{"id":24205,"date":"2020-10-06T08:14:08","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T13:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=24205"},"modified":"2020-10-06T08:14:08","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T13:14:08","slug":"tuesday-update-150","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/06\/tuesday-update-150\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Primas Bakery + Boutique has its cookie and cake offerings for Halloween on its website<\/a>. You can pre-order 48 hours or more in advance and schedule a pick-up date and time during the checkout process.<\/p>\n

Edible Memphis reports that Home Place Pastures<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The Daily Memphian has an in-depth look at contact tracing<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

The Shelby County Election Commission will hold a virtual job fair for poll workers<\/a> Thursday. These are paid positions and it’s community service that looks good on a resume.<\/p>\n

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<\/a> with a 2:30 kickoff.<\/p>\n

Biden is an 82\/17 favorite to win the presidency in FiveThirtyEight’s latest election simulation<\/a>. That’s the highest I have seen it this year. RealClearPolitics<\/a> shows that Biden has jumped to a 9.2% national lead in their composite of all the polls.<\/p>\n

From Good Morning America: 102-year-old woman who cast her ballot in PPE says nobody should have an excuse<\/a><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"