Melissa Nowicki serves on the Entertainment Committee for the Mount Vernon Music & Arts Festival Board. She talked with WNZR about this year’s Cheerleading Competition.
She shares the details of this year’s event.
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Stay connected with the 2022 Mount Vernon Music & Arts Festival at their website – https://www.mvmaf.org/
Click HERE to see this year’s schedule.
Click HERE to see a map for this year’s festival.
Jacob Francis serves on the Operations Committee for the Mount Vernon Music & Arts Festival Board. He talked with local media about this year’s Car Cruise-In.
He shares the details of this year’s event, including the NEW Kid’s Choice Award!
He also shares information about this year’s t-shirts and a special poker run happening to support the festival.
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Stay connected with the 2022 Mount Vernon Music & Arts Festival at their website – https://www.mvmaf.org/
Click HERE to see this year’s schedule.
Click HERE to see a map for this year’s festival.
Joe Bell serves as the Co-Director of the Mount Vernon Music & Arts Festival Board. He talked with local media about this year’s festival.
He talks about how this festival has something for everyone and lets people be creative.
He shares details of this year’s Festival Wood Challenge and explains the theme of creating toys and unique items for children.
The Wood Challenge items will be on display in the Mount Vernon Grand Hotel Ballroom throughout the festival. They will be auctioned off on Saturday, 8/13 at 6pm in front of City Hall.
Joe also talks about another NEW creative challenge for local artists involving 8-foot carousel horses!
Another NEW event at this year’s festival is the Bistro. Play It Blue Jazz will perform Friday night from 10pm – 11pm for a perfect and relaxing way to end the evening.
Joe Bell shares his excitement about seeing imagination and creativity coming to life at the festival. We hope that you will join WNZR in downtown Mount Vernon this week!
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Stay connected with the 2022 Mount Vernon Music & Arts Festival at their website – https://www.mvmaf.org/
Click HERE to see the Wood Challenge pieces that are up for bid. You can place your bid now!
Click HERE to see this year’s schedule.
Click HERE to see a map for this year’s festival.
Joe Rinehart serves as the Chairman of the Mount Vernon Music & Arts Festival Board. He talked with local media about this year’s festival.
He talks about what makes this event so special – it is a celebration of arts and music in our community.
He thanks sponsors and partners and shares an overview of this year’s schedule.
Joe shares how people can support the festival and the need for volunteers, especially on setup this Thursday, 8/11.
Joe explains how you can “Choose YOUR Experience” at the festival.
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Stay connected with the 2022 Mount Vernon Music & Arts Festival at their website – https://www.mvmaf.org/
Click HERE to see this year’s schedule.
Click HERE to see a map for this year’s festival.
Mount Vernon Mayor Matt Starr shared updates on the City with The Morning Thing on Friday, 7/29/22.
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Topics included:
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WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart had a chance to visit with several Best of Show Award winners at the 2022 Knox County Fair Artistic Arrangement Flower Show.
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You can see these beautiful arrangements in the Flower Building through the end of the fair.
We congratulate all winners.
Stop by and enjoy the designs for this year’s theme “Construction”.
WNZR teamed up with Kokosing Inc., Mount Vernon Nazarene University Admissions and A+ Autobrokers to purchase a steer at the Knox County Fair.
We purchased the steer from Ava Snively of Danville. The purchase price was $2,000!
Ava will be a Sophomore at Danville High School. She is a member of the Chapel View Barn Buddies 4-H Club and the Danville FFA.
The steer weighs 1,162 pounds. The steer is a full-blooded Black Angus. It was grain fed on feed purchased from Danville Feed and Supply. No growth hormones or other artificial growth substances were used.
Ava is part of a family that celebrates 5 generations in farming!
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We will give away the beef on Saturday, 7/30/22 at 10am.
Big Blue will not be at the Fair on Saturday. The giveaway will be held in the WNZR studios on the campus of Mount Vernon Nazarene University.
You MUST LISTEN to win! We start drawing names at 10am on Saturday, 7/30/22. If your name is drawn, you will have 9 minutes and 9 seconds to call 740-392-9090 to claim your prize OR come to the WNZR Studios on the second floor of Founders Hall on the campus of Mount Vernon Nazarene University.
Smithhisler Meats will provide the processing. Cosby Heating and Cooling gives a $100 gift card to Kroger to each winner too!
For more details about this contest, go to www.wnzr.fm
Complete rules for One The Road with Big Blue can be found here – https://www.wnzr.fm/contest-rules
WNZR congratulates the 1st Place Winners in Miscellaneous projects for this year’s Knox County Junior Fair.
These outstanding youth will be taking their projects to the Ohio State Fair.
The winners talked with us about their projects, their favorite 4H memories and shared encouragement to get involved with 4H.
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You can see these projects on display in the 4H Booth building at the Knox County Fair through Friday.
Good luck to our outstanding Knox County Kids!
The members of the 2022 Knox County Junior Fair Board will be working hard all this week at the Fair. WNZR had the chance to visit with several board members. They shared about their responsibilities, the projects they have worked on this year and how this experience as a leader is impacting their lives. The members also encouraged other students to get involved with 4H and the Knox County Junior Fair.
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2022 JUNIOR FAIR BOARD OFFICERS
President – Abbey Fowler
Vice – President – Patrick Frazer
Secretary – Natasha Tucker
Treasurer – Mia Armstrong
Public Relations – Ansley Daubenmier
Historian – Jocelyn Hall
Samantha Beheler, Junior Fair Coordinator
Andrea Rees, Extension Educator, 4-H Youth Development
Amy Carpenter, Junior Fair Advisor
Lexie Doup, Junior Fair Advisor
Addy Lucas, Junior Fair Advisor
Bernie Douglas, Junior Fair Advisor
Josh Stimpert, Junior Fair Advisor
Katie Lindeman, Junior Fair Advisor
Monica Magers, Junior Fair Advisor
Nick Hegemier, Junior Fair Advisor
Sarah Hegemier, Junior Fair Advisor
Tara Hathaway, Junior Fair Advisor
Cora Lyon-Eberhardt, Junior Fair Advisor
Make sure to stop by the Flower building when you visit the Knox County Fair. The entries for this year’s Horticulture show are incredible.
Joann Graham shared the Best of Show winners with Marcy Rinehart. Marcy also talked with the judges about gardening and what they look for when judging flower shows.
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Rise and Shine 