Wednesday August 31st - recap

This morning marks the 14th anniversary of the tragic death of Princess Diana in 1997. This is the version of "Goodbye England's Rose" that Elton John performed at her funeral.


Our Moose Impossible Trivia challenge this morning was : 93% of people buy one of these every month. What is it? (ANSWER: a pizza)

Congratulations to : Norm Brule
who won themselves a small fry from RIV's Chip stand.

Congratulations as well to April St-Amour of Verner - winner of this morning's "Name That Double Speed Classic". By correctly identifying "Summer of '69" by Bryan Adams, they won a portable radio for their efforts.

We sent a special shout-out to Katie Perreault, Sturgeon Falls resident and hairstyling student who did a great job with my very fussy hair and even fussier requests yesterday. Katie graduates in November and we wished her well.

Charlie Lang was by to discuss What's Happening in West Nipissing.

We also visited with Rick Burgin from Station 7 of the West Nipissing Fire Department who told us about the 9/11 Memorial they are holding in Lavigne.


Enjoy the rest of your Wednesday.

Steph

Tuesday August 30th - recap

Another Twitter Twuesday come and gone.

Our Moose Impossible Trivia lived up to its name with nobody correctly answering this question:
According to a survey, what is the #1 thing women in their 20s look for in a man?
(ANSWER IS “KINDNESS”)
...playing again tomorrow morning.

Congratulations going out to Bucko Lajeunesse who correctly identified our "Double Spee Classic Clip" and won himself a small fry from RIV's Chip Stand.

Cheap movie night – the 2 out of the 3 films in the country are playing in North Bay and Sudbury:

1. The Help
2. Colombiana,
3. Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark.

Enjoy your Tuesday

Steph

Monday Aug 29th - recap

This morning we introduced a brand new game...ok a variation on previous games. It's called "Name That Double Speed Classic" which is an opportunity for you to win mystery prizes by correctly identifying a classic song that we play at twice its regular speed. - a little "chimpmunk-ish". Congratulations to Maurice Charron - our inaugural winner of this new contest.

Congratulations also going out to our monthly draw winners for the Literacy Alliance of West Nipissing's who each one a school bag from the West Nipissing General Hospital. They are Karen Pauze and Lynn Malette.

This morning's "Not So Impossible Trivia" question was:

A BlackBerry is
a - A tasty fruit that makes yummy jam
b - A type of car
c - A SmartPhone

Correct Answer:
both answers A and C were correct. We had 100% accuracy for the first time on our "Not So Impossible Trivia". Well done!!

Box office numbers for the weekend looked like this:
1. The Help - $14.3 million
2. Colombiana - $10.3 million
3. Don't Be Afraid of The Dark - $8.7 million

FYI: My peace lilies are now resting in peace.

Enjoy the beautiful Monday remaining

Steph

Friday August 26th- recap

Blogger issues prevented the last two days of blogs so to recap those two days:

Congratulations to Alex Maloney and Daniel Lafond, our final two winners of pairs of Weekend Passes to the CMT Music Festival...Here's hoping our 30+ winners and friends will have a great time this weekend. Click here for festival details.
Our Moose Impossible Trivia question was :4 out of 10 parents say they have their best bonding moments with their children when they're doing this. What is it??
answer: BACK TO SCHOOL SHOPPING!! Have you started yet? - Deanna had our only guess this morning so she wins :).

Congratulations to Lisa Brassard, this morning's Name That Tune Out of Three winner.

“The Help” finally makes it to North Bay, as does the comedy “Our Idiot Brother” starring Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks and Zooey Deschanels and “Colombiana” an action adventure starring Zoe Saldana who played Uhura on the latest Star Trek movie as an assassin. We’ll see who comes out on top of the box office on Monday. ; watch the trailers below:





Have a great weekend.

Steph

Tuesday August 23rd - recap

Another Twitter Twuesday come and gone.

The passing of NDP leader Jack Layton was a shock to many and MP Claude Gravelle's office is giving everyone a chance to share their best wishes and memories in the Jack Layton Condolences book which will be available for signing by the public on Wednesday between 12:30-5:00 and Thursday between 9:30 and 5:00
Pop by their office at 193 Queen St in Sturgeon Falls.


Our Moose Impossible Trivia lived up to its name with nobody correctly answering this question:
Studies show if you want to improve your driving skills, you should do this...what is it?.
ANSWER IS “EAT DARK CHOCOLATE!! It improves blood flow to the eyes...!"...playing again tomorrow morning.

Congratulations going out to Cynthia Dionne who correctly identified our "Classic Country Clip" and won herself a pair of weekend passes to the CMT Festival as a result.

Only two more opportunities to win and they're coming up Wednesday and Thursday.


Cheap movie night – the top 3 films in the country are all playing in North Bay and Sudbury:

1. The Help (update - it turns out this one isn't playing in North Bay, thanks for the info Charlotte)
2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
3. Spy Kids 4

Enjoy your Tuesday

Steph

Monday Aug 22nd - recap

This morning I screwed up with the phones and as a result we had two winners of pairs of weekend passes to the CMT Music Festival: Congratulations to Stephanie Baronette and Gord McKenny. Apologies again to Gord for that screw-up but it still worked out and he was a good sport when he came to pick up his weekend passes.

Congratulations also going out to our latest qualifier for the Literacy Alliance of West Nipissing's monthly draw of a pair of school bags from the West Nipissing General Hospital. Deanna Benvenuti has her name in next Monday's draw.

This morning's "Not So Impossible Trivia" question was:

The number of people living in West Nipissing are?
a. more than 15 000
b. less than 15 000
c. exactly 15 000

B - less than 15000 is the correct answer.

Box office numbers for the weekend looked like this:
1. The Help - $20.4 million
2. Rise of the Planet of the Apes - $16.3 million
3. Spy Kids 4D - $12 million

FYI: My peace lilies are on their last legs.

Enjoy your Monday

Steph

Friday August 19th- recap

This morning we talked about an opportunity to vacation in space in 2016...if you can scrape up a million dollars by then.
Full story link by clicking here.

Congratulations to Tony Trahan winner of a pair of Weekend Passes to the CMT Music Festival...we'll play again all of next week. Click here for festival details.

Our Moose Impossible Trivia question was :- 70% of ladies say any guy who calls himself a real man better be able to do this...what is it?
- correct answer "PARALLEL PARK"...Renee McDonald won herself a pogo combo from RIV Chipstand for answering correctly

New at the movies this weekend – The horror/comedy – “Fright Night”, The adventure Spy Kids 4d – All The Time in the World and the action movie – “Conan the Barbarian in 3d” ; watch the trailers below:





Have a great weekend.

Steph

Thursday August 18th - recap

Celebrity Birthdays for today include:
- Robert Redford 1937
- Patrick Swayze 1952
- Edward Norton 1969
- Christian Slater 1969
- Malcolm-Jamal Warner 1970

This morning’s Moose Impossible trivia: A new study shows that 30% of adults age 18-29 say they use their cell phone for this reason...what is it? Answer: TO AVOID PEOPLE - are you guilty of this? Congratulations to Nanditta Colbear on her correct guess.

Congratulations going out to Guy Carriere who correctly identified our Name That Country Classic winning himself a pair of weekend passes to the CMT Music Festival August 26-28th.
click here for festival information

This guy is setting the bar very high for any man looking to propose to his girlfriend.


Unofficial Loto 6/49 numbers for August 17th ,2011 7-18-23-24-27-32 bonus 26 and encore 7824470


Enjoy the rest of your Thursday.

Steph

Wednesday August 17th - recap

This morning we had several qualifiers who correctly answered our Literacy Alliance "Not So Impossible Trivia" question which was: Highway 11 is the longest street in the world. Its common name is?
a. Old Street
b. John Street
c. Yonge Street

Correct Answer: Yonge Street at 1,896 km.
Congratulations to :
- Yann Fleury
- Crystal Trahan
- Penny Dufresne
- Renee McDonald
who all qualified for the monthly draw to be made on August 26th.

The Literacy Alliance is holding an open house today between 10-2pm at 94 King St. suite 2.

Congratulations as well to Diane Baronette - winner of this morning's "Name That Country Classic". By correctly identifying "Lucille" by Kenny Rogers, she won a pair of weekend passes to the CMT Music Festival on Aug 26-28th.
click here for festival information

We sent a special shout-out to the entire list of organizers of the 15th Annual Step Dance and Fiddle Festival for the great work they did in organizing and pulling off such a successful community event.

Charlie Lang was by to discuss the Festival.

This of course is the day after the anniversary of Elvis’ death in 1977 – and with that, Florists Transworld Delivery (FTD) reported that in one day the number of orders for flowers to be delivered to Graceland immediately after his death had surpassed the number for any other event in the company's history.
Not everyone completely understand what Elvis had to do with August 16th though. Check out this unfortunate clip of a presidential candidate on the campaign trail:




Enjoy the rest of your Wednesday.

Steph

Friday August 12th- recap

This morning continued to be all about the 15th Annual West Nipissing Step Dance and Fiddle Festival. Competitions start today with Grand Finales tomorrow afternoon/evening.

Congratulations to Danny Pedneault winner of a pair of Weekend Passes to the CMT Music Festival...we'll play again Wednesday click here for festival website
Our Moose Impossible Trivia question was another stumper:- 40% of us who do this at work get promoted...what is it?
- correct answer "GO TO HAPPY HOUR WITH CO-WORKERS"...Teresa Smith won herself a pogo combo from RIV Chipstand for answering with how it should work "approach their boss, sell themselves and ask for the promotion!"

New at the movies this weekend – The action/comedy – “30 minutes or less”, The horror – Final Destination 5, and Musical “Glee 3d Concert Movie” ; watch the trailers below:







Have a great weekend.

Steph

Thursday August 11th - recap

Celebrity Birthdays for today include:
- Former NBC Talk show host Mike Douglas 1925
- Izzy Asper 1932 founded CanWest Broadcasting in the 1970s, and then took over Global Broadcasting in Ontario.
- Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak 1950 – Ya, Steve Jobs didn’t do it alone
- Wrestler, actor, reality star Terry "Hulk Hogan" Bollea 1953


This morning’s Moose Impossible trivia: 20% of women do this regularly without their husband or boyfriend knowing....what is it?
Answer: take money from their man’s wallet

Congratulations going out to Kim Trahan who correctly identified our Name That Fiddle-ized Pop Song as Back in Black by AC/DC.

Shout out to the campers/revellers I had the pleasure of meeting on the grounds for this year's West Nipissing Step Dance and Fiddle Festival yesterday.
I loved how so many couples were not only enjoying but dancing to the great music from Country Comfort.

Unofficial Loto 6/49 numbers for August 10th ,2011 9-18-24-27-29-43 bonus 5 and encore 5688557


http://www.olg.ca/lotteries/games/howtoplay.do?game=lotto649

Finally, a big congratulations to out of town visitor Tony Delmastro who won themselves a pair of weekend passes to the CMT Music Festival happening on August 26th-28th at Burl's Creek Park (just North of Barrie).
9 more pairs to be given away over the next week and a half - CMT Music Festival and 99.3 Moose FM - Your concert connection.
click here for details on the festival
Enjoy the rest of your Thursday.

Steph

Wednesday August 10th - recap

This morning we had another stumper of a Moose Impossible Trivia question which was: A new study shows that you need to get along with certain people if you want to live longer. To whom are we referring? Answer: your co-workers

On Aug 10th, 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell made the world's first long-distance call from Brantford to the Bell homestead in Paris, Ontario; using a 13 km long line strung from Brantford. On the other end he heard "why don't you call your mother more often?" ;)

We sent a special shout-out to the entire list of organizers of the 15th Annual Step Dance and Fiddle Festival for the great work they have done and continue to do in organizing and pulling off such a successful community event.

Charlie Lang was by to discuss the Festival. He'll continue to check in daily all week. I'll be down at the festival grounds this afternoon, would love to see you there to say hi and hear about Moose FM's new promotion.

Congratulations to Mike Dubuc - winner of this morning's "Name That Fiddle-ized Pop Song".

Enjoy the rest of your Wednesday.

Steph

Tuesday August 9th - recap

Another Twitter Twuesday come and gone.

Our Moose Impossible Trivia finally lived up to its name with nobody correctly answering this question:
Experts say this is the number one thing you should never say to your husband....what is it?. ANSWER IS “YOU'RE JUST LIKE YOUR FATHER!" - not sure I agree with the experts but there you have it...playing again tomorrow morning.

Congratulations going out to Cynthia Dionne who correctly identified our "fiddle-ized" mystery song as "Eye of the Tiger". Apologies have been accepted for my accidentally hanging up on her :).

Inspector St-Pierre of the West Nipissing Police Services shared some of the activity that's been happening in West Nipissing and also mentioned some safety tips for campers in town for the 15th Annual Stepdance and Fiddle Festival.

Charlie Lang was by with an update on the festival and mentioned the outstanding turnout and entertainment already. Looks like we will likely break the 500 trailer mark this year.
I'll be heading down there tomorrow for a tour and to make the 50/50 draw around 4 pm. Hope to see you there.

Cheap movie night – the top 3 films in the country are all playing in North Bay and Sudbury:

1. Rise of The Planet of The Apes
2. The Smurfs
3. Cowboys and Aliens

Do you remember where you were when this happened - Aug 9th, 1988?




Enjoy your Tuesday

Steph

Monday Aug 8th - recap

This morning we started off the on-air celebration of the 15th Annual West Nipissing Stepdance and Fiddle Festival by playing some fiddle tunes and also playing a "fiddle-ized" version of Name That Tune. Congratulations to Melanie Duchesne who correctly identified the fiddle version of "Sweet Child of Mine" and won herself an Angus Burger Extra Value meal from our friends at the Sturgeon Falls McDonalds. Honourable mention to Jeanine Laberge who guessed Eleanor Rigby by the Beatles, and upon second listen, it's easy to see how it could sound like that song.

Full schedule of events for the festival can be downloaded by clicking here:


Congratulations also going out to our latest qualifier for the Literacy Alliance of West Nipissing's monthly draw of a pair of school bags from the West Nipissing General Hospital. Lyann Malette correctly identified William Shakespeare as the writer of "Romeo and Juliet".

Nanditta Colbear of the Alliance was by to talk about the Ontario Trillium Fund grant that they received and to explain how it will be used in West Nipissing. Listen to the entire interview by pressing "play" button on the player below.

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Box office numbers for the weekend looked like this:
1. Rise of the Planet of the Apes $54 million
2. The Smurfs $21 million
3. Cowboys & Aliens $15.7 million,

FYI: My peace lilies have made it another full week in my studio.

Enjoy your Monday

Steph

Friday August 5th- recap

This morning we learned that Jennifer Lopez has gotten some work done - or at least Madame Tussaud's wax likeness of her as gotten a makeover. Click here for details
Congratulations to Lynn Malette who was able to identify at least 1 of our three music clips in our "Name That Tune Out of Three" contest.

Our Moose Impossible Trivia question was another stumper:Women do this twice as often as men... what is it? - correct answer "blink"...creative responder Yann Fleury won a cheeseburger combo from RIV Chipstand for his guess "use the washroom".

Two new movies opening this weekend; Rise of The Planet of the Apes and Change-Up
Check out the trailers for each of the movies below:



Have a great weekend, the sunshine will be with us most of the weekend with highs of 28.

Steph

Thursday August 4th - recap

Celebrity Birthdays for today include:
Louis Armstrong 1901 - Musician, singer
Maurice "Rocket" Richard 1921
Billy Bob Thornton 1955 – Actor
Barack Obama 1961 - 44th President of the United States
Roger Clemens 1962 - Baseball player
Jeff Gordon 1971 - Race car drive

This morning’s impossible trivia question:
on average women have 437 of these while men have 6.... what are they?
answer: Items in their washrooms. Men will typically have a toothbrush, toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of Dial soap, and a towel from the Holiday Inn…and wouldn’t be able to think of any more than 10 items that women have.

Congratulations to our Trivia All-Star, Nanditta Colbear who correctly answered this question with one guess.

Also congratulations going out to Norm Brule who correctly identified 2 out of 3 songs/artists in our Name That Tune Out of Three contest.

Shout out to the crew working diligently at preparing the grounds for this year's West Nipissing Step Dance and Fiddle Festival.


Unofficial Loto 6/49 numbers for August 3rd,2011 06-17-21-28-31-38 bonus 43…encore 3690782

http://www.olg.ca/lotteries/games/howtoplay.do?game=lotto649

Heading out on the boat with colleague Joe this afternoon.

Enjoy the rest of your Thursday - it's a beauty out there.

Steph

Wednesday August 3rd - recap

This morning we enjoyed the Impossible Trivia questions which was:"95% of men admit to having done this while talking to a woman....what is it? – the answer: sucking in their gut. Thanks Deanna for your many great guesses and thanks to our anonymous caller for her correct guess.

There are more than 750 million users on Facebook, but a recent study suggests that a good percentage of that figure might not be human.
click here for full story

We sent a special shout-out to the inner creativity in each of us as we talked about the "iPad Head lady" from New York.

Charlie Lang was by to discuss the quickly approaching Step Dance and Fiddle Festival (Aug 7th-13th). He'll be checking in daily next week.

Congratulations to Carol Ann Legault - winner of this morning's "Name That Tune Out of Three".

Enjoy your Wednesday.

Steph

Tuesday August 2nd - recap

The first Twitter Twuesday of August has come and gone with a a few winners.

Congratulations to Karen Pauze for correctly identifying the caribou as the animal on the Canadian quarter in our Moose Morning Trivia brought to you by the Literacy Alliance of West Nipissing. Her name is entered into the monthly draw at the end of the month and she als wins a small fry from our friends at RIV Chip Stand.

Congratulations also going out to Kim Trahan who is our latest grand prize winner of a pair of weekend passes (including camping) to the CMT Music Festival in Burls Creek - just North of Barrie at the end of the month. She correctly identified all 5 songs in our "country-fied" music montage:

I gotta Feeling
Single Ladies
I Kissed A Girl
Walk like an Egyptian
Owner of a Lonely Heart

We also found out about the complete fire ban that is in place until further notice in the municipality of West Nipissing. Fire Chief Savage also mentioned that as a result of the ban, permits may be extended or money refunded.


Cheap movie night – the top 3 films in the country are all playing in North Bay and Sudbury:

1. Cowboys and Aliens
2. The Smurfs
3. Captain America: The First Avenger

Sturgeon Falls Legion Branch 225 is proud to present “Live Rockin’ Country Music” Saturday August 6th, 2011

Country act Brett Baker will be performing at a night of great country music fun.

Saturday August 6th
Dinner 5:30 pm
Dance 7pm

Tribute to great country music $20 per person Call 705-753-0921 for information

click here for Brett's Website
Enjoy your Tuesday

Steph