🌱 Jimmie Rogers Music Festival and 9 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Comic Commons at The MAX at Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience (The MAX)
• Jimmie Rogers Music Festival at Jimmie Rodgers Museum
• Mother's Day 39th Anniversary at QV Sykes Park Football field

... and check out 3 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: I Am not animal, vegetable, or mineral. I don’t eat, but need to be fed regularly to stay alive. What am I? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Times of sun and clouds, with a high of 69 and low of 62 degrees.
• Saturday: Humid with rain, temps: high: 77, low: 59.
• Sunday: Heavy rain and a thunderstorm, with a high of 84 and low of 62 degrees.

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📸 Around Marion

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Marion

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday May 9

• Comic Commons at The MAX →
  Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience (The MAX), 2155 Front St, Meridian
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday May 9

• Jimmie Rogers Music Festival →
  Jimmie Rodgers Museum, 1200 22nd Ave, Meridian
  4:00 pm

Sunday May 10

• Mother's Day 39th Anniversary →
  QV Sykes Park Football field, 900 Lovers Ln, Meridian
  10:00 am

Thursday May 14

• NEHS Graduation
  Northeast Lauderdale High School NEHS Football Field
  8:00 pm

Thursday June 4

• Mingle at the Museum →
  Mississippi Children's Museum - Meridian, 403 22nd Ave, Meridian
  6:00 pm
• Meridian MS – MSU Riley Center (with Firefall & Pure Prairie League) →
  MSU Riley Center, Msu Riley Center, 2200 5th St, Meridian
  6:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday May 9

• Jimmie Rodgers Music Festival →
  Meridian City Hall, 1860 24th Ave, Meridian
  4:00 pm

Monday May 11

• Meridian Livestock →
  Meridian Stock Yards Inc, 10365 Old Hwy 80 W, Meridian
  12:00 pm

Tuesday May 12

• SEHS Graduation
  Southeast Lauderdale High School SEHS Football Field
  8:00 pm

Thursday May 14

• NEHS Graduation
  Northeast Lauderdale High School NEHS Football Field
  8:00 pm

Friday May 15

• CHS Graduation
  Clarkdale High School CHS Football Field
  8:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• ServiceMaster Clean posted a job opening for Floor Cleaning Technician-Experience Preferred in Meridian. Apply here.
• Advantage Solutions posted a job opening for Part Time Retail Sales Merchandiser in Meridian. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Marion here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Meridian

• City of Meridian applies for the CRISI grant application for Passenger Rail Training (wtok.com)
• MPSD Foundation for Educational Excellence Receives REACH Award for Lauderdale County (wtok.com)
• Toursim leaders celebrate National Travel & Tourism Week (wtok.com)

Lauderdale

• Community leaders react to the possibility of a new jail in the Queen City (wtok.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Fire (Thank you Steve H. for sending it in!)
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