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Today is Monday, February 8th, 2016.Welcome to Monday. I’m Greg Doig with today’s WVBI Community Calendar.
NEWS
THE BOONIES which was filmed on Beaver Island this summer featuring Dan Burton, his family, and other great Islanders, Randy Osborn, Mike Weede, Dick Burris, Levi Connor, and Larry Koon. The Boonies airs Tuesday’s @ 9pm on the National Geographic Channel
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/the-boonies/episodes/middle-of-nowhere/
Celebrate Beaver Island’s spectacular location and habitats as birds and birders migrate to the island for the 2016 Warblers on the Waters (WOW) events.
http://www.beaverislandbirdingtrail.org
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The Beaver Island Association
P.O. Box 390
Beaver Island, MI 49782
Islanders came away with some victories this weekend at Paradise. They play at home this Weekend.
Islanders Basketball Friday February 12th
Menu: Homemade Mac & Cheese / Sloppy Joes
Come on out and support Beaver Island Community School Athletic Program!
Go Islanders!
Monday February 8th, as of right now will be the first night of open basketball. If you are interested in coming or Wednesdays would work better, please contact Cameron LaVasseur so I can get an estimate (as of now its Mondays only). Please pass the message along
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
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.
We’re pleased to let you know we have a spiffy new website for WVBI.
- You can use it to listen online with a built-in station player that can provide you all sorts of information about the music we play. You’ll find song lyrics, album and artist information and more. To listen, just press the play button in the station player bar at the bottom of the page.
- There’s also a Community Calendar with information about events all over Beaver Island. We’re trying to make it complete with entries for BICC sponsored events as well as other events sponsored by other island organizations — including BICS, BIHS, the Chamber and the BI Cultural Arts Society, among others. We’ll also have entries for island board meetings that are open to the public. Want to see your event on the calendar? Just send us an email at calendar@wvbi.net.
- Keep up on what’s happening at WVBI with our news posts. You’ll find news about events on the station and at the BICC plus the text of our daily current events updates.
- Want to know what’s on when at the station? There’s complete program schedule with detailed information about all of our programming.
- Have an idea for a show or want to make a suggestion? Use the handy contact form.
But, enough reading about it. Dial it up and have a look at www.wvbi.net.
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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 Monday, February 8, 2016
Forecast: Mostly Cloudy, Rain within 12 hours
Outside Temp: 30.6 F
High Outside Temp: 37.3 F at 12:10 AM
Low Outside Temp: 30.6 F at 7:55 AM
Outside Humidity: 96%
Heat Index: 31.0 F
Wind Chill: 31.0 F
Dew Point: 30.0 F
Barometer: 29.610″ and Steady
Wind Speed: Calm
Wind Direction: ESE
High Gust: 11.0 Mph at 12:49 AM
10 min Avg Wind: Calm
It’s 33° outside this morning, feels like 28°, mostly cloudy skies, wind is at 5 mph from the south, humidity is at 94%, pressure is steady at 1003 mb, and visibility is at 9.4 miles. Today: Partly sunny. Patchy fog and freezing fog in the morning. A 40% chance of snow showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 30s. Light winds becoming west at 10 mph with gusts to around 20 mph in the afternoon. Tonight: Cloudy. Chance of snow showers in the evening, then snow showers likely after midnight. Total nighttime snow accumulation around 1 inche. Lows in the mid 20s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Chance of snow 70%.
On this date of February 8, Friday, Feb. 8th, 1952 : Princess Elizabeth has formally proclaimed herself Queen and Head of the Commonwealth and Defender of the Faith declaring her reign as Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second.
Did you know that the elephant is the only mammal that can’t jump?
Word of the day: sagacity (suh-GAS-i-tee) which means acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment. Sagacity can be traced to the Latin sagācitās meaning “wisdom.” It entered English in the mid-1500s.
Great Lakes Monthly Lake levels report
From Bob Tidmore
Monthly the Corps of Engineers in Detroit publishes reports on the Great Lakes water level for all five lakes and summarized the inflows to the lakes from rain and snow inflows from Canada and outflows thru Chicago and Lake Ontario. This is a synopsis of those reports.
As of January 1st 2016, all of the Great Lakes were above their long-term average levels. A strong El Niño is expected to continue into the spring, and will likely be accompanied by above average temperatures and below average precipitation across much of the basin. Among the potential impacts are below average ice cover and changes in the amount and timing of runoff to the lakes.
For example precipitation to Lakes Superior and Michigan-Huron were 60% and 30% above average, respectively. The precipitation to Lake Erie equaled its January average, while Lake Ontario received slightly above average precipitation. The net basin supply to Lake Superior was above average in January, while the water supply to Lake Michigan was below average.
With the exception of Lake Superior, water levels rose on all the Great Lakes from December to January and the mean monthly lake level of all the lakes were above their long-term average January levels. Lakes Superior and Michigan- Huron were 9 and 11 inches above average, respectively.
For the Lake Michigan the water levels as of February 5th of were 11 inches above the low water levels of 1964 but 22 inches below the highest water level record of 1986.
For this summer the Corp of Engineer’s prediction is for water levels to be slightly higher than last summer.
Weather wise the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center’s 3-month outlooks call for an increased likelihood of below average precipitation through July.
Birthdays
Beth Crosswhite
Ryan McDonald
Community Needs and Wishes
Roads
Icing all over the roads…let’s be careful out there. Especially in the school zone.
Outro
- To Lucas and all our listeners, from a Japanese proverb, “One kind word can warm three winter months. “
That’s the WVBI Community Calendar for Monday, February 8th. I’m Greg Doig at WVBI – the Voice of Beaver Island.
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