TO RIDE A MOTORCYCLE The Progressive IMS Outdoors is an event at the James E. Ward Agricultural Center (945 E. Baddour Pkwy., Lebanon) Friday–Sunday, Oct. 8–10. Participants can share in three days of motorcycle demos and plentiful “learn to ride” opportunities including the award-winning Discover the Ride program that gets new riders (no license required) on an electric Zero Motorcycle, safely learning to ride with the guidance of professional instructors. Kids as young as 2 can master the lifelong skill of riding on two wheels in the Kids Zone. Motorcycle and adventure enthusiasts can view and demo new motorcycles from Kawasaki, Harley-Davidson, Yamaha and other manufacturers, as well as bikes from Giant, Liv, Momentum and other brands.

Shop the latest gear, clothing and products while checking out the custom builder competition and displays of classic and vintage motorcycles. For tickets and more information, visit motorcycleshows.com/nashville.

THROUGH OCT. 31 WALDEN PUMPKIN FARM The 2021 season for the Walden Pumpkin Farm (8653 Rocky Fork Rd., Smyrna) runs Thursdays–Fridays from 2–6 p.m., Saturdays from 9 a.m.–6 p.m. and Sundays from noon–4 p.m. through Oct. 31.

Aside from pumpkin shopping, Walden Pumpkin Farm offers an array of familyfriendly activities for all ages including hayrides, a corn maze, animal barn and Tennessee slip and slide. The country store is a one-stop shop for all things fall. Grab locally made treats, autumn decorations, gifts and Halloween items. The food depot offers a full concession area with barbecue hamburgers alongside fall favorites

like pumpkin fudge and funnel cakes.

Admission and parking are free. For more information, call 615-220-2918 or visit waldenpumpkinfarm.com.

OCT. 8–17

Get out of this world in downtown Murfreesboro with Church Street Gallery’s Out of This World! project, a sci-fi-themed showcase of literary and spoken word art at Church Street Gallery (124 N. Church St.) in Graffiti Alley. The showcase, held Friday evening, Oct. 8, includes live readings and performances by featured artists with open mic slots throughout the evening. Featured performances and activities include an excerpt of the 1938 radio drama War of the Worlds, (which will be performed in its entirety the following week at the Walnut House), Murfreesboro Poet Laureate Amie Whittemore reading speculative poetry from her new collection, and sci-fi haiku time, when guests are invited to write a sci-fi inspired haiku to leave for others to read or take home.

For more information on the event or signing up to present at the open mic, contact info@churchstreetgalleryboro.com.

OCT. 8–9 LOCAL POTTERY TOUR AND SALE Lewis Snyder of Studio S Pottery is closing his studio after 50 years. Studio S Pottery will hold a special inventory reduction sale from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 8 and 9. Snyder intends to sell all of his personal work as well as artwork from his collection. Studio S Pottery is located at 1426 Avon Rd., Murfreesboro. For more information, call 615-692-2080.

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Consider This Theater Company invites everyone to their first musical in 12 years, Little Shop of Horrors. Performances are at Mills-Pate Arts Center (7120 Old Nashville Hwy.), Oct. 8–10 and 15–17.

Friday and Saturday performances begin at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. Doors open 30 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets are $18 and can be purchased at considerthisinc.com/shoppe.

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Hey parents! Drop your kids (ages 7 to 13) off for a day at the Wilderness Station at Barfield Crescent Park (401 Volunteer Rd, Murfreesboro) while you take some time for yourself on Saturday, Oct. 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Kids will get the opportunity to hike back to the campground to play gaga ball, shoot archery, have a campfire lunch and meet our live animal ambassaCONTINUED ON PAGE 7

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Cost is $50 per child.

OCT. 9 CONSENSUAL VANDALISM Consensual Vandalism is an art event of muralists and graffiti and street artists held in the ’Boro’s famed Graffiti Alley behind Church Street Gallery on the Murfreesboro Public Square. Don’t miss this chance to paint on the walls and collaborate on canvas and cardboard. The event, Saturday, Oct. 9, from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. is designed to be fun for the whole family. Collaborative winners and artists will receive dinner for two at the Alley on Main and a party on Graffiti Alley’s Green Space and in Church Street Gallery as prizes. Find Graffiti Alley near the corner of Church and College streets.

OCT. 10 TN JEEP PLATE CRUISE-IN A group of Jeep owners seeking approval for a Tennessee Jeep specialty license plate will hold a Jeep Cruise-In at Sharp Springs Park (311 Jefferson Pk., Smyrna) from 1–6 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20. All Jeep owners and supporters are welcome. The event will include a live DJ, vendors, food trucks, music and fun. A

portion of the proceeds from the specialty Jeep license plate, and the event, will benefit A Soldier’s Child Foundation and Mission 22. Tennessee State Rep. Mike Sparks is sponsoring a state bill to create the Jeep license plate. For more information on the Oct. 10 cruise-in and the movement, contact Wendy Lloyd at 615-830-8128 or find a TN Jeep Plate group on Facebook.

OCT. 12 TENNESSEE TRAILS MEETING The Tennessee Trails Association’s monthly meeting of its Murfreesboro chapter takes place Tuesday, Oct. 12, from 7–8 p.m., at the Wilderness Station at Barfield Crescent Park (401 Volunteer Road). For more information, call or text 615-9718894 or visit tennesseetrails.org.

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CIVIL WAR BATTLE OF THE BANDS

LIVING SENT MEETING The October 2021 Living Sent Murfreesboro meeting will be on Wednesday, Oct. 13, from 11:45 a.m.–1 p.m. at the Experience (521 Old Salem Rd.). Speakers include LaShan Dixon and Ashley McDonald. Dixon, currently the Rutherford County Public Health Director, spent 15 years in the fashion and pageant world as a contestant, coach and model. In that time she recognized the need to help people be confident in who they are to

The night before The Battle of Stones River in Murfreesboro in late December of 1862 consisted of brass bands from both sides of the conflict holding their own special kind of battle that evening. No shots were fired, no one was hurt and there was no clear victory. On Oct. 16, The North/South Music Ambassadors along with The Stones River National Battlefield (3501 Old Nashville Hwy.) re-create this historic battle of the bands. Brass musicians and drummers from all over the country converge on Murfreesboro to duke it out and win the audience’s favor while playing authentic Civil War-era instruments and music from 10 a.m.–6 p.m. The bands invite the public to their rehearsals, held behind the Stones River National Battlefield Visitor Center. The Confederate band will rehearse at 10 a.m. and the Union band will rehearse at 11 a.m. Later in the day, the Confederate Band performs a concert at the Slaughter Pen (Tour Stop 2) at 1:30 p.m. and the Union Band performs a concert at the Stones River National Cemetery Rostrum at 2:30 p.m. before the groups vie for supremacy on the battlefield with a 3:30 p.m. Battle of the Bands. The program concludes with a joint rendition of “Home, Sweet Home.” For more information, call 615-893-9501. Admission is free. achieve their full potential. McDonald, the Rutherford County Public Information Officer, will discuss how she learned from her involvement in the recent plane crash tragedy on Percy Priest Lake how God prepares us ahead of time for the situations we will be involved in. A complimentary lunch will be provided by Ashley McDonald. For more information on Living Sent or to RSVP, contact Bob Williams at bob.williams@alhambrapartners.com.

OCT. 9 THE MIDDLE HALF The Middle Half, a half marathon held Saturday, Oct. 9, begins and ends near the historic Murfreesboro Public Square. Participants run down tree-lined Main Street to Maney Avenue and the historic Oaklands Historic House Museum, circle the courthouse, run through the beautiful campus of MTSU and elsewhere throughout town, then finish and celebrate at the party on the square. The national anthem will play at 6:50 a.m. with the half marathon starting at 7 a.m. Local roadways on the course will reopen to traffic as the roads are cleared of participants. The entire course will reopen to vehicle traffic by 10:30 a.m. For more information, contact racedirector@themiddlehalf.com or visit themiddlehalf.com.

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OCT. 15 THE MARKET AT FOUNTAINS As summer winds down and the nights cool off, celebrate fall at the annual Market at Fountains of Gateway (1500 Medical Center Pkwy.) Friday, Oct. 15, from 4–8 p.m. Enjoy food trucks, live music, local craft vendors, face painting, pony rides and a petting zoo. Admission is free. Food trucks and onsite dining options include Yayo’s O.M.G. Tacos, Chang Noi Thai-Lao, Just Love Coffee, The Soda Bar and more. To apply to be a craft ven-

dor, visit fountainsatgateway.regfox.com/ market2021. Spaces are limited. For more information, call 615-895-0850 or visit fountainsatgateway.com.

OCT. 15–16 FRIGHTENSBURGH AT CANNONSBURGH VILLAGE Frightensburgh is a historical haunted village at Cannonsburgh Village (312 S. Front St.) Friday and Saturday, Oct. 15 and 16, from 6:30–10 p.m. As one of the scariest attractions in Murfreesboro, this is not intended for children under 13.

Admission is $10 per person. Contact shicks@murfreesborotn.gov or 615-8937439 ext. 6129 for more information.

OCT. 16 BACKSTAGE BASH The Center for the Arts takes the 2021 Backstage Bash to the streets with an outdoor event right on College Street.

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OCT. 16 CLUE PARTY Everything is suspect at the Clue Party’s third annual fundraiser, a night of mystery, laughs and fun at Oaklands Mansion (901 N. Maney Ave.) Saturday, Oct. 16, from 6–9 p.m. This live-action version of the classic board game Clue brings to life everyone’s favorite lineup of potential murderers in a costume party. Wild Goose Chase programs activities in the Nashville area to help support local nonprofits. This year’s Clue Party benefits the Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Center and Nourish Food Bank. Cash prizes are awarded to attendees who solve the mystery, as well as to the winner of the costume contest among the Clue characters. As lead detective, it’s up to you to figure out who killed Judge Gray, with what, and in which room of Gray Mansion.

For tickets and more information, visit wildgoosechase.events.

OCT. 20–24 DOG AGILITY WORLD GAMES Top canine athletes from across the country are headed to Murfreesboro to compete in the U.S. Dog Agility Association’s prestigious Cynosport Dog Agility World Games Championship at the Tennessee Miller Coliseum (304B W. Thompson Ln.). Contenders unleash their dogs and direct them with voice and hand signals through obstacle courses. Talented dogs of all breeds and sizes perform over hurdles and A-frames, through tunnels, tire jumps, weave poles and the see-saw.

Daily activities run from 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 20, through Sunday, Oct. 24, with evening events on Saturday beginning at 6 p.m. Check cynosport.com for current details on show day. For more information on United States Dog Agility Association, visit usdaa.com.

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THE CONNECTION AT FLOAT ALCHEMY Float Alchemy will host the October 2021 installment of The Connection: An Evening of Professional Networking and Business Brainstorming from 5–7 p.m.

Big Creek Winery Tasting Room will host a classic car day on Sunday, Oct. 17, from 2–6 p.m. Drive your cool classic or custom car, or just come to check out the other cars, and support local business. Various vendors will be in attendance as well. Big Creek Winery Tasting Room is located at 7027 Main St., Christiana. on Thursday, Oct. 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.

Float Alchemy is located at 131 Cason Ln., Murfreesboro.

OCT. 22–24 BORO TATTOO FEST The 2021 Boro Tattoo Fest, Friday, Oct. 22, through Sunday, Oct. 24, features over 90 tattoo artists from across the nation, live entertainment, a pin-up contest, tattoo competitions, a burger war and much more. This show, held at the Mid-TN Expo Center (1660 Middle Tennessee Blvd.), is put on by artists, for artists.

Tickets, $15 for an all-day pass, are sold at the door only.

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Explore topics related to understanding the audition process—from registering to callbacks, what you’re doing wrong, what casting is looking for, how to make noticeable choices, song or monologue choices and

how to perform them, cold reads, conquering callbacks, how to pass the dance audition, pushing through fear and more. Join Denise Parton and Mark David Williams on Saturday, Oct. 23, from 10 a.m.–noon at Center for the Arts (110 W. College St.).

Parton, an active influence in San Diego’s Children’s Theater for over 20 years, is the director of education for Center Stage Academy. Williams has a degree in commercial voice and is a session singer, worship leader and vocal coach; he is currently the artistic director at Center for the Arts and the director of Center Stage Voice Academy. This workshop is free to Rutherford Arts Alliance members and $25 for non-members. For more information, contact gtogrye@bellsouth.net.

OCT. 23 GHOST TOURS AT OAKLANDS MANSION Some say that Oaklands Mansion (901 N. Maney Ave.) is one of the most haunted houses in Middle Tennessee. Visit and experience the first ghost tours ever offered of the historic mansion. Walk the dimly lit halls hearing haunting tales of eerie bumps in the night, and experience macabre traditions surrounding death in the 19th century.

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OCT. 23 HARVEST DAYS Harvest Days features old-fashioned fun with the Barn Stompers Band, storytelling, handmade crafts, hands-on demonstrations, food trucks and hayrides alongside the Mid-State Cloggers, Rutherford Blacksmith Association, Antique Auto Association, Uptown Country Band and Murfreesboro Art League all at Cannonsburgh Village (312 S. Front St.) on Saturday, Oct. 23, from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. For more information, call 615-890-0355 or find Harvest Days at Cannonsburgh on Facebook. distance. If you watch closely, you may find ghostly figures lurking about in the dark corners of the mansion. Are they volunteer members of Murfreesboro Little Theatre or something from another world? These exclusive experiences are Saturday, Oct. 23, from 7–10 p.m. Admission is $25.

(This event is not recommended for small children.) Tickets must be pre-purchased at oaklandsmansion.org/events-calendar.

OCT. 29 THE PURPOSE OF WEALTH Tony Bradshaw, author of The Millionaire Choice and host of The Millionaire Choice Podcast, partners with Dr. Ben Graham, founder and pastor of Music City Baptist Church, Shaunti Feldhahn, author of Thriving in Love and Money, and Jerremy Newsome, CEO of Real Life Trading, on the Purpose of Wealth Live Event at the Capitol Theatre (110 W. Main St., Lebanon), on Friday, Oct. 29, from 5:30–9:30 p.m.

The Purpose of Wealth is designed as a part of a citywide financial transformation model to help everyone understand their personal finances. Become equipped with the knowledge and wisdom to understand money, build wealth and transform your financial life. The event isn’t just about money, it’s about aligning a person’s life, heart and spirit with developing a purpose for their life and money. Alongside with creating a vision for life and financial future to help make the world a better place,

the goal is to also equip communities and churches with a healthy perspective on money and wealth. For more information, contact Bradshaw at 615-538-7645 or visit purposeofwealth.live.

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OCT. 29 WILD RUMPUS Where are our wild things? Kids ages 2 to 10 can dress up (non-scary costumes please) for a night of frolicking under the open sky at the Wilderness Station at Barfield Crescent Park on Friday, Oct. 29 at 5:30 p.m. There will be a live animal program, bat and snake crafts, a campfire with s’mores, self-led themed trail hikes, make your own trail-mix, hot chocolate and cider, sensory activities and more. Kids must be accompanied by an adult. Cost is $3/person (includes adults), with a max of $10/family. Register by emailing hmeyer@ murfreesborotn.gov or call 615-217-3017.

OCT. 29, 30 & 31 KID-FRIENDLY HALLOWEEN MAZE Find your way through a haunted maze full of spooky surprises from 7 to 11 p.m. at 1339 Saint Andrews Dr. There will be music, games, photo ops and of course lots of

candy! So be brave, scream and don’t look back! Best costume gets gift card to LTA Depot. This event is free and open to the public. Donations appreciated.

OCT. 30 SPECIAL KIDS RACE The 10th Annual Special Kids Race will be held on Saturday, Oct. 30, at Murfreesboro Medical Clinic. Supporters of Special Kids can walk, run or simply cheer on the participants who have helped the organization make the annual race one of Rutherford County’s biggest annual events. The Special Kids Race offers 15K, 10K, 5K and 1-mile distances.

The 15K and 10K start at 7 a.m., the 5K starts at 7:15 a.m. and the 1-mile fun run starts at 9 a.m. To register and for more information, visit specialkidsrace.org.

OCT. 30 CANNON CO. PUMPKIN FESTIVAL The Cannon County Pumpkin Festival returns to the Woodbury Square from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30. The day includes trick-or-treating, games, crafts, food and fun for all ages. A pumpkin contest will award prizes in four age groups.

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THROUGHOUT OCTOBER SCARECROWS DOWNTOWN Downtown Murfreesboro businesses will host scarecrows as part of Main Street Murfreesboro’s second annual Scarecrows Downtown display and contest throughout October. Main Street held a contest for local artists, young and old, to submit scarecrow designs. Downtown businesses wanting to participate were randomly assigned to an artist for display of their scarecrow. Each scarecrow has a number and the name of the artist on an attached place card for voting purposes. Take a picture of your favorite scarecrow downtown and post it on Instagram or Facebook using #mainstreetscarecrow to vote in the people’s choice award.

Judges will also select a winner based on creativity, use of recycled materials and theme. The winner is announced Oct. 30. For more information, contact Sarah Callender at sarah@downtownmurfreesboro.com.

Those wanting to enter a pumpkin into the contest can drop off their creations at the Cannon County Courthouse from 4–7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 29. For more information, contact Ashley at 615-318-9331 or living_dead_gurl05@yahoo.com.

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Donations are accepted, both at the door and in advance, at oaklandsmansion.org.

Bring your own chairs and blankets. Dogs are permitted, but must remain on a leash.

For more information, call 615-893-0022.

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Get ready for an evening of live music and theatrical performance on the front lawn of historic Oaklands Mansion (901 N. Maney Ave.) Saturday, Oct. 30, from 6–9 p.m., for a Halloween eve performance by the Middle Tennessee Sinfonietta. The Murfreesboro Little Theatre engages audience members, young and old, in a mini trick-or-treat, and guests are welcome to wear Halloween costumes. The Middle Tennessee Sinfonietta is a small, volunteer orchestra comprised of collegiate, graduate and professional musicians who reside in Middle Tennessee. They are committed to furthering the fine arts community throughout the Middle Tennessee area and bringing together all areas of arts. For

As the sun sets and darkness falls, walk among the final resting places of thousands of Murfreesboro’s citizens Fridays in October at 7 p.m. Hear their stories and learn about Murfreesboro’s unique past while experiencing the Evergreen Cemetery after dark. Dr. James Maney, owner of the Oaklands farm, sold 20 acres of land to the town of Murfreesboro in 1872, and a new public cemetery was developed. Today, Evergreen Cemetery covers over 100 acres and nearly 20,000 individuals are interred there. Guided tours are $30 per person and depart from the Evergreen Cemetery office entrance (519 Greenland Dr.). Tours last approximately one hour and are limited to 20 guests. Please bring a flashlight.

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CHECK INTO THE COYOTE MOTEL FOR A DOSE OF COSMIC ROOTS, OCT. 17 AT HOP SPRINGS COYOTE MOTEL will make its Murfreesboro debut at the Hop Springs Beer Park Americana Sunday series on Sunday, Oct. 17, from 1 to 4 p.m.

Nashville-based guitarist, songwriter, singer, music journalist and producer Ted Drozdowski serves as frontman of Coyote Motel. Some in the area may know him from regular Mayday appearances with Scissormen in years past.

The band specializes in slow, swampy, reverb-soaked blues mixed with splashes of rock, country and psychedelia, and even gets into a little punk territory, a blend the band likes to call “cosmic roots music.”

“It’s not super-fancy,” Drozdowski said.

“It’s honest. It’s real.”

Lyrically, the Coyote Motel material can quickly travel from silly fun to very serious topics of addiction, abuse, protest and death, as the band adds some spaciness to a Delta blues foundation.

“The influences of Muddy Waters and Daniel Lanois, or Lonnie Mack and Sonny Sharrock, not only can but should exist in the same song,” Drozdowski continued.

“We’re also seriously committed to everybody—including ourselves—having fun!”

Experience the band’s sound, which has also been described as “mesmerizing hoodoo,” at Hop Springs on Oct. 17.

Hop Springs is at 6790 John Bragg Hwy., Murfreesboro. Find more on Coyote Motel and stream the band’s entire debut album at coyotemotel.com.

OCT. 23 DIA DE LOS MUERTOS MASQUERADE FEATURES SUBLIME TRIBUTE 40OZ. BURRITO THE BURLAP ROOM AT BERT DRIVER’S NURSERY takes on a little Southern California flavor for an October Dia de los Muertos masquerade.

Mark your calendar for Saturday, Oct. 23, when the venue invites guests to don their best Dia de los Muertos makeup and attire.

40oz Burrito will perform a tribute to legendary SoCal reggae rock group Sublime.

An impromptu 2014 jam session led to the creation of 40oz Burrito—Chris Golden, Jonathon Bradley, Nels Noseworthy and Jarred Good. The group aims to provide an authentic vibe to satiate the astute Sublime aficionado as well as appeal to the casual fan.

The Dia de los Muertos masquerade kicks off at 4 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 23. Live music begins at 6 p.m. Find tickets on Eventbrite; kids under 10 and pets are free.

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GRAMMY WINNERS The SteelDrivers, a bluegrass-flavored group of multi-dimensional artists, bring their chiseled compositions to Murfreesboro this October.

Granted, within recent years the band has seen its lineup shift gears. Still, the steel-driving force has stayed put and the group has persevered. Among those changes were the departure of lead singer Chris Stapleton—for an extremely successful solo career—and then his replacement, Gary Nichols.

Funnily enough, second-most-recent lead Kelvin Damrell showed real steel appeal on a YouTube video that caught the ear of the band. The daughter of SteelDrivers fiddle player Tammy Rogers King witnessed Damrell’s cover of a Stapleton song. This discovery of its next member was somewhat of a full-circle moment for the band. Damrell joined King, Richard Bailey (banjo), Mike Fleming (bass) and Brent Truitt (mandolin) as the newest member of the group in 2018.

An official recorded debut of the updated lineup followed with SteelDrivers’ 2020 album (their fifth) Bad for You. Bad finds things getting good again for the group, and in particular for King’s pen—she co-wrote 10 of its 11 tracks (an instrumental piece excluded) tackling tales from death to love to insomnia to just plain fun (along with a bit of influence of unapologetic Cajun).

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17 and, thankfully, the general fan consensus is that Dame is doing damn well stepping in for Damrell.

“Matt is a veteran singer-songwriter who has been working in Nashville’s studio scene for several years. He’s a great singer and we look forward to introducing him to all the Steelheads out on the road for the remainder of our 2021 tour!” King shared.

Dame expressed enormous enthusiasm and respect for The SteelDrivers in a statement about taking on such a challenge.

With local favorite John Salaway & The Stones River Saints joining as openers, the SteelDrivers will hammer down together in fine form on the Hop Springs outdoor stage to fuse blues and bluegrass perfectly suited for rocking the night away and melding melodies with some sway.

SteelDrivers and John Salaway play on Sunday, Oct. 24, at Hop Springs at 7 p.m.

Hop Springs is located at 6790 John Bragg Hwy., Murfreesboro.

All ages welcome (under 21 must be accompanied by parent or legal guardian).

Tickets start at $25. Limited VIP tickets include upfront pit viewing, a private bar and VIP parking. Find tickets on Eventbrite. nter the promo code PULSE at Eventbrite checkout for $5 off each ticket.

For more information on The SteelDrivers, visit thesteeldrivers.com. For more information on John Salaway, visit johnsalaway.com.

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Free the Plant Tour Event discusses herbal legitimacy at Hop Springs Oct. 9, With Captain Midnight Band as funky header

BY BRYCE HARMON LOCAL GROUND-TO-CANNABINOID-SUPPLEMENT TAILOR Volunteer Botanicals will host the Free the Plant Tour fundraiser at Hop Springs Beer Park, Saturday, Oct. 9, to raise funds for the non-partisan, prohemp and pro-cannabis political action committee Tennessee Growers Coalition.

Free the Plant Tour is an open air, open invitation event to discuss Tennessee’s current cannabis legislation with the aim to gain ground for Tennessee’s businesses and private citizens alike to freely plant seeds.

Capping off the evening, “internationally-ignored superstar” funk-bucket Captain Midnight Band takes the Hop Springs stage for a ’70s-heavy dance party spectacle following the panel portions of Free the Plant Tour.

“Legalization is guaranteed to open up more jobs, new industries, new farming opportunities, new medicines, new fuels and new building materials unlike any plant before,” said Jason Pickle, cofounder of Volunteer Botanicals.

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nabis supply chains within our state to achieve their objectives and the desires of their customers. Event organizers openly invite Tennessee legislators to join the discussion at Hop Springs.

“The word cannabis encompasses both hemp and marijuana, the latter being a slang term assigned to cannabis in the early 1900s. The only difference is the Delta 9 THC content,” says Pickle.

Hemp plants normally do not contain illegal amounts of the cannabis plant’s natural psychoactive chemical component, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), and are sought by developers for their structural fiber in order to create useful consumer products. However, “marijuana” plants, by stereotypical description, are the ones that may affect cannabis consumers’ behavior, in politics, business or a grocery market, due to the plant’s THC content. Several states’ laws are slow to reform pertaining to Delta 9, while other states and the federal government have not been. Chemical engineers can now remove or distort the illicit Delta 9 isomer in order to circumvent restrictive legalities in states.

And, folks can grow hemp in Tennessee. Growers, sellers, handlers and merchants need to apply for specific agricultural licenses (and some not, depending on which stage of the plant’s ground-toproduct journey the business focuses on)

to do so in Tennessee, perfectly safe and free, aside from the license fees required by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture. It’s when producers and merchants want to operate as close as possible to the illegal form of cannabis (trying to get the diet cola as close to the cola classic on a chemical-makeup level) that messes with people’s emotions, money and laws.

To clarify, Volunteer Botanicals does not chemically engineer any plants or forms of cannabis or cannabinoid products. They take pre-engineered, nonDelta 9-containing cannabis products, which are the popular CBD, CBC, CBG, Delta 8 (close to Delta 9, huh?), and, most recently, Delta 10 products, and convert them in versatile supplement formats, such as a powder. Volunteer then mixes and matches any and all of these supplemental forms, tailoring the finished product to their customers’ wants, according to Pickle.

At the Oct. 9 event, the folks from Volunteer Botanicals will discuss cannabis from various angles, intending to clarify common misconceptions about hemp and cannabis growth. Local businesses leaders and invited legislators will be there to help form, discuss and field any questions.

Venue doors open at 4 p.m. A legislators panel will follow at 5 p.m., where local and state legislators are invited to weigh in. From 6–8 p.m., speakers will hit on various different topics surrounding hemp, cannabis, building materials, skin care and safe consumption.

To wind things down, the evening gets to rock your socks with the hilarity and thumpy grooves of “waterbed rock ’n’ roll” purveyors Captain Midnight Band from 8–10 p.m. No words are a better description than their own, laying down “crunchy rock guitar riffs, thick R&B grooves and soaring vocal harmonies.”

The Free the Plant will also include area food trucks, vendors, games, a silent auction and learning zones for the kids.

As always, Hop Springs is dog friendly.

More information and insight into Volunteer Botanicals’ products can be found at volunteerbotanicals.com. For more on Tennessee Growers Coalition PAC, visit tngrowerscoalition.com.

Hop Springs is located at 6790 John Bragg Hwy. Find them at hopspringstn. com. Organizers suggest a $10 admission donation for the Saturday, Oct. 9, event; free admission for veterans and kids.

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HANK’S Open Mic 6–9 p.m.

JACK BROWN’S Trivia, 7 p.m.

LEVEL III Trivia, 7 p.m.

THE BORO Karaoke, 8 p.m.

THE WHEEL Pool Tournament 7 p.m.

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FRONT STREET PUB Acoustic Jam NACHO’S Trivia, 7 p.m.

SEASONS Poker, 7 p.m.

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EL TORO Trivia, 7 p.m.

GEORGIA’S SPORTS BAR Karaoke 8 p.m.–12 a.m.

JONATHAN’S GRILLE Trivia, 7:30 p.m.

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STARS & STRIKES Trivia, 6:30 p.m.

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BRYAN COLLINS

All Over the Map

Life Is Great

MOVIE BY JAY SPIGHT

PIG DIRECTOR Michael Sarnoski

Teea Goans’ first four albums established the singer as a traditional, country-leaning song stylist, quietly winning her an international fan base without the intrusions of household-name status. Goans built a sincere and sturdy (though essentially hitless) indie career with expert guidance and production from former Capitol Records exec Terry Choate.

The artist’s fifth outing plays more like a debut, being her first effort as a songwriter rather than an interpreter of outside (and often older) compositions. This reinvention was spearheaded by longtime Nashville session musician and songwriter Jim “Moose” Brown, who served as producer and co-writer on the album’s 10 songs, the diversity of which informs the album’s title, All Over the Map. The collection could have been summed up just as fittingly with the rollicking honky-tonker “There’s More to Me,” the album’s sole clue to the singer’s old-school country roots as well as a sly declaration of independence from them. The track wraps up an opening three-song sequence that reveals Goans’ authentic inner landscape before All Over the Map takes a left turn into uncharted territory. The warm intimacy of marital contentment whispers beneath “Easy,” the antithesis of stormy relationship songs like the lounge-blues ballad “What’s a Girl to Do” and “Untangled,” on which Goans’ muscular vocal attains a previously unheard intensity.

This combination of easygoing personal expressions and dramatic, faux-first-person story songs creates a sometimes uneasy bipolarity. Goans is still finding the balance between her new voice and her true voice. Those two streams converge comfortably enough on “The Detour” and “The Beat of a Backroad.” Still, neither possesses the perspective of “That’s What I Know,” featuring vocals from Vince Gill. A spiritually informed manifesto, it strikes a near-universal chord, save for a few references that sweetly tie it to Southern American sentimentality.

— STEVE MORLEY

Middle Tennessee progressive-rock guitarist, vocalist and music lover Bryan Collins has released his debut, full-length album Life Is Great, the vinyl version of the release reinvigorating the process of thumbing through a record collection to find a curiosity-listen based on the album cover.

Collins, a veteran Marine, describes finding a life love in Life Is Great, one, seemingly, in front of him the whole album’s time. The track listing, filled with Collins’ Les Paul riffs, travels from the percussive dinner bell in “Live for the Moment” to church bells in “Think About It” leading to “Smiling,” a tongue-in-cheek insinuation that it’s not a smile of happiness, but a choice to holster a love unrequited instead of risking an “I love you” to a friend. There’s an unsettling vagueness instead of closure by the end of the 10 tracks, dropping the notion of love completely at the end. (Bryan, who is the “girl” in “Worst Side of Hell?” Is that a Marine song or the unrequited sufferer’s song? Or both?

Did the girl stay with an abusive boyfriend?)

A Marine’s independent, trained-to-be-okay mentality may also be in play in “Fire It Up” and the well-composed “All About the Band.”

Life Is Great blends some Alan Parsons progressive rock with Boston’s arena might (on the title track, for sure), along with some apparent influence of Moody Blues, on the intro of “Think About It” and the “Nights in White Satin” groove of “All About the Band.” The latter bears some Roger Waters somberness, as does “Worst Side of Hell.”

The production throughout the release is noticeably focused on Collins’ guitar. He’s an axe-man, understand, but the high-register guitar riffs can sometimes distract from the vocals, the keyboard work and all of the other instrumentation.

Life Is Great is a darkly private, sardonic take on being in a crush from the heart of a trained-to-belone man seeing happiness within his reach.

— BRYCE HARMON

STARRING Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff, Adam Arkin RATED R

With the string of gonzo choices actor Nicolas Cage has been making lately, it’s a fair bet that Pig could easily be miscategorized as a hyperviolent revenge fever dream à la Mandy, or a hyperviolent kitsch-fest à la Willy’s Wonderland.

While Cage’s near-mute character Rob shares similar monosyllabic tendencies with his characters in those films (hell, he doesn’t have even a single line in the later example), writer/director Michael Sarnoski’s debut feature imbues Cage’s quiet character with so much more than one might initially expect from a movie that can accurately be summed up as: someone steals Nicolas Cage’s pig.

Cage plays Rob, a grizzled hermit living in the Oregon wilderness with his pig, Pig. Together they hunt for truffles, a fancy restaurant staple, and Rob sells them to Amir (Alex Wolff, Hereditary) who picks them up at Rob’s hovel every Thursday in his swanky suit and gaudy yellow Camaro. One night, a masked couple breaks in and steals Pig, knocking out Rob in the process, leaving a streak of blood down the side of his face that he never washes off. This sends Rob on an epic journey to Portland to find his pig, with Amir and his yellow Camaro as Rob’s ride and only connection.

This seemingly silly concept is never treated as such, and instead is the foundation for a noir-ish meditation on love and loss.

Rob’s search for Pig brings him back into a world he all but disappeared from 15 years ago, a world of high cuisine and cutthroat competition that most of us are only familiar with via the Food Network. But Sarnoski’s wide lens slowly uncovers Rob’s past and the life he left behind, the seediness and corruption between suppliers, and the phony pretension in the bubbles of scallop foam, while also savoring the brilliance of a simple salted baguette. All the while, Wolff ’s buttoned-up Amir begins to find that it is not just his family name and expensive tastes that are opening doors, but the unwashed, bloody-faced Rob’s reputation that garners the most respect.

Of course, all of this plot pontificating wouldn’t be possible without the sparse but elegant script from Sarnoski and Vanessa Block, and the excellent performances from Cage and Wolff, along with the entire cast. Shot in and around Portland, the sometimes stunning, sometimes subtle cinematography provides a beautiful backdrop for Rob’s odyssey. Pig is the film Cage does once every five to 10 years, between all the wacky fun ones, that reminds those of us who might’ve forgotten what a renaissance man he truly is. Broken into three parts, this tight 90-minute movie might not be what you’d normally expect from Cage, but it should also come as no surprise.

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— JAY SPIGHT

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In October, the eastern box turtles make their way to their winter hibernation sites, where they will stay for four to five months. During these months, their body temperature will drop, their eyes close and bodies go still. Their hearts still beat—though very slowly—until the spring, when they can emerge from the soil and start a new year. These incredible little reptiles have a home range of just a one-mile radius, so their hibernation spot is usually the same, year after year. Many people do not know that once box turtles are removed from their home range, they spend the rest of their lives searching for that same site. It’s a really sad thought but an important one to remember. Turtles are a desirable pet and many will take them from the wild. But even if they try to give them a great life, the turtle will always be homesick.

October is a busy month for Murfreesboro-based turtle rehabilitator Rachel Singer. With the turtles on the move, roads are often in their path and there are so many unfortunate casualties. The brown leaves falling onto the roads make it even more difficult to spot a turtle, so keep those eyes peeled! The car and mower turtle casualties are brought to Rachel to have shells repaired, limbs and beaks patched up and wounds healed. Once healed, Rachel works very hard to get them back into their home range in the wild, no matter how precarious. Unfortunately, some do not make it that far.

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Another fun way to help wildlife this October is planting and protecting milkweed! Milkweed is the only food source for the monarch caterpillar. Sadly, like many other creatures, the monarch butterfly population is declining due to habitat loss. Milkweed is a very easy plant to take care of and their intricate flowers are a perfect addition to any yard. Common milkweed (asclepias syriaca) is the preferred food source for the monarch caterpillar but they will also eat swamp milkweed (asclepias incarnata), butterfly weed (asclepias tuberosa) and other species of milkweed. Common milkweed is often found in yards, fields and on the side of the road. When mowing your yard, haying your field or weed-eating your ditches, leave that milkweed standing tall. Not only do you now have a free stand of beautiful perennial flowers on your property, but this small act is a huge contribution to the preservation of this beautiful butterfly.

Amazingly, monarchs are the only butterflies to make a two-way migration, just like birds. They fly to Mexico for the winter and fly back up north in the spring. This is why October is a very important month for the monarchs. It is vital that they have enough milkweed to lay eggs on, for their caterpillars to eat and get as many butterflies as possible to make their huge journey to Mexico for the winter. The more milkweed we plant, the more butterflies will survive another year, and the more generations can emerge the following year. If we work together, by doing these super-easy tasks, we can help stabilize this population and, in time, even make it thrive again.

Small acts go a long way, and there are so many things that we humans can do to ensure the longevity of our diverse native wildlife population. This month, let’s all try to aid our friends the box turtle and monarch butterfly in their harshest season.

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all makes a great time for road trips in Middle Tennessee, especially as sightseers travel through the changing colors of the state’s rolling hills.

A fall day trip can include a visit to one of these farms that feature pumpkin patches, fun activities for all ages, rides, mazes, animals, playgrounds and scenery for family photos.

LUCKY LADD FARMS

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2900 Old Nashville Hwy., McMinnville 34 miles east of Murfreesboro

4374 Rocky Glade Rd., Eagleville, HOURS:

Thurs.–Sat. 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sun. 12–5 p.m.

ONLINE: luckyladdfarms.com FEATURES: Petting zoo, splash pad, pumpkin patch, slides, hayrides, playground, corn maze, fish pond, tractor train, tire mountain, kid maze, corn box, toddler maze, duck races, pony swings, tricycle race track, straw bale maze, games, trails, toddler town, picnic area.

FEATURED BY TRAVEL CHANNEL as one the Top 15 best pumpkin patches in U.S.

CEDARWOOD FARMS OPEN THROUGH OCT. 31, 2021

Thurs.–Fri. 2–6 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sun. 12–4 p.m.

ONLINE: waldenfarm.biz

Pumpkins, mums and other fall produce for sale, country store with fall decorations, carving kits, farm toys, honey, jam and relishes, fall backdrops for photos, hayrides, corn maze, animal barn, sweet shop with treats for sale

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HOURS:

Fri. 8:30 a.m.– 9 p.m.; Sat. 9:30 a.m.–9 p.m.; Sun. noon–5 p.m.

ADMISSION: Ages 11 and up—$13; ages 3–10—$11; kids 2 & under are free BONFIRE ADMISSION is an additional $4 and includes hot dog, marshmallows, chips and drink.

EVERY DAY DURING OCTOBER HOURS:

Fri. 8:30 a.m.– 9 p.m.; Sat. 9:30 a.m.–9 p.m.; Sun. noon–5 p.m.

ADMISSION: Pumpkin patch entry is free, CORN MAZE TICKETS: Adults $8 Kids $5; KIDS FUN ZONE: ages 2–17 only—$10 KIDS VIP PASS: ages 2–17 only—$20 (Open Saturday & Sunday only) VIP pass includes entrance to the Pumpkin Patch, Corn Maze, Kid’s Fun Zone, and includes a regular or pie-sized pumpkin! Halloweekend Party: Oct. 30 & 31 ONLINE: redcedarfarmstn.com/fall-festival/ FEATURES: Pumpkin patch, corn maze, kids zone with corn corral, tire tower, hop ball pen, petting zoo, bouncy houses

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4809 Byrd Ln., College Grove 31 miles west of Murfreesboro OPEN THROUGH OCT. 31, 2021 HOURS:

Sat. and Sun. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. $10; kids under 2 are free ONLINE: facebook.com/wilsonfamilyfarm1 FEATURES: Pick-your-own pumpkin patch, eight-acre corn maze, hay wagon farm ADMISSION:

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3722 Shady Ln., Murfreesboro, Near Lascassas

WILSON FAMILY FARM

Pumpkin patch, pumpkin train, slides, corn and hay mazes, petting zoo, playgrounds, old-timers’ house, pedal car truck, tire city, sand box (no hayride)

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2041 Hwy. 99, Chapel Hill 30 miles west of Murfreesboro

FARM AT ROUTE 8 SHADY LANE 2–9 p.m. daily $5 ages 5 and up ONLINE: facebook.com/route8shadylane PHONE: 615-300-7599 FEATURES: Haunted woods, corn maze, toddler maze, flashlight maze (bring your flashlight), pumpkins for sale

ONLINE: cedarwoodfarmstn.com

GRANDADDY’S FARM

454 Highland Ridge Rd., Estill Springs, 54 miles south of Murfreesboro

GENTRY’S FARM

OPEN THROUGH OCT. 30, 2021

1974 New Highway 96 W., Franklin 41 miles west of Murfreesboro

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OPEN WEEKENDS IN OCTOBER, 2021

ADMISSION: $13

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Tues.–Thurs. 12–6 p.m.; Fri. 12–8 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.–8 p.m. (for ages 3 and up); Season pass—$30 ONLINE: grandaddysfarm.com FEATURES: Landslide, pumpkins, hillside slide, hilltop hopper, tire swings, hilltop hopper, flag dash maze competition, storybook trail, animal corral, corn maze, duck races, pig races, picnic shelter, tire mountain, trike trail, straw maze, corn maze, hayrides, food, snacks, gifts and souvenirs from the fall market

Sat. 9 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sun. 1–5 p.m.

ADMISSION: $8.25 ages 2–65; kids under 2 and seniors over 65 are free ONLINE: gentryfarm.com FEATURES: Pumpkin sales, four-acre cornfield maze, indoor barn maze, river walk,

Sun. 1:30–7 p.m.; Sat., Nov. 6 2–5 p.m.

ADMISSION: $12.95; seniors–$10; kids 2 and under free Cow Train tickets $1 ONLINE: amazinacres.com FEATURES: Pumpkin patch, hayride, three corn mazes for all ages, straw crawl, hay bounce, petting zoo, rubber duck race, pig race, Dixie the milk cow, hillbilly slide, playground, human hamster wheel, corn box, rainbow jumper, expanded playground, adventure fort, tire mountain, picnic area

gate ($11.95 online); kids 2 and under free ONLINE: lyonfamilyfarms.com FEATURES: 100 acres of fun, you-pick $5 pumpkins, “Home of the Free Because of the Brave” corn maze, wagon rides, you-pick sunflowers, slides, photo backdrops, zip line, petting zoo, pillow bounce, corn box, rat roller, rubber duck races, pig races, tractor rides, cow train, coyote mountain, ball zone, fair style food, homemade fudge, fireworks every Friday night

LYON FAMILY FARMS

1425 Hwy 76, Clarksville 70 miles northwest of Murfreesboro HOURS: 9 a.m.–6 p.m. daily ADMISSION: Kids 6 and up–$5 for corn maze; 5 and under are free ONLINE: boydspumpkinpatch.com FEATURES: Pumpkins for sale, four-acre corn maze, cotton patch, picture areas, swing set, corn hole, picnic tables

130 Bellview Rd., Taft, Tenn.

61 miles south of Murfreesboro OPEN THROUGH OCT. 31, 2021 HOURS:

SHUCKLES CORN MAZE & PUMPKIN PATCH at Fiddle Dee Farms 7526 Swift Rd., Greenbrier, 54 miles northwest of Murfreesboro

Wed.–Thurs. 1–6 p.m.; Fri. 1–8 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sun. 1–6 p.m.

ADMISSION: Weekends $16.95 at the gate ($13.95 online); Weekdays $14.95 at the

BOYD’S PUMPKIN PATCH

OPEN THROUGH OCT. 31, 2021 HOURS:

Sat. 10 a.m.–9 p.m.; Sun. noon–8 p.m. $13.67; kids 2 and under are free; season passes and group/military/ senior discounts available. Purchasing tickets ahead online is recommended.

ONLINE: shucklescornmaze.com FEATURES: 10-acre corn maze, magic shows, 60-foot jumping pillow, 40-foot super slide, cow train, spider web climb, jumbo Jenga, Saturday night movies, red, white & blue maze, rope maze, pumpkin bowling, pumpkin tic-tac-toe, pumpkin decorating, zip lines, great pumpkin slide, pumpkin basketball, pumpkin Skee-Ball, donkey darts, animal corral, fort fiddlesticks, right-turn-only maze, corn hole, teeter totters, swinging trees, pumpkin checkers, public bonfires, photo ops, concessions, gift and souvenir shop; New this year: sandbox, ninja climbing tree, warrior obstacle courses, roller slide and swings ADMISSION:

tractor playground, farm animals, grain trough, horseshoes, tire swings, hands-on loom, photo opportunities GENTRY’S FARM IS A PAST RECIPIENT of Williamson County’s “Conservation Farm of the Year” for efforts in stream mitigation and wildlife conservation easements.

BOTTOM VIEW FARM

185 Wilkerson Ln., Portland 55 miles north of Murfreesboro OPEN THROUGH OCT. 31, 2021 HOURS:

Tues.–Sat. 8 a.m.–4 p.m. $10; kids 2 and under free ONLINE: bottomviewfarm.com FEATURES: Hay rides, train rides, slides, jumping pillow, pedal tractors, gold mine, live animals, refreshments, zip lines, ice cream parlor ADMISSION:

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HONEYSUCKLE HILL FARM 1765 Martins Chapel Church Rd., Springfield

56 miles northwest of Murfreesboro OPEN THROUGH OCT. 31, 2021 HOURS:

Thurs. 9:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.; Fri. 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.–8 p.m.; Sun. 12–7 p.m.

ADMISSION: Thursday and Friday $15.95; Saturday and Sunday $17.95 ONLINE: honeysucklehillfarm.com FEATURES: 12-acre country music corn maze, kiddie corn maze, gemstone mine, pumpkin cannon, pumpkin blaster, zip line, hayride, pumpkin train, pumpkin patch (49 cents per pound), cow train, jumping pillow, spider web, rat races, petting farm, pig races, singing chicken show, haystack maze, slides, pedal carts, slide, corny corner, corn box, sand pit, duck races, wooden forts, steer roping, tractor tire playground, learn to milk, apple orchard, tetherball, swings, treehouse village, concessions, light show

McCULLEY'S AMAZIN’ ACRES 2857 Old Kentucky Rd., Sparta 60 miles east of Murfreesboro OPEN THROUGH NOV. 6, 2021 HOURS:

KELLER’S CORNY COUNTRY

542 Firetower Rd., Dickson, 78 miles west of Murfreesboro OPEN THROUGH OCT. 31, 2021 HOURS:

Fri. and Sat. 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.–4 p.m. kids 2 and under are free; seniors—$8; group—$8 per person, Admission—$10; kids 2 and under are free; seniors—$8; group—$8 per person, reservation required for groups of 15 or more. To make group reservations, email cornycountry@gmail.com or call 615-441-4872; active military—free with ID; non-active military—$8 ONLINE: kellerscornycountry.com FEATURES: Pick-your-own pumpkin patch (50 cents per pound), corn maze, hayrides, barrel train rides, tractor tire playground, kid-friendly zip lines, corn bin, slide, sand boxes, monster slide, corn-cessions, “corn-try store” with Tshirts, photo backdrops ADMISSION—$10;

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These talented dogs will perform against the clock over hurdles and A-frames, through tunnels, tire jumps, weave poles, and over the see-saw, guided only by voice and movement cues from their human teammates. Dogs of all breeds and sizes compete in various classes where obstacles are set based on the dog’s height. Competitors will aim for a course with the least number of faults in the fastest time and will battle for the sport’s most coveted awards, including the Grand Prix of Dog Agility World Champion title and the right to compete for $15,000 in cash prizes.

Several Murfreesboro locals are no strangers to the annual championship, including Michael Shirley and his 10-yearold daughter, Mahayla. The two attended the 2019 Cynosport games in Murfreesboro because it was free and Michael thought his daughter would enjoy it.

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As they watched from the stands with a straight-on view of the weave poles, something sparked inside Mahayla, inspiring her to get involved in agility.

The Shirleys got a Havanese puppy after severe allergies stopped Mahayla from riding horses. Mahayla and her dog, Dolly Barkin, first worked together in obedience classes, completing the Canine Good Citizen certification and a tricks and acting class before turning to agility.

“I started in our living room and set up a small course with the things we had,” Mahayla said, describing homemade obstacles such as a Hula Hoop doubling as a tire and a blanket-covered piano bench becoming a tunnel. Dolly’s introduction to agility was a success, and the pair went on to enroll in a beginner agility class at the Murfreesboro Obedience Training Club.

Michael and his wife, Amy, are owners of the Murfreesboro veterinary practice Family Pet Health. Each member of the Shirley family has been involved in animal training throughout their lives, and this year, Mahayla and Michael will volunteer at the event that got her started in agility.

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national event, but Millet and Little Sparkle have competed nationally and internationally during their career. The pair represented the United States at the 2019 World Agility Championships in Hellendoorn, Netherlands, earning a gold medal in Little Sparkle’s first international competition. Millet, who owns LiveWire Agility Training in Christiana, will Tawni Millet and Jolt winning also have students competthe championship in 2019 ing at Cynosport.

The championship Mahayla is free for spectators and Dolly Barkin to attend. Daily activities run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, through Sunday, Oct. 24, with evening events on Saturday beginning at 6 p.m. Check the event website at cynosport.com for current details on each show day.

For those who cannot attend the event in person, there will be a livestream at vetzpetz.com/cynosport courtesy of Vetz started in dog agility while she was on Petz Antinol, the official joint supplement summer break during vet school 26 years of USDAA. Coverage includes live commenago. Her first agility class took place in tary of the action and award presentations. her friend’s yard, and she has qualified to Launched in 1986, The United States compete at Cynosport this year with VenDog Agility Association is the world’s ture, a 5-year-old sable Sheltie co-owned largest independent authority for the sport

by Linda Robertson. Lavalley will also of dog agility, dedicated to promoting it be attending with Bee, a 2-year-old blue as a recreational, family sport that fosters merle Sheltie co-owned by Jennifer Crank, responsible pet ownership. With more competing in the team events while Crank than 45,000 registered competitors and competes individually. more than 200 different breeds of dogs, “I’ve always had Shelties, and I think USDAA represents affiliated groups across they are a perfect fit for agility,” Lavalthe country that offer training classes and ley said. “I love the unique bond we form conduct USDAA events. For more informathrough training and competing together.” tion, visit usdaa.com.

Tawni Millet of Christiana will return to the Tennessee Miller Coliseum to compete for another championship title. In 2019, the last time the national championships were in Murfreesboro, she was the 22" Grand DOG AGILITY WORLD Prix of Dog Agility Champion and took CHAMPIONSHIPS home second place in the 22" Masters Chal- Oct. 20–24 • 9 a.m.–5 p.m. lenge Biathlon with her dog, Jolt. Although Tennessee Miller Coliseum the Border Collie is now 10 years old and 304 W Thompson Ln, Murfreesboro won’t be competing, Millet has qualified Online: cynosport.com with Jolt’s daughter, Little Sparkle, and son, Livestream: vetzpetz.com/cynosport Legendary.

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Clockwise from left: Middle Tennessee Magic Club, Master Magician Alan Fisher, Blaine Little

More Tricks Than Treats Magicians invite all to attend local club and learn the art of magic

BY BLAINE LITTLE WITH HALLOWEEN NOT FAR AWAY, our attention may turn to ghosts and goblins. But monsters are not the only things worthy of our curiosity. It is also a wonderful time for the amazement that magicians can conjure! Whether they are illusionists, escape artists, close-up card tricksters, mentalists or quick-change, classical stage or street magicians, they come in all sorts.

Many in Murfreesboro may be surprised to learn that there is a local club that celebrates artistic magic all year-round.

The Sam Walkoff Ring of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, #252 has been in Rutherford County since 1984. What’s more surprising is the vast amount of true talent within the club. Many members have performed on large stages in Las Vegas, and others still work professionally with local parties and events. Also referred to as the Middle Tennessee Magic Club, the organization itself has been delighting audiences with trickery for decades.

One of those performances is the annual Paul McCallie Memorial Veterans Show, a series started back in November of 2009 (by myself and other club members). Each year, about three or four of these talented tricksters perform in one of the dayrooms at the Alvin C. York VA Medical Center. The room is always packed! Then, the team will 24 * OCTOBER 2021 * BOROPULSE.COM

make room visits to those who were too infirm to attend. The entertainment is provided each year on Nov. 11, Veterans Day. This annual event was especially important to club member Paul McCallie, a walking encyclopedia of magic and Vietnam veteran whose stage name was the Amazing Maurice. McCallie passed away in 2017, but the club decided to name the show in his honor.

The magicians organization also performs publicly throughout the year, so keep an eye out for their next show. In the meantime, budding magicians who would like to hone their craft can visit the club meetings.

The monthly meetings are at 7:02 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month in the Linebaugh Library just off of the Murfreesboro Public Square. It’s a great time, filled with laughter and fellow magicians who are willing to help others.

“The local club is a launch point for new magicians,” Alan Fisher says. “It provides you with a safe place to fail so you can perfect your performance for the public.”

Alan would know. He is one of the world’s top 10 performers in parlor magic and ranked as No. 2 in the U.S. There is even a way for children, seven years and older, to get in on the act. The Amazing Abner Youth Magic Club meets from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on the second Saturday of each month, again at the Linebaugh Library. At each meeting, kids will receive a new trick and are shown how to perform it. It all culminates with a show the kids themselves perform in December. It’s always fun and there is no cost to join.

Stage magic is a wonderful art to practice year-round. Learn more about members of the Middle Tennessee Magic Club at ibmring252.com, especially if you would like to hire one for a party this holiday season.

Catch them before they disappear!

Learn more about Blaine Little, a member of IBM 252, at magicmentalist.com.

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Clockwise from top left: Glass pumpkins by Desi Renemsnyder; Clutch purse by Sylvayne Roh; Bracelet by Kathy Bradley

Oct. 9 Autumn Art Tour Includes Various Murfreesboro Art Studios and Stores JUST IN TIME TO ADD to autumn’s resplendent colors, Murfreesboro’s Art Tour is back with an October date.

“This is a companion event with our May Art Tour,” says Church Street Gallery coowner Eric Snyder, “and it features several art-related businesses around the square and artists from November’s Art Studio Tour participating.”

The idea for doing the Art Tour for a second time this year came from participants from May’s ART TOUR STOPS: Art Tour and additional artists from the Stones Church Street Gallery River Crafts Association. After considering the 124 N. Church St. potential of doing an early October event, the M&J Home group decided that the Autumn Art Tour would 124 N. Spring St. be held Saturday, Oct. 9, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Murfreesboro Art League The Art Tour features a number of guest artists Gallery at Cannonsburgh at each location, showcasing artwork and other 312 S. Front St. products. A Saturday pop-up event in Graffiti AlStudio S Pottery ley hosted by Church Street Gallery will feature 1426 Avon Rd. graffiti artists in the open green space near the Blue Pony Art Studio intersection of Church and College Streets, 88 Hoyt Knox Rd., just off the Murfreesboro Public Square. These Readyville selected artists will contribute their creative enDaffodilly Design ergies to a section of the wall space of Murfrees3 Webb Rd., Bell Buckle boro’s famed “Graffiti Alley.”

“We wanted to do an event that showcases what’s in Graffiti Alley, and how this area behind an art gallery can unite artists of all backgrounds to raise the standing of what many consider vandalism into what should be considered genuine works of art,” Eric explains. “And, since we’re looking to make it intimate, we felt that having the event entitled ‘Consensual Vandalism’ as a one-day event—where the public could participate and mingle with these artists—would make for a great bridge-building exercise between the community and these artists.”

He and other Autumn Art Tour participants seek to highlight the community’s wealth of talent and to encourage everyone to buy local.

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Young Artist Rainbow Mosho to Exhibit at Just Love Coffee Cafe Through Oct. 15 JUST LOVE COFFEE CAFE Murfreesboro East welcomes the art of Rainbow Mosho this October.

View the exhibit from the young artist Oct. 3–15.

Rainbow says she creates art to feel safe, emphasize her uniqueness and to share her emotions.

“I have something to say. My art expresses my emotions. I want other kids to relate to my experiences and find hope with my creations,” Mosho says.

Presently, the artist lives in Middle Tennessee.

Rainbow Mosho was born Thomais Mosho in Athens, Greece, in 2008.

She was developing like any other child. But at 30 months, she had a massive regression and autism became a part of her life.

Dyslexia has also challenged her.

The child learned to read in late 2016 and 2017 at almost 9 years old.

Mosho has now self-published three books. She paints, draws and runs daily and loves dinosaurs, whales and the Titanic.

Her love of color and art led to her Rainbow Mosho persona.

“Nothing is impossible,” Yadira, her mom, says. “We can always find a solution. Her goal is to see her art and books used as tools to support kids’ mental health.”

Recent experiences with travel, weddings, horse therapy and COVID-19 have inspired the artist’s recent work.

The Moshos acknowledge the massive support that Borderless Arts TN has provided Rainbow and other kids through workshops, as well as presenting the Just Love exhibit.

Just Love is located at 129 MTCS Rd., Murfreesboro.

Meet Rainbow Mosho at the exhibit on Friday, Oct. 8, 6–8 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 9, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 10, 4–6 p.m.; and Friday, Oct. 15, after 6 p.m.

For more information on Rainbow Mosho, visit rainbowmosho.com or find her books on Amazon.

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urfreesboro Red Bicycle owner Jason Day will soon open another location of the popular coffee shop and restaurant on the Murfreesboro Public Square.

Currently, the St. Andrew’s location of the cafe (also with additional, independently operated locations in Nashville) bustles with patrons enjoying coffee and more.

Walk into the Red Bicycle—located in a fairly new shopping plaza tucked away in the sprawling St. Andrews residential area between Salem Highway and Old Fort Parkway—place an order, and take a table marker sign (probably displaying an image of a pop-culture character such as Beetlejuice, Weird Al, Indiana Jones or Chuck Norris) back to your seat to await your meal or beverage.

Red Bicycle offers a full menu all day—a very hearty, meaty, nourishing menu, tasty and packed with a wide assortment of protein-based options, unlike many coffee shops, which may offer only muffins or pastries as an accompaniment or afterthought to the coffee.

“We’re a full-on restaurant,” said Day of the Bicycle, which also happens to offer quality coffee, espresso, latte, cappuccino, cider and cold brew coffee among its large

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Protein-loaded choices include a big, eggheavy burrito. As packed full with toppings as the Red Bicycle breakfast burrito is, it remains portable, and holds together. All of the fillings—choose from bacon, sausage, ham, chorizo, turkey or chicken in addition to the eggs, cheese and potatoes—should not fall out of the neatly pressed burrito up until the last bite, making it even a possibility for a traveler in a car eating on the go.

Cooking the large burrito in the panini press helps hold everything together, gives the outside just a little crispiness, and makes everything inside melt and mingle all together.

For those who love a good Monte Cristo sandwich, one that is not dripping in grease, Red Bicycle has you covered. The Count of Monte Cristo places thinly sliced ham and melted Swiss cheese in between slices of the fluffy Red Bicycle French toast, served with syrup. Meat + sweet!

“The burgers are so good. You can tell they are fresh and handmade,” a pleased Red Bicycle customer, Elliott Tanner, said. “I go there probably once a week.”

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PRICES the beautiful, fresh leaves of A delicious, slightly spicy Breakfast burrito: $11; Large hot or iced latte, spinach used as a salad base, sauce accompanies the fries any flavor: $4.75; rather than the iceberg lettuce and some other items on Hot chicken tacos: $ found in many salads. One the menu. When asking Day 10; Two slices French Red Bicycle salad tops the about the sauce, it turns out toast: $4.50; Avocado toast: $7; spinach with strawberries, it is RB sauce.

8-ounce cappuccino: walnuts, a strawberry vinai“We really stretched our$ 3.95; Strawberry grette and feta cheese. And, alselves with that name,” Day walnut salad: $8 though pickles on a salad can laughed. He said the Red BiONLINE be a little strange for some, cycle crew came up with the rbmurfreesboro.com the hot chicken salad, with blend of ketchup, mustard smoked, pulled Nashville hot chicken, mozand mayo when “we were messing around zarella, diced pickles and ranch drizzle, makes in the kitchen,” but as far as the other spices an incredibly bold and flavorful creation. and seasonings in the RB sauce, “I can’t tell

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The restaurateur says he has been pleasantly surprised at how many customers have traveled to his St. Andrews location.

“I thought when we opened ‘we’ll be a good neighborhood spot,’ but we have people from all over—Smyrna, Mt. Juliet,” he said. “That was surprising.”

Perhaps the crepes, available in many different sweet and savory varieties, help keep the customers coming in.

“I am in love with their Nutella crepes,” one diner, Kelsey, said recently, while Veronica reported the spinach crepe had “an explosion of flavors.”

Other varieties of crepes—thin, eggy pancakes folded around various fillings—available at the RB include a caprese crepe, a chicken, bacon and ranch crepe, a cinnamon roll crepe and the Funky Monkey, drizzled with Nutella and peanut butter and topped with walnuts and powdered sugar.

Of course, many local coffee lovers have found a comfortable hangout and coffee stop at the Red Bicycle.

One customer, Rachel, said the Cuban, a coffee beverage with espresso, brown sugar and steamed half and half, made an excellent dessert.

“Everything was very tasty . . . totally lived up to the hype!” the Yelper posted.

Another online reviewer, Lindsay, reported that “the French toast latte is bomb.com!” while Kimberly Rhodes commented the place is “such a cute cafe . . . fantastic mimosas.”

Seating can sometimes be limited at the original location, but with a downtown location coming soon, Murfreesboro Red Bicycle can serve even more customers and will become more convenient for downtown Murfreesboro dwellers and workers.

Day said he was not necessarily looking for a second location, but restaurants have very limited windows of opportunities to open directly on the Murfreesboro Square, so he snagged a space in a building on South Public Square for another Red Bicycle when he had the chance.

The RB staff will roast coffee beans at this downtown location, and possibly host some live music and other entertainment there. The full menu will be the same as the St. Andrews location.

“The mimosas will be flowing,” Day said.

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BY DELORES ELLIOTT CRUNCH FITNESS will open a new 40,000-square-foot fitness center in Murfreesboro this December, which will be located at 1266 NW Broad St. The fitness center will open a pre-sale

for its memberships this fall. Crunch announced via its Instagram page that the first 500 people to sign up will only have to pay $1 down and will receive one free month, a Crunch swag bag, a member T-shirt, and access to memberships starting at $9.99 per month. More information can be found at info.crunch.com.

Crunch will offer personal training, small group training, online classes and live online workouts, ride classes, yoga, access to a sauna, hydromassage, tanning beds and spray tan, onsite daycare and the HIITZone.

The HIITZone offers high-intensity interval training for those interested in fast-paced and result-driven workouts. This area includes free weights, kettlebells, battle ropes, medi-

Dollar General recently opened a third Tennessee location of POPSHELF, this location at 2421 New Salem Rd., in Murfreesboro. Store hours are from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. Dollar General plans to open at least 50 more pOpshelf stores by the end of the year, some of which will be in Tennessee. According to an associate at the New Salem location, the company plans to soon open another location on Memorial Boulevard. pOpshelf offers trendy and affordable decor, beauty supplies, makeup, candles, soaps, pillows, toys, groceries, seasonal products and more. Most of the company’s products are under $5.

FRESH BITE CUBAN AMERICAN CUISINE, located at 451 N. Thompson Ln., has reopened after a longer-than-planned hiatus for remodeling, which began in March. Fresh Bite serves ropa vieja, Cuban sandwiches, tamales, empanadas, croquettes, tostones, burgers, wings and more. The business announced on its Facebook page that it is hiring bartenders and servers. For more information about available positions or placing an order, call 615-546-4444 or visit freshbiterestaurant.com. cine balls, monkey bars, MMA equipment, sleds, tires and more.

For more information about memberships, classes and amenities offered by Crunch, call 629-335-5100 or visit crunch.com.

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For information about the company and changes to the gym at 710 Memorial Blvd., visit avalonathleticclub.com.

CHAMPIONTONE FITNESS (located at 1180 Park Ave.) has opened an additional fitness center called CHAMPIONSPIN, located at 1520 Memorial Blvd. ChampionSpin is an indoor fitness and cycle studio dedicated to offering its clients an effective and efficient workout. The cycle studio welcomes new clients interested in building up their workout routines. At ChampionSpin, clients can work with certified instructors and personal trainers. Those who are interested in the new cycle studio can sign up for facility memberships or for drop-in classes, and will receive a free first class. For more information, call 615-5514107, or visit championspin.com.

Co-owner and founder of TRIFIT, Barry Campbell, one of Murfreesboro Athletic Club’s former trainers, recently announced that TriFit has quickly opened its own location on Middle Tennessee Christian School Road. The new facility opened on Sept. 27 after just a couple weeks of work.

“I can’t say enough about our crew that pulled together over the last two weeks and basically built a gym from scratch,” Campbell said in a recent social media post. “No one panicked, no one gave up, they just got to work.”

The training facility offers personal training, yoga, nutrition programs, boot camps and weight loss programs. For additional information about the gym and offered services, visit trifitmurfreesboro.com.

AVALON ATHLETIC CLUB recently purchased the Murfreesboro Athletic Club. The company has said that it will keep most of the same equipment as before, but it has let many of the previous staff members and personal trainers go. The company has also stopped offering daycare services to its members.

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SALTWORKS SECURITY has opened a location in Murfreesboro, the company’s third. The new office is located at 1500 Medical Center Pkwy., Suite 4B, at technology hub Fountains at Gateway. This location serves as the business’ development headquarters, while its corporate headquarters is located in Kennesaw, Georgia. The company also maintains a small office in India.

Saltworks Security is an application security consulting company that serves global financial, healthcare, insurance and other institutions by creating applications to manage highly secure data. Saltworks partners with customers to build world-class application security programs.

The company plans to hire at least 25 new engineers to work in software development and application security at the Murfreesboro location.

“We are in a strong growth mode and searching for great team members, from recent MTSU graduates to experienced team leaders,” said Saltworks president and co-founder Dennis Hurst.

The company mentioned in a recent press release that most employees will have the ability to work onsite for just a few days each week and will be allowed to work from home during the remainder of the week. The company also mentioned that the new location provides a healthy and enjoyable work environment for its employees with the walking trails, restaurants and parks surrounding the Fountains. For more information about the company, visit saltworks.io. attend this casual, free, no-obligation event, where they can meet other small business owners and tap into one another’s experience and energy. Float Alchemy is located at 131 Cason Ln., Murfreesboro.

VOLUNTEER STATE BANK, located at 2019 Memorial Blvd., will host the Chamber of Commerce BUSINESS AFTER HOURS event on Tuesday, Oct. 12, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Business After Hours is an informal, social networking event designed to connect business professionals across Rutherford County. Registration for this event is not required. Admission for Chamber members is $10, and $20 for future members.

For more information about this event, visit rutherfordchamber.org.

WEST 22 TACOS Mexican Cuisine has opened at 2108 Medical Center Pkwy. The new restaurant is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Monday through Saturday. West 22 offers authentic Mexican food and desserts including a variety of tacos, fajitas, salads, tuna nachos,

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fish tacos, cinnamon roll churros and more.

According to the restaurant, tortillas are made fresh daily. For more information, call 615-962-8126 or visit west22tacos.com.

PAPA JOHN’S plans to open a new location on Lascassas Pike near El Monte, which is located at 2089 Lascassas Pike.

IFIX WIRELESS plans to open a location around mid-October at 1433 Warrior Dr., Suite B, near the Speedway on New Salem. iFix will focus primarily on repairing cellular and wireless devices including phones and tablets. One of the services offered by the business will be screen repair and replacement. iFix will also sell products and accessories for devices at the location.

WHITT’S BARBECUE location at 2898 S. Church St. has closed its doors and does not currently have plans to reopen. Whitt’s continues to offer dine-in, drive-thru and delivery service at its 105 Sulphur Springs Rd. location, just off of Memorial Blvd.

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That’s because of a novel experiential program—a fully licensed, for-profit real estate brokerage established for students of MTSU that provides the complete gamut of commercial and residential real estate services in Middle Tennessee. The brokerage, spun out of MTSU’s Real Estate Program like other research and business incubators at universities around the nation, helps students obtain their licenses and get headstarts working in the real estate industry even before they graduate.

GETTING A LEG UP

Raider Realty MTSU students get real-life experience in real estate before they graduate THERE IS ARGUABLY NO HOTTER commercial and residential real estate market in America in 2021 than the Middle Tennessee area, which includes Murfreesboro and Rutherford County as well as Nashville.

More cranes dot Music City’s skyline than in perhaps just a handful of other cities around the globe. But it’s not just new development that’s red-hot. On the transactional

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side, as just one example: Nashville’s oldest shopping center, the 118-year-old Nashville Arcade occupying a city block between 4th and 5th Avenues downtown, sold in April 2021 for $28 million to a New York real estate firm and a group of local investors.

Meanwhile, home prices in the NashvilleMurfreesboro-Franklin, Tennessee, area increased 11.6 percent from January 2020 to January 2021, according to the CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index. Talk to any real estate agent in Middle Tennessee and they will tell you they’ve never seen a better market.

On the campus of MTSU in Murfreesboro, college students interested in working in this hot industry don’t have to wait until after they graduate to try to figure out how to become a player in the market.

Some potential employers, knowing MTSU real estate graduates are ready to hit the ground running, have said the program has become a game-changer.

At the heart of the novel program is Raider Realty, a student realty company launched by Philip Seagraves, associate professor of real estate in the MTSU Jennings A. Jones College of Business, and also an independent real estate investor, developer and broker.

Through various savvy corporate partnerships, students in the program and working in the brokerage firm benefit from the mentorship of seasoned local executives like John Floyd, founder and owner of Ole South Properties, Tennessee’s largest home builder, who launched his own real estate career at the age of 23 (in 1986) and whose company today is recognized among the Top 100 Home Builders in the nation.

Working in Raider Realty, students not only achieve an education and a degree, but also earn commissions. A portion of every transaction’s commission of Raider Realty’s brokerage activities (and they are substantial) are also plowed into more student opportunities, scholarships and educational programming.

“I feel like it has put me ahead because I am working in the field before graduation, and I am doing so much hands-on learning.

Ole South and Raider Realty has helped me start my career at an age when most don’t receive the opportunity to do so,” MTSU student, Blue Raider Real Estate Club President and Ole South Properties employee Melanie Hall said about her experiences.

Raider Realty started as an offshoot of MTSU’s Blue Raider Real Estate Club, evolving into an actual realty company in 2015 when club members renovated and marketed a group of commercial properties in downtown Murfreesboro that Seagraves, in partnership with Burton Street Development, acquired and handed over to students.

“Though the primary participants in Raider Realty are students, faculty and alumni of MTSU, it is not a part of the uni-

versity from a legal standpoint,” Seagraves explains. “Just like a major research university might spin off a company with investors from the outside, that’s what we’re doing.”

Evidence of the program’s success in preparing ready-to-work graduates dates as far back as 2015, when the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts sponsored the inaugural Real Confidence University Portfolio Challenge. In that competition, teams from 15 universities nationwide vied to create the best-performing portfolio from a mixture of real estate investments. Each university team chose how it would allocate $1 billion to four quadrants of commercial real estate investment: public equity, private equity, public debt and private debt. The best-performing portfolio over a four-quarter period won.

MTSU finished third nationally.

WORKING MODEL Seagraves has said the aim of the program is to supply Raider Realty’s competitors with a staff of well-prepared new employees in the near future.

“We do that by helping them to be great while they’re here,” Seagraves said. “The students have such enthusiasm for the profession, and they can learn from our knowledge, academic theory and, yes, even the bruises we sustained in the profession.”

Additionally, Raider Realty teaches students about business and entrepreneurship in general. As a for-profit business, students are exposed to the inner-workings of expenses and profits.

“Raider Realty is not a charity! Yes, the brokerage has established a scholarship fund that supports students and helps fund MTSU’s real estate program, but the program also pays out commissions, profits and wages,” Seagraves explains.

Floyd, a major supporter of the program and a longtime financial supporter of the university through other initiatives like athletics sponsorships and a seven-figure donation to support student success at MTSU, says his investment in Raider Realty just makes sense.

“This is about getting laser-focused and intentional about the career path these students want to create for themselves and starting down that path while they are still in school, not the day they graduate,” Floyd said, adding that he now employs many Raider Realty graduates. “I’m just reinvesting in the community. I’ve done extremely well in this community, and MTSU in many ways represents a lot of my success.”

For more information on Raider Realty, visit raiderrealtyllc.com.

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From the time we are born, we begin our learning journey. We learn to breathe air. We learn to eat. As our lives progress, we move on to more complicated lessons. The most critical part of our education is learning to read. You cannot succeed in school or life without learning to read. You must put in the effort to succeed with money and, just as with reading, you will get better over time.

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WORKING SMARTER VS. HARDER

From my earliest days in the workforce, a saying has stayed with me. I first heard it from my older, more seasoned co-workers on one of my college jobs. You could say it was wisdom from the sages.

“Boy, don’t you know you’re supposed to work smarter, not harder?”

While I personally prefer to work smarter and harder, as a young man moving up in life, I’ve found this quote to impact me significantly. As my career and life have progressed, I learned to pause and consider “is there a better and easier way to do this?”

Back in the day, cutting grass used to be a real chore. First came the scythe: a hand-held blade used to cut grass. In the 1800s, the lawn mower was invented and people began cutting their yards “smarter.” You may have seen one of the first lawn mowers.

They were two-wheeled push machines with geardriven spinning blades between the wheels. As you pushed the machine, the wheels turned the gears and the blade spun, cutting your grass.

In the early 1900s, the lawn mower evolved again and got “smarter” with a power upgrade. In 1919, the first powered lawn mowers were produced. People began working smarter, not harder, while cutting grass. What used to take hours and hours could now be done in minutes with a fraction of the effort.

Most of us go through life working very hard for our money. In fact, some people find themselves working 60 hours or more per week. This is unhealthy and bad for your family. Why would anyone want to work 60-plus hours a week? Some people do it to support their family. Others do it to live a desired lifestyle. The overachievers do it to get ahead. And some just don’t have a choice— their job requires it.

It’s okay to work hard, but what we miss is get-

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ting smart about our money. We fail to learn how to “work smarter” when it comes to putting our money to work for us. As a result, we fail to save.

We fail to invest. We fail to become millionaires.

Without getting smarter, we’re doomed to live out a repeating financial struggle, living paycheck to paycheck, the epitome of “not working smarter with your money.”

Getting smarter with your money gives you options, options to build a better quality of life and get your life back. If you want to become a millionaire, you must learn to be smarter with your money and to put your money to work for you.

Growing your financial knowledge is another key foundation piece to improving your finances.

Once the light came on for me at 25, I knew I had to make a change. My parents obviously knew little about money. If you had asked them “what are you doing to become a millionaire?” a puzzled look would have appeared on their faces. At the time, no one in my life could help me. I did the only thing I knew to do. I learned on my own.

At Books-A-Million, my favorite bookstore, I headed straight to the magazine rack, where I picked up Kiplinger’s Fund Magazine, Smart Money and a few others. My goals were to learn what to do to multiply my money. At the time, the stock market was the only option I was familiar with, so that’s where I started. Over the years, I’ve found many different teachers and techniques in the personal finance sphere. Each teacher, writer or speaker comes with their own biases. It’s important to learn from multiple sources to avoid financial tunnel-vision.

My goal is to introduce you to the world of finance and direct you to resources to continue building your financial knowledge. This will equip you to become a millionaire and change your future. The rest will be up to you.

10 MILLIONAIRE BOOKS TO READ Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki Unshakeable by Tony Robbins Automatic Millionaire by David Bach Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker The Wealth Choice by Dr. Dennis Kimbro The Conscious Millionaire by J.V. Crum III I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi The Blessed Life by Robert Morris Permission to Prosper by Ray Edwards The Millionaire Choice by Tony Bradshaw

Tony Bradshaw is the founder and president of The Millionaire Choice. In May 2017, he was inspired to write The Millionaire Choice to share the life and financial principles that helped him break generations of bad money habits and turn his family into millionaires. Learn more at themillionairechoice.com, or at the Purpose of Wealth event, held Friday, Oct. 29, in Lebanon, Tennessee. Find out more about the event and its speakers at purposeofwealth.live.

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POSITIVE PARENTING

BY REANNA SARIEH

Keep a Routine and Communicate Expectations to Children to Make Holiday Time More Joyful FALL IS UPON US! With the more agreeable weather, many of us find ourselves increasingly active with lots of options for fun family activities. Before we know it, it will be the end of daylight saving time and time for the holidays, including Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali and New Year’s!

These special times create memories and stronger family and community bonds, but they can also feel overwhelming to both parents and children alike. Sometimes, our high expectations can lead to disappointment if our children do not cooperate, become overstimulated or otherwise have undesirable behaviors. How often do our adult choices set children up for failure during these important times? How can we approach the festive season with less stress and more cooperation from our children?

Let’s explore some Positive Discipline parenting tools to help manage the busy few months ahead: Regarding the end of daylight saving time, which ends on Sunday, Nov. 7: According to Dr. Craig Canapari, Director of the Yale Pediatric Sleep Center, “Move your child’s sleep period later by 30 minutes for three days before ‘falling back’ and then back to their old schedule on the new time, effectively moving their sleep period an hour later. For example, if your child sleeps from 8 p.m.–6 a.m., have your child go to sleep at 8:30 p.m. until 6:30 a.m. for three days before falling back, then move them back to the old schedule at the new time (8 p.m.–6 a.m.).” (drcraigcanapari. com). Remember that even with this plan in place, it may take your child a few weeks to adjust. Be patient and manage your expectations through the transition. Try to have more

family down time planned during this time to ease any potential frustrations your child may experience.

Continue to keep your evening routine consistent and peaceful, allowing for a more pleasant adjustment.

Regarding festive occasions and celebrations: Megan Devine, the author of Empowered Parenting, offers some great tips to help parents navigate the holiday season in her article “Getting Control This Holiday Season.” If your child’s behavior gets out of control around the holidays, here are some things you might try based upon her work, along with the addition of the Positive Discipline tools that we’ve discussed before in these columns: – Keep your routine consistent whenever possible. Sometimes just keeping the familiar rhythm of life can help lessen the anxiety that can come with excitement and overstimulation. As much as possible, try to stick to your normal routine. Good nutrition and solid sleep are also important in order to guide your child to success. If you notice that your schedule is too jampacked, try to schedule some down time.

Remember that one-on-one time with your child is especially important to help them feel connected to you when life gets busy.

– Be clear about your family’s approach to the holidays. Go over the rules and expectations before you get into any tough or new situations. This might include how you will handle requests for certain things, what you expect in terms of attendance at family events, etc. Also have an exit strategy in place if your child becomes overstimulated or over-tired.

– Plan things that your child actually wants. Let him know there is time for his interests during the holidays. You might even ask your child what his ideal holiday would be. Are there places you can compromise? Are your expectations in line with your child’s current plane of development?

– Be clear about your expectations and be clear about the rules. Use Positive Discipline language such as “When/Then”: “When you finish putting the toys away, we will leave for the party.” And remember to validate their feelings: “I understand that you want to stay up, but it is bedtime, and we can finish this game tomorrow.”

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control is a skill your child can learn. Help your child identify the things she can do to manage her feelings, not just the things she can’t do. Give her some examples and encourage her to come up with some of her own.

Self-control is a skill and, like any other, it can be learned and needs to be practiced as much as possible. Give your child the opportunity to practice this skill in small, bite-sized pieces if possible.

– Stay calm. Kids know how to push your buttons. As James and Janet Lehman say, “Kids watch you for a living—that’s their job. And they know what works.” Try to take a deep breath before you react. Not only will you help yourself stay calm, but you’re also modeling self-control for your child. Show them how it’s done. This is a good way to take good care of yourself during the holiday season and beyond.

– Take a positive time-out for yourself.

Remember that arguing during an angry outburst only adds fuel to the fire. But because you have prepared in advance, you can simply state your expectations, prompt your child to calm themselves down and then walk away. Don’t let your child draw you into an argument. Remember to circle back to discuss the situation when everyone is feeling calmer or add the discussion to your family meeting agenda for the week.

Remember that effective Positive Discipline, if both firm and kind, validates children’s feelings, helps them to learn choicemaking and solves problems. Children do better when they feel better. They also act better when they feel better. By helping children sort through their emotions and by being proactive with planning activities in a way that will encourage their success, the holiday season can be a more joyful one!

Reanna Sarieh is the founder and directress of Bambini Village Montessori school in Murfreesboro. She received a B.A. in anthropology from MTSU, a MAT in teaching and AMS certification from Belmont University, and is a certified Positive Discipline facilitator. Currently, she is pursuing a doctorate degree in education administration. 17 years ago, she and her husband decided to incorporate the Positive Discipline philosophy into their family, and it made all the difference in the world!

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#FREE YOUR CHILDREN • BY TIFFANY BOYD

Why School Choice Is A Trap DON’T TAKE THE CHEESE

“SCHOOL CHOICE” is a term that many conservative politicians have adopted as one of their main platforms.

It is concerning that parties touting the importance of freedom and small government are championing a program that is the very epitome of government overreach. For many, school choice does not mean what they think it means. We already have school choice. Parents have the option to send their children to public or private schools, or they can opt to home-school them.

What school choice really means is government funds allocated to families to spend on education. The irony in this is that the very politicians who say they want less government are in support of a program that always results in government oversight, regulations and mandates.

As the founder of a local Middle Tennessee home-school support group, I have seen a large number of families move into our area to escape school choice states.

Here’s what some of them have to say about their experiences with school choice: “We just came from California. We homeschooled privately through a charter. So, I did all the home-schooling, but we got a lot of funding for kids’ classes and activities. But it did come with strings. You are right. A teacher came every 20 school days to check in and collect samples. We were blessed with a good one, but many are not. I’m thankful to not be in that system anymore. The money wasn’t worth it.”

— Emily Arrington.

“I’m also from California (we just bought a house in Tennessee). I’ve been home-schooling under a California charter for four years now. When we started, it seemed downright magical. I can teach my kid what I want and they will pay for it?! Win! My kid can take gymnastics and horseback riding and they pay for it?! Jackpot! It came with some strings, but they seemed very minimal. A teacher visited every 20 or so days to see how we were doing and offer resources—this felt like a win. As a new home-schooling mom, I appreciated the oversight and support. My ‘teacher’ has been a huge blessing to us. My daughter is on an Individualized Education Program and getting those services for free has been amazing. But, each year things have gotten a little stricter. It went from ‘just show us a sample in each subject’ to ‘we need to see all their work for the learning period to make sure adequate learning is taking place.’ Then it turned into ‘we need the next two learning period lesson plans laid out for every subject so we can ensure you are completing everything.’

I’m a super-organized home-schooling mama, so at first this seemed fine. I even took it as ‘well, some of these moms need to get it together and have a better game plan’ (sorry mamas, I was a jerk).

But then I started to see the major shifts that had been quietly taking place. There was no longer room for days where we learned by doing. There were no longer opportunities to learn through life and through being immersed in experience.

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Creating a natural lifelong learner was takseat to how this affected people’s curriculum ing a back seat to predetermined curricula choices. Suddenly, if it wasn’t covered by the and deadlines. If you took an opportunity to charter school, they wouldn’t buy it, or would explore and step away from the books, you lament that they had to pay for it themselves. found yourself having to make up for it. They Even the handwriting program we carried added things like a mandated sex education then had the word ‘God’ in the title, and I program that public schools are taught (it remember that being an issue. It was so disis disgusting in California). You can sign an tressing to see full freedom in their children’s exemption to get out of it just like you can education laid down for government control exempt from state testing and immunizaand money.” — Jen McBride tions, but you now carry a file with a big old bullseye Before you think that “The money may saying you have exempted school choice only negaseem tempting, the your child from these tively affects home schools, support may seem great, it’s important to note that mandated things. That’s a big no-no in this insanely but I’ve watched the any private school acceptgoverned state. The money ing government funds also purse strings may seem tempting, the becomes a target. Read tighten, and with it, support may seem great, legislation for voucher but I’ve watched the purse programs and you will see the expectations strings tighten, and with it, the words “approved curheighten and the the expectations heighten riculum.” If the school takes ‘choice’ slips away. and the ‘choice’ slips away. the money, the governAll this to say: All this to say: sometimes ment can dictate what they the grass looks greener; are allowed to teach. If a sometimes the grass it’s just because of all the looks greener; it’s just politician tells you they will manure it’s planted in.” allow an “opt out,” don’t because of all the — Salina Kelley. fall for it. Wording is easily manure it’s planted in.” amended.

“I grew up in Alaska, which The bottom line is “what has some of the freest laws when it comes the government funds, it runs.” Money never to home-schooling. You literally just had to comes without strings. Don’t take the cheese. make sure your children received an education. No reporting of any sort was required.

Tiffany Boyd is the founder of Free However, a government-funded charter YOUR Children, a homeschool advocate, school option came along, and we saw so consultant, speaker and the founder and many free home-school families give that up administrator of Middle Tennessee Chrisin exchange for paid computers and school tian Homeschool Connection. She holds books. It was one of the worst things to hapa B.S. degree in interdisciplinary studies pen to the home-school community there from MTSU. She is a wife of 30 years and and took a big toll. There were definitely mother to five children, grandmother to strings attached. One huge catch was the two. She is a former tenured public school charter schools wouldn’t pay for any specifiteacher. She and her husband have home cally Christian materials. We ran a small educated for 18 years. Contact her at home-school bookstore and had a front row freeyourchildren@gmail.com.

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King Henry Carries Struggling Titans Team to 2–2 to Open 2021 Season THE TRAIN DADDY IS BACK with sports news, life lessons and politically incorrect talk. All aboard!

Life is but a breeze, and if you get on the Murfreesboro Pulse website (boropulse.com) and go to the Z-Train sports archives you will be able to read all of my past work writing for this great publication.

Fun fact: my oldest article, titled “Ready for Football,” dates back to August of 2008. It blows my mind

how fast the time goes by.

It all started with a team that I fell in love with back in the late ’90s that had just moved to Tennessee and won my heart with a Super Bowl run—the greats like Steve McNair, Eddie, Wycheck, Mason, The Freak, BRUCE and Mr. Monday Night Keith Bulluck! For many of you Titans fans over the age of 30, those were the guys who won you over to this team. If you are like me, you have been hooked ever since.

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Many of us stayed loyal through the tough times in 2009–16, but thankfully this franchise has been on the up. We as a fan base have had more to celebrate than moan about lately!

And for that I say Titan-Up! I love this team, its fans, and the culture that continues to grow.

In my old articles, I would break teams down by each quarter of the season, four games. Now we have a 17-game regular season, but close enough. If a team went 4–0 in a fourgame stretch, they were contenders.

If the team went 3–1, they were rocking. If they went 2–2, they were just average Joes and they needed to adjust. If a team went 1–3, it’s desperate times, and finally, if a team went 0–4 the ship is sinking and it’s time to wave the playoffs bye-bye!

Thus far in the 2021 season the Titans have gone 2–2. The season opened with an ugly home defeat to a phenomenal Cardinals team. The Titans won week 2 at Seattle for the Hawks’ home opener in a miraculous overtime thriller. Seattle has not lost a home opener in over a decade. The Titans followed that with a win at home versus the Colts and then an ugly overtime loss at the Jets. So that makes us a bunch of average Joes being led by a king, the best running back in the NFL—King Henry!

It’s ridiculous what the NFL’s back-to-back rushing yardage champ, a player who eclipsed over 2,000 yards last season, is doing right now. The fact is, most backs couldn’t handle the load Henry is carrying right now, but most backs aren’t King Henry standing at 6-feet 3-inches and nearly 250 pounds.

Through four games Henry has carried the ball 113 times for over 500 rushing yards (averaging 125.7 per game). That is a historic pace, on track for 2,167, enough to break Eric Dickerson’s record. Henry is also on pace to break a record some would say isn’t a record you necessarily want to have. Henry’s 113 carries, nearly 28 per game, has him projected to carry the ball 480 times.

That is 64 more carries than the current record holder, Chiefs running back Larry Johnson. Fun fact: Eddie George is number five on that list with over 400 carries in 2000. King Henry was on a record pace to start

2020 as well regarding carries, but his numbers were slowed down in October and November as the Titans’ pass attack found its rhythm. Let’s hope that’s the case once again. The big man doesn’t need to be used and abused come January. But the crazy thing is, Henry more than likely could handle the workload all season.

Dude is just built different. A king!

If we broke down the upcoming schedule in fours, next up is on the Jags’ turf, home against the Bills and Chiefs and at the Colts. Titans would be fortunate to get one win from either Bills or Chiefs, so I project that at 2–2 with 3–1 being the ceiling.

The next four-game stretch, at the Rams, at home against the Saints and the Texans and at the Patriots, I project another 2–2 with a higher chance for 3–1 here than the prior stretch.

The final four-game stretch entering December begins with the Jags at home, at the Steelers, home for the 49ers and at the Dolphins. I can really see the Titans getting hot and going 4–0 here. Don’t get me wrong, playing at Heinz field will always be tough and the 49ers could bring it, but I feel like all four of these opponents are teams that will not be playing in the playoffs.

The Titans are very fortunate to play in arguably the weakest division in the NFL in 2021, the AFC South.

The Titans also end the season against the Texans with that extra game added. The Texans are trash and Henry owns them, averaging 200 yards per game or so as of late.

The Jags are horrid as well. The Colts are the only team that can challenge the Titans and stop them from becoming back-to-back AFC South champions. And the Colts have given me no reason to believe they will do that, plus they have a brutal strength of schedule coming up.

As we near the end of this article I want to take a moment and thank you, the reader, my loyal folk and even the haters! Yeah, you know who you are, the ones sending me emails to titanman1984@gmail.com calling me a homer and telling me my Titans talk is trash! I’ve come to realize haters make the most loyal readers, and without you this entire thing wouldn’t be possible, so thank you!

I must end on a quick rant about this team and the direction I think it is headed. I can start with the defense. They were historically horrid last season, atrocious getting off the field, giving up an NFL record over 50 percent conversions on third down. The Titans have the record for worst third-down defense in NFL history to ever make the postseason in the 2020 run. The Titans had a league low in sacks in 2020 as well with 19 through 16 games. The Titans currently have seven through four games. This 2021 defense, without doubt, is better than last year’s, but the bar was low. Such a frustrating unit, they started the season against prime competition in Kyler Murray and Russ. This defense is so much better up front than 2020, and is, I believe, primed to punish a few future quarterbacks. The problem with the Titans’ defense is the lack of ability to stop big plays downfield, as getting burned in the secondary here and there can often be the difference between a win and loss.

The Titans’ offense is another topic. It has yet to get all of the kinks out of the system. Last year the defense was horrid and the offense was a top unit in the league.

This year the Titans’ defense is below average and the offense is struggling to find its identity. It doesn’t help when your top two wide receivers, A.J. and Julio, are both off field dealing with injuries.

Let’s be honest, Tennessee fans, if it wasn’t for King Henry the Titans easily could be 1–3, probably 0–4.

Injuries have been a problem, and I don’t want to talk about the offensive line. Henry may be leading the NFL in rushing yards, so you casuals may think surely the Titans have a solid line. That wouldn’t exactly be the case. The offensive line is struggling mightily with protecting Tannehill, who has been sacked an NFL-leading 17 times heading into week 5, with 13 of those coming in the two losses.

No matter what the Titans’ record is, me and my people will be cheering loudly and decked out in Titans’ gear every game day. It’s about sharing those moments with loved ones. It’s a getaway from the struggles of life and a time to forget all those troubles and cheer loudly!

Remember the Work of Phil Valentine Let Us Discuss Our Differences With Civility and Sense THIS IS A CALL FOR CIVILITY. This is a tribute to the voice of reason.

Love him or hate him, there was an undeniable sense of humanity that Phil Valentine brought to the table. While he advocated ideologies that resonated with specific political affiliations, his common-sense approach and his comradery with humanity exuded a classiness and a style that gave many readers and listeners pause, regardless of their own leanings.

In light of his contributions, and with a deep sense of loss, I echo his call.

The recent state of world affairs has ushered in an era of unprecedented division.

While on a smaller scale, in isolated areas, the current climate of what can best be described as evil has always existed, taking advantage of opportunity when and where it was available, it is unparalleled in some ways to what we are presently experiencing. More than ever, it seems division is the driving force behind every event, every decision and

every voice that is not censored or silenced.

It is said that perception is reality. This holds true. Therefore, media has been mainstreamed to provide a narrative driven by agenda. Even now, these words that I form have intention. Anyone communicating any information who doesn’t claim to have an agenda is a liar. But, what is truth? How do we come about it? In the age of information, what differentiates information from truth, and how can one know for certain?

This is where the voice of reason is essential. This is where the need to discerningly research information from multiple sources, representing differing opinions, is vital. How many people do you know who take the time to thoroughly research a given topic before taking the stance of an expert?

In my experience, the number is quite low.

To elaborate on the current hot topic of masks and mandates, let me state a few things to keep in mind: Many people are afraid. They are afraid for their loved ones and for themselves.

They’re afraid of the economic impact on their livelihoods and the ripple effects for the future. They wish for an answer and a cure to bring things back to business as usual. To some degree, we all fall into this category. However, it’s also important to remember that opportunists take advantage

of opportunity, and government in general (some governments more than others) have fostered a distrust, for good reason.

It’s also worth noting that when you see a roach out in the open, you can bet money that there are at least a dozen more that you can’t see. Therefore, considering the current crisis, those who would profit under such conditions have their own agenda to serve, and some observers are aware of those schemes, either through education of past events or sensitivity to present circumstances.

Additionally, some people advocate for masks because, while an educated person would understand that they offer only a minimal level of protection, a minimal level is still better than no level. Others, however, may suffer more (and many have already suffered) from the effects of wearing a mask—emotionally, psychologically and physically— than they would from the virus itself.

Furthermore, anyone who is educated at all on the placebo effect knows that mentality plays a pivotal role in our actual physical health. Therefore, it stands to reason that the virus is plaguing us in more ways than just its own invasion of our physical well-being. Because of the fear that it is breeding and the division around intensely differing opinions on potential solutions, it has caused just as much damage to our psyches and our sense of community and

unity as it has to our bodies.

The bottom line is this: we all have our reasons for why we feel the way we do. We all have personal experiences, statistics, fears, family members, friends and people who support our own views. Justification is crucial for fueling impassioned debate and retaliation. However, in this call to civility, I want to resound what the founding forefathers of this country reminded us. United we stand.

I applaud the many encounters I’ve had over the course of the past year with an increasingly awakened and growing group of people throughout the state who seem to have overcome the mainstream narrative and are instead thinking for themselves.

I applaud those who understand that civility is instrumental in true change and in overthrowing evil, as the great Martin Luther King Jr. so auspiciously illustrated. And, I thank God that I live in a country that affords me the freedom to speak these things in a public forum. I will not let the blood of my ancestors, who fought for the liberty that I’ve enjoyed, be shed in vain. I will stand. I will stand for truth, and despite the political climate, I will constantly seek to maintain unity.

I am asking you to rise to that occasion, and thanking you should you choose to do so.

I thank Phil Valentine for his many years of service and his voice of reason.

— ANGELA LOUPE

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feel like doing anything, or when you feel defeated?

Do you get sucked into the vortex of negative thinking and find yourself wallowing in sorrow or complaining to others in order to not feel alone?

Or, in order to make some sense of or justify your feelings? Does that actually change the situation for the better? Not usually!

So what can you do when nothing seems to be going your way and you don’t see a positive solution in sight? I know crawling in bed and hiding yourself under the covers sounds like a good idea, but does that work? Actually, I have had some great revelations while hiding my head in my pillows. The only distraction in there is your mind. If you have an active mind then you are usually running multiple scenarios through it—eventually to the one that gets you back out of bed (even if only to use the bathroom!). Even in that simple activity you can see that life is still moving and you are a fundamental part of existence whether you’re liking it or not.

“Courage doesn’t always roar . . . sometimes it’s the quiet voice at the end of the day whispering, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” – Mary Anne Radmacher So, when life seems extra tough I like to turn to the Omnis. Omni is the Latin prefix meaning “all.”

I believe in a higher governing divine power that is supremely good and beautiful. So when you find it difficult to get back to a better state of mind try to remember the following: OMNIPRESENT: The presence of the beautiful and good everywhere, in all spaces and places, all at once. You can’t go anywhere or escape from the allpresent power of consciousness. It is always within you and exists wherever you are. It is always consistent here and now, not yesterday, tomorrow or even later today, but right now. The presence of good is within you and surrounds you. You aren’t required to do anything to prove it exists because you are the proof of its existence.

“Your omnipresence is marvelous! I breathe and you enter me. I exhale and enter into you.”

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tertain, there is unlimited power available that propels us in the direction we must go. It is the eternal force that moves us to the next action. It is also unwavering strength, support, courage, decisiveness, energy and flow. Expanding consciousness allows this power to move you—even out from under those covers!

OMNISCIENCE: All knowing; all wise; infinite knowledge. You don’t have to have all the answers but you need to know that they already exist. Ideas are endless, as are the thoughts necessary to bring them to fruition. All that is required is to tune in and listen. Just knowing that a solution is already present can be enough to bring you back from the tunnel of doom and gloom. Once you see this, you also begin to see things you couldn’t before. Did this intelligence just come out of nowhere? No. It already existed, you just have to know it and be open to it. Then, you will see it.

That’s a lot of positive power to turn to when you feel lost, alone or afraid. Avoid repetition of negativity by replacing it with an Omni thought. Get outside and let the warm power of the sun cascade over you and feel the omnipresence of its energetic force. See the rays as infinite ideas coming at you ready to radiate into beauty and good. Watch the defeated feelings or desire to do nothing evaporate and see the light of wisdom and intelligence pushing you forward.

So, is giving up the solution? Yes! That is, if you’re talking about giving up the useless thoughts, the defeatist attitude, or things that don’t motivate you.

There is no room for negative, downward-spiraling thinking when you are seeking a solution from falling into the trap of giving up. Mentally grab hold of those thoughts and put them on an imaginary shelf until you’ve had a talk with the Omnis. It will be all good!

“Focus on the powerful, euphoric, magical, synchronistic, beautiful parts of life, and the universe will keep giving them to you.” – @positive_vibe_tribe Jennifer Durand is the owner of The Nurture Nook, a certified qigong and breath empowerment instructor and is licensed in massage therapy, body work and somatic integration. For more on finding your personal “ahh . . .”, visit nurturenook.com or call 615-896-7110.

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BY JASON PICKLE THE TIME HAS COME. We need your support.

Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and surrounding communities, we invite you to join us starting at 4 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 9, for a Free the Plant fundraiser for the Tennessee Growers Coalition, a nonprofit political action committee dedicated to the hemp and cannabis industry in Tennessee.

The event is sponsored by Volunteer Botanicals, a Murfreesboro manufacturing company using the plant to create ingredients and health supplements.

Free the Plant Tour is a fundraiser designed to bring people together under the banner of full plant legalization. The tour, which has already stopped in Dunlap and Chattanooga, will head to the rest of the state after its Murfreesboro stop.

When you support TGC, you support pro-hemp and pro-cannabis candidates for the Tennessee General Assembly. The event is a fundraiser for the TGC and a vehicle to speak out that Tennessee is ready for legalization.

This family-friendly event will showcase innovative companies working with the plant in entirely new ways. Learn about hemp wood, hemp fiber for building materials, cannabis for skincare, safe consumption and ways to utilize different parts of the plant as new medicine.

We are proud to acknowledge a pro-cannabis legislative panel. Our Free the Plant legislative panel will include a round table discussion with different perspectives.

Senator Heidi Campbell is the first female Mayor of the City of Oak Hill and a Nashville native who supports fully legalizing cannabis. She has already sponsored legislation and decriminalization for the state.

Commissioner Veronica Buchanan has served in Rutherford County both as a legislator and business owner currently operating a hemp boutique.

Representative Jason Hodges is a strong voice for Clarksville in the Tennessee General Assembly. Through his legislative work, Jason demonstrates a willingness to listen, learn and act on issues affecting the state—

including cannabis reform.

Councilwoman Trish Butler from Clarksville is an advocate for decriminalizing cannabis and recently sponsored a resolution to the Tennessee General Assembly.

Clint Palmer and Cody Seals are both staples in the Middle Tennessee cannabis industry with roots in business development, cultivation and writing legislation.

Saturday’s event will also include educational sessions from different businesses that already utilize the plant in creative ways.

Each session will last 15 minutes and will allow attendees a chance to speak directly to these innovators. Speakers include: James Brown with HempWood, a company dedicated to providing a hemp alternative to wood products used in flooring and furniture. Hemp grows in 120 days, compared to 50–100 years for oak trees.

Jacob Waddell and Katie Poss with the US Hemp Building Association are creating sustainable building materials with hemp

fiber and hemp hurd.

Fairlight Hubbard, owner of The Flower Key and Ceremony Hemp, is a farmer, formulator and cannabis educator. Hubbard will share her love of creating skin care products from different parts of the plant.

Will Alexander with A1 Hemp Supply will share his expertise on safe consumption of raw cannabis and cannabis extracts. He and his team will break down the stigma behind smoking cannabis.

Derek Odette is the CEO of Volunteer Botanicals and a believer that cannabinoids are the ingredients of the future that can unlock true healing.

The Free the Plant event will also allow attendees to visit with local vendors and farmers, participate in a silent auction, win door prizes, leave a video testimonial on how the plant is helping them personally, and enjoy live music throughout the day from Gwen Levey and the Breakdown.

The event will end with a performance

from Nashville’s own Captain Midnight Band as they play a ’70s dance party—including music from Steely Dan, The Grateful Dead and many more classic acts.

“We want to remove the stigma that cannabis is something we should be afraid of,” explains Odette. “If Tennessee legalizes cannabis, we will see an explosion of new jobs, new medicines and new industries. All of this will come from a sustainable plant, farmed here. Everyone will benefit . . . over 80 percent of the state already wants legalization.”

Kelly Hess with the Tennessee Growers Coalition issues a call to all who support the plant to get involved in the movement.

“We need as many people as possible at our Free the Plant Tour stops to show our government enough is enough. Tennesseans are ready,” Hess says.

If you believe in this plant, join us on Saturday, Oct. 9 at Hop Springs in Murfreesboro. Now is the time.

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