Today is Friday, February 12th, 2016.Happy Birthday President Lincoln I’m Greg Doig with today’s WVBI Community Calendar.
NEWS
Go to www.beaverislandbirdingtrail.org to think spring. Sign up for WOW.
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 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 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 8:29 AM Friday, February 12, 2016
Forecast: Partially Cloudy
Outside Temp: 17.7 F
High Outside Temp: 22.2 F at 12:01 AM
Low Outside Temp: 17.4 F at 8:09 AM
Outside Humidity: 80%
Heat Index: 18.0 F
Wind Chill: 10.0 F
Dew Point: 13.0 F
Barometer: 29.997″ and Steady
Wind Speed: 6.0 Mph
Wind Direction: WNW
High Gust: 24.0 Mph at 12:06 AM
10 min Avg Wind: 7.0 Mph
Rain Rate: 0.00″/Hour
Day Rain: 0.00″
Storm Rain: 0.00″
Month Rain: 0.27″
Year Rain: 22.07″
Right now I’m showing 17°, windchill of 1°, wind at 18 mph from the WNW with gusts to 30 mph, humidity is at 75%, pressure is steady at 1016 mb, and visibility is at 9.3 miles. …WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON EST SATURDAY…
* A BURST OF HEAVIER SNOWS WILL IMPACT THE AREA THIS MORNING WHICH WILL THEN BE FOLLOWED BY LAKE EFFECT SNOW INTO SATURDAY.
* THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 1 PM AND 7 PM.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES…WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS.
* LOOK FOR PERIODS OF POOR VISIBILITY.
* PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS…INCLUDING DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE.
Today: Snow showers. Blowing snow. Breezy. Highs around 17°. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 40 mph. Tonight: Snow showers. Blowing snow. Lows around 3 below. North winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 40 mph shifting to the northeast 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 30 mph after midnight. Wind chill readings 9 below to 19 below zero.
On this date of February 12, 1924 : Calvin Coolidge became the first U.S. president to deliver an address by radio. This was the first day that radio programming had included commercials. The National Carbon Company had aired an advertisement during the broadcast of The Everyday Hour. This first sponsored program was heard in New York, Washington, Province, and surrounding areas.
Did you know that when three-letter airport codes became standard, airports that had been using two letters simply added an X?
Word of the day: maecenas (mee-SEE-nuhs) which means a generous patron, especially of art, music, or literature. From Gaius Cilnius Maecenas (c. 70-8 BCE), patron of Horace and Virgil. Earliest documented use: 1542.
Birthdays
Bob Bass
Saturday- Tasha Runberg, Robert Cole, Andi Kohls
Sunday- Bill McDonough
Community Needs and Wishes
Roads
let’s be careful out there. Especially in the school zone.
Outro
To Lucas and all our listeners, Abe Lincoln wrote, Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
That’s the WVBI Community Calendar for Friday, February 12th. I’m Greg Doig at WVBI – the Voice of Beaver Island.
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