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Game Time Tuesday

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Song Poetry lyrics today:
You have fallen so far now
You don’t even know how you are going to survive
(But) Just above the horizon
A new light is shining, breaking through the darkest night…

The answer? Third Day and ‘Lift Up Your Face.’ Congratulations to Betsy of Mount Vernon who wins the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Our Name That Tune song was Tree63’s ‘Blessed Be Your Name.’ Congratulations to Amy of Mount Vernon who also won a Troyer’s certificate!

Today’s Word of the Day is matriculate (muh-TRICK-you-late), a verb that means to enroll in a college or a university to pursue a degree, or to register a coat of arms.

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

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Game Time Tuesday (Joe’s Vacation Edition)

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Joe continues his vacation while Eddie holds down the fort, as today for Game Time Tuesday we played Song Poetry and Name The Tune.  Our Song Poetry song was Priceless by For King & County, congratulations to Ben of Fredericktown who won that. And congratulations to Abigail of Gambier, who won Name That Tune by guessing Thy Will by Hillary Scott & The Scott Family.  They both won gift certificates to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Our Word of the Day is Journeyman a noun which means a worker who has learned a trade and works for another person usually by the day.

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Game Time and Back to School!

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Image courtesy of Psychology Today magazine

A number of area students are back to school this week.

East Knox and Highland schools got started today.  Tomorrow (Wednesday) is the first day for students at Mount Vernon City Schools and the Clear Fork Valley Local School District. St. Vincent DePaul students in kindergarten through eighth grade start tomorrow, while the preschool starts on Tuesday, September 6th.

Knox County Career Center sophomores and juniors start tomorrow, while seniors start Thursday. Fredericktown schools also begin classes Thursday.

Centerburg, Danville and North Fork Schools all start next week.

Today’s Song Poetry was from Francesca Battistelli’s ‘Holy Spirit.’ Congratulations to Jennifer who won the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Our Name That Tune song today was Newsboys and ‘God’s Not Dead.’ Kandee from Mount Vernon was our winner!

Our Word of the Day is honorific, a noun meaning ‘a title or term of respect.’

Thanks for listening!

-Joe
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Gearing up for the road!

AD BlogEddie, Jess and I are getting ready for 5 straight days of On the Road with Big Blue tomorrow through Sunday. Yes, that’s me trying out a deep fried ice cream sandwich in 2014 at the Ohio State Fair.

Here’s the schedule:
Tomorrow – Hartford Fair in Croton, 4-10pm (fair link here)
Thursday & Friday – Dan Emmett Music and Arts Festival, downtown Mount Vernon, 4-10pm (festival link here)
Saturday – Dan Emmett Music and Arts Festival, noon-10pm (18+ prize giveaway at 7:00pm)
Sunday – Dan Emmett Music and Arts Festival, noon-5pm (WNZR photo booth)

Make sure you stop by and say hello!

We got an answer to our stumper Name That Tune from last week – Tyler from Mount Vernon guessed correctly that it was ‘What You Want’ by Tenth Avenue North. This week’s Song Poetry song was ‘Christ in Me’ by Jeremy Camp. Our winner was Brenda from Gambier. Both she and Tyler win $5 gift certificates to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Our Word of the Day is rectify, a verb which means to correct by removing errors; or to set right or remedy.

Thanks for listening and we’ll see you on the road!

-Joe

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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!

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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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