Driving Notes

Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Guardsmen — we are thankful to them all for their service. Veterans Day is their day. Take time today to do something special for a veteran.

Tell them “thank you,” volunteer or donate to a veterans’ organization, or perform a random act of kindness to let a veteran know that they are not forgotten, and neither is their service.

To all the heroes have served our country, we thank you and honor you on this Veterans Day. Thank you for all your sacrifices and for fighting for our freedom!

Here’s a quick message we found today:

Today’s ‘Who Am I?’ trivia for Who Knew Wednesday included these clues:
– my name means ‘iron miner’
– I was born in Texas but was raised in Kansas
– I served in World War I training tank crews
– I became a 5-star general in World War II
– I was Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe
– My wife’s name was Mamie
– I was our 34th President

Congratulations to Terry from Mount Vernon, who guessed Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and wins the $5 gift card to Everlasting Cup.

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Todd

How many times have we been told THAT in our lifetime? Yes, November 4th implores us to use our common sense…here are some ways we’ve learned to use ours…how about you?

• Use your turn signal!
• Let people exit out of a bus, subway car, train or elevator before you try to go in
• Act like a firearm is always loaded
• Be kind to your server or waiter/waitress; avoid snapping your fingers at them
• Listen to music in public spaces with headphones
• Avoid texting while driving or distracted driving
• Put stuff back on the proper shelf at a store (meat in the chip aisle)
• Clean up after yourself…and your pets… in public places
• Stand on the stand side and walk on the walk side at an airport people mover 🙂
• Avoid putting your feet on chairs and tables in public spaces
• Wash your hands after using the bathroom (and more so now during a pandemic!)
• Put trash in a trash can.
• Avoid being the one who has a full cart at the express lane or the self checkout lane
• Put your cart back in the cart corral at the store – avoid just leaving it out in the lot, especially on a windy day
• Put a new roll on the toilet paper roll or the paper towel roll
• Avoid tailgating another driver
• Avoid eating with your mouth open
• Avoid blocking pedestrian crossings with your car
• Avoid talking on your phone when you’re first in line

Congratulations to Brian from Fredericktown, who guessed our “Who Am I?” question today and wins the $5 gift card to Everlasting Cup.

Q: I was the first person known to have discussed “common sense“

A: Aristotle!

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Todd

What do those two have in common?

Today we shared about Frappe Day…

Who knew that the original ‘frappe’ (yes, pronounced frap-PAY) was developed by a Greek man in Thessolaniki – the same city that inspired Paul’s letters in I and II Thessalonians??

The invention almost happened by accident in 1957 – a Greek man, working for Nestle, was looking to make a cup of coffee, but couldn’t find any hot water. So, since the company was demonstrating an instant powder for chocolate milk (probably Nestle Quik), he tried the same thing with instant coffee, ice and milk, using a shaker.

Frappe may be a Greek invention, but it is a French word, meaning simply a drink filled with ice.

Congratulations to David from Fredericktown – he got the answer right to our trivia question – the company involved, Nestle – and wins the $5 gift card to Everlasting Cup.

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Todd

Today we shared news about International Sign Language Day, See You at the Pole and WNZR’s anniversary.

First things first. Tonight, September 21 will see the return of See You At the Pole, but with a twist. This time, it will be Saw You at the Pole to promote social distancing. Invite your friends to join M.V.N.U.’s praised band and 3 other youth groups in praying for our nation. It starts at 7pm at the Mount Vernon City Square.

Next up we have our topic for Who Knew Wednesday. The UN General Assembly has proclaimed 23 September as the International Day of Sign Languages in order to raise awareness of the importance of sign language in the full realization of the human rights of people who are deaf. The theme for 2020 International Day of Sign languages is “Sign Languages Are for Everyone!”. Read more here!: https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/09/1073132

We had a stumper for our Who Knew Trivia Question today! We’ll be sure to bring it back next week!

Todd and I shared information about the United Way of Knox County’s kickoff week!

Find out more from the Morning Thing’s Monday blog by clicking here.

We also gave away a $5 gift card to Everlasting Cup – Tammie from Howard correctly guessed this year’s Uinted Way campaign slogan!

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Todd

Beans might be the super foods that get a bad rap. One article we read called them the ‘black sheep of super foods..”

But…beans offer a lot of nutritional benefit. Here are some tidbits from The Bean Institute – read the full article here.

Beans are a simply delicious, naturally nutritious food. We’re talking about dry edible beans, beans that are harvested when the beans are dry in the seed pod.

All types of beans—including black, cranberry, Great Northern, dark red kidney, light red kidney, white kidney, navy, pink, pinto, and small red—are good sources of protein, excellent sources of fiber, and naturally fat-free, sodium-free, and cholesterol-free. Many types are also good sources of potassium.

• Being rich in complex carbohydrates, as well as a good source of protein, beans have a low glycemic index.  This makes them an ideal food for the management of insulin resistance, diabetes and hyperlipidemia. (Foster-Powell, 2002; Rizdalla, 2002)

• Dry beans are rich in both soluble and insoluble fibers. (Tosh, 2010). Soluble fiber traps dietary cholesterol inside the digestive tract. The cholesterol is then excreted versus being absorbed, which helps to lower blood levels of LDL cholesterol, especially if LDL cholesterol levels were high to begin with.
  
• Dry beans also provide substantial amounts of insoluble fiber, which help attract water to the stool and keeps you regular.  This may help to combat constipation, colon cancer, and other digestive health conditions (Lanza, 2006).

• Most types of beans are good sources of potassium, a mineral that promotes healthy blood pressure levels.
  
• Beans are excellent sources of copper, phosphorus, manganese and magnesium—nutrients that many Americans don’t get enough of.
  
• Most types of dry beans are rich sources of iron, which makes them important for vegetarians and vegans who do not get an animal source of iron.
  
• Dry beans are an excellent source of the water-soluble vitamins thiamin and folic acid and a good source of riboflavin and vitamin B6.

Today’s Who Knew? Trivia to win a $5 gift card to Everlasting Cup:

According to the USDA, what state in the U.S. produces the most beans?

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Todd