From studios in the BIC Center on America’s Emerald Isle, this is the WVBI Community Calendar for Thursday, February 27th, 2020.
Here’s what’s happening on your island…
Today, Pickleball 10 to noon and Euchre out at Stoney. Resale open noon to 4. Cards hit the table at 7.
Friday, Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program is on up in the hangout from 10:30 to 11:30. Island Treasures open noon to 4.
Saturday, Pickleball at the BIC Center from 10 to noon. Then, the resale is open from noon to 4. And movies here at the BIC Center. Our Hollywood Classic Matinee month concludes with, perhaps, the classic of all classics. It’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s staring Audrey Hepburn showing on the Big Screen with the Big sound in the McDonough’s Market Theater at 4. Rated approved in the ratings of the day, but probably PG-13 by today’s standards. At 7, it’s a western-type thriller set in the Australian outback that has won plenty of awards and gotten rave reviews. It’s The Nightingale. Rated R. Concession stand will be open for snacks, a meal or both—for both shows. Trailers for the movies are on the BIC Center website at BIC Center dot org.
Sunday, services at Holy Cross, the Lighthouse Fellowship and the Christian Church. Times and details are on the calendar. Sunday is also the deadline to apply for this year’s Charlevoix County Community Foundation scholarships. Details are available at C-three-F dot org.
Next Tuesday, Pickleball at the BIC Center 10 to noon. Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program in the Ray & Ann Stanhope Hangout here at the BIC Center from 10:30 to 11:30. B-I-C-S School Board has a Policy Committee meeting set for 3;30 at school. Day ends with Ladies Shuffleboard at the Shamrock. Pucks hit the boards at 7.
Next Wednesday, the Everything to do with Needles gang will get crafty at the Peaine Township Hall from 9:30 to noon. B-I-C-S Finance and Facilities committees have meetings set. Both at school. Finance at 8:30 and Facilities at 3:30. St, James Township Board meets at 5 out at the township hall at Whiskey Point. And the B-I-C-S Model U-N team heads out to Grand Rapids for their Competition. They’ll be there through Thursday. We’ll talk to some team members next week about the global issues they’ll be addressing.
You can find more information on all of these events and everything else that’s happening on the island at calendar dot w-v-b-I dot net.
Weather, here there and everywhere – presented every day with the support of your McDonough’s Market:
Today Scattered snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 22. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Tonight Snow showers likely, mainly after 1am. Cloudy, with a steady temperature around 21. Blustery, with a northwest wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. Friday Scattered snow showers, mainly between 10am and 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 23. Blustery, with a northwest wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Friday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Saturday Partly sunny, with a high near 28. West wind around 10 mph. Saturday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Sunday Partly sunny, with a high near 36. Sunday Night Scattered snow showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Monday Snow showers likely before 10am, then rain and snow showers likely between 10am and noon, then rain showers likely after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Monday Night Scattered snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Tuesday Scattered rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Tuesday Night Scattered snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Wednesday Scattered rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 37.
TRAFFIC: None. Critter count was zero this morning, but with the big thaw over the weekend and the freeze last night, the unpaved roads are a crunchy, icy mess, so, let’s be careful out there. Especially in the school zone.
BIRTHDAYS: Today, Brennan Wearn, John Fiegan and Owen McDonough are celebrating. Happy Birthday to each of them and, if we missed you on the list today, Happy Birthday to you, too, from all of us at WVBI and your Beaver Island Community Center.
ON THIS DAY in 1964, Italy requests help to keep Pisa’s tower from toppling. A cathedral’s 791-year-old bell tower in the Italian city of Pisa, always a little askew, is now in real danger of collapsing completely. Italy puts out a call for a straight solution.
WORD OF THE DAY: trenchant {adjective} [TREN-chunt] which means: keen, sharp: vigorously effective and articulate; also : caustic; a : sharply perceptive : penetrating; clear-cut, distinct. The word trenchant comes from the Anglo-French verb trencher, meaning “to cut,” and may ultimately derive from the Vulgar Latin trinicare, meaning “to cut in three.” Hence, a trenchant sword is one with a keen edge; a trenchant remark is one that cuts deep; and a trenchant observation is one that cuts to the heart of the matter. Relatives of trenchant in English include the noun trench (“a long ditch cut into the ground”) and the verb retrench (“to cut down or pare away” or “to cut down expenses”). (merriam-webster.com)
Now, to wrap up for this Beaver Island Thursday…
Here’s a thought for the day “We plan big things for tomorrow in spite of zero knowledge of the future. That is confidence.”
And, on a lighter note: What’s the Maple tree’s favorite song? Don’t stop be-leafin’.
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That’s the W-V-B-I Community Calendar for Thursday, February 27th, 2020. I’m Kevin Boyle reporting from the pest free Hogarth Pest Control Studios of the Voice of Beaver Island wishing you a great day and asking: why not go ahead and make it the best day ever? And, thanks for listening.
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