Today is Relaxation Day! Today on the Morning Thing, we talked about how you can relax and manage stress today and every day! Take a deep breath, pull up a comfy chair, and read THESE ways to relax and unwind today! As always, thanks for listening!
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Whether we want to admit it or not, it is back to school season! Schools are starting back up all across Knox County!
Mount Vernon:
Centerburg – Thursday 8/16
Danville – Thursday 8/16
Fredericktown – Thursday 8/16
East Knox – Monday 8/20
Here at WNZR, we want to help you and your kids get ready for back to school! Care.com has 101 tips for you and your kids! Here are some for you:
See the entire list here!
Today the Morning Thing talked with executive director of Promoting Hope, Dr. John Hall about missions work in Brazil. He also talked about how Knox County can get involved. Click HERE to listen to the full conversation! As always, thanks for listening!
For The Morning Thing Fave 5 this week, Rachel Rinehart shares her 5 favorite memories from her Internship In Houston, Texas.
Click HERE to hear her wonderful stories! Thanks to Chris Chicago and Angela at NGEN Radio in Houston, Texas for taking care of our “Little Rach” this summer!
The Dan Emmett Music & Arts Festival is an annual event to celebrate the arts in our community.
The Dan Emmett Quilt Show and Flower Show are back!
The Quilt Show has a new location! WNZR’s Daria Swisher talked with Sandy Maricevich, Knox County Quilt Guild President about this year’s show. Click HERE to hear where and how you can see over 60 quilts!
The Flower Show returns to the Living Center, 201 N Main St, Mt Vernon. WNZR’s Rachel Rinehart talked with Audrey Spearman about this year’s exciting theme and how you can experience the talent showcased in this year’s show. Click HERE to hear their conversation.
For a complete schedule of this year’s festival, click HERE.
For details on WNZR’s prize baskets, click HERE.
See you in downtown Mount Vernon today!
Today on the Morning Thing, we talked with several committee members for the Dan Emmett Music and Arts Festival. Click HERE to hear Marty Bell talk about Knox Idol! Click HERE for information on the cheer competition! Click HERE for general info with executive director Pat Crow and HERE for an overview of the youth showcase! As always, thanks for listening!
Today on the Morning Thing, we celebrated Happiness Happens day! This is a day to do what makes you happy and to do things to make others happy! How do you celebrate Happiness Happens Day? With pink lemonade, of course! Did you know that the pink in pink lemonade is not from pink lemons, but from cranberry juice? Click HERE for a recipe.
We also celebrated Sneak Some Zucchini Into Your Neighbor’s Porch Day (no, we’re not making this up). To read about this wacky holiday, click HERE! For some yummy zucchini recipes from cheesy tots to cookies, click HERE! As always, thanks for listening!
Today on the Morning Thing we talked with Joy Harris of Interchurch Social Services about the back to school clothing vouchers. To hear how to get one of these vouchers and how this will impact our community, click HERE. As always, thanks for listening!
WNZR’s own Todd McKinley had a chance to talk with Thom Collier with the American Red Cross. Thom has a deeply personal reason for his involvement in the Red Cross. Click HERE to listen to the full conversation, including why blood donation is so important. As always, thanks for listening!
Abigail Brown had a chance to talk with some ladies from New Directions. Lindsey Lamp is the delta coordinator of New Directions and Lori Jones-Perkins is executive director. They talked about an exciting new event called Coaching Boys Into Men. This program hopes to kick start critical conversations in raising boys. Click HERE to listen to the full conversation and HERE to learn more! As always thanks for listening!
