Pack the Backpack, presented by Central Office Supply, a division of Minuteman and Kix 101.1! Each month during the school year, we will be awarding $101 to a Kix Country classroom to help out with supplies. We will award the prize on the last Wednesday of the month. You can listen to each new winner at 8:30a on the Morning Kix Start.
Our February winner is 4th Grade Teacher at GMG Elementary, Quentin Moen. He was nominated by Kyle Hall. Here is what he wrote to Kix 101.1.:
Good morning!
I want to nominate Mr. Quentin Moen for the pack the backpack. Mr. Moen is a 4th grade teacher at GMG Elementary. He has previously taught before but being a 1st year/new teacher at a school has challenges in itself. Mr. Moen’s challenges were amplified by the fact that he actually took over the classroom roughly 6 weeks into the school year after another teacher left. My daughter, Brynnlee, was very nervous when she heard she was about to have her first “boy teacher” but she has loved every minute since he became her classes teacher. He is very attentive with the kids, breaks things down when they don’t understand and overall has made learning fun for my daughter and her fellow students. He is often incentivizing the kids with prizes for a job well done and I am sure this could help with those prizes or anything else he needs as he continues to get his classroom set up!
Go Wolverines!
Thank you for the consideration,
Kyle Hall
Take a listen to our surprise interview with Mr. Moen below!
Nominate your Kix Country class by submitting a letter to us at backpack@kixweb.com.
Welcome to The List,
Amazon has assumed creative control over the James Bond franchise, and Jeff Bezos is asking people on social media who should be the next 007. The next installment is probably years away. Some names that have come up over the years include Aaron Taylor-Johnson, James Norton from "Happy Valley", and Idris Elba and Superman himself Henry Cavill…
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Outkick magazine says The Rock is set to star as a villain in a new Martin Scorsese movie. The film is described as a mixture of "The Departed" and "Goodfellas" and features Leonardo DiCaprio and Emily Blunt. The website says The Rock is going to play a Hawaiian crime boss. Fans are divided on The Rock's acting abilities, but working with Scorsese could be a game-changer for him.
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PEOPLE magazine says Travis Kelce is "leaning" towards playing another season with the Kansas City Chiefs. An NFL Insider says “I can just tell you from just having a few conversations with people around the league over the last few days there’s definitely a sense that Travis is going to try to play more. Chiefs’ operation is looking to move forward here, I think they feel pretty good that Travis has got a little bit more left in him.”
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Megan Moroney tells MusicRow.com that she has two sides to her personality. “I always say that I have two sides. I’m either ’emo cowgirl country’ or ‘bad [girl] country.’ It really just depends on what kind of mood I’m in.”…Megan Moroney..so moody…
You can catch The List, weekday afternoon at 4:20 with Jonathan Knight. Only on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1
AT THE MOVIES
Welcome to ‘At the Movies’ Brought to You by North Grand Cinema in Ames…
In theaters this weekend: “The Monkey”
Chucky….Annabelle…Megan…Now…a toy monkey….this Horror/Comedy is based on a short story by horror master Stephen King… Twin brothers find a mysterious wind-up monkey, a series of outrageous deaths tear their family apart.
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https://youtu.be/husMGbXEIho?si=dtTbZYwSZDJIgnka
“The Monkey” is rated: R
Stars: Theo James and Elijah Wood
At the Movies’, Brought to you by North Grand Cinema, in Ames. Listen Friday during the Morning Kickstart to win a Family Four Pack of tickets to a movie of your choice from North Grand Cinema and Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1.
‘At the Movies’ Thursday’s at 5:40 on Iowa's BEST Country KIX 101.1