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WVA floods The town of White Sulfur Springs, WV was severely hit with recent flooding. To help aid in the recovery, WNZR has learned of two efforts happening soon:

The North Central Ohio District Church of the Nazarene will be heading up a Disaster Relief Team to assist in West Virginia. The team plans to depart from Mount Vernon on Wednesday morning, June 29. If you would be willing to donate some items to be taken with the team, the items can be taken to the Education Department on the second floor of the Hyson Campus Center (the items will be collected until 4:30 TODAY). Items requested include:

Battery-operated Work Tools
Pressure Washer
Bleach
Cleaning Supplies (Buckets, Paper Towels, Etc.)
NO WATER

If you would prefer to make a monetary donation, please make checks payable to the North Central Ohio District Church of the Nazarene, 602 Martinsburg Road, Mount Vernon, OH 43050. Please put WV flood relief in the memo line.

Grace Community Church of Mt Vernon, located at 18350 Hopewell Rd,will be holding a donation collection on Wednesday June 29, 2016 from 4pm-8pm. Currently the biggest needs of the people of White Sulfur Springs, WV are the following items:

Gatorade/Powerade
Bottled water
Baby items (diapers, formula)
Packaged underwear and socks
Toys for the children in shelters
Cleaning supplies (mops, buckets, shovels, large black trash bags, cleaning chemicals, brushes, etc.

We have a 24′ enclosed trailer and several other vehicles we are trying to fill and believe the Knox County community can come together and help the community of White Sulfur Springs, WV in their time of need.

Today’s Word of the Day was AUTOMAGIC, which is an adjective meaning something of a usually complicated technical or computer process that is done, operating, or happening in away that is hidden from or not understood by the user, and in that sense, apparently“magical”:

Name That Tune – ‘Greater’ by MercyMe
Song Poetry – ‘Grace Wins’ by Matthew West

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

cereal_cartoon_eyes1 Today was Mystery Monday on the Afternoon Drive!

I had a Mystery Question from an I article I read on a study from Cornell University on the psychology of cereal boxes. You can read the full article over here. I asked what one thing on a cereal box increases brand trust by 16%.

After receiving multiple guesses in the first few minutes, including box tops, a note that the cereal contained a certain vitamin, that it was made with whole grain or less sugar, cartoons being on the box, or there being a mascot, Sam from Shreve called in and correctly answered that eye contact from the cereal box’s mascot is what increases brand trust by 16%. I highly recommend checking out that study I linked above, because it has a lot of other interesting information.

I also told you about how our Big Blue Crew went on the road to Louisville, Kentucky for the Nazarene Youth Conference last week and this past weekend. I also told you about all the awesome videos they put together that you definitely want to check out. Here are the links:

(Just click on each title to watch that video)

NYC15 – How Will You Shine Forth?

NYC15 – Wrap Up

I also told you about the Tenth Avenue North tour stopping in Ohio this fall. They will be at Mansfield Christian School on Friday, October 9th at 7:00 pm. You can get tickets for this concert over here.

Our Word of the Day was clerisy, a noun meaning a distinct class of learned or literary people. You can read more on that over here.

Have a great week!

-Jess

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