Thursday 29th May 2025
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 first Holiday Edition of Pack the Backpack winner is Mrs. Kendra Caster, 2nd Grade Teacher at East Marshall Elementary in Laurel. She was nominated by a parent, Lydia Wolken. Here is what Lydia wrote to Kix 101.1.:
Mrs. Caster is a great candidate for Pack the Backpack for so many reason, but I will keep it short and name a few. Kendra began her teacher career at the beginning of the 2019 school year and quickly had to adapt her teaching to accommodate the COVID pandemic, teaching 25+ 2nd graders virtually, and doing all of this while her husband was deployed for a year. Despite all the difficulties in the last 2 years, she did an amazing job providing all that she could to educate her students while also keeping them safe. She spends countless hours planning, prepping, and helping students in any way that she can and never hesitates to reach into her own pockets to make sure her students have what they need. The last year has been hard financially on many families, not excluding our teachers. But they never stop using their own money, time, and resources to better the students in their classrooms. I am so proud of the teacher that Kendra is and any parent would be lucky to have their child be in her class.
Thank you!
Take a listen to our surprise interview with Mrs. Caster below!
Nominate your Kix Country class by submitting a letter to us at backpack@kixweb.com.
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So, Ella Langley, Riley Green, and Megan Moroney are STILL in a love triangle that doesn’t actually exist—but don’t tell fans that. Riley sings with Ella on “You Look Like You Love Me,” but he's probably dating Megan. Meanwhile, Ella’s on Instagram, literally stirring a pot on the stove, blaring a breakup song with the lyrics, “maybe he got mauled by a bear?” Tell us how you really feel, Ella. Subtle as a chainsaw.
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Tom Brady showed up at the Indy 500 and got booed so hard, even the tires flinched. The crowd saw him and immediately went full Colts fan PTSD. “Deflate THIS, Brady!” But Tom, ever the smooth operator, just smiled and waved like he was Miss America in a rain of hate. Look, if the Colts can’t beat him on the field, at least the fans can roast him trackside.
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So Blake Shelton just casually wandered into his own bar—Ole Red in Las Vegas—and gave fans a surprise 30-minute acoustic concert. Because why not? Nothing says “I love you, drunk strangers” like singing “God’s Country” at 3pm with a beer buzz and no warning. The crowd went wild. Meanwhile, Gwen’s probably like, “Honey, did you wander off again?”
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Sad news—Phil Robertson, the duck-calling legend and “Duck Dynasty” patriarch, passed away at 79 after battling Alzheimer’s and a blood disorder. The man practically trademarked beards and camo. And here’s the kicker—“Duck Dynasty: The Revival” premieres this Sunday. So yeah, grab your tissues and your duck calls. It’s about to get emotional—and mossy.
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