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Deep Dish Pizza!

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Deep Dish Pizza Day is today!  A chance to celebrate Chicago-style, pan or stuffed pizza.

Just look at this wonderful image!

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Here are some links to some of the top Windy City deep dish ‘joints’ out there:

Lou Malnati’s

Pizzeria Uno (nationwide chain)

Giordano’s (nationwide chain)

Geno’s East (in your grocer’s freezer)

Here’s a recipe from Taste of Home magazine to try it yourself.

Our WORD OF THE DAY is…yes, you guessed it…PIZZA! A flat, open-faced baked pie of Italian origin, consisting of a thin layer of bread dough topped with spiced tomato sauce and cheese, often garnished with anchovies, sausage slices, mushrooms, etc.

Thanks for listening!
-Joe

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Who Knew? The Kidneys edition.

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March is National Kidney Month, a great time to remind us of the importance of these two, fist-sized organs that are so vital to our health.

Here are some resources from the National Kidney Foundation that can help you keep your kidneys healthy:

Kidneys are important because they:

  • Filter blood
  • Keep the right amount of fluids in the body
  • Help make red blood cells
  • Help keep blood pressure under control

Risk factors for kidney disease include:

  • Diabetes
  • High blood pressure
  • Being 60 years or older
  • Having a family member with kidney disease, diabetes, or high blood pressure
  • Being African American/Black, Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander, American Indian, or Alaska Native

Some ways to protect kidneys are:

  • Keep blood sugar, blood pressure, and cholesterol under control
  • Lose weight, if needed
  • Eat healthy meals
  • Take all medicines as prescribed
  • Get regular exercise
  • Don’t smoke
  • Limit alcohol
  • Avoid some over-the-counter medicines (such as aspirin, naxoproxin, or ibuprofen) because they can harm kidneys

Today’s Word of the Day is: gadzookery, a noun that means using archaisms or older phrases in your speech.

Thanks for listening!
-Joe

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A Nutty Who Knew!

It’s Wednesday and today, we brought you facts about peanuts and peanut clusters! This month is peanut month, and today, March 8th, is peanut cluster day!

WE WANT TO KNOW YOUR OPINION!
Chunky or smooth peanut butter? Which do you prefer?
Let us know in the poll!


Here‘s the Hershey recipe for some delicious peanut clusters!
And here is the Betty Crocker recipe!

Just to share a quick few facts about peanuts and peanut clusters, here are our top 3 facts!
Peanuts:
1. Thomas Jefferson and Jimmy Carter were both peanut farmers
2. The average peanut farm is about 100 acres
3. Astronaut Alan Shepard brought peanut butter with him to the moon
Peanut Clusters:
1. During World War II the the Emporia Wholesale Coffee Company “shipped approximately 50,000 pounds of chocolate peanut clusters weekly for consumption by those on the fighting front.”
2. Peanut clusters have been around for many years before they were made popular in 1912 by the Goo Goo Cluster.
3. There are several versions of peanut clusters including caramel clusters, butterscotch clusters and chocolate peanut clusters.

To learn more about National Peanut Month, check it out here!
And to learn more about Peanut Cluster Day, check that out here!

Our word of the day, aptly, was cluster! (noun clus·ter \ˈkləs-tər\)
– Two or more consecutive consonants or vowels in a segment of speech
– A group of buildings and especially houses built close together on a sizable tract in order to preserve open spaces larger than the individual yard for common recreation.
– An aggregation of stars or galaxies that appear close together in the sky and are gravitationally associated.
– A larger than expected number of cases of disease (as leukemia) occurring in a particular locality, group of people, or period of time.
– A number of computers networked together in order to function as a single computing system.

Thanks for listening and have a great night!
– Lilly

<a href=”http://polldaddy.com/poll/9684658/”>In honor of Peanut Month, do you prefer your peanut butter smooth or chunky?</a>

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Who Knew!

While Joe and Co. are still in Florida for the National Religious Broadcaster’s convention, Christa and Cameron held down the fort with “Who Knew Wednesday!”

They looked at famous people from Ohio focusing on people from the counties surrounding us. (That’s Paul Edward Lynde, above. He was on quite a few TV shows and in the original Bye, Bye Birdie! film. He was born in Mount Vernon!) If you want to see the whole list of people, you can find it HERE.

The word of the day today was “exponent” and it means: a symbol written above and to the right of a mathematical expression to indicate the operation of raising to a power OR: one that expounds or interprets OR: one that champions, practices, or exemplifies

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Destiny Rescue Who Knew!

Tonight is the Crossroads league Destiny Rescue night! Destiny Rescue is an international, Christian-based, non-profit organization which is dedicated to rescuing children from human trafficking and sex slavery. They are are focused on rescuing children and then getting these children into aftercare programs that provide healthcare, counseling, spiritual guidance and so much more. Destiny Rescue is going to be at our basketball games tonight selling T-Shirts and jewelry n attempts to raise $1,500 to rescue one child.
If you would like more information about Destiny Rescue, check out their website here!

Valentine’s Banquet!

WNZR’s 19th annual Valentine’s Banquet will be held on Friday, February 10th at 7p.m. in the President’s Dining Room, located in the Hyson Campus Center on the MVNU campus.
This year’s theme is “Men Are Like Waffles, Women Are Like Spaghetti”!
Tickets are on sale NOW at the WNZR studios!
Banquet tickets are $19 per person and include an Italian Buffet buffet dinner, entertainment and over $1,000 worth of door prizes.
Deadline to buy tickets – Thursday, 2/2 at 6pm.

Big Blue Music Crew…
If you would like to join the Big Blue Crew Music Crew, send a message to wnzr@mvnu.edu. We will e-mail you back a link to take our short survey. Just listen to a couple music clips and give your opinion! In thanking you for participating in our survey, we will send you a Big Blue Music Crew T-Shirt!

Our word of the day today was ‘Ab Ovo’ which means ‘from the beginning’.
Check out some history behind this word here!  

As always, thanks for listening!

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Who Knew? Inauguration edition.

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Today we shared facts about the Presidential Inauguration, which gets started tomorrow and continues through Saturday.  The actual swearing-in ceremony for President-Elect Donald Trump and Vice-President-Elect Mike Pence begins around 11:30 on Friday.

This will be the 58th Presidential Inauguration. Since 1937, the ceremony has always been on January 20th unless that date falls on a Sunday. In that case, it happens on the 21st.

The swearing-in ceremony has been held at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol Building since 1981. With one exception…in 1985, President Ronald Reagan’s 2nd swearing-in was indoors at the Capitol Rotunda because it was only 7 degrees outside!

On January 20, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson made history when his wife, Lady Bird, held the Bible for his swearing-in ceremony. He also concluded his address with 2 Chronicles 1:10: “Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people, for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?”

President-Elect Trump will take the oath of office placing his hands on the Bible that Abraham Lincoln used at his inauguration, along with a Bible his mother gave him when he graduated Sunday School in 1955 at First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, NY.

The weekend finishes with a National Prayer Service Saturday at the Washington National Cathedral.

Congratulations to Olivia from Mount Vernon who won our Winter Jam trivia – how many #1 singles has Newsong had?  The answer was 17.  She wins two passes to Winter Jam 2017.

Our Word of the Day is katzenjammer, a noun derived from a German word that can mean distress, anguish, an uproar, or a hangover.  The literal meaning is ‘wailing of cats.’

Thanks for listening!
-Joe

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Who Knew New Years!

Good afternoon! It’s a little chilly here in town today, but we stayed warm and talked all about New Year’s traditions today! We all know that we drop the ball in New York at midnight, but we talked about some wacky and wild things that states drop at midnight! We also talked about some New Years traditions from different countries, as well as ways to reach your resolutions! Read on to find out more!

You dropped what!??!

New York is home to the most famous ‘drop’ on New Years, but other states have their fun with it as well! We talked about some states that celebrate by dropping things that might be a little out of the ordinary!
Hawaii: Honolulu takes a flavorful twist on the New Years Eve ball drop by raising a “Hala Kahiki”, or Pineapple, up into the air. Sip on some pineapple wine and watch this oversized fruit drop in celebration of the oncoming year!
Pennsylvania: Mechanicsburg, PA rightfully celebrates New Years Eve with the dropping of a large lighted wrench. The event always includes refreshments and music that the whole family will love, as well as some delicious food.
Arizona: Flagstaff, Arizona is brought in by dropping a giant 70-pound glowing metal pinecone. The citizens of Flagstaff gather in the historic downtown area and watch the cone fall from the bough of the Hotel Weatherford.
Georgia: Although not as juicy as a normal Georgia peach, this 800-pound monster is still impressive. The peach has been dropped in Atlanta on New Years Eve since 1989 and the event always includes a full day of festivities.
Pennsylvania: Duncannon, Pennsylvania is all about fun when it comes to their New Years Eve drop tradition, with a giant 10-foot sled instead of a ball.
In Bethlehem, PA, Peeps, the signature marshmallow treats, receive recognition on more than just Easter. In fact, an entire festival is named after the cute little candies. Peepfest takes place in late December and includes a 5k race, live music, and other festivities.
Idaho: In another state famous for a semi-round piece of food, Boise, Idaho hosts a New Years Eve party featuring a giant potato. This is a fairly new festival that began in 2013 and has already seen great success. The event includes a professional fireworks show, live music, and plenty of food. You would not regret attending this event and being named what they call, “spec-taters.”

That’s just a few of our favorites! To see some more of these wacky items, check out USA Today’s story here!

Who Knew Trivia!

Today our trivia question was related to one of our topics! Our question was: “What object does Honolulu, Hawaii drop for their New Year celebration? The answer was a pineapple! Congratulations to our winner Charles from Howard! He guessed correctly and won the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!

Word of the day!

Today’s word was a longer one, and it was ‘preponderance’. This word is a noun, and it means ‘fact or quality of being preponderant; superiority in weight, power, numbers, etc.’
“The preponderance of votes is against the proposal.”

Have a wonderful rest of your evening and stay warm!
-Lilly and Eddie 

 

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Who Knew? Christmas crafts!

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Today we shared some fun, simple Christmas craft ideas with throw-away or recyclable items around the house.

The first – K-Cup snowmen.  Read more about it from Adrianne at Happy Hour Projects by clicking here.

The next – toilet paper roll Christmas poppers. Watch here for more about how to make them from Sarah and Budget Savvy Diva!

We also had a Christmas trivia question today – in what year was the character of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer introduced to the public?  The answer is 1939, when it was the annual Montgomery Ward Christmas coloring book.  Read the story here! Congratulations to Samantha from Mount Vernon who won the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Trisha from Fredericktown is our latest winner in the WNZR Christmas Gift Exchange.

Our Christmas Word of the Day is wreath, a noun meaning a circular band of flowers, foliage, or any ornamental work, for adorning the head or for any decorative purpose; a garland or chaplet.

Thanks for listening!
-Joe

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Who Knew About These Christmas Traditions?!

Today was Who Knew Wednesday and we continued talking about Christmas traditions. We talked all about Food For The Hungry, a Mount Vernon Christmas tradition. You can find more info for all Food For The Hungry events here and here.

We also talked about wreaths! Here are some tips we found on picking the perfect wreath this holiday season:

  1. Take into consideration the color scheme the recipient is currently using. If your friend has a green door, you may not want to send them a wreath with a big blue bow. A fresh wreath topped off with a gold bow would be a perfect choice because not only does it complement the green door, but it also brings more of the colors of Christmas to the exterior.
  2. When making your choice, think about the preference of the recipient and not necessarily what appeals to your taste. You may fall in love with the designer look of the Holiday Swags, but perhaps your great aunt would much rather have the traditional circular wreath with a great big red velvet bow. You could choose the Mardi Gras colors or fun geometric designs of an Art Deco wreath for your friend that marches to her own drummer.
  3. At this wonderful time of the season, it’s important not to forget those who share their faith with you. Consider sending clergy people, choir members or special friends from your congregation special Christmas Crosses – wreaths in the shape of a cross. This is sure to bring them great joy.

Our Word of the Day was bamboozle (bam-BOO-zul), a verb meaning to deceive or confuse. You can read more on that here.

Have a great evening!

-Jess & Joe

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