Sunday 23rd February 2025
Iowa’s Best Country, KIX 101.1, Central Office Supply, A division of Minuteman, along with generous employees at Lennox Industries in Marshalltown bring you the Holiday Edition of Pack the Backpack. Six area teachers will be awarded $101 dollars in December.
Winners will be announced on December 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th, 17
th, 18th at 8:30a on the Morning Kix Start.
Our fifth winner for the Holiday Edition of Pack the Backpack is 1st grade teacher at Blakesburg Elementary, Michelle Erbs. She was nominated by her boyfriend, Ryan Smithart. Here is the nomination letter:
Good Afternoon KIX Country,I’m emailing today on behalf of my girlfriend, Michelle Erbs. Michelle is a 1st Grade teacher at Blakesburg Elementary in the EBF school district. Some of many items that she has to buy for her classroom are listed below. I wanted to reach out to you guys because I heard about it on the radio and I see first-hand from her the struggle she has buying materials for her classroom on top of living expenses and paying off student loans for her Early Childhood Development degree. She does it though without a second thought as she enjoys teaching and the growth of her students.
Books
Sit-spots
Decorations
Writing materials
Thanks,
Ryan Smithart
Listen below to my interview with Michelle.
To nominate an area classroom, email backpack@kixweb.com.
Pack the Backpack, Holiday Edition! Presented by employees of Lennox, central Office Supply and 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.
** TRAILER HAS SOME PROFANITY **
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
Welcome to The List,
Sharon Osbourne tells PEOPLE magazine that she regrets not letting Ozzy audition for ‘’Pirates of the Caribbean’’. "Do you want to know the biggest mistake I ever made with Ozzy? He got offered to go and read for Pirates of the Caribbean, and I said no. He would have been perfect! Maybe it’s not too late."
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Jelly Roll's Wife, Bunnie Xo, Says Her Cow Loves Listening To Hip-Hop Music ... She says her highland cow, Crunch, loves 90's hip-hop music. (BIT01) Crunch moos when his favorite song comes on. Bunnie Xo: "I go outside and i sit with Crunch and listen to '90s R and B music and he loves it. (Sitting with the cow) You love '90s R and B. (Crunch moos to the song)"
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Zach Top was feeling under the weather recently but powered through to finish his entire show in Mississippi. But the result was not up to Zach's standards, so he told the crowd everyone would be getting a REFUND…wait what!?
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THIS is going to hurt…but not much…The live-action "Lion King" remake has been voted the worst movie to make a billion dollars or more. It's followed by "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" and "Jurassic World: Dominion". ..still made a billion dollars so….
You can catch The List, weekday afternoons at 4:20 with Jonathan Knight. Only on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1
