With June First Friday approaching, The Morning Thing hosts shared their favorite activity on the schedule! It’s going to be a great night!
Click HERE to see what Marcy, Xander, and Eric are excited for!
Friday Favorites – June First Friday Edition!
An MVNU graduate returns to Mount Vernon to share her new book with the community
WNZR’s Alyssa Sidle talked with MVNU graduate and author, Courtney Turcotte Bond.
Courtney shared memories from her time at MVNU and how she is juggling multiple roles. She is a wife, mother, teacher, author and small business owner.
They discussed her new book Breathtaking and the inspirational story that inspired the book.
Click HERE to hear their conversation.
Courtney will be at Paragraph’s Bookstore, 229 S. Main St. in Mount Vernon on Friday, June 4 from 5pm – 8pm to do a book signing for her novel Breathtaking.
About Courtney Turcotte Bond
Courtney Turcotte Bond proudly grew up in both Lawrence, Kansas and Dayton, Ohio. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Integrated Language Arts Education, a master’s degree in Education, and has been a high school English teacher since 2004. In addition to being a published author, she’s also a small business owner, freelance writer, poet, blogger, and public speaker. She resides in northeast Kansas with her husband and two kids.
Breathtaking SYNOPSIS
To the outside world, Cara’s life seems perfect. The only one who knows the dark secrets inside her home is her best friend and next-door neighbor, Adam. Cara’s only escape is by writing and sharing her stories with him through their facing bedroom windows late at night. Just when everything seems to get better, Cara’s world shatters, causing her to spiral into a deep depression and writer’s block. Even though Adam promises her “everything will be okay,” she knows things will never be the same. As she clutches to the fractured wounds of the past, how will Cara ever be able to love or write again?
The Morning Thing Friday Favorites: June First Friday Edition
Today The Morning Thing introduced a NEW Feature! Friday Favorites!
Every week the Morning Thing Hosts will share their Friday Favorites, and this week, Marcy and Rachel shared their favorite things about First Friday.
Check it out HERE!
Nate Thomas First Friday Car Show
WNZR’s own Hunter Sutyak had the chance to talk with Nate Thomas, Cruise-In Coordinator for First Friday about the new Car Show coming to Downtown Mount Vernon, and about his company Cars &.
Listen to the entire conversation HERE!
Carrie Hyman June First Friday
WNZR’s own Rachel Rinehart had the chance to talk with Executive Director of Main Street Mount Vernon, Carrie Hyman, about June First Friday and everything that is happening in Downtown Mount Vernon!
Hear the entire conversation HERE!
June First Friday is tonight in downtown Mount Vernon!
WNZR is honored to partner with Main Street Mount Vernon for June First Friday.
Downtown Mount Vernon will be busy with activities tonight (6/2) for June First Friday.
Look for Big Blue near the public square.
Stop by and register to win a special “Clean Up and Dress Up” prize basket for the family featuring:
- An entire house cleaning from Carefree Cleaning Company. Amy Kessler gives you 4 hours of house cleaning! (Valued at $100)!
- Two $15.00 gift certificates for Premier Designs Jewelry with Amberly Frye
- Plus WNZR goodies including an “On the Road with Big Blue t-shirt, jar openers, keychains, candy jar, Frisbee, guitar flyswatter and more! The prize package is valued at over $135!
First Friday events are from 6 to 9pm in downtown Mount Vernon. The family-friendly activities include balloon sculptor Rex Naylor, corn hole, a classic car cruise-in and music from Kokosing River Surf Club on the public square stage.
WNZR R.E.A.L. (Rachel Rinehart, Eddie Dilts and Lilly Buckley) will perform at the south stage – MVNU’s Buchwald Plaza Gazebo.
Click HERE to hear a conversation with Rachel, Eddie and Lilly.
Other activities include:
– The America Red Cross Centennial (100th) Anniversary Celebration. Enjoy a slice of the anniversary cake on the Public Square. Pick up displays and information on the Red Cross at their table. Talk with current volunteers to learn more about our local American Red Cross of Knox County. Activities and giveaways will be available for kids.
– “Water Works” exhibit at MVNU’s Schnormeier Gallery. Artist Barry Gunderson imagines key moments of his life in relation to specific bodies of water and the metaphors that arise from each. The show continues until 6/23.
– Food vendors on the square
It is family fun at Mount Vernon’s First Friday presented by the Heritage Center Association – an Ohio Main Street program.
Traffic will be closed one block north of the Public Square, around the Square and on South Main Street down to Ohio Avenue starting at 4:30 p.m. (on Friday 5/5). (Gambier Street will remain open). Rain location for the band is the CA & C Depot at 501 South Main Street. If you have questions, please contact Brianna Cooper-Risser, Executive Director, at 740-393-1481. More details about First Friday can be found at www.mainstreetmountvernon.com.
The mission of Main Street Mount Vernon is to create and enhance the economic, historic and social development of the central business district and downtown Mount Vernon. First Fridays are held the first Friday of each month May through October.
Rise and Shine 