Today is Wednesday May 25th, 2016. I’m Greg Doig with today’s WVBI Community Calendar.
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NEWS
Beaver Island Wildlife Club will meet June 1, Wednesday, at 7 p.m. Peaine Township Hall. Items on the agenda include the fishing tournament, an island wildlife/habitat plan and more.
For those who are questioned by birders as to where they can go for an early breakfast on Saturday and Sunday before hopping into cars to go birding, Dalwhinnies has graciously offered to open at 6:30 a.m.. Thanks also to Eric and Dana Hodgson for the use of a large passenger capacity vehicle and to Island Airways for the use of two vans. We’re also grateful to the Charlevoix County Transit staff who are helping move birders around the island. Between cars and the generosity of the community and business owners, we are going to have a great birding weekend! Those not going out on field trips Sunday morning will enjoy the Am Vets wonderful breakfast at 8 a.m. Thanks for the warm birders’ welcome on signs around town!
Both Museums will be open from 2:00- 4:00PM on Friday & Saturday beginning this weekend. Museum Open Houses are Saturday June 18th from 1:00 – 3:00PM. Summer Daily Hours will begin on Sunday, June 19; Monday – Saturday 11:00-5:00 and Sunday Noon-3:00.
Music This Weekend
Strobelite Honey Fri. & Sat. @ Stoney 9 pm
The Danny’s Fri. @ The Beachcomber 4:30 pm
Rigormortis Fri. @ The Beachcomber following The Danny’s
Rigormortis Sat. @ The Beachcomber 4:30pm ish
Miss Bay City and The Myron K (Fishboats)
These boats are to be removed to disposal, there is an offer to preserve one of them for the marine museum. This will take some sponsorship if the public is interested. The Miss Bay City was built in Bay City Michigan in the late 20’s or 30’s and eventually brought to Beaver Island and converted to a fishing vessel by Hubert Maudrie, she eventually got beached and wound up on display at Robert Gillespie’s dock where the fish market exists today. She will be removed and probably scrapped as will the Myron K (Skip Duhamels fish tug) unless some interest can be determined in saving one of these vessels as a historic display of the fishing era Beaver Island was so famous for. Post your thoughts, requests and rememberences!
AMVETS –Bob Tidmore Report
Update –
I talked to the Coast Guard in Traverse City last week and the fly-over is scheduled for 1:00 PM Monday May 30th at the Veterans Park.
Also every year Brian Gallagher and Alvin Lafreniere place American flags on the grave sites of all the veterans buried on the island, over 130 flags. This year Michelle Grooters has offered to donate and place fresh flower on all the graves. This is the first time this has been done and the AMVETS want to thank Michelle for so honoring our deceased veterans.
Bob Tidmore
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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 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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At the Community Center
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
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 Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Forecast: Partially Cloudy
Outside Temp: 54.5 F
High Outside Temp: 54.9 F at 7:09 AM
Low Outside Temp: 50.0 F at 1:47 AM
Outside Humidity: 98%
Barometer: 30.025″ and Steady
Wind Speed: Calm
Wind Direction: NNW
High Gust: 1.0 Mph at 1:02 AM
10 min Avg Wind: Calm
Rain Rate: 0.00″/Hour
Day Rain: 0.01″
Storm Rain: 0.00″
Month Rain: 0.58″
Year Rain: 2.12″
Phyllis Moore Report
It’s 52°, foggy, wind at 4 mph from the NW, humidity is at 99%, pressure is rising from 1017 mb, visibility is 0.7 miles, pollen levels are still medium-high at 8, and the top allergens are oak, mulberry, and birch. Today: Partly sunny. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs in the mid 70s. Northeast winds at 10 mph. Tonight: Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 20 mph.
On this date of May 25, 1787 – The Constitutional convention opened in Philadelphia with George Washington presiding.
Did you know that that in developed countries 27% of food is thrown away?
Word of the day: hypnagogic (hip-nuh-GOJ-ik, -GOH-jik) which means of or relating to drowsiness. Hypnagogic stems from the Greek terms hypnos meaning “sleep” and agogos meaning “leading.” It entered English in the late 1880s.
Birthdays
Shirley Sowa
Matthew Cull
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, Lead others to the art of discovery by feeding their minds and help them to grow.
That’s the WVBI Community Calendar for Wednesday May 25th, 2016. I’m Greg Doig at WVBI ‚the Voice of Beaver Island.
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