WNZR 90.9 FM and Friendly’s Restaurant are hosting a special event for Gospel Day during the Dan Emmett Music and Arts Festival. Kids of all ages are invited to attend the WNZR DJ Bowl on Sunday, August 11. The Place @ The Woodward at 111 S. Main St. in downtown Mount Vernon will be transformed into a kid-friendly bowling alley, with one area for pre-schoolers and an area for kids 6 and above.

Players can bowl between 12:00 noon and 4:00 pm. with a chance to win prizes. Pre-schoolers will use a traditional kiddie-bowl setup while those 6 and over will bowl using a Wii Sports System provided by Family Video of Mount Vernon. Visitors and bowlers will also have the chance to be a guest DJ on site, playing music for those in attendance.

Admission is free, but bowling will be available on a first-come, first-served basis for groups of four. Friendly's Restaurant will hand out free ice cream cone certificates to the first 50 bowlers.

For more information, visit www.wnzr.fm. WNZR 90.9 FM is celebrating 23 years as Knox County’s hometown Christian radio station and is a broadcast ministry of Mount Vernon Nazarene University. WNZR broadcasts contemporary Christian music, family-oriented programs, sports, news and weather 24 hours a day. For more information about station events, visit www.wnzr.fm or contact (740) 392-9090.

Friendly’s Restaurant is locally owned by Jody and Marty Fields. They are proud to be a part of the Knox County community. Friendly’s serves breakfast, appetizers, soups, salads, sandwiches, wraps, senior meals and a kids menu. Friendly’s dessert menu features 28 flavors of ice cream, including the Mint Chocolate Chip Lava Cake Sundae and the Oreo Mocha Crunch Milk Shake. For more information, go to www.friendlys.com.