Good Thursday Morning, and welcome to the Rundown! Today is Thursday, May 16th, 2019. Would you or your company like to sponsor The Rundown? Continue reading to learn how! Today is the 136th day of the year and there are 229 days left in this year. Memorial Day will be in 11 days, Father’s Day is in 31 days, and Summer arrives in 35 days.

National Love a Tree Day!

Weather Outlook

Let us check our local WTVA – The Weather Authority forecast for the day:

More heat and humidity with afternoon storms possible LATE-WEEK HEAT AND HUMIDITY As you head out the door this Thursday morning, areas of dense fog are likely. Most of this will be concentrated along the Tennessee state line, where showers and storms were focused yesterday. Through the day, we’ll heat up with sunshine. Highs reach the mid and upper 80s. And a few spotty showers and storms are possible, mostly over Northwest Alabama. 

Food Trucks

Taqueria Ferrus is beside Computer Universe on W. Main St. 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.

Big Bad Wolf Truck is at Spring Street Cigars from 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Gypsy Roadside Mobile TBA

Jo’s Cafe is Longtown Medical Plaza on Eason Blvd. 11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. & Queen’s Reward Meadery 5:00-8:00 p.m.

local MOBILE is at MidTown Pointe on Industrial Road across from the Tupelo High School Baseball Field 11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. 615-337-2660

Indulge Mobile is at NauticaStar Amory 11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

Brunch Box TBA

MS Edible Bliss TBA

Polly Wangos, Pontotoc/Houston TBA

Today & Tonight

Mother’s Day Diapers Drive at Groundswell Community Collective

Story Play for Babies & Toddlers at Lee County Library @ 9:30 a.m.

Splish Splash at Tupelo Aquatic Center 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Cryer Leike Oxford SnoCone Day @ Crye Leike Oxford Real Estate 2:30-5:00 p.m.

Groundswell Hops Around at Groundswell Community Collective 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Men’s After Work Gold Clinics at Tupelo Country Club 5:00-6:00 p.m.

Summer Nights in Corinth at Main Street Corinth 5:30-8:00 p.m.

Trivia Night at Queen’s Reward Meadery 6:00-9:00 p.m.

Folds of Honor at Steele’s Dive 6:00-10:00 p.m.

SPHS Awards Night at South Pontotoc High School 6:00-6:55 p.m.

Family Night: Library Scavenger Hunt at Lafayette County & Oxford Public Library 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Ladies’ Night Out at MedPlus Fulton 6:30-9:00 p.m.

Live Music

Karaoke at Woody’s Tupelo 8:30-11:45 p.m.

Will Taylor at Steele’s Dive 7:00-10:00 p.m.

William Metheny at Blue Canoe @ 8:00 p.m.

Detour at Lep’s BBQ Pontotoc @ 7:30 p.m.

DJ-E Karaoke at Old Venice Pizza Co. – Tupelo 7:00-11:00 p.m.

Tim Floyd & Eric Stogner is at Driskill’s Fish & Steakhouse Plantersville 6:30-8:30 p.m.

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

Be Kind/Give Back/Pay It Forward

Talbot House provides a safe, stable, supportive home for women transitioning from a drug and alcohol treatment program to independent sober living. Together, we work toward a common goal: continued sobriety. We need your support! You can donate at https://talbothousetupelo.org/donate.

They are also in need of repair or replacement of an ice machine, kitchen faucets and installation, white shower curtains, solid color twin sized blankets, quilts, and comforters, pillows, and drinking glasses. You can find out more information or ways to help on their Facebook page.

On This Day

In 1988, the Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop led a report stating that the addictive property of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.

National Piercing Day! Today, we celebrate body piercings, whether it is a tradition, religion, heritage, nationality, personal interest. Never had a piercing? Today is the day to get one!

National Sea Monkey Day! A sea monkey is a brine shrimp, Artemia salina, that hatches from dormant encysted eggs and sometimes raised in aquariums. I had an aquarium at one point. Additionally, I used to watch them on television!

National Biographer’s Day! Today commemorates the anniversary of the first meeting of Samuel Johnson and his biographer, James Boswell, in London, England in 1763, and honors all biographers.

National Coquilles Saint Jacques Day! This is a classic French dish of scallops in a creamy sauce, under a crust of bread crumbs and cheese.

Honor Our LGBT Elders Day! This is a new effort to bring awareness to the lifetime contributions made by LGBT older adults. It also brings awareness to equality and recognizes the struggles and victories of the LGBT community.

Word of the Day: Expatiate is to move or wander about intellectually, imaginatively, etc., without restraint.

Quote of the Day: What we imagine in order is merely the prevailing form of chaos. -Kerry Thornley

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Thanks everyone, and thriving Thursday and fanatical Friday’s Eve!

Be Actively Good, Share Love, and Make Mr. Rogers Happy! -Joshua Ballard