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From our Langford Family Studios on America’s Emerald Isle, this is the W-V-B-I Community Calendar Report for Monday, September 22nd, 2025. |
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First some news… The Little Traverse Conservancy launched a new initiative to support outdoor education. • A new education endowment, the Sowing the Seeds Education Endowment, has been established. • It will be combined with the Andreae Brown Family Environmental Education Endowment Fund. • Together, they create the nation’s first fully endowed education program at a land trust.
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Now, here’s a look at events happening on your Emerald Isle…
First your meeting planner… Hunters’ Safety Field Day Sunday, 9/28. Contact Levi Connor at 231-459-6697 for more information. Details about the required course for new hunters is available in the calendar entry
On the fun front today…
Monday • Great Lakes Islands Summit 2025, @ Beaver Island Community Center, • BIDL – Foraging with Gina Mangra, @ Beaver Island District Library, 7:00pm Tuesday Pickleball Outdoors, 9:00am Peaine Twp Courts • Chair Strength Training, 9:00am BIC Center • Babies and Toddlers Mix-Up, 10:00am BIDL • Let’s Get Quizzical! – Trivia Night, 6:00pm (registration required) BIC Center • Great Lakes Islands Summit 2025 (public gathering), @ CMU Biological Station, 7:30pm Wednesday BI Senior Advisory Committee BINGO, 1:00pm – 3:00pm (social/bingo group meeting) at BIC Center • Great Lakes Islands Summit 2025 continues, 8:00am BIC Center • BI @ Hannahville, 3:00pm (school event into 9/25) BI Community School • Dark Sky Event: Moon and Mars, 9:00pm (through 9/25) Thursday • Artist in Residence: Lori E. Taylor to present at BIDL, 7:30pm (includes presentation/discussion) • Pickleball Outdoors, 9:00am Peaine Township Courts • Women’s Bible Study, 10:00am BICS • Senior Tai Chi, 10:00am Community Center • Burger & a Beer, 5:00pm at the Shamrock
Friday, Senior + Vets Coffee + Donuts is on at the BIC Center from 8:30 to 11:30. At 9:00, there’s Chair Strength Training in the Hangout at the BIC Center. There’s Pickleball at 9:00, too, on the outdoor courts at Peaine Township Park • Beaver Island Soccer & VBall @ Mackinac Island, 3:30pm (continues 9/27) • Dark Sky Event: Moon Pairs with Scorpius, 9:00pm (continues 9/27) darkskyisland.org [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 Pickleball Outdoors, 9:00am Peaine Twp Park • Artisan Market at the Point, 10:00am • Fiero Code Club, 1:00pm BIDL • How to Train Your Dragon, 3:00pm Community Center • Prime Rib Night, 5:00pm at the Shamrock • Superman, 6:00pm BIC Center
[On the radio, tune in for Country Classics at 5:00 Saturday evening with host Sheri Timsak. At 7:00, Jackson Smith and Steve Girbach are in with Songs from the Trail. 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, there are services at the Episcopal Mission at 9:00 and the Christian Church at 10:00, and Mass at Holy Cross at 12:15.
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NAME OF DAY: The BIC Center Name of the Day is Wyatt. If that’s your name, come on into the BIC Center today to pick out a free drink of your choice.
BIRTHDAYS: Caleb Hart is on our list today. Happy Birthday to Caleb, and if we missed you on the list, Happy Birthday to you too from everyone at WVBI and your Beaver Island Community Center! |
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TRAFFIC: No delays inbound or outbound to the airports. The island beltway is running smoothly with no bridge delays. But let’s be careful out there—especially in the school zone. |
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On this date In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issues a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which sets a date for the freedom of more than 3 million enslaved in the United States and recasts the Civil War as a fight against slavery. |
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Our Merriam Webster Word of the Day is Lugubrious is a formal word used chiefly to describe something that is very sad especially in an exaggerated or insincere way. The word can also describe something that shows or expresses gloom. // The movie’s stunning cinematography could not make up for the lugubrious and plodding plot. |
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Now, to wrap up for this Beaver Island Monday… |
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Here’s a thought for the day from ― C.S. Lewis who said, “No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.” |
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On a lighter note… I ordered a chicken and an egg from Amazon. I’ll let you know… |
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That’s the W-V-B-I Community Calendar Report for this Beaver Island Monday, September 22nd, 2025. 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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Today A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Patchy dense fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Monday Night A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph after midnight. Tuesday A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 69. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Tuesday Night A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers between 8pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Wednesday Partly sunny, with a high near 67. Wednesday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. Thursday Partly sunny, with a high near 67. Thursday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. Friday Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Friday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. Saturday Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Saturday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 57. Sunday Sunny, with a high near 67.
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Fire Danger Level on the Island set at Low. AQI this morning was acceptable at 51, |
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Out on the Big Drink… |
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Monday Variable winds 5 kt or less. A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Areas of fog before 10am, then Patchy fog between 2pm and 3pm. Waves 1 ft or less. Monday Night Variable winds 5 kt or less. A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 4am, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog after 10pm. Waves 1 ft or less. Tuesday Variable winds 5 kt or less. A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Waves 1 ft or less. Tuesday Night NNE wind around 10 kt. A slight chance of showers. Waves 1 ft or less. Wednesday NE wind around 10 kt. Partly sunny. Waves 1 ft or less. Wednesday Night NE wind around 10 kt. Mostly cloudy. Waves 1 ft or less. Thursday NE wind around 10 kt. Partly sunny. Waves 1 ft or less. Thursday Night NNE wind 5 to 10 kt becoming NW after midnight. Partly cloudy. Waves 1 ft or less. Friday WNW wind around 10 kt. Mostly sunny. Waves 1 ft or less.
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Water Temperature: It’s 63.7 in Little Traverse Bay. The North Lake Michigan buoy southwest of Gull is reporting 64 with less than one-foot seas. Mid Lake Michigan photo at time shown. Provided by NWS |
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Photos from webcams at wvbi.net and mackinacbridge.org |
