Today is Monday, January 25th, 2016. I’m Greg Doig with today’s WVBI Community Calendar.
NEWS
We would like to thank Ron Wojan for building an equipment box to store some of our transmitter gear. This will help protect the equipment and is greatly appreciated.
Things are moving along with the BICS FRC team. The students have worked hard to this point and have some more work ahead. You can follow their progress on a website that Kevin Boyle has put out there. The address is birobot.org
Take a look at the post “Join the BIROBOT Team as a sponsor”. There is as some cool stuff given to sponsors that donate.
We’re pleased to let you know we have a spiffy new website for WVBI.
• You can use it to listen online with a built-in station player that can provide you all sorts of information about the music we play. You’ll find song lyrics, album and artist information and more. To listen, just press the play button in the station player bar at the bottom of the page.
• There’s also a Community Calendar with information about events all over Beaver Island. We’re trying to make it complete with entries for BICC sponsored events as well as other events sponsored by other island organizations — including BICS, BIHS, the Chamber and the BI Cultural Arts Society, among others. We’ll also have entries for island board meetings that are open to the public. Want to see your event on the calendar? Just send us an email at calendar@wvbi.net.
• Keep up on what’s happening at WVBI with our news posts. You’ll find news about events on the station and at the BICC plus the text of our daily current events updates.
• Want to know what’s on when at the station? There’s complete program schedule with detailed information about all of our programming.
• Have an idea for a show or want to make a suggestion? Use the handy contact form.
But, enough reading about it. Dial it up and have a look at www.wvbi.net.
Mark your calendar! Join us February 26th for the 2nd Annual Alumni Basketball Tournament and Chili/Soup Cook Off
If you would like to join a team or sign up to enter your most awesome Chili or Soup call Carol @ 231-838-2883
This event is sponsored by the Beaver Island Sports Boosters. Our goal is to purchase BICS athletes new Soccer uniforms, an outdoor timer for the Soccer games, Platform for our Volleyball Refs, and new mats for the gym. All donations will go directly to these items for our Beaver Island Community School Sports Program.
Speaking of sports – The Islanders Basketball teams played hard but went away without a win at Ojibwe this weekend. They play at home this weekend versus Mackinac
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Chamber of Commerce
Here is a link to a handy printable calendar of major Beaver Island 2016 events.
At the Community Center…
Games Galore will now be held on Thursday’s at 1pm to 4pm
The Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program will now be available on FRIDAYS ONLY, 11am-12pm @ BI Comm Center effective the week of January 25;
FIRST NEW CLASS Friday, January 29!
NOTE: There will be NO CLASS on Friday, January 22!
Instructors are required to be certified, ensuring the safety of participants. They are also educated as to the precautions necessary for certain conditions, such as surgeries, injuries and Rheumatoid Arthritis.
The Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program is the longest-running Health and Wellness Program supported by the COA on Beaver Island, celebrating almost seven years of year-round sessions! If you need some physical activity to keep your joints moving and flexible, please give this a try and help us maintain the availability of this valuable program.
If you are interested in attending but would like–or need–to use the Charlevoix County Transit bus in order to do so, please contact Ann at 448-2022. We would consider changing the time of the class to coincide with the Transit schedule in order to keep this valuable program active on Beaver Island.
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And speaking of the movies, for this coming Saturday, are:
3 PM MATINEE
Goosebumps (2015)
PG | 103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy | 16 October 2015 (USA)
6.5
A teenager teams up with the daughter of young adult horror author R. L. Stine after the writer’s imaginary demons are set free on the town of Madison, Delaware.
Writers: Darren Lemke (screenplay), Scott Alexander(story), 2 more credits »
Stars: Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush |
7 PM MAIN FEATURE****LADIES NIGHT?
Love Actually
R | 135 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 14 November 2003 (USA)
7.7
Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.
Writer:
Richard Curtis
Stars:
Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Liam Neeson |Alan Rickman| Colin Firth
Thanks to Beaver Island Community Center Business Sponsors , the Shamrock Bar and Restaurant, and the Beaver Island Boat Company
Wildlife News
The Wildlife Club is asking for volunteers for a couple of upcoming projects:
Feb 1-7: Turkey survey. We need the folks who have turkeys to make a count this week and let us know how many birds you see regularly. Also any stray flocks not regularly seen, should be counted as well. Report all numbers and locations here or to Jacque at jacquel@tds.net
Mid-July to end of Sept.: Deer Driving survey. We are looking for more people to regularly drive a route (at least once a week) and count deer seen (bucks, does, fawns). This survey helps us to determine the size of the herd, locations, etc. If you are interested contact Phil Wyckoff 448-2874.. A gas stipend is given for the volunteers.
There are some diseases running about the island animals. Distemper was confirmed in a coyote near town last fall. Since then numbers of coyote seem to be down and the disease is the suspected culprit.
Avian Pox is affecting turkeys. This is highly contagious and anyone seeing an affected bird should contact Mark LaFreniere. It presents as a lot of little “wart” like knobs on the head. Meat is still safe to eat.
Snowshoe hare: One hare was shot loaded with tapeworm cysts- looks like lima beans. Meat is safe to eat if cooked well.
Youth involvement: the club is looking to encourage youth (5-25) to get involved with the club projects, as well as to get out hunting and fishing. Anyone wishing to mentor a youth who is interested in hunting or fishing, contact Jacque. Also, any youth who is interested, contact Jacque.
Weather
Current Conditions – Greene’s Bay Beach, Beaver Island, MI
As of 8:29 AM Monday, January 25, 2016
Forecast: Partially Cloudy
Outside Temp: 29.3 F
High Outside Temp: 30.3 F at 3:24 AM
Low Outside Temp: 28.7 F at 12:00 AM
Outside Humidity: 88%
Heat Index: 29.0 F
Wind Chill: 29.0 F
Dew Point: 26.0 F
Barometer: 29.958″ and Falling Slowly
Wind Speed: Calm
Wind Direction: E
High Gust: 6.0 Mph at 3:08 AM
10 min Avg Wind: Calm
Phyllis Moore report –
It’s 29° outside this morning, wind is at 4 mph from the west, humidity is at 81%, pressure is rising from 1013 mb, and visibility is at 9.8 miles. Today: Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 30s. South winds at 10 mph. Tonight: Snow. Lows in the upper 20s. Southeast winds at 10 mph.
On this date of January 25, 1858 – Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March” was presented for the first time at the wedding of the daughter of Queen Victoria and the Crown Prince of Prussia.
Did you know that Vernor’s Ginger Ale, which was created by a Detroit druggist, is possibly the oldest soft drink still on the market. It’s definitely the oldest-surviving brand of ginger ale.
Word of the day: cupidity (kyoo-PID-i-tee) which means eager or excessive desire, especially to possess something; greed; avarice. Cupidity can be traced to the Latin word cupidus meaning “eager, desirous” from the Latin verb cupere “to desire.”
Birthdays
Cody Gillespie
Bobby McDonough
Marie Boyle
Community Needs and Wishes
GOFUNDME link on forum for Kathy Speck
Please join in helping with the tremendous medical costs as Kathy works hard to recover and return to the island.
https://www.gofundme.com/8zkdv7es?rcid=b72d80a2af1749f8ade521e581b8649f
Cleaning out your pantry before fall or heading home after your vacation here? Remember that you can donate unopened non-perishable items to the Food Pantry to help families here on the Island. Drop boxes are at the Community Center, the Beaver Island Rural Health Center, Holy Cross Church, Fresh Air and the Beaver Island Christian Church. Monetary donations are always needed and can be made payable to the Beaver Island Christian Church, attention FoodPantry, PO Box 21. Or, thanks to Joe Moore, a PayPal/credit card donation link is available on the Beaver Island News on the Net website home page, lower left corner, at beaverislandnews.com.
Thank you for your help, the Food Pantry Committee, Judi Meister, Beth Croswhite, Mark LaFreniere and Deb Plastrik
Submitted by Deb Plastrik
Reminders
National Geographic Boonies Tuesday 9pm
Show featuring Dan Burton and family and other islanders
Roads
let’s be careful out there. Especially in the school zone.
Outro
“A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.”
― Carl Reiner
That’s the WVBI Community Calendar for Monday, January 25th. I’m Greg Doig at WVBI – the Voice of Beaver Island.
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