Today is Monday, January 4th, 2016. I’m Greg Doig with today’s WVBI Community Calendar.
NEWS
St James Township Board Meeting Wednesday 7pm
There was a vehicle fire over by the Municipal Airport yesterday afternoon. The fire department responded in fast fashion and extinguished the blaze.
Beaver Island Community School has formed a team to compete in the First Robotics Challenge. They’ll learn this year’s challenge on January 9th and then spend January through March building a robot to compete against other schools in trying to beat the challenge. The team is still looking for folks that can help as mentors with all aspects of building the robot—from design, to mechanical to programming and everything in between. If you’d like to join the fun, send an email to me, as it happens, to me (I’m one of the coaches) at kevin.boyle@wvbi.net. If you’d like to learn more about the competition, checkout the Michigan FRC website at firstmichigan dot org.
Nice post on the forum from Dr Jeff Powers remembering the many pets that have passed on this past year. The furry friends are family to most owners and are missed.
Radio Players Meeting
Anyone interested in taking part of the radio players- a truly old time radio show- let’s meet on Tuesday at 1 p.m. If you cannot make it, please let me know and I’ll keep you updated. We’ll meet at the Community Center.
If you have found a script you’d like us to consider, please bring it with you too.
Wildlife News
Anyone who has a big flock of turkeys hanging out for the winter…please contact Mark LaFreniere. The Wildlife Club has corn purchased to feed turkeys and we want to find out where the large flocks are! Mark- 448-2220
At the Community Center…
Back to winter hours and activities. Games Galore Tuesday 1pm to 4pm
Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program 11am to noon
And speaking of the movies, for this coming Saturday, are:
We plan on showing the extended Blu-Ray version with extra scenes and features!
Rango (2011)
PG | 107 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy | 4 March 2011 (USA)
7.3 Your rating: -/10 Ratings: 7.3/10 from 172,369 users Metascore: 75/100
Reviews: 334 user | 354 critic | 35 from Metacritic.com
Rango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff.
Stars: Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Timothy Olyphant |
Our 7 pm feature is R-rated for some male nudity and some scenes depicting drug use. Anyone under 18 will need WRITTEN parental permission or be accompanied by parents.
Trainwreck (2015)
R | 125 min | Comedy, Romance | 17 July 2015 (USA)
6.4 Your rating: -/10 Ratings: 6.4/10 from 62,635 users Metascore: 75/100
Reviews: 254 user | 303 critic | 45 from Metacritic.com
Having thought that monogamy was never possible, a commitment-phobic career woman may have to face her fears when she meets a good guy.
Director: Judd Apatow
Writer: Amy Schumer
Stars: Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson |
Thanks to Beaver Island Community Center Business Sponsors , the Shamrock Bar and Restaurant, and the Beaver Island Boat Company
Missing Pets
From Saturday Forum Post
Tan and white husky has been missing from about half way down Eastside Drive since Thursday. Super friendly and answers to the name of Kato.
If found, please call Jeff at 448-2169.
Weather
Current Conditions – Greene’s Bay Beach, Beaver Island, MI
As of 8:29 AM Monday, January 4, 2016
Forecast: Mostly Clear
Outside Temp: 13.3 F
High Outside Temp: 21.8 F at 12:43 AM
Low Outside Temp: 13.0 F at 7:57 AM
Outside Humidity: 79%
Heat Index: 13.0 F
Wind Chill: 2.0 F
Dew Point: 8.0 F
Barometer: 30.533″ and Rising Rapidly
Wind Speed: 8.0 Mph
Wind Direction: NNW
High Gust: 15.0 Mph at 2:49 AM
10 min Avg Wind: 4.0 Mph
Phyllis Moore Weather etc. – It’s 13° with a windchill of -1°, wind is at 9 mph from the NNE with gusts from 19 to 25 mph, humidity is at 77%, pressure is rising from 1034 mb, and visibility is at 9.5 miles. Today: Partly sunny. Scattered snow showers in the morning. Highs around 16°. Northeast winds at 10 mph with gusts to around 25 mph. Tonight: Partly cloudy with a 30% chance of snow showers. Lows around 12°. South winds at 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph increasing to 35 mph after midnight.
On this day of January 4, 1850 – The first American ice-skating club was organized in Philadelphia, PA.
Did you know that the strip separating window panes is called a muntin?
Word of the day: salubrious (suh-LOO-bree-uh s) which means favorable to or promoting health; healthful. Salubrious finds its roots in the Latin word for “health,” salūs. It entered English in the mid-1500s.
Birthdays
Need new calendar, will try and locate one.
Roads
School is back in session, slow down in school zone. Roads are still slippery in parts-so as always let’s be careful out there.
Outro
Something I often experience, is that the trouble with being prompt, is that nobody’s there to appreciate it.
That’s the WVBI Community Calendar for Monday, January 4th. I’m Greg Doig at WVBI – the Voice of Beaver Island.
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