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The Morning Thing Friday Favorites 2/24/2023

Today for our Friday Favorites, The Morning Thing celebrates National Hot Breakfast Month!
The show hosts shared their favorite hot breakfast foods to eat.

Click HERE to hear from Marcy, Allison and Ricky.

Let us know what you choose to eat for a hot breakfast. Email us wnzr@mvnu.edu

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February 2023 Spotlight on Mount Vernon with Mayor Matt Starr

Mount Vernon Mayor Matt Starr shared updates on the City with The Morning Thing on Friday, 2/24/23.

Click HERE to hear the full conversation.

Topics included:

  • An update on current construction and maintenance projects including a project to deal with stormwater issues.
  • Discussion about the City’s Gas Aggregation program
  • Update on how the city has been recovering from the cyber-attack that occurred during the holidays.
  • Discussion on the new city-wide transportation plan and how it will help in our process for applying for grants.
  • Update on the City’s new contract for IT services with the Knox County Commissioners.
  • Updates from the Mount Vernon Water and Wastewater Department, including the increase in water rates coming March 1st.
  • Discussion on the changes coming to the Hiawatha Water Park and Pool for this upcoming season.
  • Updates from Mount Vernon City Council:
    • Approved budgets for 2023
    • Contract approvals for design services for the Dan Emmett Neighborhood Block Grant Project
    • Approval to purchase new dump trucks
  • Update on the City’s Police Department, including the lateral transfers happening, and good news on how their PAK United community outreach helped them to receive the 2022 Excellence in Community Engagement award.
  • Update from the Fire Department including how they were able to secure a safer grant (securing adequate fire and emergency response) of over a million dollars!
  • Mayor Matt Starr shares his goals for March.
    • He wants to finish the parking garage project
    • He continues to host State of the City addresses to groups that are interested in hearing from him.
  • Mayor Starr shared his thoughts about our growth in Mount Vernon and Central Ohio and how we need to plan for it.
  • Mayor Starr asks that we pray that his team has clarity of thought and respectful understanding as we face the growth in our community.
  • Residents can stay connected to the City of Mount Vernon on their brand new YouTube page, The City of Mount Vernon. Public city meetings will be live-streamed and archived on this page. Citizens can still check the City’s website and Facebook.

To stay in touch with the City, go to:

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How do you handle conflict?

Conflict is a part of life. Our relationships with each other are complex, and naturally we may come into disagreement with the people around us. But we all handle conflict differently. The Thomas-Kilman model gives us 5 general conflict styles. Focus on the Family has a short 13 question quiz that you can take to see what your main conflict style is.

Click HERE to take the quiz.

It’s also worthy to read about all of the other conflict styles. You may find that you draw from some of the other styles in conflict.

Click HERE to read about the accommodating style. This means you try to serve others while giving and sacrificing in conflict.

Click HERE to read about the competing style. This is what Ricky got on his quiz! If this is your style too, it means that you are assertive and love to win.

Click HERE to read about the compromising style. Compromisers want both people to get something they want out of conflict.

Click HERE to read about the avoiding style. This is what Allison’s quiz result was! If you’re like her, you don’t like conflict and tend to be unassertive in conflict.

Click HERE to read about the collaborating style. This is a relationship focused style that seeks for people to work together in conflict to come to a good ending for everyone.

We hope that you can learn more about yourself from reading about these conflict styles. Click HERE to read the full article from Focus on the Family.

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Wayback Wednesday on The Morning Thing celebrates the Music Video

This week for Wayback Wednesday, The Morning Thing dove into the WNZR Vault to find some special songs – songs that have GREAT music videos!

Check out this list! Sit down and enjoy the trip down memory lane.
You can hear Wayback Wednesday every Wednesday morning from 8am – 9am. We would love to hear your ideas for the show! Let us know if you have a song request, artist request or a great theme idea. Email wnzr@mvnu.edu or call us at 740-392-9090.

Enjoy the music!

Steve Taylor – Meltdown (1983)

DeGarmo & Key – Destined to Win (1985)

Mylon & Broken Heart – Trains Up In The Sky (1985)

Michael W. Smith – Secret Ambition (1988)

Amy Grant – Lead Me On (1988)

Petra – Beyond Belief (1990)

White Heart – Desert Rose (1990)

Steven Curtis Chapman – The Great Adventure (1992)

4Him – The Basics of Life (1992)

DC Talk – Jesus Is Just Alright (1993)

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Don’t take it so personally – 6 helpful hints to handle criticism

We get it, listening to negative criticism about yourself can be really hard to hear. What if we told you there was a way to lessen that stress and hurt? We have 6 tips from the Positivity Blog to help! These hints include breathing, getting clarification from the other person, realizing that not everything is about you personally, talking it out, thinking about what valid criticism the other person was giving and work on that, and improve your self esteem. These things may be easier said than done, but they will make your life so much easier as you put them into practice.

Click HERE to learn more about the 6 hints.

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WNZR’s Meet the Staff Monday with Isaac Curtis

This week’s Meet the Staff Monday on WNZR features junior, Isaac Curtis.

Isaac is from Maryland. His major is Communication and Media (Digital Media).

Isaac shares what brought him to MVNU and how he found his way to WNZR.

He shares some favorites including his favorite memory about a trip to Waffle House, favorite food, artist and what he loves to do on the weekends.

We also learn about Isaac is the last of 5 siblings to attend MVNU!

You can also learn more about Isaac with WNZR’s Rapid Fire. His favorite bible verse is Isaiah 41:10, our theme verse for Lifeline 2023!

Click HERE to enjoy the conversation!

You can hear Isaac on WNZR on Tuesdays 7pm – 8pm and Thursdays 10am – 11am.

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The Morning Thing helps you answer the question….What’s for Dinner?

Do you struggle with answering the dreaded question – What’s for Dinner? 🙂 We do too!

Today, The Morning Thing shared some easy and yummy recipe ideas for your air fryer. We hope that you can save time and stress with some fresh ideas for your dinner table.

Click HERE to see 25 different recipes for the air fryer from allrecipes.com

On the show, Marcy shared these recipes. Let’s go shopping and start cooking!

Cajun Air Fryer Salmon

Air Fryer Turkey Breast

Air Fryer Apricot-Glazed Chicken Breasts

Breaded Air Fryer Pork Chops

Air-Fried Crumbed Fish

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The Morning Thing Friday Favorites 2/17/23 – Kindness

For our Friday Favorites today, The Morning Thing celebrated Random Acts of Kindness Week. The hosts shared about a time when someone showed kindness to them.

Click HERE to hear from Marcy, Allison and Ricky.

How will you be kind today? Who will you bless today?

Click HERE for more information on Random Acts of Kindness Week.

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It’s Random Acts of Kindness Week! Let’s do something nice for someone!

Every year, Random Acts of Kindness Week is celebrated February 14-20, and the National Random Acts of Kindness Day is tomorrow (Friday Feb. 17).

This morning on the show, we shared some of the history behind Random Acts of Kindness. It was a term first coined by Anne Herbert in 1982 in California. She wrote the phrase “practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty” on a placemat in response to some violent phrase that someone else had written. She wanted to end senseless violence. She wrote a children’s book in 1993 to teach children about showing kindness to others. Since then, we’ve celebrated Random Acts of Kindness.

There’s many ways to celebrate! You can perform those random acts of kindness for other people, read books that inspire you, and help inspire other people.

Click HERE to read more about Random Acts of Kindness Week.

We also shared some stories about how people have been impacted by random acts of kindness. We shared stories of snow days, holding the door open for others, helping a stranger in need, and being present with other people. These stories are inspiring and will give you some ideas of how you can show kindness during Random Acts of Kindness Week.

Click HERE to read more stories from the official Random Acts of Kindness website.

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WNZR’s Meet the Staff Monday with Abby Almodovar

This week’s Meet the Staff Monday on WNZR features freshman, Abby Almodovar.

Abby is from New Philadelphia, Ohio. Her major is Communication & Media (Digital Media).

Abby shares what brought her to MVNU and how she found her way to WNZR.

She shares some favorites including her favorite memory from this school year, her favorite food, artist, and what she loves to do on the weekends.

We also learn about Abby’s Puerto Rican heritage.

You can also learn more about Abby with WNZR’s Rapid Fire.

Click HERE to enjoy the conversation!

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