Today is Wednesday, February 10th, 2016. I’m Greg Doig with today’s WVBI community calendar.
Islanders Basketball Friday February 12th
Menu: Homemade Mac & Cheese / Sloppy Joes
Come on out and support Beaver Island Community School Athletic Program!
Friday night game starts at 6pm and Saturday morning is 8:30am (Breakfast bagels and doughnuts)
Go Islanders!
Things are moving along with the BICS FRC team. The students have worked hard to this point and have some more work ahead. You can follow their progress on a website that Kevin Boyle has put out there. The address is birobot.org
Take a look at the post “Join the BIROBOT Team as a sponsor”. There is as some cool stuff given to sponsors that donate.
If you are looking for information on when and where to see the latest episode of the Boonies you can find that and information on all island events on the new WVBI Community Calendar. Just head on over to the WVBI website and click on Calendar on the top menu. In addition to Boonies information, you’ll find entries for events all over the island all through the year, including:
+ Summer favorites like Museum Week, Baroque on Beaver, Art in the Harbor and more
+Events at the Beaver Island Community Center including the weekend movies (with full details), wellness events, community meetings and everything else happening at the BICC
+Special meals from COA feats, to AMVETS breakfasts to fundraising dinners
+Beaver Island Community School Events including sports, plays and robot competitions
+Island board meeting dates for the townships, school and library
+Events at the island’s churches, including Sunday services
+Beaver Island Wildlife Club activities
+Events off-island of special interest on the island like the Grand Rapids party and…the Boonies.
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.
Oh, and where to find the Boonies? It’s on Tuesdays at 9:00 on the National Geographic Channel (DirectTV Channel 256, Dish Channel 186).
And, right now on WVBI you can enjoy some classical music with Exploring Music — an internationally syndicated radio program featuring classical music, with commentary and analysis by host Bill McGlaughlin. All on your own community radio station right here in the boonies–WVBI on FM 100.1 on the island and worldwide on www.wvbi.net.
Mark your calendar! Join us February 26th for the 2nd Annual Alumni Basketball Tournament and Chili/Soup Cook Off
If you would like to join a team or sign up to enter your most awesome Chili or Soup call Carol @ 231-838-2883
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The Charlevoix County Commission on Aging “Dining Out Program” will remain available at Stoney Acre Grill without interruption!
The same menu will be available, however there may be some “temporary outages” during the transfer of ownership and restocking. Other than that, it will be “as usual”: same menu, cooks and wonderful food, same procedure, and same benefit to Seniors!
Any questions?! Just call Ann at 448-2022.
At the Community Center…
Pickle Ball Tuesday and Thursday 0930 to 1100
Games Galore will now be held on Thursday’s at 1pm to 4pm
The Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program will now be available on FRIDAYS ONLY, 11am-12pm @ BI Comm Center effective the week of January 25;
FIRST NEW CLASS Friday, January 29!
NOTE: There will be NO CLASS on Friday, January 22!
If you are interested in attending but would like–or need–to use the Charlevoix County Transit bus in order to do so, please contact Ann at 448-2022. We would consider changing the time of the class to coincide with the Transit schedule in order to keep this valuable program active on Beaver Island.
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And speaking of the movies, for this coming Saturday, are:
3 pm: Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)
PG-13 | 2h 12min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Wes Ball
Writers: T.S. Nowlin (screenplay), James Dashner (novel)
Stars: Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster |
Storyline
In this next chapter of the epic “Maze Runner” saga, Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all. Written by 20th Century Fox
7 pm Feature
Love & Mercy (2014)
PG-13 | 2h 1min | Biography, Drama, Music |
In the 1960s, Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson struggles with emerging psychosis as he attempts to craft his avant-garde pop masterpiece. In the 1980s, he is a broken, confused man under the 24-hour watch of shady therapist Dr. Eugene Landy.
Director: Bill Pohlad
Writers: Oren Moverman, Michael A. Lerner (as Michael Alan Lerner) | 1 more credit »
Stars: John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks
Thanks to Beaver Island Community Center Business Sponsors , the Shamrock Bar and Restaurant, and the Beaver Island Boat Company
Wildlife News
The Wildlife Club is asking for volunteers for a couple of upcoming projects:
Jacque at jacquel@tds.net
Weather
Current Conditions – Greene’s Bay Beach, Beaver Island, MI
As of 8:28 AM Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Forecast: Partially Cloudy
Outside Temp: 13.5 F
High Outside Temp: 16.8 F at 12:08 AM
Low Outside Temp: 13.5 F at 8:27 AM
Outside Humidity: 76%
Heat Index: 14.0 F
Wind Chill: 3.0 F
Dew Point: 7.0 F
Barometer: 29.907″ and Rising Slowly
Wind Speed: 9.0 Mph
Wind Direction: NW
High Gust: 23.0 Mph at 1:20 AM
10 min Avg Wind: 9.0 Mph
Phyllis Moore report – temperature of 12°, windchill of -4°, wind is at 16 mph from the north with gusts to 28 mph, humidity is at 74%, pressure is rising from 1013 mb, and visibility is at 5.5 miles. We are still in a Winter Weather Advisory until 6:00 p.m. tonight, so be careful out there. Today: Snow showers likely. Areas of blowing snow in the afternoon. Highs around 13°. North winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Tonight: Areas of blowing snow in the evening. Mostly cloudy with scattered snow showers. Lows around 5°. North winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
On this date of February 10, 1933 – The singing telegram was introduced by the Postal Telegraph Company of New York City.
Did you know that at the time you were born, you were briefly the youngest person in the entire world?
Word of the day: victorian (vik-TOR-ee-uhn) which means 1. Prudish; outdated; exaggeratedly proper; hypocritical. 2. Relating to the period of the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901). 3. Relating to ornate architecture, furnishings, etc., characteristic of the period. After Queen Victoria of the UK (1819-1901). Earliest documented use: 1839.
Birthdays
Elizabeth Pop
Community Needs and Wishes
Roads
let’s be careful out there. Especially in the school zone.
Outro
To Lucas and all our listeners, a quote from Sinclair Lewis who observed Winter is not a season, it’s an occupation.
That’s the WVBI Community Calendar for Wednesday, February 10th. I’m Greg Doig at WVBI – the Voice of Beaver Island.
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