Today is Monday, February 15th, 2016. Welcome to President’s Day. I’m Greg Doig with today’s WVBI Community Calendar.
NEWS
Go to www.beaverislandbirdingtrail.org to think spring. Sign up for WOW.
Things are moving along with the BICS FRC team. Loads of stuff done yesterday at Adam Anderson’s shop. Assists by Adam, John Robert, Kevin Boyle and the team led to some more fabricating getting done. The team got some more hands on building skills under their belts, also.
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 feasts, 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 be willing to donate a pot of chili or soup, please contact Debbie Robert at (231 675 7155) or debbier@bics.us or on Facebook.
As always, thank you for continuing to support our Islander Sports Program.
ONCE AGAIN, JUDGES WILL CHOOSE A 1ST, 2ND AND 3RD PLACE WINNER!
Open Gym on Monday –
We still have some spots on teams left. Get to open gym and call 231-838-2883 to sign up or tell Cameron.
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:
Captain Jake:Never Land Pirates: The Great Never Sea Conquest”
“Captain Jake and the Never Land Pirates: The Great Never Sea Conquest” is a special episode that premiered July 31, 2015
Stars: David Arquette, Corey Burton, Jeff Bennett |
SATURDAY
February 20th, 2016
3 PM
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama |
7 pm Feature Presentation
The Intern (2015)
PG-13 | 2h 1min | Comedy |
Storyline
70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.
Originally set up at Paramount Pictures, The Intern was planned to feature Tina Fey and Michael Caine in the lead roles. When a budget could not be settled, Meyers decided to pre-package before going out to other studios and was able to start negotiations for both actors.[4] Handed over to Warner Bros., Fey was replaced by Reese Witherspoon as the attached star, though Witherspoon left the film on January 15, 2014, due to scheduling conflicts.[4] As of February 7, Anne Hathaway was in final talks to replace Witherspoon in the lead role.[5] Stephen Goldblatt was set as director of photography.[6] On June 23, Zack Pearlman joined the cast of the film.[7]
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 8:29 AM Monday, February 15, 2016
Forecast: Partially Cloudy, Snow within 12 hours
Outside Temp: 19.6 F
High Outside Temp: 19.6 F at 8:27 AM
Low Outside Temp: 16.9 F at 12:07 AM
Outside Humidity: 88%
Heat Index: 20.0 F
Wind Chill: 20.0 F
Dew Point: 17.0 F
Barometer: 29.968″ and Falling Slowly
Wind Speed: Calm
Wind Direction: SSE
High Gust: 13.0 Mph at 3:11 AM
10 min Avg Wind: 1.0 Mph
Rain Rate: 0.00″/Hour
Day Rain: 0.00″
Storm Rain: 0.00″
Month Rain: 0.27″
Year Rain: 22.07″
Right now it’s 19° with light snow and it feels like 9° the winds from the south east at seven humidity’s at 85% and the pressures at 29.94and rising – expecting highs in the mid to upper 20s today and will stay there through the night
Birthdays
Ireland McDonough
Roads
Fresh snow on the roads, but, let’s be careful out there. Especially in the school zone.
Outro
To Lucas and all our listeners, they say you can’t buy happiness, but you can buy coffee, and for me that’s kind of the same thing.
That’s the WVBI Community Calendar for Monday, February 15th, 2016. I’m Greg Doig at WVBI – the Voice of Beaver Island.
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