I’m Kevin Boyle with your WVBI Community Calendar.
NEWS
The island suffered a 911 service outage (as well as sporadic land and mobile line service) yesterday. Still no word that has been fixed, so until further notice 448-2416 is the number to call with any emergency. That’ll get you the health center and they’ll use their radios to dispatch the right service—fire, EMS or police. So until further notice, dial 448-2416 for any emergency on the island.
Also, yesterday, Crews rescued six people on board a large canoe that was stranded about 6 miles off the shore of Cross Village on Lake Michigan. A seventh passenger has refused to leave the boat, and is being escorted by a 45 foot Coast Guard ship. U.S. Coast Guard Chief John Tribfelner, the officer in charge at the Coast Guard Charlevoix station, said the canoeists left from the tribal boat launch at 9 Mile Point, but said he was unsure when the boat departed.
Tribfelner said the passengers planned to travel to Beaver Island, but early this morning they called for help, sending rescue crews to locate the boat about 6 to 8 miles off the shore from Cross Village.
UPCOMING EVENTS
It looks like a busy week on the island.
Speaking of the yearbook, the students in MS. Wiser’s Media class—who put the year book together—really did a nice job. For the first time in recent memory the book is hard-cover and, as usual, it has a lot of great pictures. If you’d like to get a copy, you can still order one. Just give the school office a call. AT $15, they are a bargain.
Today is the kick-off for the Beaver Island Rural Health Center silent auction kick’s off. You can stop by the health center to see what they have to offer or head to their website to check things out. Also on Tuesday at 2:00, the Beaver Island District Library is offering a Manga-Anime workshop with Dan McDonough. This is an event for kids and adults who want to learn how to draw anime style. Materials will be provided and it’s a free events.
On Wednesday, the Talking Threads Quilt Guild meets from 9:30 to noon at the Peaine Township hall. Then, you can enjoy the very first coffee roasting Wednesday over at the Paradise Bay Coffee Shop. That gets underway at 3:30. And, Wednesday evening you can head to Gregg Fellowship hall for some BINGO. Doors open at 6:15 and the first call is at 7:00.
On Thursday, another favorite island tradition spins up for the summer. It’s the first farmer’s market of the season at the Paradise Bay Coffee Shop from 9 to 11. That evening, you can head to the Beaver Island Studio and Gallery for Wine & Paint Night. It’s a fun evening of painting for artists at all levels.
Then on Saturday the 25th, there’s a bevy of activities to consider. At 9:00 that morning the first CMU summer boat trip gets underway with a field trip entitled Bottom Dwellers of Whiskey Point. Now, rumors to the contrary notwithstanding, this is not about people who spend their winter evening hours trolling the Beaver Island Forum to making snarky comments. Seriously, it’ll be a great event and is sure to sell out, so call the folks at CMU now if you want to attend.
Also on Saturday, you can head down to Tara’s Meadow at noon for a presentation on how Beavers can Save the World. You can hear from leading sustainability experts on a variety of topics including work being done to look at clever approaches taken by our namesake beavers.
Also at noon, you can stop by the library to learn about the island’s FIRST robotics team b-I-robot. You’ll get to see their world championship attending robot as well as other programming and robotics projects they’ve completed in the Beaver Island Community School’s first ever programming and robotics class. Interested in robotics or programming and want to take a class next year? This is the event to find out about not only the high school program, but also FIRST programs for younger students including FIRST technology challenge and FIRST Lego Robotics League. Again, that’s at noon at the library on Saturday.
There’ll be no movies t the BIC this Saturday, but that’s because there is a great music event on stage Saturday evening. Awesome Distraction will be on the main stage at 8:00 Saturday evening. They are an up-north Michigan based band on the cusp of releasing their 4th CD. You’ll hear guitar, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, harmonica, and violin and along with some acapella pieces – with plenty of original music. You can get tickets at the BIC Center front desk or by calling 2022.
You can find out more about all of these events and lots of other events this week and in the weeks to come over at the WVBI/BIC Center Community Calendar. Just head to W-V-B-I dot net and click on Calendar.
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
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WEATHER
It looks like our lovely weather is going to continue for a bit, perhaps with a little less sun and quite a bit more wind. Today: Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance of precipitation 40%. Tonight: Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. West winds 5 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the evening. MARINE REPORT – Small Craft Advisory in Effect Through This Afternoon. Today: West wind 10 to 20 knots. Gusts up to 30 knots. Scattered showers and thunderstorms early in the afternoon. Waves 3 to 5 feel subsiding to 2 to 4 feet in the afternoon. Tonight: West wind 10 to 15 knots with gusts to around 20 knots. Mostly clear. Waves 2 to 3 feet.
ON THIS DATE
On this date of June 20, 1973 – American Bandstand celebrated its 20th anniversary with a 90-minute television special. Little Richard, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Cheech and Chong and Three Dog Night made appearances.
Did you know that crocodiles swallow rocks to help them dive deeper?
Word of the day: zeitgeber (TSAHYT-gey-ber) which means an environmental cue, as the length of daylight, that helps to regulate the cycles of an organism’a biological clock. Zeitgeber is of German origin, translating literally as “time giver.” It entered English in the 1960s.
BIRTHDAYS
On our birthday calendar today – well, no one listed.
If we’ve missed you and it’s your birthday today, all of us here at WVBI and the BIC Center wish you a happy one. And if we are missing your birthday, you can add it to the calendar by sending an email to birthdays at wvbi dot net.
TRAFFIC
The WVBI traffic drone is plying the skies looking for backups, but it is finding none except it looks like Phil Becker is stopped at the four corners chatting to somebody and holding up Cynthia Jaye who is trying to get into the station to do a Top Ten Plus Five. Other than that, drive times to both island airports are normal and thanks to our hard working Charlevoix County road crew, all of the roads are in great shape—smooth as Lake Michigan on a breezeless day. But, let’s be careful out there because summer events and activities are happening all over.
CLOSE
Finally, here’s a thought for you on this Monday as you survey the week ahead and the summer days to come:
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
– Soren Kierkegaard:
So, to Lucas and all our Beaver Island graduates, we wish you the understanding of the past and the excitement of the great days to come.
That’s the WVBI Community Calendar for Monday June 20th, 2016. I’m Kevin Boyle.