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It’s a Friday for the dogs!

Bring your dog to August First Friday in downtown Mount Vernon and join the fun and parade!

The DAWGUST Costume Parade will take place at 7:15 p.m. The parade will start at Big Blue (located beside First Knox National Bank, on South Main Street) and travel around the public square.

Each dog and owner will be announced from the main stage as they begin their trip around the square.

Parade pre-registration is from 6:30 p.m. to 7:10 p.m. at Big Blue. You can also pre-register online by clicking here!

You have 3 chances to win at October First Friday:

#1 – The first 50 dogs showing up in costume will receive a doggy goody bag provided by Complete Care Animal Hospital. Pet owners are encouraged to also wear costumes!

#2 – All dog owners can register their dogs to win a special prize basket from We Love Pets!

#3 – Anyone visiting the Big Blue location at First Friday can enter to win a special a special “Shape Up, Clean Up, Drink Up, Dress Up and Soak Up” prize basket featuring:

Two punch card gift certificates for 8 Classes at Zumba with Teresa and Lisa (Valued at $40, 16 total classes)

An entire house cleaning from Carefree Cleaning Company. Amy Kessler gives you 4 hours of house cleaning (Valued at $100)

One $15.00 gift card to Happy Bean Coffee Shop and a Happy Bean Tumbler (Valued at $20)

One $15.00 gift certificate for Premier Designs Jewelry with Amberly Frye

A Family 4 Pack of One-Day Passes to the Hiawatha Water Park and Pool (Valued at $32)

Plus WNZR goodies including an “On the Road with Big Blue” t-shirt, NIV Bible, coasters, cups, jar openers Frisbees, guitar flyswatter, magnets and more! The prize package is valued at over $240!

**PLUS, WNZR will have a Doggy Photo Booth set up near Big Blue! Stop by and get your picture taken with your pet!

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Todd

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Concerts and Prize baskets!

Here’s the rundown of the prizes we discussed on the show today:

NICOLE NORDEMAN – in concert this Saturday night in Sugarcreek, OH at the Ohio Star Theatre.  Listen to win tomorrow and Friday on The Morning Thing.

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KNOX COUNTY FAIR – prizes for adults, age 18 and over, teens 11-17 and kids 10 and under.  All the specifics are at WNZR.FM by clicking the link below!

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MATT MAHER AND MATTHEW WEST – in concert on Tuesday, July 30 at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus.  Next week we’ll feature the ‘Matts’ on Who Knew Wednesday, and we’ll have Matt Trivia all next week to win tickets!

Maher West banner

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Todd

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By every measure, a miracle

Today we shared the story of HK Derryberry and Jim Bradford, who are speaking tonight at MVNU for the opening night of the North Central Ohio District Camp Meeting for the Church of the Nazarene.

HK’s story is remarkable… arriving three months premature…cerebral palsy…blindness…partial paralysis…but it’s the story of an overcomer. You can read the summary of it by clicking here.

Their story will be shared at 7:30 tonight in the RR Hodges Chapel Auditorium.

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Todd

 

 

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Who Knew It Was (almost) July 4th!

Today for Who Knew Wednesday we gave you all the ins, outs and who knews about the Fourth of July!

 

First a brief history lesson courtesy of the History Channel!
https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/july-4th

 

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After that we had a few tips on firework safety!
https://www.nsc.org/home-safety/tools-resources/seasonal-safety/summer/fireworks

 

Finally a big congratulations to Pam from Fredericktown. She correctly guessed the answer to our Who New Wednesday Trivia Question! The question was: “On what date did the Continental Congress vote in favor of Independence from Britain?” The Answer was July 2nd 1776

 

Thanks for Listening
-Todd

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Who Knew What Was on Our Bucket List?!

Today we talked about things we want to do before we kick the bucket! We heard from many of our staff here at WNZR.

In case you were wondering about the origin of the phrase “bucket list” you can read all about it here! https://slate.com/culture/2011/11/bucket-list-what-s-the-origin-of-the-term.html

For the Who Knew Trivia question we did something a little different. The question came from LAST weeks show when we talked to Shannon from China! The question was “Where is shannon’s home town?” The answer is a city named Qingdao (CHEENG-dow) on the East Coast. Congratulations to Joy from Mt. Vernon  for guessing correctly!
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MVNU’s graduate student from China!

Who Knew…MVNU had a international graduate student and assistant from China? And today is her birthday!

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Shannon Ding was our guest on the show today, sharing her experience of working in the Education Department here at the University.  Shannon is studying to obtain her Master of Arts in Education, K-12 Intervention Specialist.

Shannon is from Qingdao (CHEENG-dow), on the east coast of China, a city about the size of Chicago bordering the Yellow Sea.

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Shannon’s connection to Mount Vernon began when she worked at an international school with Dr. Cindy Harvel in Tianjin, China. At that time, Shannon hoped and prayed for a chance to possibly study in an English-speaking country.  She also wanted to learn more about the Anerican educational system.

Shannon’s ultimate goal is to continue to working with people, helping children and to learn and train others.  She also loves broadcasting (yay!) and wouldn’t mind someday being a television news anchor!  Shannon is passionate about people and languages.

Her Mandarin first name is Xiangxiang (SHIAHNG-shiahng), which means “to trust” and “fragrant.”

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Todd

 

 

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The project moves forward!

Today we spent time talking about some of the ins and outs of the exciting projects happening on the Mount Vernon High School, Middle School and Mount Vernon Nazarene University campus.  The “Access to Opportunity” project includes four main pieces:

  • the Mount Vernon Avenue bridge replacement, which includes improvements to Cougar Drive
  • the Mount Vernon High School field house
  • the Mount Vernon Schools transportation and maintenance building and extension of Yellow Jacket Drive
  • the Mount Vernon Nazarene University soccer and lacrosse stadium

Here are some renderings of the field house and stadium:

MVHS field house

soccer field

Groundbreaking for the soccer and lacrosse stadium was Monday, while the earth is already moving for the field house and transportation building. Mount Vernon City Engineer Brian Ball shared with us that the bridge project will get moving once the bid process and contracts have been approved.

We’ll keep you posted as the progress continues!

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Todd

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Who Knew it Was June?

Today we talked with Carrie Hyman about June First Friday! It’s the first First Friday so there’s a lot of buzz! This year’s theme is Summer Celebration!

WNZR will be there too with one of our signature prize baskets! This one is called the Shape Up, Clean up, Drink Up, Dress Up and Soak Up Prize Basket valued at over 240$! Head to www.wnzr.fm for full details on the prize basket giveaway!

Also a congratulations to Melissa from Mount Vernon for answering our Who Knew Wednesday Trivia Question. She correctly listed two items in our prize basket!

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I scream, you scream…

Today we got to talk to Joanne Dager and Olivia Toth about the Sertoma Utica Ice Cream Festival! As Vice President of Velvet Ice Cream Joanne Dager has had a long history with the Festival. She went all the way back to the beginning and talked about how Velvet got involved 45 years ago.

Joanne and Olivia both had a lot to say about their experience and passion for the event. If you’d like more information you can find it at www.sertomaicecreamfestival.com

For the trivia question we asked a simple question. How long has the Sertoma Ice Cream festival been going on? 45 years was the answer…Congratulations to Christina from Butler for guessing correctly.

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