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National French Fry Day!

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Today for Who Knew Wednesday Jess and Eddie celebrated National French Fry day by discussing the history of the french fry and some fun facts about fun the legendary potato product.  Here is an info graphic on french fry seasoning and condiments-

French Fry Graphic Also if you want to know what your favorite fry says about you, check out this article.

Congratulations to Logan of Mount Vernon who won our gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Our word of the day is Natant, which is an adjective that means swimming or floating in water.

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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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What is Pokemon Go? Why do we care?

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As a kid, I lived through the fads of Star Wars action figures, the Rubik’s Cube, the Sony Walkman and too many more to mention…I’ve also had to be culturally connected doing radio for years. So as a parent, I try to stay aware to some of the big fads, both tangible and virtual, that can ramp up and become popular overnight. Here’s the deal – we can’t be ignorant about this stuff.

The latest fad is the new app called Pokemon Go. Eddie and I talked about this from a parental perspective today, and as our self-described ‘resident nerd,’ Eddie explained what the app is and how to be safe when using it.  You can hear our discussion HERE.

(for the full-blown nerdery, here is also a primer article from Jeva Lange at The Week that you can link to here.)

We also had a mystery question for Mystery Monday. We asked what odd thing 1 in 10 adults enjoyed the taste of, and the answer was envelopes!  Elaine from Butler correctly guess this and won a gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Our Word of the Day was tweedle, which is a verb that means ‘to lure by music,’ or can be the production of a high-pitched sound.

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

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NZ Top 10 + New Music – 7/8/16

Here’s this week’s NZ Top 10:

10: Diamonds – Hawk Nelson

9: Just Be Held – Casting Crowns

8: You Are Loved – Stars Go Dim

7: Christ In Me – Jeremy Camp

6: Breathe – Jonny Diaz

5: Move – TobyMac

4: Eye of The Storm – Ryan Stevenson

3: Tell Your Heart To Beat Again – Danny Gokey

2: Trust In You – Lauren Daigle

1: God Is On The Move – 7eventh Time Down

 

NEW MUSIC ADDS (click each to hear it)

Priceless – For King & Country

Thy Will – Hillary Scott & the Scott Family

 

Today’s Word of the Day was lout (LOUT), a noun meaning an awkward brutish person. You can read more on that here.

Have a great weekend!

-Jess

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Encouragement and Operation Christmas Child

Today for Praise Thursday, we continued our series on core values from Craig Groeschel’s book #Struggles.

Today, we focused on the value of encouragement. The main verse for this section is Ephesians 4:29, which says  “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen“.

Craig talks a lot in this section about discouragement, and how we need to avoid that in order to be encouraging to others. We’ve all logged onto social media, or read an article online, and automatically saw negative remarks in the comments section. When we focus on those negative comments, we see peoples failures instead of encouraging them.

Next time you’re on Facebook and see something you don’t agree with, or have someone argue with you, you can either 1) not respond, or 2) respond, but PRAY before you do so you aren’t just producing more negativity.

When we are able to remove this type of discouragement from our lives, it leaves more room for us to encourage others and build them up.

Today was also our monthly focus on Operation Christmas Child. You can find out everything you need to know about OCC here. Congratulations to Damika who was our winner of the OCC water bottle.

Also, congratulations to Pat who won our 2-pack of tickets to see MTVArts’ Production of Beauty and The Beast tomorrow night.

Our Word of the Day was hoity-toity (hoy-tee-TOY-tee), an adjective meaning frivolous or marked by an air of high importance. You can read more on that here.

Have a great evening!

-Jess

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Who Knew About Cellphone Courtesy Month?

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Cell phones are an important part of society today, but when used wrong can make you look rude.  So in honor of Cell Phone Courtesy month this July Jess and Eddie decided to share some cell phone etiquette tips.  You can find a list of those tips are HERE.  We also have some additional cell phone statistics HERE.

Congratulations to Mandy from Marengo who won our contest for a 5$ gift certificate to Troyers of Apple Valley.  She correctly told us Phubbing is the term to describe the habit of snubbing someone in favor of a mobile phone.

Our Word of the Day was Skerrick which means a small piece or quantity; a bit.

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Game Time Tuesday 7/5/16

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Today Eddie took on the show while Joe takes a well earned Vacation

Congratulations to our winners of Song Poetry and Name That Tune, Rachel and Phyllis.

Our Song Poetry song was Breathe by Johnny Diaz, and out Name That Tune Song was Tell Your Heart To Beat Again by Danny Gokey.

Our Word of the Day was Egalitarian which means asserting, resulting from, or characterized by belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, economic, or social life.

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NZ Top 10 for July 1st!

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Happy Independence Day weekend!

Here’s this week’s NZ Top 10:
10. Francesca Battistelli – If We’re Honest
9. Jeremy Camp – Christ in Me
8. Stars G0 Dim – You Are Loved
7. Casting Crowns – Just Be Held
6. TobyMac – Move (Keep Walkin’)
5. Johnny Diaz – Breathe
4. Ryan Stevenson f/Gabe Real – Eye of the Storm
3. Danny Gokey – Tell Your Heart to Beat Again
2. 7eventh Time Down – God is on the Move
1. Lauren Daigle – Trust in You

This week’s Breakout Hit of the Week is a new song by a new artist to WNZR, Zach Williams, with ‘Chain Breaker.’ See the video here.
We also have a new song from Unspoken, ‘Higher,’ that debuted today. Here’s the lyric video.

Our Word of the Day is churrasco (choo-RAHS-coe), which means ‘meat cooked over an open fire.’  It’s originally a Spanish word that was adopted into the English language during the 1900’s.  It originates from the Spanish verb socarrar, which means to singe or scorch.

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

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The values series: Compassion

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Today we continue our series on reclaiming core values essential to our faith, inspired by Craig Grosechel’s book, #Struggles.  Find out more by clicking here.

The value this week is compassion, which means sympathetic concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others. Why is compassion threatened in 2016?  Because we live in a selfie-centered world. Because a study by the University of Michigan shows that young adults, 18-24, over the last 30 years (from 1979 to 2009) have 40% less empathy.

We can be tempted to become more obsessed with ourselves in a culture that focuses on ‘our’ social media sites and selfies.  Selfish behavior is the enemy of compassion. Now, does this mean we toss out all of our social media or YouTube channels?  No, but we MUST get control of the technology in our lives without allowing it to control us and desensitize us to the legitimate needs of others.

John 3:30 reminds us that HE must become greater and I must become less. Matthew 16:24 reminds us to deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow him.

How do we resurrect compassion in our lives? Or at least keep it as a core value? We have to get outside of ourselves…and follow Christ’s example.  It’s okay to pray, “Lord, help me to focus more on you and less on me.”  I earnestly believe that he’ll answer that prayer. Compassion isn’t easy. Sometimes it’s messy because we’re helping someone who is in a tough situation. But it still remains a critical value of our faith.

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We’re giving away family four-packs of tickets to the Living Word Outdoor Drama in Cambridge, Ohio this summer.  Congratulations to Laura of Mount Vernon who won today. Find out more by clicking here.

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

 

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