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Who Know Wednesday: Family History Month

Today Todd and I had a blast having conversations with two faculty members here at MVNU!

Click on these pictures below to hear the conversations!

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Dennis shares his Family Heritage

 

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Question:  What relation is your grandmother’s cousin’s son to you?

Answer: Second cousin, once removed

Congrats to Linda from Utica who got this right and won the $5 Gift card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!

Click HERE for the genealogy 101 quiz!

Here is are some resources to start your genealogy/family heritage research:

Ellis Island 

Ancestry.com 

23andme.com

Thanks for checking out the blog!

-Hannah and Todd

 

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Who Knew Wednesday: Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

Today Todd and I took on the heavy topic, but so important of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

If you want to know more about this mouth or about this topic there are a ton of resources HERE at the nationalbreastcancer.org

Click on this picture to hear Evelyn’s story:

Evelyn White's Story

If you want to hear Tiffany’s story, click on the picture below:Tiffany Baumann Nelson's Story

 

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How many breast cancer survivors are there in the United States?

 Answer: Over 3.5 million! 

Congratulations to Sherrisa from Howard who guessed our Who Knew Question right and won that $5 gift card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!

We also gave away two registrations to the restored conference and a book by Bill Vanderbush and Brit Eaton called Reckless Grace! Mr. Vanderbush will be a speaker at the Restored Conference! If you want to know more about the Restored Conference, click HERE! 

Congratulations to Candice from Fredericktown who was our caller number three, she is going to all three days of the Restored Conference!

Thanks for checking out the blog!

-Hannah and Todd

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Who Knew Wednesday: Fire Prevention Month

Today Todd and I shared with you some hard, but extremally important things!

Click HERE for all the information on Fire prevention and safety, that we shared today and more!!

HERE is more information on Carbon Monoxide.

Do you want to let your pastor know that you appreciate him or her? Click HERE to nominate your pastor for Clergy Appreciation Month!

Do you want to know who won what Dove award? Click HERE to find out!

 

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Click right HERE or on the picture to listen to Hannah and Evelyn’s conversation!

 

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How many Smoke alarms, on average, are recommended in a home? 

Answer: It depends! It’s recommended that you have one alarm on every level of your home and one in every bedroom!

Congratulations to Bruce from Howard, who was a first-time caller, who correctly guessed our Who Knew Question and won that $5 gift Card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley! Thanks for calling in Bruce!

Thank you so much for checking out our blog!

-Hannah and Todd

 

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Who Knew Wednesday: National Hispanic Heritage Month

Today Todd and I had the honor of talking with Jaylynn Añascol and Gerardo Molina, both MVNU students!

We have so exciting news – we are now sharing the conversations we have on air on the blog!

Jaylynn shared about her Hispanic Heritage from Uruguay:

Click HERE for the conversation that we had! 

Joe also had the chance to speak with Gerardo Molina, also known as Tato who is from El Salvador! Click HERE is that conversation! 

Thank you for checking out the blog!

-Hannah and Todd

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Who Knew Wednesday!

Today Todd and I dove deeper into the topic that we have been sharing a little bit about every day this week- International week of happiness at work!

Today we shared some types on how to implement this into your life and why this week is this week.

 

Here are the tips we shared: 

1. Do Something You Love Every Single Day

You may or may not love your current job, and you may or may not believe that you can find something in your current job to love, but you can.

Take a look at yourself, your skills, and interests, and find something that you can enjoy doing every day. If you do something you love every single day, your current job won’t seem so bad.

Here is the link to the “Why the Happiest and Unhappiest Careers Are Unique to You” article! 

2. Take Responsibility for Knowing What Is Happening at Work

People often complain that they don’t receive enough communication and information about what’s happening with their company, their department’s projects, or their coworkers. They wait for their boss to fill them up with knowledge. And, the knowledge rarely comes.

Why? Because the boss is busy doing their job and doesn’t know what you don’t know. Seek out the information you need to work effectively. Develop an information network and use it. Assertively request a weekly meeting with your boss and ask questions to learn. You are in charge of the information you receive.

Click HERE from the article that we have been using for tips all week!

 

We also talked about the origin of the International week of happiness at work! 

HERE is the link for the all the info on that.

I would have linked the Happy Office website, but it was all in Dutch!

Today’s trivia question was: 

What nationally were the two women who created the International week of happiness at work? 

This was a stumper today!!

Thanks for looking at our blog!!

-Hannah and Todd

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Color for a Cause!

Today our focus was on the upcoming Color for a Cause 5K, happening this weekend at Ariel-Foundation Park.  Read more about the event here…

Today’s trivia was multi-layered, dealing with color:

In the comic strip Peanuts, what color was Woodstock? (YELLOW)
Before they turn black, a young zebra’s stripes are what color? (BROWN)
What color is the center stripe in the Ohio State football helmet? (SCARLET/RED)
MVNU’s colors are blue and what? (GREEN)

Congratulations to Janice from Mount Vernon who wins the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Todd

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Fair and Festival time (again!)

Today we are live at the annual Hartford Independent Fair in northern Licking County…then tomorrow through Sunday at the Dan Emmett Music and Arts Festival.

Find out more about the Hartford Fair schedule by clicking the logo…

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and more about the Dan Emmett Festival by clicking their logo!

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Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Todd

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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!

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Thanks for listening!
– Joe and Todd

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