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Community Calendar for Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024. |
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First some news For those attempting to drive through the center of Charlevoix during the Charlevoix Venetian Festival, Bridge Street will be closed to car traffic starting at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, July 24 and ending after the fireworks on Saturday, July 27, around 10:30 p.m. The Venetian Festival fireworks take place at dusk on Friday, July 26, on Lake Charlevoix and Saturday, July 27, on Round Lake. More details at |
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Now, here’s a look at events happening on your Emerald Isle… First your meeting planner… AA on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 6:00. Locations and details for meetings are in the calendar entries online. On the Fun Front Today, at 9:00 it’s the Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program in the Hangout. Pickleball is on from 9:00 to noon outdoors on the Peaine Township Park courts. Zumba Class at the BIC Center with Sarah Mullen is at 9:15. Babes and Toddlers Mix-up is at the library at 10:00. Wednesday, there’s a nature hike organized by the Trails Association at Little Sand Bay. It will be lead by island flora and fauna experts Ed and Beth Leuck [Like]. It steps off at 9:00 and is limited to 20 hikers. Restorative Summer Yoga is at 9:30 at the BIC Center. There’s Story Time at the library at 10:00 and the B-I-H-S Kids Camp continues. They are out at the Biological Station today, so head there for drop off and pickup. At noon at the Print Shop it’s Picnic on the Patio time with a presentation on Island history alongside whatever lunch you bring. at 3:00, Bocce Balls will be rolling over on the township courts. There’s pick-up-play play every Wednesday until 5:00 or so. At 4:00, the Whiskey Point Lighthouse will open for tours until 7:00. At 7:00. At 7:00, the Historical Society will be spinning 78s over at the Print Shop. DJ Alex Tank will talk about 78’s for the People. You’ll learn about the beginning of generations of obsession with recorded music. By the way, for those under 50, 78’s were the original records or what today some folks call “vinals” (although 78’s were not vinyl). There’s also BINGO Wednesday evening at the Gregg Fellowship Center. Doors open at 6:15 for fellowship. Games stat at 7:00. Thursday, the original island farmers market at Paradise Bay Coffee Shop starts at 9:00. Nature Hike at Little Sand Bay at (:00 a.m. again. The BIC Center has Zumba with Sarah Mullen at 9:15. B-I-H-S Kids Camp continues today with drop off and pick up back at the school, Pickleball is outside 9:00 to noon on the township courts. Women’s Bible Study at the Christian Church at 10:00. Resale Shop is open noon to 4:00. Teen Café at the library at 1:00. It’s Burger and a beer night at the Shamrock. And Baroque on Beaver events get underway with a presentation by Robert Nordling: A Festival Introduction, at the Print Shop Museum at 7:30. That’s a tickets event. You can get them at tickets dot bic center dot org. Baroque on Beaver Music Festival C baroqueonbeaver.org Friday Beaver Island Community Center New summer hours for Senior + Veterans Coffee & Donuts are 8:30 – 10: 30 AM in the Community Center Lobby – come in for java, sweets, and conversation with your friends! 9:00am Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program BICC 9:30am Summer Basic Flow Yoga BICC 10:00am Kids Camp Continues 11:15am Rita Gillespie Memorial Blood Drive at the Gregg Fellowship Center 7:00pm 70th Anniversary of St. James Episcopal Church at their Church 7:00pm Dickie McEvoy Celebration of Life – the Print Shop Museum will host Dickie’s long-time friend and author Patrick Livingston, who will be reading from his book Eight Steamboats. Saturday 9:00 am Pickleball Outdoors at Peaine Twp Courts Sat Jul 27 @ 10:00am Whiskey Point Lighthouse Calling ALL Artisans: Art, Crafts, Jewelry, Plants, Candles, Food Items and More! Artisans Market at Whiskey Point Park 10 am – 1 pm > No Fee > Provide Your Own Table 10:00am Whiskey Point Lighthouse Tours 12:00pm Dickie McEvoy – Celebration of Life
1:00pm Coding Club at BIDL 5:00pm Prime Rib Night at Shamrock 6:00pm Beaver Island AA Meeting 6:30pm Baroque on Beaver Opening Night Benefit: Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, Solo Piano Sunday, there are services at the Episcopal Mission at 9:00 and at the Christian Church at 10:00. Whiskey Point Light is open from 10:00 to noon. Mass is at Holy Cross Church at 12:15 p-m. The Baroque on Beaver Festival takes place over the last full weekend of July through the first weekend of August. tickets.biccenter.org/baroque. |
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NAME OF DAY: Today’s BIC Center Name of the Day is Royce. If that’s your name come on into the BIC Center today to claim a free drink of your choice courtesy of your friends at the Beaver Island Community Center and W-V-B-I. BIRTHDAYS: Lindsay Gorlewski, Levi Connor, and Aria Halpin are celebrating today. Happy Birthday to Lindsay, Levi and Aria and, if we missed you on our list, Happy Birthday to you too from all of us at W-V-B-I and your Beaver Island Community Center. |
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TRAFFIC: It’s busy in town, especially when the ferry comes in and busy by the public beach. No delays inbound or outbound to the airports. Island beltway running smoothly. No bridge delays. Lots of bikers and hikers, though, so let’s be careful out there. |
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On this day in July 1885, just after completing his memoirs, Civil War hero and former president Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer. Grant spent the last few years of his life bankrupt due to poor investments but began writing a detailed account of the Civil War and, after he died, his wife Julia lived on the royalties earned from his memoirs. |
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Word of the Day – Extenuate is a formal word that is most often used to mean “to lessen the strength or effect of something, such as a risk.” In legal use, to extenuate a crime, offense, etc., is to lessen or to try to lessen its seriousness or extent by making partial excuses. // Developers are trying to extenuate the various risks associated with the product. |
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Now, to wrap up for this Beaver Island Tuesday… |
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Here’s a thought for the day “Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.” D Confucius On a lighter note, Time flies like an arrow and fruit flies like a banana |
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That’s the W-V-B-I Community Calendar for this Beaver Island Tuesday, July 23rd, 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 A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Tuesday Night Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2am, then isolated showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Cloudy, with a low around 59. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Wednesday Partly sunny, with a high near 77. North wind 5 to 10 mph. Wednesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 55. North wind 5 to 10 mph. Thursday Sunny, with a high near 80. Thursday Night Clear, with a low around 58. Friday Sunny, with a high near 81. Friday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 63. Saturday Sunny, with a high near 82. Saturday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 65. Sunday Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Sunday Night A chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. Monday A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. |
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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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Water temps: 67 at the mid-lake buoy southwest of Gull Island. No other buoys reporting. |
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