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Community Calendar for Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024.
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First Some News
Toy Drive Continues Toys need to be new. Please don’t gift-wrap them
You can drop the toys off to Connie Boyle at home, leave it in her car (or Neal’s) or the collection boxes at Island Airways Airport Terminals on Beaver Island or in Charlevoix.)
The main date to donate toys by is DECEMBER 7th. But we will keep collecting toys all the way up until Christmas. The 7th gives the Dept enough time to make sure all children on their list are “covered” – in case they need to go shopping. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Connie Boyle (231-448-2491) |
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Now, here’s a look at events happening on your Emerald Isle…
Meeting Calendar
Tuesday
9:00am Peaine Township Planning Commission at Peaine Twp Hall
6:00pm Beaver Island AA Meeting at BI Christian Church
Wednesday
5:30pm Committee of the Whole Meeting BICS
Thursday
6:00pm Beaver Island AA Meeting at BI Christian Church
Saturday
6:00pm Beaver Island AA Meeting at BI Christian Church
On the Fun Front
Tuesday
9:30am Talking Threads at Peaine Twp Hall
10:00am Babies and Toddlers MixUp at BIDL
10:00am Pickleball at BIC Center
10:30am Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program at BICC
11:30am Senior Tai Chi at BICC
2:30pm Story Time at the Library
Wednesday
1:00pm COA BINGO
5:00pm Time for Art
Thursday
10:00am Cardio Drumming at BICC
10:00am Pickleball at BIC Center
10:00am Women’s Bible Study at BI Christian Church
11:00am Chair Yoga at BICC
11:30am Hoop Shoot Practice at BI Community School
5:00pm Burger & a Beer at Shamrock
7:00pm Euchre Night at WPBC
Friday,
Senior and Vets Coffee and Donuts is at the BIC Center from 8:30 to 10:30. Pickleball is from 10:00 to noon in the theater at the BIC Center. The Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program is on at 10:30 in the Hangout.
7:00pm Dark Sky Event: Saturn will be visible this month
Island Treasures will be open noon to 4:00 Thursday, Friday and Saturday for holiday shopping.
[On the radio, you’ll hear our fantastic Friday evening lineup of shows to kick off the weekend. Right after the news at 6:00 there’s That Thing with Rich Appel, that top-down top forty sound from the 70s that so much fun. He’s followed at 9:00 by Titus Jennings with the Titus Jennings experience and lots of fine music from all genres and then is music and farce comedy and escape with Marilyn Rae Bayer and the Midnight special starting at 11:00.]
On Saturday, 2:00pm Coding Club at BIDL
5:00pm Prime Rib Night
5:30pm Home for the Holidays – An Island Community Christmas at BICC
Free Admission &10 suggested donation. Reserved Seat Event, with reservations made at store.biccenter.org. Seating selection made at checkout. Theater will open at 6:00. Music begins at 6:30.
[On the radio, tune in for Country Classics at 5:00 Saturday evening with host Sheri Timsak. At 7:00, Jackson Smith and Steve Girbach are in with Songs from the Trail. Mark Beltaire takes over at 9:00 with Rockin’ the Boat and continues at 10:00 with the Blues Cruise. Cousin Dan wraps up the evening with the Too Good Radio Show starting at 11:00.]
On Sunday, there are services at the Christian Church at 10:00. Mass at Holy Cross is at 12:15.
It’s the annual Christmas Cantata at the Beaver Island Christian Church on Sunday, December 8, 2024 at 2:00 PM – complete with the Beaver Island Community Chorus, including all your favorite island artists and a carol sing.
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NAME OF DAY: Today’s BIC Center Name of the Day is Charity. If that’s your name come on into the BIC Center today to claim a free drink of your choice.
BIRTHDAYS:, No one showing today , but if we missed you, Happy Birthday to you from all of us at W-V-B-I and your Beaver Island Community Center. And, remember, you can get your copy of the birthday list at the front desk over at school. Your purchase will help support field trips for B-I-C-S 4th through 6th graders.
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TRAFFIC: None. But, let’s be careful out there.
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On this day On December 3, 1992, the first SMS text message in history is sent: Neil Papworth, a 22-year-old engineer, uses a personal computer to send the text message “Merry Christmas” via the Vodafone network to the phone of a colleague.
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Our Merriam Webster Word of the Day is Scintilla – A scintilla is a very small amount of something. Scintilla is usually used in negative statements, as in “not even/nary a scintilla.”
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Now, to wrap up for this Beaver Island Tuesday…
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Here’s a thought for the day from ― Albert Einstein “I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
On a lighter note… Why did the cop pull over the U-Haul van?
A: He wanted to bust a move.
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That’s the W-V-B-I Community Calendar for this Beaver Island Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024. I’m Greg Doig reporting from W-V-B-I’s Langford Family Studios wishing you a great day and asking you: why not go ahead and make it the best day ever? And thanks for listening.
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Tuesday
Scattered snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. West wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Tuesday Night
Snow showers. The snow could be heavy at times. Steady temperature around 30. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of around 5 inches.
Wednesday
Snow showers. Patchy blowing snow between 9am and 10am. High near 35. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of around 3 inches.
Wednesday Night
Snow showers. Widespread blowing snow after 2am. Low around 19. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of around 2 inches.
Thursday
Snow showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 32. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Thursday Night
A 30 percent chance of snow showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20.
Friday
A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 32.
Friday Night
A chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a low around 22.
Saturday
A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35.
Saturday Night
A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24.
Sunday
A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38.
Sunday Night
A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29.
Monday
A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41.
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Fire danger level on the island set at Low…
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Lake Forecast: Out on the big drink…
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Tuesday
WNW wind 10 to 15 kt becoming WSW in the afternoon. A chance of snow showers. Waves 1 to 2 ft.
Tuesday Night
SW wind 15 to 25 kt, with gusts as high as 35 kt. Snow showers. Waves 2 to 3 ft.
Wednesday
SW wind 20 to 25 kt becoming WNW in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 kt. Snow showers. Waves 3 to 4 ft.
Wednesday Night
WNW wind 25 to 30 kt, with gusts as high as 40 kt. Snow showers. Waves 4 to 5 ft.
Thursday
NNW wind 20 to 30 kt, with gusts as high as 40 kt. Snow showers likely, mainly before noon. Waves 5 ft subsiding to 2 ft.
Thursday Night
NNW wind around 15 kt becoming WNW after midnight. Mostly cloudy. Waves 1 to 2 ft.
Friday
W wind around 15 kt. Mostly cloudy. Waves 1 to 2 ft.
Friday Night
WSW wind around 15 kt. A chance of snow showers. Waves around 1 ft
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Water temps: 51 at the mid-lake buoy southwest of Gull Island. No report from the Straits. No report from Little Traverse Bay.
Photo from Midlake Buoy operated by National Buoy Center
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  Photos from webcams at wvbi.net and mackinacbridge.org
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Community Calendar For Tuesday, December 3, 2024
