Today is Tuesday, February 9th, 2016. I’m Greg Doig with today’s WVBI Community Calendar.
NEWS
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
_________________
The Beaver Island Association
P.O. Box 390
Beaver Island, MI 49782
Islanders Basketball Friday February 12th
Menu: Homemade Mac & Cheese / Sloppy Joes
Come on out and support Beaver Island Community School Athletic Program!
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.
Islanders Sports this weekend. The Basketball teams are away, but let’s be there in spirit for them.
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
_________________
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.
John Hess the Charlevoix Veterans Benefits Rep will be at BIRHC from 1100 to 1500 today.
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.
_________________
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 Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Forecast: Mostly Cloudy
Outside Temp: 23.7 F
High Outside Temp: 25.1 F at 3:14 AM
Low Outside Temp: 23.5 F at 7:52 AM
Outside Humidity: 90%
Heat Index: 24.0 F
Wind Chill: 18.0 F
Dew Point: 21.0 F
Barometer: 29.705″ and Rising Slowly
Wind Speed: 5.0 Mph
Wind Direction: WNW
High Gust: 10.0 Mph at 4:58 AM
10 min Avg Wind: 5.0 Mph
Phyllis Moore report – It’s a bit chilly outside this morning at 25° and feels like 13°, wind is at 12 mph from the NNW with gusts to 19 mph, humidity is at 83%, pressure is rising from 1005 mb, and visibility is at 9.1 miles. We are in a Winter Weather Alert until 6 p.m. on Wednesday, so be careful out there.
* Lake effect show showers will increase across the region later this afternoon and especially tonight
* The heaviest snowfall rates will occur tonight when snowfall rates of greater than one inch per hour are expected within the heaviest Lake effect snow bands.
* Total snow accumulations of 3 to 7 inches are expected through Wednesday with locally higher amounts possible where snow showers persist.
* Significant reductions in visibility are expected tonight through Wednesday. Wind gusts of 20 to 30 mph will result in blowing and drifting snow.
* Travel will be difficult, including during the morning commute on Wednesday
Today: Snow showers. Highs in the upper 20s. Northwest winds 5 to 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph. Tonight: Snow showers. Areas of blowing snow. Lows around 11°. North winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to around 35 mph.
On this date of February 9, 1950 : A majority has been reached among the members of the United States House of Representatives regarding the hike in postal rates. As a result of a voice vote made on this day, a bill was passed which had raised the rate of postal card rates from one to two cents. Regular letter rates would stay at three cents.
Did you know that just like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue is different?
Word of the day: vicissitude (vi-SIS-i-tood) which means 1) a change or variation occurring in the course of something. 2) an interchange or alternation, as of states or things. Vicissitude derives from the Latin vicis meaning “turn, change.” It entered English in the mid-1500s.
Birthdays
Linda McDonough
Dave Duda
Joe Williams
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 –Ralph Waldo Emerson who wrote, “The hard soil and four months of snow make the inhabitants of the northern temperate zone wiser and abler than his fellow who enjoys the fixed smile of the tropics. “
That’s the WVBI Community Calendar for Tuesday, February 9th I’m Greg Doig at WVBI – the Voice of Beaver Island.
# # #