Today is Thursday May 19th, 2016. I’m Greg Doig with today’s WVBI Community Calendar.
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NEWS
Chamber of Commerce announces -The Citizen of the Year Winners Are
The Beaver Island Club of Grand Rapids for 50 years of service and more than $100,000 contributed too many organizations on Beaver Island. And Dick Burris for many years of doing for others on our Island.
Awards Banquet
Location Change – Shamrock
Reserve Table – Don’t Delay – 231.448.2278
The awards banquet will be (6-9PM) on Sat May 21st at The Shamrock.
The Shamrock will offer Prime Rib or ½ chicken for $22.00. Please reserve a table ASAP by calling the Shamrock at 231.448.2278. Also beer and wine will be provided a no charge by the Chamber of Commerce, Berkshire Hathaway and Beaver Island Golf Course. Enjoy a wonderful evening of food and friendship and congratulate the winners who have made Beaver Island a better place to live work and visit. Reserve a table today! The guest speaker at the Citizen of the Year award banquet will be Amanda Wilkin the Executive Director of the Charlevoix Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB).
We are very fortunate on Beaver Island to have Emergency Medical Services serving our island community. These individuals spend countless hours certifying and training to take care of us all in our time of need. May 15-21, 2016 is the 42nd annual National EMS Week. When you see these fine men and women give them a honk or a BIG THANK YOU for their 365 days a year-24 hour service!
– Pam Grassmick
Have you wanted to learn how to become a “birder” but have never really known where to start? Sunday, May 29th at 4 p.m. at the Community Center is your chance to learn some birding ID skills in the classroom, and then head out to the field to put your new skills to use. Petoskey Regional Audubon Society (PRAS) President Darrell Lawson will lead a Birding 101 class and then the group will head to Gull Harbor to listen and look for migrating and resident birds. We will cover field guide choice/use, optics selection/use, tips for learning bird vocalizations, and identification pitfalls to avoid. Bring your own binoculars if you have them. Free and open to the public of all ages. Register on line at http://www.beaverislandbirdingtrail.org
If you are interested in learning about the programs offered throughout the summer, here on Beaver Island by the CMUBS, visit our calendar section at WVBI.net for those and more.
At the Community Center: June 2nd from 3-5 p.m. Forester, Mike Merriweather will come to Beaver Island to discuss forest health and how to write a forest contract for best logging practices when deciding to harvest timber from your property.
Mike Meriwether has worked for the Antrim Conservation District for the past 20 years. He is actively involved in forest management, timber harvesting, wildlife food plots, and resource management of the lands. Mike issues wood cutting permits for county lands and works with landowners to negotiate surface damages from gas exploration activities in the county. Mike Meriwether works to fulfill forest management objectives by providing technical assistance to non-industrial, private forest landowners. He provides management plans and assists residents with all tree health needs.
The Charlevoix County Commission on Aging
May Sunday Monthly Luncheon will be rescheduled to May 22, 2016!
Sunday, May 22nd 11am to 12pm
at the Beaver Island Community Center!
This will be a “Birthday Blowout” featuring “Birthday Trifle Cake” ala the Shamrock! Be prepared to have your birthday be a raffle winner!
Featuring: Roast Pork ala Shamrock, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, entirely appropriate Veggie, Bread & Butter, Coffee, Tea & Milk!
Join us for a fabulous celebration of birthdays!!
PLUS, immediately following, Dyanne Tracey, aka “the iMaster”, will assist you with any questions about your iPad or iPhone…or any iDevice! She can show you shortcuts, tricks, how to use those apps you never do–or get rid of them, all kinds of neat stuff!
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Ann T. Partridge
The first annual spring Fishing tournament will be held June 11-12th. the weekend will be a free fishing weekend, meaning no license is required. fun for the whole family. there will be two categories, one kids 14 and under, 15 and up adults. kids entry will be free, kids sign up will be located at Powers Hardware and The Beaver Island Community Center. Adults will be a 5 dollar buy in. Adults sign up at Powers Hardware. Kids Fish Saturday weather permitting. pontoon boat transportation provided by the generous people on lake Geneserath. kids fish all open season species for longest fish and most fish caught. Adults category will be Bass only. Large mouth and small mouth. (more details to come based on sign up)
as of now this is all in the making. there may be a few slight changes as the month of may goes on and we organize this event. we are looking for willing parents to volunteer to ride pontoons with kids and bait hooks and keep kids safe and organized. Also looking for donations for bait, snacks and drinks (hotdogs, chips, water and lots of worms to drown ) for more information or if you would like to donate call Levi Connor at 231-459-6697 or stop in the hardware store
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If you are looking for information on all island events, find it on the new WVBI Community Calendar. Things like the Baroque on Beaver events up on the calendar. Just head on over to the WVBI website and click on Calendar on the top menu.
We’ve tried to include everything, but if we’ve missed your event you can easily add it yourself by using the handy “Post Your Event” button in the upper right of the calendar or by sending an email with the details to¬†calendar@wvbi.net. And, we can make it easy for your events to show up in a nice calendar on your website, too, so you only have to post them once. Your website can show only your events or those plus other categories from the calendar that you choose. What a deal! Email us or call for details.
At the Community Center
Concert JigJam
Check out the videos for these incredibly talented musicians from Ireland…coming soon to Beaver Island!
Friday, May 20, 8pm.
Tickets: $20/Adult, $10/Student (15 and under, or CMU)
Available at the Community Center or call 231-448-2022!
Videos:
https://youtu.be/bk78p7DCUvA Rye Whiskey
https://youtu.be/3DDdcxUDScg The Mermaid
https://youtu.be/ESlPHa-XuA0 Laura Palmer
Don’t miss this CeltGrass experience!
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Come join cast, crew and community in another hilarious presentation by the Beaver Island Community Players! The Boarding House
May 28-29 at 8pm Tickets $13 Adult and $8 students
Pickle Ball Tuesday and Thursday 0930 to 1100
Games Galore will now be held on Thursday‚
at 1pm to 4pm
The Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program will now be available on¬
FRIDAYS ONLY, 11am-12pm @ BI Comm Center
Movies
Secret of the Wings (2012)
G | 75 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy | 16 August 2012 (Ukraine)
7.2
Tinkerbell wanders into the forbidden Winter woods and meets Periwinkle. Together they learn the secret of their wings and try to unite the warm fairies and the winter fairies to help Pixie Hollow
Stars: Mae Whitman, Lucy Hale, Timothy Dalton |See full cast and crew »
7pm Secret in Their Eyes (2015)
PG-13 | 1h 51min | Crime, Drama, Mystery | IMDb
A tight-knit team of rising investigators, along with their supervisor, is suddenly torn apart when they discover that one of their own teenage daughters has been brutally murdered.
Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts |
Thanks to Beaver Island Community Center Business Sponsors , the Shamrock Bar and Restaurant, and the Beaver Island Boat Company
Weather
Current Conditions – Greene’s Bay Beach, Beaver Island, MI
As of 8:29 AM Thursday, May 19, 2016
Forecast: Partially Cloudy
Outside Temp: 41.1 F
High Outside Temp: 41.1 F at 8:28 AM
Low Outside Temp: 35.7 F at 6:09 AM
Outside Humidity: 86%
Barometer: 30.231″ and Steady
Wind Speed: Calm
Wind Direction: NW
High Gust: Calm at n/a
10 min Avg Wind: Calm
Rain Rate: 0.00″/Hour
Day Rain: 0.00″
Storm Rain: 0.00″
Month Rain: 0.56″
Year Rain: 2.10″
Phyllis Moore Report
Right now I’m showing 41°, clear, blue skies, wind at 4 mph from the south, humidity at 79%, pressure is steady at 1023 mb, visibility is 9.7 miles, pollen count for today is medium-high at 9.4, and the top allergens are ash, birch, and maple. Today: Sunny. Areas of frost in the morning. Highs in the mid 60s. West winds at 10 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Light winds.
On this date of May 19, 1974 – Erno Rubik invented the puzzle what would later become known as the Rubik’s Cube.
Did you know that plastic bottles were first used for soft drinks in 1970?
Word of the day: furphy (FUR-fee) which means a false report; rumor. Furphy comes from the name of a brand of carts manufactured by the Furphy family of Shepparton, Victoria (Australia), and used during World War I.
Birthdays
Cindy Cushman
Deacon Jim
Road
Traffic
A few more vehicles than usual as we head towards the unofficial start of Summer, next Memorial Day weekend. Still no delays to report.
Hey, Let’s be careful out there. Especially in the school zone.
To Lucas and all our listeners, Oliver Wendall Holmes said, “I find the greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.”
That’s the WVBI Community Calendar for Thursday May 19th, 2016. I’m Greg Doig at WVBI ‚the Voice of Beaver Island.
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