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GISH what?

IMG_20160802_171542634_HDRGISHWHES (pronounced GISH-whez) is the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen.  Today we visited with MVNU 2016 graduate Emily Holt about her team of 15 people participating in this year’s event, including Chris Morrison (pictured here with Emily).

Emily’s team gets points for being interviewed live on a radio or TV station, so WNZR was honored to give her that chance today!

You can hear more about this Monday when we feature Emily’s team on #MeetTheTeamMonday.

We had a STUMPER on Game Time Tuesday, so that comes back next week…we also gave away our last pair of tickets to see Matthew West and Lauren Daigle at the Ohio State Fair Saturday night. Congratulations to Breanna from Fredericktown for winning the tickets!

Today’s Word of the Day was glower (GLAU-er or GLOW-er), which, as a verb, means to have an angry or sullen look on your face.  That scowl look is glower as a noun.

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

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Game Time Tuesday from The Knox County Fair!

Frog at the Fair

That Picture is of a Frog we found at our tent today at the Knox County Fair.  Cute little guy stuck around for around 2 hours.

On Today’s show it was Game Time Tuesday so we played Song Poetry.  Our song was TobyMac with Move (Keep Walking) and our winner was Danielle from Gambier.  We also gave away tickets to Lecrae’s performance at the Ohio State Fair, congratulations to Cindy from Belleville who won those.

Our word of the day is Pidgin a noun which means a simplified speech used for communication between people with different languages.

For more information about the Knox County Fair check out or website wnzr.fm and for the full schedule for the Knox County Fair head to their website http://www.knoxcountyfair.org/

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Game Time Tuesday

Today it is Game Time Tuesday, so we had two chances for people to win with Song Poetry and Name That Tune.

Briley of Howard correctly guessed our Song Poetry song Love and The Outcome, The God I Know.  Our Name That Tune for today was Just Be Held by Casting Crowns, which Sally gave us the correct answer to.  Both Briley and Sally will take home a gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley, whose website you can find here at http://troyersofapplevalley.com/.

Our word of the day is Raconteur, which is a noun that means a person who excels in telling anecdotes.

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Inspiring tales from two generations

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Today’s show featured our music trivia games and a few interesting stories…

The picture you see above is of Joe and Kay O’Regan, who recently celebrated their 80th birthdays and 57th wedding anniversary by running a marathon! The O’Regans ran the Cork City Marathon in their native Ireland.  They’ve been running together since they turned 49.  They’ve also run marathons in Australia, Germany and the United States. That’s inspiring!

Read more about the O’Regans here from Runner’s World magazine.

…and how about this 9-year-old?

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Tyler Fugett of Clarksville, Tennessee donated more than 100 books to the Montgomery County jail library. Books that he bought on clearance with his allowance! Read more here from ClarksvilleOnline.com.

Song Poetry – ‘There is Power’ by Lincoln Brewster – congratulations to Lisa of Danville who won the $5 certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Word of the Day: campestral, which means ‘of or relating to fields or open country.’ Its root word is the Latin word campus, which means ‘field.’

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

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Game time and goofy stories

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(Picture courtesy of The Daily Mail.com and the People’s Daily Online)

Today we shared some off-beat stories from around the world…

Our first was from China, where a man trying to fix his washing machine (above) got his head stuck…CLICK HERE for the story…

Next we head to Hungary, where the grave digging profession needed a little public relations boost!  See the story HERE.

…and back to the good ol’ USA, where we find there is actually hot dog etiquette?  Mustard trumps ketchup? Yes, according to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council! CLICK HERE for more.

For Song Poetry, out featured lyrics were from “Eye of the Storm” from Ryan Stevenson and Gabe Real. Congratulations to Samantha from Mount Vernon, who won the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Today’s Name That Tune song was “Everlasting God” by Lincoln Brewster. Marian from Danville was our winner of the Troyer’s certificate.

Our Word of the Day is MacGuffin – a movie term originated by Alfred Hitchcock, which speaks to an object, event, or character in a film or story that serves to set and keep the plot in motion despite usually lacking intrinsic importance. An example would be the Ark of the Covenant from Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

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Iced Tea and Flags!

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June is Iced Tea Month, so Eddie and I picked a couple of special iced tea recipes that you might want to try out this summer.

Mine was a Lemon-Blueberry Iced Tea mix that I found from Southern Living magazine.

The ingredients: 1 (12-oz.) package frozen blueberries; 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice; 3 family-size tea bags; 3/4 cup sugar.

The instructions: Bring blueberries and lemon juice to a boil in a large saucepan over medium heat; cook, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes. Remove from heat; pour through a wire-mesh strainer into a bowl, using back of a spoon to squeeze out juice. Discard solids. Rinse saucepan clean.Then, bring 4 cups water to a boil in same saucepan; add 3 tea bags; let stand 5 minutes. Discard tea bags. Stir in sugar and blueberry juice mixture. Pour into a pitcher; cover and chill 1 hour. Serve over ice. Garnish, if desired.

Eddie’s is a Honey-Milk Tea found at AllRecipes.com.

The ingredients: 2 orange pekoe tea bags, 1 cup boiling water, 5 ice cubes, 4 teaspoons of sweetened condensed milk, and 3 teaspoons of honey.

The instructions: steep the tea bags in hot water until the color turns dark red, about 3 to 5 minutes. Discard the tea bags and let the tea cool.
Then, combine the ice cubes, sweetened condensed milk, and honey in a glass or cocktail shaker. Pour in the tea and mix well. (If the tea is still warm, the ice may melt; add more ice if desired.) A strong, flavorful milk tea is ready for you to enjoy.

Today’s Word of the Day is vexillology (vex-il-LOL-ih-gee), which means the study of flags. Totally appropriate for today, since it’s Flag Day.

Here is some proper flag etiquette:
1. Never let your flag touch the ground.
2. Old, retired flags should be burned or buried.
3. Don’t fly your flag at night without a light.
4. The U.S. flag is always at the top of the pole, with other flags flying below it.
5. The flag is normally flown from sunrise to sunset.

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

 

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818 per second?

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(photo courtesy USA Today)

Okay, I get that we like hot dogs in this country, but this statistic is a bit staggering…USA Today reports that Americans eat about 7 billion hot dogs between Memorial Day and Labor Day.  That’s 818 hot dogs eaten EVERY SECOND. Eddie says blame it on those hot dog eating contests.

We also shared information about our 2016 version of ‘Take Dad to Dinner.’ Click here to find out more about nominating your dad to win dinner and a DVD!

Song Poetry today was from Danny Gokey’s ‘Tell Your Heart to Beat Again.’ Congratulations to Brenda from Mount Vernon for winning the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley and the Pier House Coffee Shop. Name that Tune was a clip from Phil Wickham’s ‘Your Love Amazes Me,’ and Andrew of Big Prairie, OH won the certificate.

Today’s Word of the Day is villatic (vi-LAT-ick), an adjective meaning of or relating to the country or a farm, or something rural.

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

 

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May is…gone already?

Summer is officially here, you might say.  It’s hard to believe this is the last day of May, yet, here we are.

Eddie celebrated his 19th birthday Monday with his family. His signature gift was a baritone ukulele (see picture).koloa-baritone-ukulele

We also spent a fun Saturday at the Utica Sertoma Ice Cream Festival and were happy to be part of the Mount Vernon Memorial Day Parade.

Congratulations to our winners for Game Time Tuesday: Lisa from Danville and Beth from Howard both won $5 gift certificates to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.  Our Song Poetry song was ‘Great is Our God’ by Plumb, and our Name that Tune song was ‘It’s Not Over Yet’ by For King and Country.

Today’s Word of the Day is MUGWUMP (just like it sounds), a noun that is 1800’s slang for a person who cannot make up his or her mind; someone indecisive.

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

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Game Time Tuesday

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Today our Song Poetry lyrics were:

From the lips of those you saved, a redemption song will rise;
Every tongue, every tribe; hear the church your bride.

The song? Audio Adrenaline – Sound of the Saints! Congratulations to Pam from Fredericktown for guessing correctly.

Our Name That Tune clip was from Stars Go Dim – You are Loved. Betsy from Mount Vernon was our winner for that contest.  Both receive $5 certificates from Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Today’s Word of the Day comes from the novel Don Quixote – DULCINEA (dull-sih-NEE-uh or dull-cee-NAY-uh), which means a lady love or sweetheart.

Today is also Brother’s Day, so my best to my brothers, Jeff and Jim!  Thanks for listening.

-Joe

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