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Tuesday, June 4, 2024

News and Weather Briefing for Tuesday, June 04, 2024



Here is the news and weather briefing for Macon County.

GENERAL OUTLOOK

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are on tap today with afternoon storms persisting into Thursday. Dry air will mix in Friday and persist into the weekend with the next chance of thunderstorms returning Sunday afternoon.






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Local Weather

General Forecast Through Thursday Night





Franklin Area

Today

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 4pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 5pm. Widespread fog before 10am. Highs near 80. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 10pm. Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday

Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Areas of fog before noon. Highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8pm and 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday

A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday Night

A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Mostly clear, with lows in the upper 50s.


Highlands Plateau

Today

Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Widespread fog before 10am. Highs in the lower 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5am. Widespread dense fog, mainly after 3am. Lows around 60. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday

Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Areas of fog before noon. Highs near 70. Winds out of the southwest 3 to 6 mph. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8pm and 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. West southwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 70%.

Thursday

A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 70s.

Thursday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s.


Otto and South Central Macon County

Today

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 4pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 5pm. Widespread fog before 10am. Highs near 80. Light winds out of the south. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows in the low-to-mid 60s. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday

Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Areas of fog before noon. Highs in the upper 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8pm and 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid 60s. Light winds out of the southwest. Chance of rain is 70%.

Thursday

A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with highs in the low-to-mid 80s.

Thursday Night

Mostly clear, with lows around 60.


Nantahala Area



Today

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 4pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 5pm. Widespread dense fog, mainly before 9am. Highs near 76. Calm winds becoming south southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 9pm. Widespread dense fog, mainly after 5am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with lows around 60. Calm winds. Chance of rain is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday

Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Areas of fog before noon. Highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds early in the morning increasing to come out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph by midmorning. Chance of rain is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night

Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 3am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3am. Lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph. Chance of rain is 80%.

Thursday

A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with highs in the upper 70s.

Thursday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s.




Hazards



Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected across the area this afternoon. A couple storms may produce strong or damaging winds along with large hail.



Pollen

Pollen levels are expected to be in the medium range (2.1 out of 12) today with Oak, Poplar, and Grasses being the main culprits. Tomorrow is expected to be in the low-medium range (1.8 out of 12.0).



Record Weather Events for June 4th

Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)

Highest Temperature 92°F in Franklin in 1985
Lowest Temperature 36°F in Franklin in 1969
Greatest One-Day Rain 6.03 inches in Highlands in 1967
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since record-keeping began in 1871)

Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of June Data available from 1872

Highest Temperature 99°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-30-2012
Lowest Temperature 32°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 06-02-1966
Greatest Rainfall 7.63 inches in Highlands on 06-16-1949
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during June in Macon County)

Record Weather Events for June 4th in North Carolina

Highest Temperature 104°F in Louisburg, Franklin County in 1943
Lowest Temperature 30°F in Banner Elk, Avery County in 1929
Greatest One-Day Rain Rosman, Transylvania County in 1967
Greatest One-Day Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded on this date since 1872)

(the excessive rainfall was due to the remnants of Hurricane Gladys)

Weather Extremes for North Carolina for the month of June Data available from 1872

Highest Temperature 107°F in Carthage, Moore County on 06-23-1981
Lowest Temperature 23°F in Jefferson, Ashe County on 06-17-1917
Greatest Rainfall 12.41 inches in Belhaven, Beaufort County on 06-30-1962
Greatest Snowfall (no snowfall has been recorded during June in the state)






Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)

Music Lineup for Friends of the Greenway, Inc.

Frog Quarters Music Schedule (located at 573 East Main Street in Franklin)

June 2024 Schedule

6/8/24—Chuck Dorling and Sonia Brooks—Sonia is more about keeping the old folk songs and Chuck’s about several styles including the blues. Their collaboration is appreciated for sure! They promise a good time for us all.

For other Music and News follow us on Facebook at Friends of the Greenway, Inc. and Instagram at friends_of_the_greenway_inc. To find out more about the Greenway and our organization, our website is: littletennessee.org.

Frog Quarters is open 9a to 2p, Wednesdays thru Saturdays—beside the River Bridge. We are the Non-Profit supporting the Greenway with monies from sales from our Coffee & Gift Shop, Memberships and Donations. As always, thank you for your support!



Mountain Findings
432 Spruce Street (physical)
Highlands, North Carolina 28741
Web: MountainFindings.org

Mountain Findings (a thrift store) is open every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm until October 2023.









News Briefing
---STATE AND LOCAL---



---NATIONAL---

Dr. Fauci testifies on COVID-19 pandemic before House subcommittee | Associated Press



Jury seated in Hunter Biden trial | ABC News



• A heat dome will send temperatures into the triple-digits across the West as fires burn [CNN]

• The Low-Key British Newshound Taking Charge of The Washington Post [New York Times]

• Epoch Times CFO Bill Guan is charged in alleged $67 million global money laundering scheme [CNBC]

• Jeffrey Epstein accuser sues prominent psychiatrist for making her 'sex slave' [AP News]

• Facing corruption charges, New Jersey Senator Menendez mounts independent reelection campaign [Courthouse News Service]

• Trump appeal to remove Willis from Georgia election subversion case set for October, likely putting trial past Election Day [CNN]



International News Headlines

China Lands Spacecraft on Moon’s ‘Hidden Side’ to Collect Samples | WSJ News



Russia To Engage US and NATO Drones and Other Systems | Military and Foreign Affairs Network



• Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as first woman president [BBC News]

• India election result: Vote counting begins [DW News]

• Tiananmen Square anniversary: Chinese govt aims to 'suppress, censor, erase memory' of 1989 massacre [France 24]

• China condemns S. Korea, U.S., Japan for remarks on Taiwan issue [Yonhap News Agency]

• Nigeria’s power grid shut down, airlines disrupted as unions strike [Al Jazeera]

• Russia extends its tentacles to Red Sea, building naval base in Sudan [TVP World]



The US and Royal Navies Have a Crewing Problem | Royal Fleet Auxiliary Begin Industrial Action | What's Going on With Shipping?



Washington Today (6-3-24): Dr. Fauci says it is 'preposterous' to say he tried to hide COVID origins | C-SPAN



Global National: June 3, 2024 | Growing fear about rise of far-right in Germany



ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - June 3, 2024


"CBS Evening News" Full Broadcast | June 3, 2024


NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - June 3, 2024


PBS NewsHour full episode, (June 3, 2024)



---Science, Technology, Culture, and History News Roundup---

Astronomers Just Looked at Those Dyson Sphere Stars in Radio Light. Here's What They Found I Antov Petrov



• The Sky This Week from May 31 to June 7: A Jupiter-Mercury conjunction Moon [Astronomy Magazine]

• This Week's Sky at a Glance, May 31 – June 9 [Sky and Telescope Magazine]

The Level1 Show June 4th 2024: Federal Air Travel Rules (Taylor's Version) | Level1 Techs



TV Is Out, YouTube Is In - DTNS 4782 | Daily Tech News Show



International Trash - Startup Chaos, Breaking Ticketmaster, Ultrasonic Coffee | TWiT TV






On This Day

June 4 is the 155th day of the year (156th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 210 days remain until the end of the year.




Historical Events

(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)





781 BC – Oldest Chinese recording of a solar eclipse
1039 – Henry III becomes Holy Roman Emperor
1070 – Roquefort cheese created in a cave near Roquefort, France

[VIDEO: Roquefort - The king of Cheeses]

1133 – Rome-Innocentius II crowns Lotharius III Roman-German emperor

[Wikipedia article]
1357 – The "Peace of Ath", signed by Count Louis II of Flanders and Duke Wenceslaus of Luxembourg ends the attempt of the succession of Brabant
1391 – Mob led by Ferrand Martinez surrounds and sets fire to the Jewish quarter of Seville in Spain, the surviving Jews are sold into slavery
1411 – King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries.
1561 – The steeple of St Paul's, the medieval cathedral of London, is destroyed in a fire caused by lightning and is never rebuilt.
1615 – Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.

[Wikipedia article]
1745 – Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession.

[VIDEO: Battle of Hohenfriedberg 1745 - First and Second Silesian War]
[Wikipedia article]
1760 – Great Upheaval/Expulsion of the Acadians: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada, taken from the Acadians.

[Wikipedia article]
[Video Overview]

1783 РThe Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfi̬re (hot air balloon).

[The Montgolfier Brothers and the Hot Air Balloon]
[Wikipedia article on the brothers]

1784 – Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers four kilometres in 45 minutes, and reached 1,500 metres altitude (estimated).

[Wikipedia article]

1792 – Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1802 – King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel.

[The Abdication of Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia]

1812 – Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory.
1825 – General Lafayette, a French officer in the American Revolutionary War, speaks at what would become Lafayette Square, Buffalo, during his visit to the United States.
1855 – Major Henry C. Wayne departs New York aboard the USS Supply to procure camels to establish the U.S. Camel Corps.

[Ellis County Museum: U.S. Army Camel Corps]
[Wikipedia article]

1859 – Italian Independence wars: In the Battle of Magenta, the French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeat the Austrian army. 


1862 – American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.
1876 – An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
1878 – Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
1896 – Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.

[History of Henry Ford's Quadricycle | The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation]
[Wikipedia article]

1912 – Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.

[HistoryNet article https://www.historynet.com/the-first-minimum-wage.htm]

1913 – Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse at The Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness, and dies four days later.

[Wikipedia article]

1916 – World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.

[Wikipedia article]
[The Brusilov Offensive - The Arab Revolt I THE GREAT WAR Week 98]

1917 – The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.

[The Very First Pulitzer Prize]
1919 – Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.

[History.com article]
[Wikipedia article]

1920 – Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.

[Wikipedia article]

1928 – The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.

[Wikipedia article]
[A very detailed history podcast of the time period]

1932 – Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'état establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile. 


1939 – The Holocaust: The MS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.

[A Survivor Speaks]
[The Voyage of the St. Louis]

1940 – World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends: British forces complete evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers, only to the House of Commons, his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.

[Newsreel]
[Audio of Churchill Speech]
[Text of Churchill Speech]

1942 – World War II: The Battle of Midway begins. The Japanese Admiral ChÅ«ichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

[How did the US Navy win the Battle of Midway?]
[Video playlist: The Battle of Midway from both perspectives]
[Wikipedia article]

1943 – A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.

[Wikipedia article]

1944 – World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German submarine U-505: The first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.

[Wikipedia]
[U-Boat Heist! The American Operation to Capture U-505]
[Take a tour-German U-505 Submarine U boat Museum of Science and Industry 2016]
[Moving the U-505 Submarine]
[US Navy: Now it can be told]

1944 – World War II: The United States Fifth Army captures Rome, although much of the German Fourteenth Army is able to withdraw to the north.

[The Liberation of Rome]
[Wikipedia Battle of Anzio (the battle that resulted in the liberation of Rome]

1945 - 6th US Marine division occupies Orokoe Peninsula Okinawa

[USMC Combat Footage]
[Wikipedia: Okinawa Campaign]

1945 - US, Soviet Union, Britain and France agree to divide up occupied Germany
1946 - Largest solar prominence (300,000 mi/500,000 km) observed
1947 - US House of Representatives approves Taft-Hartley act

[Former President Truman Recalls How the Taft-Hartley Act Was Passed Over His Veto]
[Wikipedia]

1954 - Arthur Murray flies X-1A rocket plane to record 27,000 meters

[Bell X-1A Flight Report (1954) - Restored color - Chuck Yeager, Arthur Murray, altitude record]
[List of X-1A flights]

1956 - 'Secret speech' by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev criticising Joseph Stalin is made public

[Soviet Congress Criticises Stalin Aka Twentieth Congress Of The Communist Party (1956)]
[De-Stalinization: The Secret speech (1956)]

1961 – Cold War: In the Vienna summit, the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin.

[Khrushchev and Kennedy Vienna Summit 1961]
[Berlin Crisis Newsreel]

1962 - Lee Harvey Oswald departs Rotterdam on SS Maasdam to US
1967 – Seventy-two people are killed when a Canadair C-4 Argonaut crashes at Stockport in England.

[Newsreel]
[British Documentary]

1970 – Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1974 - Never repeated 10 cent Beer Night at Cleveland, unruly fans stumble onto field and cause Indians to forfeit the game to Rangers with score tied 5-5 in 9th

[The 'Ten Cent Beer Night' Riot]
[Wikipedia article]
[Box score and play-by-play]
[Ten Cent Beer Night Was A Total Disaster]

1975 – The Governor of California Jerry Brown signs the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act into law, the first law in the U.S. giving farmworkers collective bargaining rights.
[Wikipedia article]

1975 - Oldest animal fossils in US discovered in North Carolina

[New York Times]
[General Wikipedia article on Paleontology in North Carolina]

1979 – Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.

[Wikipedia article]

1983 – Gordon Kahl, who killed two US Marshals in Medina, North Dakota on February 13, is killed in a shootout in Smithville, Arkansas, along with a local sheriff, after a four-month manhunt.

[Wikipedia article]
[US Marchalls article]

1986 – Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Pollard]
[Pollard Arrives in Israel]
[Jonathan Pollard English Speech at Jerusalem Day Celebration at Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva - May 10 2021]

1988 – Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500.
1989 – Ali Khamenei is elected as the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Assembly of Experts after the death and funeral of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
1989 – The Tiananmen Square protests are suppressed in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army, with between 241 and 10,000 dead (an unofficial estimate).

[ABC News Video]
[The Tank Man (full film) | FRONTLINE]
[Footage shows what really happened in lead-up to Tiananmen Square massacre | Four Corners]
[Wikipedia article]
[The Gate of Heavenly Peace (1995)]

1989 – Solidarity's victory in the first (somewhat) free parliamentary elections in post-war Poland sparks off a succession of peaceful anti-communist revolutions in Eastern Europe, leads to the creation of the so-called Contract Sejm and begins the Autumn of Nations.
1989 – Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.

[30 Years Later]

1990 - Greyhound Bus files bankruptcy
1990 - Dr Jack Kevorkian assists an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die

[Wikipedia article]

1991 - Pope John Paul II compares abortion with Nazi murders

[BBC News]
[NIMSHMA Response]

1996 – The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds.
[Ariane 5 Explosion | A Very Costly Coding Error]

1998 – Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
2010 – Falcon 9 Flight 1 is the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40.

[SpaceVidCast Video]
[SpaceX Mission Highlights]

2012 - US drone attack kills 15 militants in Pakistan, including high ranking al-Qaeda official, Abu Yahya al-Libi
[White House announces the death of al-Qaeda 'number two' Abu Yahya al-Libi]
[Al-Libi death's impact on al Qaeda]

2018 - US President Donald Trump tweets "I have the absolute right to PARDON myself"

[ABC News]

2018 - Former US President Bill Clinton in interview with NBC says he hasn't and doesn't need to apologize to Monica Lewinsky
2019 - Former US school security guard Scot Peterson arrested and charged with neglect of a child and culpable negligence for not confronting gunman during Parkland school massacre in a landmark case

[CBS News]

2019 - Over 100,000 people mark the 30th anniversary of Beijing's Tiananmen Square Massacre in Hong Kong and around the world

[Wikipedia]

2020 - Memorial for George Floyd led by Rev. Al Sharpton, killed in police custody, in Minneapolis, as 10th night of protests at his death held around the country
[ABC News (Sharpton only)]
[NBC News (Full Service)]

2020 - State of Emergency declared after 20,000 tonnes of diesel oil spills near Russian city of Norilsk, Siberia within the Arctic Circle

[Russia's 20,000-tonne diesel spill pollutes waterways in Siberia ]
[How Russia is cleaning up the Arctic's biggest oil spill ]








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Published at 5:00am on Tuesday, June 04, 2024
Author: Bobby Coggins


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