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Community Calendar Report for Monday, March 16th, 2026.
Saturday March 14, 2026 St. Patrick’s Day activity. (photo by Greg Doig)
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First some news…
A major winter storm is still impacting Beaver Island through March 16, 2026 and into tomorrow morning, with heavy snow, strong winds, and blizzard conditions. Travel is dangerous due to blowing snow and wind chills below zero.
Federal relief for Northern Michigan, announced by Reps. Fairbairn and Cavitt, will support recovery efforts after the 2025 ice storm. The relief will help local utilities repair infrastructure damage, reducing the financial burden on ratepayers. We are in another major storm right now and waiting to see the outcome.
The NLMIC (Northern Lake Michigan Islands Collaborative) winter 2026 virtual meeting covered updates from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and other collaborators. The meeting included discussions on proposed deer regulation changes, vegetation mapping, fire history reconstruction, and land acquisitions on Beaver Island. The group also discussed the National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program and various action items, including finalizing the Beaver Island state wildlife research area forest treatment plan and coordinating surveys and inventory of the newly acquired Double L Ranch parcels.
Josh Cohen presented on the Michigan Natural Futures Inventory, highlighting vegetation mapping and culturally significant species. Derek Hartline discussed the “Setting the Straits on Fire” project, focusing on fire history reconstruction using tree rings. Caitlin Donley presented on recent land acquisitions and conservation easements on Beaver Island, including the Pam Grassmick Nature Preserve.
Team 6098 BIROBOT’s first competition event for 2026 is at Lake Superior State University in Big Rapids, Michigan. The team will arrive on March 26th, compete on March 27th and 28th, and return on March 29th. You can find out more about FIRST and BICS’s FRC Team #6098 bIrobot at birobot.org. You can keep up with our progress at events and find links to watch them live on TheBlueAlliance.com
Ticket sales for the 2026 Warblers on the Water events, May 22-25, will begin this week in March. The festival will feature new field trips to celebrate Great Lakes Islands biodiversity.
America 250 Writing Challenge seeks submissions on America 250, with selected works compiled into a book. Visit the library for more details.
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Meeting Planner
Monday
6:30pm School Board Meeting at the School
Tuesday
1:30pm Waste Management Meeting at Peaine Township Hall
5:30pm Peaine Township Board Meeting at Peaine Township Hall
6:00pm Beaver Island AA Meeting also on Thursday and Saturday at the BI Christian Church
Thursday
2:00pm Beaver Island Emergency Services Authority at Peaine Township Hall
4:30pm Beaver Island District Library Board Meeting at the Library
4:30pm Beaver Island Telecommunications Advisory Committee Meeting at the BIC Center
Monday
5:00pm All You Can Eat Pizza & Salad Shamrock Bar & Restaurant
Tuesday
10:00am Babies and Toddlers Mix-Up at the Library
10:00am Pickleball at the BIC Center
10:30am Chair Strength Training at the BIC Center
2:15pm Homeschool meet up
8:00pm Dark Sky Event: New Moon
Wednesday
1:00pm BI Senior Advisory Committee BINGO at the BIC Center
5:00pm Time for Art at the BIC Center
7:00pm Dark Sky Event: Venus & Young Moon
Thursday
10:00am Pickleball at the BIC Center
10:00am Women’s Bible Study at the BI CHristian Church
10:30am Senior Tai Chi at the BIC Center
5:00pm Burger & a Beer at the Shamrock
5:00pm Pickleball at BIC Center
7:00pm Euchre Night at WPBC
[Thursday evening on the radio, drop in for W-V-B-I’s newest music show. It’s The Underground with Leila Freijy. It’s the underground sound of grunge and more from the 80s and 90s with special features every week. Tune in at 7:00 for two hours Underground.]
Friday
9:00am Senior + Vets Coffee & Donuts at the BIC Center
10:00am Pickleball at BIC Center
10:30am Chair Strength Training at the BIC Center
7:00pm Dark Sky Event: Venus Evening Planet All Month
[On the radio, Kick off your weekend with our fantastic Friday lineup! After the 6:00pm news, enjoy “That Thing with Rich Appel” featuring top forty hits from the 70s. At 9:00pm, tune into “The Titus Jennings Experience” offering music from all genres, followed by “The Midnight Special” with Marilyn Rea Beyer at 11:00pm for music, farce comedy, and late-night escape.]
Saturday
1:00pm Fiero Code Club at the Library
3:00pm The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants at the BIC Center. Desperate to be a big guy, SpongeBob sets out to prove his bravery to Mr. Krabs by following the Flying Dutchman, a mysterious swashbuckling ghost pirate, to the deepest depths of the deep sea.
5:00pm Prime Rib Night at the Shamrock
6:00pm Hamnet at the BIC Center PG-13 After losing their son Hamnet to plague, Agnes and William Shakespeare grapple with grief in 16th-century England. A healer, Agnes must find strength to care for her surviving children while processing her devastating loss.
7:00pm Dark Sky Event: Venus Evening Planet All Month
[On the radio, tune in for Country Classics at 5:00 Saturday evening with host Sheri Timsak. At 7:00, take a trip back to the best of the 80s and 90s with the Mix Tape show (that’s a 120-minute TDK cassette tape for those in the know) hosted by WVBI’s Adam Pettigrew. 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.]
Sunday
10:00am Beaver Island Christian Church Worship
12:15pm Sunday Mass at the Holy Cross Church
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Today’s BIC Center Name of the Day is Caylee. If that’s your name, come on it to the BIC Center to pick out a free drink of your choice.
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On our Birthday List today: Chloe Timsak, Cody Middleton and Joe Caillian and if we missed you on the list Happy Birthday to you too from everyone at the BIC Center and WVBI. [Some may no longer be with us, but we still honor and remember each person named]
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TRAFFIC: No delays inbound or outbound to the airports. The Island Beltway is running smoothly and there are no bridge delays. But, hey, let’s be careful out there, especially in the school zone.
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On this date in 1802 The United States Military Academy, founded by Congress to educate and train young men in military science, is located at West Point, New York. The site, once a Revolutionary-era fort, was nearly surrendered to the British by Benedict Arnold in 1780.
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Our Merriam Webster Word of the Putative is a formal word used to describe something that is generally believed, supposed, or assumed to be something specified. It is always used before a noun.
// The group’s putative leader was conspicuously absent from the meeting.
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Now, to wrap up for this Beaver Island Monday…
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On a lighter note… What has five toes but isn’t your foot? My foot.
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That’s the W-V-B-I Community Calendar Report for this Beaver Island Monday, March 16th, 2026. I’m Greg reporting from W-V-B-I’s Langford Family Studios wishing you a great day and asking: why not go ahead and make it the best day ever? And thanks for listening.
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[Current Condition Report, then…]
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Air Quality Index at 5:00 this morning was 0.
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Monday
Snow before 2pm, then snow showers after 2pm. The snow could be heavy at times. Widespread blowing snow. Temperature falling to around 13 by 11am. Wind chill values as low as -9. Windy, with a north wind 30 to 35 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of around 4 inches.
Monday Night
Snow showers, mainly before 2am. Widespread blowing snow, mainly before midnight. Low around 8. Wind chill values as low as -11. Windy, with a north wind 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Tuesday
Scattered snow showers, mainly after 2pm. Patchy blowing snow before 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 19. Wind chill values as low as -9. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tuesday Night
Scattered snow showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 12. South wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Wednesday
A 40 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. Breezy.
Wednesday Night
A 30 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29.
Thursday
Partly sunny, with a high near 36.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26.
Friday
A chance of snow showers after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35.
Friday Night
A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26.
Saturday
Partly sunny, with a high near 34. Breezy.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25.
Sunday
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33.
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Air Quality Index at 5:00 this morning was 0.
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   Photos from webcams at wvbi.net and mackinacbridge.org
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Coming up in our Community Calendar Report…
…all of that along with a run-down of local events, birthdays and more after global and national news from F-S-N. [Time check.]
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Community Calendar Report for Monday, March 16th, 2026.
