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Dusk to dawn: 48 hours of fall

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Pi Beta Phi members Kacie Simplot, left, and Riley Eagle, right, pomp the Cinderella carriage with colored paper Visitors bounce on the Jumping Pillow at Shryocks’ corn maze Sunday outside Columbia. The pillow had Tucker Root walks to the edge of the stadium Saturday at the Tipton Fairgrounds to high-five spectators after riding in the Mitch Ellebrech of Lambda Chi Alpha sleeps inside the fraternity house at 2:07 a.m. Saturday. He said he had not
Saturday at Lambda Chi Alpha’s house. The carriage was made out of chicken wire, and each hole had to be many bouncers throughout the day who were allowed timed sessions to jump. calves event at the Double B Rough Stock Association rodeo in Tipton. slept for three days straight, as he was working on Homecoming preparations.
filled with colored paper. The entire process took more than six hours.

BY MISSOURIAN STAFF
news@columbiamissourian.com

Although much of Columbia was buzzing with MU’s

Homecoming, a trove of fall festivities unraveled across mid-
Missouri. Let’s take a look at this past weekend.
The clock read midnight. Once the glass slipper was left behind
and the carriage turned back to a pumpkin, the students of
Pi Beta Phi and Lambda Chi Alpha worked to complete their
Cinderella-themed Homecoming float, hours before a 7 a.m.
Saturday deadline. The sun rose Saturday as the completed float
was delivered to its parade position. The students said they were
proud, and even Cinderella would have found their float worthy
of a crown.
The brisk temperatures in the low 50s did not keep spectators
or athletes away from the Double B Rough Stock Association
rodeo, as it kicked off Saturday night under the lights at the
fairgrounds in Tipton. Hats flew off; barbecue was eaten; rodeo
clown Jason Lewis proposed to his girlfriend, Stephanie Borilo;
and an impromptu fireworks show ended the night.
The Shryock family has been farming in Callaway County
since 1889. In 2002, the family opened its first corn maze to the
public. Each year since, the maze has featured a new design for
visitors to get lost inside — literally. Sunday, visitors found more
than a corn maze on the property, including a giant pillow for
bouncing, a corn pit for lounging, pumpkins for picking and a
barn slide for sliding.

EMMALEE REED/Missourian DANIEL SHULAR/Missourian

Zeke Lyons, 9, lies in the corn pit at Shryocks’ corn maze Sunday outside Columbia. He and his family visited Shryocks in 2018 and decided to go back again this year. Destiny Dowell rides her horse in the open barrel competition Saturday at the Double B Rough
Stock Association rodeo in Tipton.