Category: food

The Church at Chapel Hill invites you and your family to Fall Fest 2024

The Church at Chapel Hill is bringing back their Fall Festival for this weekend. You are invited to this fun and FREE family event.
Pastor Jon Whisner and Connie Jackson stopped by The Morning Thing to share details of ALL the activities.
Click HERE to hear the full conversation.

The event is from 4pm – 7:30pm. The church is located at 7530 Johnstown Road in Mount Vernon.
Click HERE to see a complete list of activities.

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Experience Mount Vernon celebrates Johnny Appleseed

Lacey Filkins, Executive Director for Experience Mount Vernon stopped by The Morning Thing to talk about an exciting event coming to downtown Mount Vernon.
Click HERE to hear the full conversation.
Lacey shared all the exciting details of the annual Johnny Appleseed Apple Festival. She shared the schedule, list of entertainment, food choices, festival location, parking options and more.
The festival is Friday, 10/4 from 5pm – 8pm on East Ohio Avenue on the block between South Gay and South Main Streets.
Lacey also shared a list of upcoming events for the 2024 Christmas Holiday.
For all the details of this event and upcoming events – go to the Experience Mount Vernon webpage – HERE!

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The Kiwanis Club of Mount Vernon is bringing PIES to the Mount Vernon Music & Arts Festival

The Morning Thing is shining the spotlight on the 2024 Music and Arts Festival this week.
On Wednesday, we talked with Wendi Fowler from the Kiwanis Club of Mount Vernon. She shared the details about the Kiwanis Club Pie Auction which is a new event to the festival.
Click HERE to hear the conversation.

The pie auction will be held in conjunction with the wood auction on Saturday, August 10.
Bidding registration starts at 4:30pm.
The auction will from 5:30pm – 7pm on the Public Square.

There are 17 pies up for bid. Pies are being made by celebrities. Some of them include: Mayor Matt and Joanne Starr – All American Apple Pie, Bruce and Kathy White (from KCH) – Blueberry, Dr. Carson Castleman (MVNU President) – chocolate pie and Dr. Berry (COTC) – strawberry pie.
The Mount Vernon High School Key Club is also involved.

Wendi also shared how the money from the auction will be used. The Kiwanis Club supports youth and children in the community: Imagination Library, 4H, Babe Ruth baseball, and the Fredericktown Fire Academy.

If you would like to donate a pie, send an email to Wendi.fowler@parknationalbank.com

Wendi told us more about the Kiwanis Club of Mount Vernon. Some of their programs include: boots and coats for kids, literacy projects and gathering 1,200 books for kids this summer!
They also go into the Mount Vernon classrooms to read books to students.
Literacy has been the focus for 2024.

Wendi invites residents to visit the next meeting for Kiwanis on Monday, 8/12 at Noon at the Gallagher Center at the Ohio Eastern Star. They meet on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month. 

The festival runs on these dates:
Thursday 8/8 – 5pm – 10pm (They will have a soft opening on Thursday at lunch time so that people can access the food trucks on the public square)
Friday 8/9 – 11am – 10pm
Saturday 8/10 – 11am – 10pm
Sunday 8/11 – 11am – 3pm

Find out more at mvmaf.org

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Going on a picnic!

It’s Nation Picnic Month, and with the beautiful forecast this weekend, it’s the perfect time to take advantage! Today on The Morning Thing, we took a look at some weird, legitimate picnic products that you can buy, like a burrito blanket and cheese puff finger covers.

Click HERE to check out the full list!

Plus, we also looked at some picnic pitfalls to avoid when trying to plan the perfect picnic!

Click HERE to read the full list!

Make sure to tune in for more fun and great music on The Morning Thing, weekdays 6-9am on 90.9fm WNZR!

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The Morning Thing shares highlights of July First Friday

The Morning Thing talked with Lacey Filkins, Executive Director for Experience Mount Vernon about July First Friday.
Click HERE to hear the full conversation.
Lacey shared highlights of the schedule, best parking places, live music, food truck options and many fun family activities.
The event is from 6pm – 9pm in downtown Mount Vernon.
July’s Theme is “Summer Camp”.
The Big Blue Crew will be in downtown Mount Vernon tonight. We hope to see you there!
Click HERE to see a full list of activities and details about WNZR’s “Drink Up, Soak Up and Frame Up” prize basket. We will give this away tonight before 8pm!

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The Morning Thing Friday Favorites 7/5/24 – What do you love to grill?

For our Friday Favorites this week, we celebrated National Grilling Month. The holiday weekend is the perfect time to fire up the grill and make some yummy food!
The Morning Thing hosts shared their favorite foods to eat off the grill. Let us know what you decide to cook this weekend, wnzr@mvnu.edu

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Red, White and Delicious!

Feeling extra patriotic this Independence Day? We’ve got just the recipes for you! Today on The Morning Thing we took a look at different Red, White and Blue infused recipe to add some color and tastiness to your Fourth of July.

Click HERE for the full list of recipes!

Here’s a few of our favorites just to excite your appetite

4th of July Fruit Kabobs

Strawberry Graham Cracker Bites

Red, White and Blue Strawberry Shortcake

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Summer Time Fun!

Summer is finally here, and we couldn’t be more excited! With great weather and more free time, we’re always looking for something to do! That’s why today on The Morning Thing we took a look at 15 Fun and (mostly) Free Things to do with the whole family this summer!

Click HERE to read the full article!

Whether you want to cool off at a splash pad, explore a new nature trail or discover a new story, there’s something here for everyone!

You’ll find activities like…

  1. Visiting a botanical garden…
  2. Roaming through a zoo…
  3. Stepping inside a factory…

And so much more!

Make sure to listen to The Morning Thing weekdays 6-9am for more fun and encouragement on 90.9fm WNZR!

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