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 ‘At the Movies’ Brought to You by North Grand Cinema in Ames…
In theaters this weekend: “Flight Risk”
In this high-stakes suspense thriller, a pilot transporting an Air Marshal accompanying a witness to trial is not what he seems. As they cross the Alaskan wilderness, tensions soar and trust is tested.
https://youtu.be/Cml3CFDBj2s?si=VKunCQOF576USkc6
“Flight Risk” is rated: R
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Mishelle Dockery and Topher Grace
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
Welcome to The List,
Guess who’s getting their very own cookie!! Oreo is releasing limited-edition Post Malone cookies on February 3rd. They have a first-ever twisted creme center with salted caramel and shortbread flavors, sandwiched between a chocolate and golden cookie.. George Strait never got that kind of attention.
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Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan are reuniting for "something iconic," but there's no word yet what it is. This year marks the 36th anniversary of "When Harry Met Sally".
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Lauren Alaina and her husband, Cam Arnold, are expecting their first child. She officially announced it yesterday, alongside the premiere of her new song, "Those Kinds of Women".
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It was just announced that Eric Church and Luke Combs will be the co-recipients of the 2025 Artist Humanitarian Award, which is given out by the Country Radio Broadcasters.
You can catch The List, weekday afternoons at 4:20 with Jonathan Knight. Only on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1