Primas Bakery + Boutique has its cookie and cake offerings for Halloween on its website. You can pre-order 48 hours or more in advance and schedule a pick-up date and time during the checkout process.
Edible Memphis reports that Home Place Pastures is a new vendor at the Memphis Farmers Market. They’ll offer beef, lamb, and pork products as well as sausage at their booth at the Market, which runs every Saturday 8-1 under the pavilion at Front and G.E. Patterson in October. Home Place Pastures is a family farm raising animals ethically in Como, Mississippi.
There are reports on Nextdoor of people pounding on front doors in South Bluffs then running away before the door can be answered. Not clear if this is a teenage prank, or thieves trying to get an idea if people are home. There have been thefts in that area, so be on guard.
The Daily Memphian has an in-depth look at contact tracing for COVID-19 in Shelby County. If you get a call from the Health Department, please answer or give them a call back, and be forthcoming providing information. It could save lives.
The Shelby County Election Commission will hold a virtual job fair for poll workers Thursday. These are paid positions and it’s community service that looks good on a resume.
The Tigers will be back on national TV a week from Saturday. The October 17 game vs. UCF at the Liberty Bowl will be broadcast on ABC with a 2:30 kickoff.
Biden is an 82/17 favorite to win the presidency in FiveThirtyEight’s latest election simulation. That’s the highest I have seen it this year. RealClearPolitics shows that Biden has jumped to a 9.2% national lead in their composite of all the polls.
From Good Morning America: 102-year-old woman who cast her ballot in PPE says nobody should have an excuse
That’s it for this post. I am not sure if I will be able to watch the COVID-19 press conference today at noon. Possibly I will be back this afternoon to write about what’s in Health Directive No. 13 if it is issued today.