| From studios in the BIC Center on America’s Emerald Isle, this is the W-V-B-I Community Calendar for Thursday, March 12th, 2020. |
| First, some news…
The B-I-C-S robotics team B-I Robot was all set to go to their first district competition yesterday. Put the 2020 bot on the plane and then, shortly after it took off, found out that the event had been postponed due to Coronavirus-19 concerns. It isn’t clear when or if the event can be rescheduled. The team’s next event is set for March 27 to 28th at Alpena, but it is officially indefinitely postponed as well. |
| Now, here’s what’s happening on your island…
Today, resale open noon to 4. Pickleball 10 to noon and Games Galore from 1 to 4 at the BIC Center. And Euchre out at Stoney. Cards hit the table at 7. Also, The B-I-C-S school board has scheduled a closed meeting on Security issues for 5:30 this evening. Though you can’t attend the closed session, we note it here to keep you informed. 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. Resale is open from noon to 4. And movies here at the BIC Center. Afternoon feature at 4 is The Big Trip. Rated G. A stork mis-delivers a baby panda. Hilarity ensues in a delightful film that will be great fun for everyone in your family. Then at 7 it’s Dark Waters. It tells the true story of what starts as a one man legal battel against P-FAS. It’s rated PG-13. 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. Quiet next Monday. 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-A Board meets at 4 at school in a meeting reset from last week. Day ends with Ladies Shuffleboard at the Shamrock. Pucks hit the boards at 7. Next Wednesday, Wednesday, the Everything to do with Needles gang will get crafty at the Peaine Township Hall from 9:30 to noon. |
| 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
A slight chance of rain and snow showers before 9am, then rain showers. Patchy fog before 11am. High near 43. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. Tonight Rain showers before 2am, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers. Low around 30. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 25 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. Friday Partly sunny, with a high near 35. Breezy, with a west wind around 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Friday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Breezy, with a northwest wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Saturday Partly sunny, with a high near 31. Northwest wind around 15 mph. Saturday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 18. Sunday Sunny, with a high near 30. Sunday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 22. Monday Partly sunny, with a high near 38. Monday Night A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Tuesday A chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 37. Tuesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. Wednesday Partly sunny, with a high near 39.
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| TRAFFIC: No delays, but it is really slick out there.. So, let’s be careful out there. Especially in the school zone. |
| BIRTHDAYS: Tom Matela Sr. and I are celebrating birthdays today. Happy birthday to my fellow March 12 arrival Tom 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 1912 Juliette Gordon Low founds the Girl Scouts
To provide girls opportunities to experience the outdoors, develop self-reliance, and participate in community service, Juliette Gordon Low organizes a Girl Guide troop meeting of 18 girls in her hometown of Savannah, Georgia. A year later, the Girl Guides will change their name to the Girl Scouts of the USA. The organization will go on to attract millions of girls and spread to 92 countries. |
| WORD OF THE DAY: retronym; noun; (RET-roh-nim); a term that is newly created and adopted to distinguish the original or older version, form, or example of something (such as a product) from other, more recent versions, forms, or examples; such as analog watch; snail mail
Remember way back when cameras used film? Back then, such devices were simply called cameras; they weren’t specifically called film cameras until they needed to be distinguished from the digital cameras that came later. Similarly, the term desktop computer wasn’t often used until laptops became prevalent. A lot of our common retronyms have come about due to technological advances: acoustic guitar emerged to contrast with electric guitar, and brick-and-mortar store to distinguish traditional stores from online retailers. Retronym was coined by Frank Mankiewicz, an American journalist and former president of National Public Radio, and was first seen in print in 1980.
(from Merriam Webster and history dot com) |
| Now, to wrap up for this Beaver Island Thursday… |
| Here’s a thought for the “When everything feels like an uphill struggle,
just think of the view from the top.” And, on a lighter note: Why did the banana go to the doctor? Because he wasn’t peeling well. |
| SAD TROMBONE SFX EDIT.FLAC |
| That’s the W-V-B-I Community Calendar for Thursday, March 12th, 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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