Good Friday Morning, and welcome to the Rundown! Today is Friday, April 12th, 2019. Would you or your company like to sponsor The Rundown? Continue reading to learn how! Today is the 102nd day of the year. There are 263 days left in this year. Summer arrives in 70 days and Easter is in 9 days.

Weather Outlook

The rain came in hard and strong. It’s kind of chilly. Good thing it is spring and warm weather is promising. Follow us as we take a look at WTVA – The Weather Authority forecast for the day:

Some strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible this weekend. Low pressure will move into our area as we go through into our Friday. This will bring our area a good chance for some off and on rainfall and thunderstorms. Some of the thunderstorms will be on the heavy and hefty side at times through our Friday and into the weekend. Some of the better chances for some severe weather will be found to the southwest of our area. However, we could see a few rounds of stronger thunderstorms as we go through our Saturday with the better of the chances for our Saturday evening and into our Sunday morning.

Friday A 20 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. West wind around 5 mph becoming south in the morning. Friday Night A chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9pm and 1am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Food Truck

Taquería Ferrus is beside Computer Universe on W. Main 10:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m.

Goku Japanese Express is behind Dollar General Pontotoc, MS on West Reynolds St. 11:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.

Food Truck Friday at Tupelo Fair Park starring Big Bad Wolf Truck 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. & local MOBILE 11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. with Ham & Swiss Po-Boys & Classic Cheeseburgers as the specials! 615-337-2660 & MS Edible Bliss 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. & Brunch Box & Fire & Smoke BBQ/Catering LLC 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Get those brisket burn ends and Mac n Cheese! & Gypsy Roadside Mobile 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Jos Cafe teaming up with Madd Batter Bakery & Indulge Mobile is at Amory Railroad Festival at 11:00 a.m.-until

Southern Bugz on North Gloster Street across from Outback Steakhouse (Tupelo, MS) 12:00-7:00 p.m.

Brunch Box at Queen’s Reward Meadery @ 5:00 p.m.

Polly Wangos, Pontotoc/Houston TBA

Today & Tonight

Friday Morning Prayer at Life At Tupelo FPC 9:00-10:00 a.m.

The Easter Bunny at The Mall at Barnes Crossings 10:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.

Trunk Show with Elizabeth Robinson at The Caron Gallery @ 10:00 a.m.

Spring Open House Weekend at Relics Antique Marketplace 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.

Touch-A-Truck at Amory Railroad Festival Presented by Amory Main Street Inc. 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Story Time at Reed’s (Reed’s Downtown Tupelo) @ 10:30 a.m.

Hands in Clay at Reed’s (Reed’s Downtown Tupelo) 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. by Appointment Only

ACO Tupelo Major Season 14 at Tupelo Furniture Market @ 11:00 a.m.Carnival at Amory Railroad Festival 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Backyard Mud Fest at BMB Off-Road Fulton 3:00-10:00 p.m.

34th Annual Super Bulldog Weekend at StarkVegas @ 3:00 p.m.

MCBBE Birth Doula Training at Northeast Mississippi Birthing Project 4:00-9:00 p.m.

Public Double Decker Bus Tours at Visit Oxford @ 4:00 p.m.

Sam Adams Brewery in House at Jackson Beer Company Oxford 4:00-6:00 p.m.

Tupelo Flea Market at Tupelo Furniture Market 5:00-9:00 p.m.

2019 Home & Garden Expo at Tupelo Furniture Market Bldg. 5 5:00-8:00 p.m.

Wine Downtown at Downtown Tupelo Main Street Association 5:00-8:00 p.m.

Narratives: Storytelling Festival at Lee County Library 5:30-8:30 p.m.

2019 Children’s Fishing Rodeo at Veteran’s Memorial Park 5:30-8:00 p.m.

Parent’s Night Out at Harrisburg Baptist Church 6:00-9:30 p.m.

Kid’s Night Out at Journey Church 6:15-10:00 p.m.

No Shooter Pool Tournament at Shade Tree Lounge @ 6:30 p.m.

Comedian Kerwin Claiborne at The Summit Center @ 7:00 p.m.

Pastor Jonathan Tucker’s Celebration Banquet at New Birth Community Church New Albany 7:00-10:00 p.m.

Wine Downtown After Party at Farmhouse Tupelo 8:00-9:30 p.m.

*** Lee County, MS Schools Elementary Art Exhibition at GumTree Museum of Art through April 15th

There are several Easter activities this weekend throughout until after Easter. You can follow them on our website at https://ourtupelo.com/2019/04/06/easter-activities-for-the-whole-family-pets-too/ .

Live Music

Tupelo/Lee County

James Carothers at Blue Canoe @ 9:30-11:45 p.m.

Full Tilt at Steele’s Dive @ 9:00 p.m.

Hannah+Karly at Stables Tupelo @ 9:00-11:45 p.m.

Bonfire Orchestra at Romie’s Grocery @ 8:30 p.m.

Bob Ray at Forklift 7:00-10:00 p.m.

Spunk Monkees at Old Venice Pizza Co. – Tupelo @ 8:00 p.m.

Chance Stanley at Nautical Whimsey @ 8:00 p.m.

Pontotoc/Oxford

Detour at Lep’s BBQ @ 7:00 p.m.

Eddie Gordon at Montgomery’s On Main @ 7:00 p.m.

Jason Carter at Sydnei’s Grill & Catering 7:30-10:00 p.m.

90s Night at Proud Larry’s @ 9:00 p.m.

Sissy Brown at DMBC Clubhouse @ 8:00 p.m. for Marla Gibson Birthday Bash!

Joe Austin at Thacker 564 @ 6:00 p.m.

Fulton/Amory

Seed Tick Road with Special Guest James Pirkle at Legends Sports Grille @ 8:30-11:30 p.m.

Chance Moore @ 3:30 p.m. & Silver Edge @ 5:00 p.m. & Young Guns @ 6:30 p.m. & Steve Azar @ 8:00 p.m. at 2019 Amory Railroad Festival 2nd Stage Robbie Ross

Baldwyn/Booneville/Corinth

Jennifer Coggins at The Shed @ 6:00 p.m.

Jamie Davis Trio at SMITH 8:30-11:45 p.m.

Starkville/Columbus

Tesheva at Dave’s Dark Horse Tavern @ 10:00 p.m.

Mustache Band at Rick’s Cafe -Doors Open @ 8:00 p.m.

Dale Robertson at Thai by Thai @ 8:30 p.m.

Philip & Matt of Magnolia Sound Machine at Elbow Room: Historic Landmark @ 9:30 p.m

Follow our Calendar of Events at https://ourtupelo.com/events/ for future events.

Be Kind/Give Back/Pay It Forward

We are excited to announce that Link Centre has been selected as the site for this year’s Comcast Cares Day project. Comcast NBCUniversal employees volunteer in their communities year round, but one day a year they celebrate this commitment coast to coast through Comcast Cares Day, engaging about 100,000 employees, families, friends, and community partners to volunteer and improve more than 1,000 work sites.

At Link Centre, they will be clearing the courtyard for a garden and gathering area as well as doing other landscaping and beautification work. We would like to invite you to join our team on Saturday morning, May 4. The project kicks off at 8am and runs til noon. You can register on the Comcast volunteer site at https://www.comcastinthecommunity.com/Project/Detail?projectID=11916. T-shirt orders go in early, so if you sign up now, you can request a specific shirt size. Not available on May 4? We have work that can be done ahead of time. Register for the May 4 project and contact me to let us know when you are available and we will be happy to have your help before May 4. We’ll even hold a shirt for you. 🙂 You can even get community hours for your organization.

If you have any questions, please contact me or Jessica Gunter at Comcast (601-586-2136 or Jessica_Gunter@comcast.com).

On This Day

National Big Wind Day! In 1934, on Mt. Washington in New Hampshire, three weather observers recorded the highest velocity natural wind on Earth at 231 mph. That is a really strong wind. It definitely would have blown me away.

National Licorice Day! This is a sweet, chew, aromatic black substance made by evaporation of root juice and used as a candy and medicine. I do not like licorice on any day. If you fancy it, devour on it for me today!

National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day! This is made with bread and one or more types of cheese. Usually cooked on a griddle or in a pan. I have seen so many ways to make this. I will stick with my mother’s recipe!

International Day of Human Space Flight! The United Nations General Assembly declared this day in 2011. It is celebrated annually as the beginning of the space era for mankind. It reaffirms the important contributions of space science and technology. The first human space flight was carried out on this day in 1961 by Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet citizen.

Word of the Day: Geomalism is the tendency of an organism to grow symmetrically in a lateral or horizontal plane.

Quote of the Day: Nobody takes a picture of something they want to forget. -Sy Parrish, One Hour Photo

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Thanks, everyone, and have a fantastical Friday!

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