First Day of Spring...FREE Italian Ice!

To mark the first day of Spring...Rita's Ice in Johnson City, is giving away a free, regular size Italian Ice to each customer who visits the store today from noon-10pm. For directions or more info, click the following link.

https://www.ritasfranchises.com/JohnsonCity

J4 in the Finals

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J4 makes it to the finals in the CBS Early Show "Singing Family Faceoff". Click the link to watch the announcement.

J4 On CBS Early Show Again

J4 from Bluff City, will perform on the CBS Early Show tomorrow morning in the second round of the Singing Family Faceoff. You can tune in to watch their performance in the 8 o'clock hour. The voting begins at 9am and ends at 6pm Thursday.

This afternoon I spoke with Mark Smith, the father of J4, and he thanked everyone for their prayers and support.

Newsboys and Decemberadio Concert

This past Friday night, Freedom Hall was the place to be. Thousands of people were there for the Newsboys and Decemberadio concert. Plus, there were 60 decisions made for Christ...16 of them were first time decisions. Praise the Lord!

Also, over 3500 pounds of food were collected for Second Harvest Food Bank.

My good friend Josh Reedy is the lead singer of Decemberadio and he emailed this video to me today. Click the link to view. http://sharing.theflip.com/session/64942c0aa743be445cf4817e5367df6c/video/3433302

VOTE FOR J4

This morning on the CBS Early Show, the band J4 from Bluff City, TN performed in the "Singing Family Face-Off. The Smith family a.k.a J4 are WCQR listeners, so we want to encourage you to support this Christian family. If they receive more votes than their competitor, they will advance to the next round of the contest. The winner of "Singing Family Faceoff" wins a CBS recording contract.

You can watch their performance and vote for J4 by clicking the following link: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/10/earlyshow/series/singingfamily_faceoff/main4790097.shtml

Pregnant Women and Lipstick

If you're a Mom-to-Be, you may wanna avoid using lipstick. That's because the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics issued a report that found lead in half of the top 33 brands they tested. However, if you'd like to use lipstick while pregnant, you should do some research on the brand you use to make sure it doesn't contain lead.

Among the top brands testing positive for lead were:

L'Oreal Colour Riche - True Red and Classic Wine

Cover Girl Incredifull Lip Color - Maximum Red

Dior's Addict - Postive Red

Looking for a Job?

If you or someone you know has a lost a job and are looking for employment, you may want to check out one of these businesses below. A report was released today that said they were the top hiring companies last week.

Sears Roebuck and Co.
RadioShack
Aflac
AT&T
CVS
Coca Cola
Wells Fargo
UnitedHealth Group

Here's a link to see a list of jobs in the Tri Cities
http://jobs.aol.com/

Food City 500 Cans

Picture - WCQR Jr. Listener wants to take the BMS Pace Car for a spin

This week we've been visiting various Food City stores to collect food for Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast TN. Our goal is 500 non perishable food items and if we meet the goal Food City will match it. Well, I guess we better set a new goal, because due to your outpouring support we exceeded 500 yesterday. And we still have two days to go. How cool is that? So, now we'd love to reach 1500...and with your help we can do it. Don't forget...everyone who brings food receives a pair of tickets to Ford Fan Friday at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Here's the schedule:

Today - 3-6pm at the Food City in Piney Flats

Tomorrow - 3-6pm at the Food City in Bristol, TN

He Makes It

A WCQR listener has finished an awareness walk for the Ten Commandments. Scott Teague of Mountain City began the walk on Feb.15 in Johnson County and completed it yesterday when he arrived at Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. The journey was 440 miles and lasted 15 days. Scott is scheduled to meet with lawmakers to discuss the importance of putting the Ten Commandments back in schools and courthouses across the country. To find out more about Scott's walk visit www.tencommandmentswalk.com

What's in the CAN?

This past Friday, we took an item and placed it into a can and asked you to identify it. The first person who could tell us what was in the can would win a family four pack of movie tickets plus the new Veggietales DVD. After a ton of guesses we decided to give you a hint...it was a vegetable. We had some interesting guesses, it's a pickle, a carrot, a potato but still no winner. So, we decided to give another hint. It starts with an R and ends with an H...some people say it's Rad. Minutes later we got a winner. The item in the can was a RADISH.