From studios in the BIC Center on America’s Emerald Isle, this is the WVBI Community Calendar for Wednesday, June 19th, 2019. First some news… Summer is officially about to begin this weekend so check the calendar often at wvbi.net If you have an event you want listed go to the calender page and add your event by click the button in the upper right of the calendar
Wednesday: 9:30 Peaine Township Hall Talking Threads Quilt Guild
7 p.m. Bingo Gregg Fellowship Hall Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Check Calendar at wvbi.net
7 p.m. Beaver Island Marina Update at St. James Township Hall On Wednesday, June 19th, there’s a special St. James meeting about what’s going on with the J.A .Wollham Foundation’s plan to purchase the Beaver Island Marina and gift it to St. James Township. Learn about the proposed timeline and how the proposal impacts township goals, taxes and economics of the island.
Thursday: First Farmers Market of the Season 9 a.m. Paradise Bay Coffee Shop – Shop opens at 0830 Games Galore 1 p.m. BICC 7 p.m. Library Board meeting at the Library
Friday: 10 a.m. BICC Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program Bike the Beaver Begins www.beaverislandbikefestival.com/
5:30 BICC PABI Solstice Dinner by invitation 7 p.m. Wildlife Club Meeting at Peaine Township Hall
This weekend, Lego club is at the Library. That’s at 1 on Saturday.
And we have movies here at the BIC Center. At 4 Wonder Park PG | 1h 25min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy Wonder Park tells the story of an amusement park where the imagination of a wildly creative girl named June comes alive.
on Saturday at 7 US R | 1h 56min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller A family’s serene beach vacation turns to chaos when their doppelgängers appear and begin to terrorize them.
Concession stand will be open with Nathan’s hot dogs, popcorn, pretzels, sweets, soda and other drinks.
Sunday, worship services at Holy Cross, the Christian Church and the Lighthouse Fellowship. Check the calendar for details.
Looking ahead, some big events coming up. Beaver Island Bike Festival is this weekend—the 21st to the 23rd. It’s looking like Daddy Franks will be open soon, too. We’ll keep you posted.
Here’s something to get on your calendar. All sorts of fun exercise opportunities coming up here at the BIC Center for the summer season. There’ll be something every day. Yoga on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Tuesdays, Tai Chi and Thursdays kick boxing moves for exercise right here at the BIC Center. And, Saturdays, Self Defense exercise classes. Everything starts the week of the 24th with all classes starting at 9:30 in the McDonough’s Market Theater.
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 the good folks down at McDonough’s Market:
Today AM Clouds/PM Sun. High 66F. Winds light and variable.
Tonight Partly Cloudy. Low near 50F. Winds light and variable.
Greene’s Bay Beach 54 degrees which was the low for the night. Same forecast today as in town
Marine Forecast
Today North winds 10 to 20 kt. Patchy fog this morning. Waves 1 to 3 ft.
Tonight North winds 10 to 20 kt becoming northeast. Waves 2 to 4 ft.
TRAFFIC: No, nadda…zip. Lots of hare crossings, turtles and a few snakes using the roads, along with the darting deer So, let’s be careful out there.
DID YOU KNOW On this date In 1960 Loretta Lynn records “I’m a Honky Tonk Girl”
WORD OF THE DAY: Insuperable incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved
Birthdays: None Listed And, to you to if we missed you on our list—Happy Birthday from all of us at W-V-B-I and Beaver Island Community Center.
A program note for you… we’ve added a new show here at WVBI. It’s the Beaver Island Birding Report with hosts Pam Grassmick and Donna Hardenburg. Hard to find better experts than these two ladies on the birds of Beaver Island. If you missed their first show last Friday, you can hear it as podcast. Just go to W-V-B-I dot net and click on the podcasts menu at the top. And listen again this Friday after for this week’s show at 1:30, 3:30 and 5:30.
Now, to wrap up for this Beaver Island Wednesday… Here’s a thought for the day for you photographers out there: “Sometimes I arrive just when God’s ready to have someone click the shutter.”
― Ansel Adams
On a lighter note … Why did the lemur stop dating the sloth? He never made a move!!!
SFX: Clock Chime….
That’s the W-V-B-I Community Calendar for Wednesday, June 19th, 2019.
I’m Greg Doig at the pest free Hogarth Pest Control Studios of the Voice of Beaver Island wishing you a great day and asking you: why not make it the best day ever? And, thanks for listening.