Don’t forget you have just under a week to be part of the Sweet Seats ticket contest to see Amy Grant at the Knox Memorial on April 7th. Find the details here!
– I was born March 30, 1940 in Middletown, Ohio – I started developing memory games for myself when I was 9 years of age – My high school basketball team won 76 straight games at one point – I attended Ohio State and won a national championship in 1960 – I also won a gold medal at the 1960 Rome Summer Olympics – I suffered a major injury in my senior year at OSU, but still played in the NBA – I won an NBA title with the New York Knicks in 1973
I am Hall of Famer…Jerry Lucas. Congratulations to Matt from Mount Vernon, who wins the WNZR drawstring backpack and a copy of Our Daily Bread!
WNZR is also giving you a chance to win tickets to see Amy Grant at the Knox Memorial on April 7. Find out more by clicking this link!
I was born today in 1751 in Port Conway, Virginia I was the oldest of 12 children I attended college at Princeton, known then as the College of New Jersey I served as colonel in the Orange County militia and a Virginia congressional delegate I helped George Washington write his first inaugural address I eventually became Secretary of State in 1801 I was elected as the country’s 4th president in 1808 and served two terms I also served ten years as chancellor at the University of Virginia
I am.. James Madison! Congratulations to Megan from Mount Vernon, who guessed correctly and wins the WNZR drawstring backpack!
Learn What Your Name Means Day is celebrated annually on the Wednesday in the first full week of March. It is part of Celebrate Your Name Week.
The day encourages us to dig deeper into the origins of our name and figure out the meaning behind it. Our names are an integral part of our identity, yet it is the one thing we do not get to choose. As a part of the campaign launched by American onomatology and hobbyist Jerry Hill in 1997, an entire week was dedicated to exploring the beauty of our names, and their deep history.
While surnames are passed down to generations and hold immense historical context and relevance, our first names are chosen by our parents. Our surnames are a window into the lives that our ancestors led, while our first names are a gateway to our own personalities. Our names hold a lot of power, and with current information, we can decide the course of our lives through it. With a little bit of research, we can discover the meaning behind our names.
I did a little bit of research myself and here’s what I found out. Dylan is a Welsh name traditionally given to boys. It means “son of the sea” or “born from the ocean.” Dylan is derived from the Welsh words “dy”, which means great, and “llanw”, which means flow. Dylan’s popularity as a first name is owed greatly to the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. His most famous work you might recognize is the poem “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night.”
The name Joseph comes from the Hebrew verb ‘yasaf’ meaning, “to increase.”
BEAT THE BOX OFFICE!
Tysha from Mount Vernon was our winner! She correctly guessed that We The Kingdom has won three GMA Dove Awards. She wins a pair of tickets to the show August 1 at the Ohio State Fair!
Today we did a mini recap of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games and shared some tidbits about the sport of curling, since it’s apparently “Curling is Cool Day.”
Norway continues to dominate the Winter Games – this year, the Norwegians took 37 total medals, including 16 golds. Coming into 2022, they had the most medals, with 368 (now 405). The USA was 5th in medals this year, with 25 (8 gold, 10 silver, and 7 bronze).
Now to curling…
A Scottish game developed in the 1500’s that the Canadians seem to be exceedingly good at- if Winter Olympic Games are anything to go by- curling involves launching a stone on ice and sweeping the ice in its path as it attempts to land on a target and dislodge your competitors’ rocks. But wait, there’s more…
The sweepers wear special shoes, one that slides and one that doesn’t, and the stone is more like a 40 pound granite bomb that looks like a macaroon. The brooms are slightly more evolved now than the ordinary sweepers they used back in the 1900s. In fact, they’re hardly reminiscent of a kitchen broom at all. The floors are sheets of ice with vinyl markings underneath, for the target, rather than the frozen lake surfaces that were used back in the day. The concept, though, is very much the same. You launch, you sweep, and you score.
– I was born February 23, 1923 in Hudson, Ohio – My father was a blacksmith who made horseshoes – I played football, basketball and baseball in high school – I originally committed to play at Notre Dame, but then ended up at Ohio State – I was drafted into the US Army in 1942 and was part of the D-Day invasion on Omaha Beach – I ended up with the Cleveland Browns after the War and led the league in receiving as a rookie – I was part of 7 championship teams in my 10 years – I was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1975
I am Dante Lavelli. Congratulations to Bonnie from Mount Vernon, a long-time Browns fan! She wins the WNZR drawstring backpack and the devotional book, ‘A Word from the Weaver.’
STUMPER! – I was born February 1, 1966 in Santa Clara, California – I grew up near Seattle and was a three-time high school All-American in soccer – I attended the University of Central Florida and won the Hermann Trophy in 1988 – I scored the first goal in the history of the US women’s national soccer team in 1985 – I scored 10 goals in the 1991 women’s World Cup and was awarded the Golden Shoe – I also played for the US in the 1996 Olympics and the 1999 World Cup – I retired in 2000, and currently serve as an assistant coach with the Orlando Pride
Congratulations to Dave from Butler, who guessed correctly and wins a WNZR drawstring backpack and a Phil Wickham CD.
Dylan recently had a conversation with 3-time USA Olympic softball champion Leah Amico. Leah joins us in celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day. Hear their full conversation by clicking this link to the WNZR Soundcloud page!
Thank you, Leah, for joining us!– I was born February 1, 1966 in Santa Clara, California – I grew up near Seattle and was a three-time high school All-American in soccer – I attended the University of Central Florida and won the Hermann Trophy in 1988 – I scored the first goal in the history of the US women’s national soccer team in 1985 – I scored 10 goals in the 1991 women’s World Cup and was awarded the Golden Shoe – I also played for the US in the 1996 Olympics and the 1999 World Cup – I retired in 2000, and currently serve as an assistant coach with the Orlando Pride
This one’s a stumper, so we’ll bring it back next week!
Thanks for listening – keep updated on the weather and closings/cancellations with our WNZR Facebook page. – Joe and Dylan
Today is National Spouses Day, so Joe shared a few ways you can pray for your husband or wife each day. These apply to every area of life, so use them whenever and wherever you can! Here are a few examples:
pray overall for their day – their safety, their work and that they will be fulfilled in their work
pray for their health
pray for their relationships, both with family and work
pray scripture over them, inserting their name when you can – one example is Proverbs 3:5-6
pray for spiritual strength and their fears
pray for their obedience to God and their decision-making
pray for the presence of Christ in your marriage
Dylan shared some fun facts about peanut brittle – some argue that its origins lie in a mistake. That a woman in 1890 accidentally added baking soda instead of cream of tartar to her taffy, resulting in a peanut bark.
Celts also may have some influence in the invention of brittle, making it around holiday celebrations.
Did you know that the corn we eat and the corn we pop are two different varieties of maize? In fact, the corn you’d find on your dinner table is most likely unable to pop at all! Only one variety of corn is able to become popcorn: Zea mays everta (Z-MAY’S-EVER-DUH). This particular corn variety has small ears, and the kernels burst when exposed to dry heat.
In 1948, small heads of Zea mays everta (Z-MAY’S-EVER-DUH) were discovered by Herbert Dick and Earle Smith in the Bat Cave of west central New Mexico. Ranging from smaller than a penny to about two inches, the oldest Bat Cave ears were about 4,000 years old. Several individually popped kernels were also discovered, which have since been carbon dated and shown to be approximately 5,600 years old. There’s also evidence of early use of popcorn in Peru, Mexico, and Guatemala, as well as other places in Central and South America.
Aztecs used popcorn to decorate their clothes, create ceremonial embellishments, and also for nourishment. Native Americans have also been found to consume and utilize popcorn in their day to day lives. In a cave in Utah, thought to be inhabited by Pueblo Native Americans, popcorn has been found that dates back to over 1,000 years ago. French explorers who traveled to the new world discovered popcorn being made by the Iroquois Natives in the Great Lakes region. As colonists moved around North America, and as the USA came to be, many people adopted popcorn as a popular and healthy snack.
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…and tin cans? January 19th is National Tin Can Day! Some call this invention key to feeding soldiers and helping solve hunger issues…(from DaysoftheYear.com)
Cans were invented as a solution for hunger in combat. The French Directory, serving the years when Napoleon’s army fought battles in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, and the Caribbean, offered a 12,000 franc prize (probably around $150,000 in today’s terms) for a breakthrough in the preservation of food.
Nicholas Appert, a Paris resident and chef, saw this opportunity and took it. Working for French nobility, he studied different methods of food preservation until he presented his creation to the Directory. He is known as the ‘father of canning.’
His factory progressed from bottles to glass containers and then eventually to tinplate cans. These preserves of different foods were shipped all over through the French navy. Then, two British men set up the first commercial canning factory in Britain in 1812.
Tin can preservation became a crucial element for the history of combat and war as well as helping solve hunger issues.
– Born January 19, 1809 in Boston – My parents were both actors, but my mother died when I was two – I was fostered by the Allan family of Richmond, Virginia – I studied ancient and modern languages at the University of Virginia – I joined the US Army in 1827 but also released my first book of poems that year – I am best known for ‘The Raven’ and ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ and for starting modern detective stories – I died at 40 years of age in Baltimore
I am…Edgar Allan Poe. Congratulations to Faith from Howard, who guessed correctly and wins the $5 gift card to Everlasting Cup.
Today’s a wide range of WHO KNEWS…January 12th give us a chance to recognize:
KISS A GINGER DAY
Fiery red hair, pale skin, and eyes of blue or green. Kiss a Ginger Day gives us all the opportunity to show our love for redheads!
Did you know that only around two percent of the population have naturally red hair? A lot of people associated red hair with Ireland. However, there are archaeological discoveries and ancient accounts that have indicated that red hair existed in Asia and Greece.
Did you also know that redheads don’t go gray? This is because red hair holds its pigment for longer than other color shades. Therefore, when it does fade, it does not go dull or gray. Instead, it will become an incredible silvery-white color.
NATIONAL PHARMACIST DAY
National Pharmacist Day asks us to take a moment to think about and thank of all those important people who work as pharmacists. These are people whose job it is to mostly see people when they are sick with a cold or cough, need a refill on that asthma inhaler, or perhaps when someone has run out of toothpaste.
In any case, these helpful folks are able to assist people all over the world to feel better, even though they mostly only see them at their worst.
Today, pharmacists aren’t responsible for actually making the pills and potions, but for storing them, fulfilling them with correct dosage, offering advice to patients, watching for mistakes or drug interactions and other duties that are vital to the health of billions of people all over the world.
– I was born January 12, 1930 in Ontario, Canada – My dad was a National Railway mechanic – When I was 18, I was signed to play junior hockey in Toronto – I turned pro in 1950 and played my first NHL game that March for the Maple Leafs – In 1964 I opened my first donut shop in Hamilton, Ontario – I was a seven-time all-star and won four Stanley Cups – I died in a car accident in 1974 and my business partner grew the donut shop to over 4,800 locations in 14 countries
I am…TIM HORTON. Congratulations to John from Utica, who guessed correctly and wins the $5 gift card to Everlasting Cup.
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