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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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It’s Green Apple, I promise!

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Eddie looks a little uneasy about trying today’s Mystery Box item…but it was a green apple Jolly Rancher. Congratulations to Sherrisa of Howard who guessed correctly.  She wins the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

We had a wet weekend at the 2016 Dan Emmett Music & Arts Festival, but had a great time visiting and giving away prizes.  Dan Monnin stayed in a good mood, despite the rain!

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Today’s Word of the Day is me-tooism, a noun which means the adopting of policies, methods, products, etc., similar or identical to those of a peer, rival, or competitor. So basically, Instagram’s new story feature is a me-tooism of Snapchat??

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

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#OTRWBB at Dan Emmett Festival

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Here we go for another year at the Dan Emmett Music and Arts Festival!

Join WNZR through this Sunday for our live broadcasts from downtown Mount Vernon. Find out more about what we’re doing by clicking here.

Today’s Word of the Day is aquatic, which means living, found in or related to something near water, or done in or on water.

See you this weekend and 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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Olympic Mystery Monday!

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The Olympic Rings on the London Bridge (Photo courtesy of Presidential Aviation)

Today’s Olympic-themed Mystery Monday question:

There is one city that has hosted the Olympic Summer Games three times. What city is it and what years did it host?

The answer? London, England in 1908, 1948 and 2012. Congratulations to Matt, an online listener from Canton, who guessed correctly and wins the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Our Word of the Day was spindrift, a noun that means a spray swept by strong winds along the surface of the sea.

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

 

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NZ Top 10 – 8/5/16

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Ryan Stevenson and GabeReal at #1 this week! (photo from Gotee Records)

This week’s NZ Top 10 on WNZR:

10. Jordan Feliz – Never Too Far Gone
9. Aaron Shust – Ever Be
8. Danny Gokey – Tell Your Heart to Beat Again
7. MercyMe – Dear Younger Me
6. TobyMac – Move (Keep Walkin’)
5. 7eventh Time Down – God is on the Move
4. Jonny Diaz – Breathe
3. Lauren Daigle – Trust in You (at Ohio State Fair tomorrow!)
2. Jeremy Camp – Christ in Me
1. Ryan Stevenson f/Gabe Real – Eye of the Storm

Our Breakout Hit of the Week is the new Casting Crowns song, ‘One Step Away.’ Find out more about the new album here.

Our Word of the Day is kith, which is a noun meaning familiar friends, neighbors or relatives.

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

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The values series: Rest

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Today we finished our series on reclaiming core values, inspired by the book #Struggles by Craig Groeschel.  Read more about the book here.

Today REST is our focus.  How do we replenish rest in our lives?  Craig shares an excellent quote attributed to St. Augustine: “Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.”  Why do we struggle finding rest?  Maybe because we haven’t learned to rest in Him. Putting God first and trusting in Him are two big steps to help us rest.

Technology can rob us of our rest, especially our phones. Checking them constantly, especially first thing in the morning, having to be the first to know things and share things…it might mean we need to take a phone fast.  Yep, like a food fast.

Learning to be still and embrace Matthew 11:28-29 (below) is critical; even if it’s just 5 minutes a day.  I think 5 minutes to be silent and 5 more minutes to be silent and focused on God is really valuable. It helps us clear our minds and hear the ‘still, small voice’ of God.

Honestly, if we can’t take 5 minutes a day to unplug and listen to God, what kind of message are we sending to Him?

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”

Our Word of the Day is edify, which is a verb meaning to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge. Synonyms are to uplift and enlighten.

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

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Who Knew: August Events Edition

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Today Jess and Eddie discussed some various events going on around Knox county this August, including first Friday, the film screening of “Uncommon Brilliance”, and the Dan Emmett Music & Arts Festival.  You can see when all of the events are happening at visitknoxohio.org.

We also discussed the upcoming Tax Holiday, which happens this weekend.  You can read more about it at tax.ohio.gov.

Our Word of the Day is Amity which means friendship; especially : friendly relations between nations.

Also check out or new video about Troyer’s of Apple Valley HERE!

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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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