🌱 Tullahoma's first Pumpkin Chunkin' sends pumpkins soaring
Tullahoma, Tennessee Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Tullahoma! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Tullahoma's first Pumpkin Chunkin' sends pumpkins soaring
- Remembering Tullahoma native Jerry Ronald Holden, 90
- Remembering Deborah Ann Clark, 72, of Tullahoma
Also on today's calendar: Chamber Connect and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 66 and low of 44 degrees.
- Thursday: Cloudy, a shower; cooler, temps: high: 56, low: 33.
- Friday: Some sun, then clouds; chilly, with a high of 46 and low of 27 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Pumpkins take flight at inaugural HOSC event (tullahomanews.com) — Hundreds gathered at Tullahoma's Hands-On Science Center Saturday to watch pumpkins fly from a handmade trebuchet and an air cannon at its first Pumpkin Chunkin' event. With the longest launch reaching 275 feet, organizers are considering a larger trebuchet and a competition among local engineering firms next year. 
2. Jerry Ronald Holden (thunder1320.com) — Jerry Ronald Holden, a Tullahoma native remembered as a devoted father and grandfather, died at home Nov. 9 at age 90. His funeral is Thursday, Nov. 12, at 1 p.m. at Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home, with visitation beginning at 11 a.m. and burial afterward at Oakwood Cemetery.
3. Deborah Ann Clark (thunder1320.com) — Deborah Ann Clark, 72, of Tullahoma died Nov. 8, leaving a family who remember her devotion to children, horses and injured animals. Visitation is Wednesday, Nov. 11, from 10 a.m. until her noon funeral at Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home, with burial afterward at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens.
4. NASA confirms sightings of fireball above NC-TN border (citizen-times.com) — A NASA sky camera in Tullahoma helped scientists analyze the bright meteor seen over Tennessee and North Carolina on Nov. 5. NASA identified it as a two-inch asteroid fragment that disintegrated 25 miles above East Ridge, Tennessee, and said it was unrelated to the ongoing Taurid meteor shower.
5. Barbara Byrd Boswell (thunder1320.com) — Barbara Byrd Boswell, a First Baptist Church Tullahoma member who volunteered in children's ministry, died November 8 at 77. Friends may visit Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home in Tullahoma on Saturday, November 14, beginning at 10 a.m., with the funeral following at 11 a.m.
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Millennium Repertory Company, 128 E Main St, Manchester
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Sunday November 15
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Other local events
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Basketball vs. Warren County (home)
West Middle School Tullahoma, TN 37388
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Fall Play Production: Radium Girls
Tullahoma City Schools Tullahoma, TN 37388
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Chamber Connect →
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Fall Play Production: Radium Girls
Tullahoma City Schools Tullahoma, TN 37388
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ELI Grow Legacy Run-Stadium
Tullahoma High School Tullahoma, TN 37388
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Holiday Market for Meals - Vendor Signup →
115 Northwest Atlantic Street, Tullahoma
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Fall Play Production: Radium Girls
Tullahoma City Schools Tullahoma, TN 37388
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DBT for Adults →
Centerstone, 1803 N Jackson Street, Tullahoma
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Basketball vs East
THS
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Thrive Teen Processing Group →
Centerstone, 1803 N Jackson Street, Tullahoma
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November Chamber Coffee sponsored by SmartBank →
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Saturday November 14
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Tuesday November 17
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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