Today is Friday, January 22nd, 2016. I’m Greg Doig with today’s WVBI Community Calendar.
NEWS
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.
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
This event is sponsored by the Beaver Island Sports Boosters. Our goal is to purchase BICS athletes new Soccer uniforms, an outdoor timer for the Soccer games, Platform for our Volleyball Refs, and new mats for the gym. All donations will go directly to these items for our Beaver Island Community School Sports Program.
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Chamber of Commerce
Here is a link to a handy printable calendar of major Beaver Island 2016 events.
St Pats Day
Citizen of the Year Banquet
Warblers on the Water
Bike Festival
Fourth of July
Music Festival
Museum Week
Baroque on Beaver
Homecoming
Jazz Weekend
Paradise Bay ½ Marathon & 5K
Bite of Beaver Island Food Fest
Island Boodle 5K
At the Community Center…
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!
This certified program emphasizes balance, strength, flexibility, range of motion and brain power, too! Try it…it’s free and it really works!
The Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program is what is referred to as “evidence-based”, meaning it has been developed, documented, studied and adapted over two decades in conjunction with the National Arthritis Organization and Stanford University. The program’s demonstrated benefits include improved functional ability, decreased depression, and increased confidence in one’s ability to exercise. The data has proven the effectiveness of AFEP for improving mobility and independence, for decreasing pain, and for reducing pain related visits to the doctor.
Instructors are required to be certified, ensuring the safety of participants. They are also educated as to the precautions necessary for certain conditions, such as surgeries, injuries and Rheumatoid Arthritis.
The Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program is the longest-running Health and Wellness Program supported by the COA on Beaver Island, celebrating almost seven years of year-round sessions! If you need some physical activity to keep your joints moving and flexible, please give this a try and help us maintain the availability of this valuable program.
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:
Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
PG | 89 min | Animation, Comedy, Family | 25 September 2015 (USA)
Dracula and his friends try to bring out the monster in his half human, half vampire grandson in order to keep Mavis from leaving the hotel.
Stars:
Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez |
No Escape (I) (2015)
R | 103 min | Action, Thriller | 26 August 2015 (USA)
In their new overseas home, an American family soon finds themselves caught in the middle of a coup, and they frantically look for a safe escape from an environment where foreigners are being immediately executed.
Stars:
Lake Bell, Pierce Brosnan, Owen Wilson
Thanks to Beaver Island Community Center Business Sponsors , the Shamrock Bar and Restaurant, and the Beaver Island Boat Company
Weather
Current Conditions – Greene’s Bay Beach, Beaver Island, MI
As of 8:28 AM Friday, January 22, 2016
Forecast: Partially Cloudy
Outside Temp: 26.7 F
High Outside Temp: 27.9 F at 12:05 AM
Low Outside Temp: 26.7 F at 8:10 AM
Outside Humidity: 88%
Heat Index: 27.0 F
Wind Chill: 25.0 F
Dew Point: 24.0 F
Barometer: 30.355″ and Rising Slowly
Wind Speed: 2.0 Mph
Wind Direction: NNE
High Gust: 8.0 Mph at 5:25 AM
10 min Avg Wind: Calm
Phyllis Moore report -Right now I’m showing 27°, wind is at 6 mph from the WNW, humidity is at 92%, pressure is steady at 1028 mb, visibility is at 8.5 miles. Today: Mostly cloudy with scattered snow showers. Highs in the upper 20s. Northeast winds at 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in the morning. Tonight: Partly cloudy. Lows around 15°. Light winds.
On this date of January 22, 1968 – “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In”, debuted on NBC TV.
Did you know the world’s largest limestone quarry is located near Rogers City, Michigan?
Word of the day: sitzmark (SITS-mahrk, ZITS-) which means a sunken area in the snow marking a backward fall of a skier. Sitzmark derives from the German sitzen meaning “to sit.” It entered English in the 1930s.
Birthdays
Mac McPherson
Weekend
Saturday- Paige Pryor
Community Needs and Wishes
Phyllis Moore post asking to Please join in helping with the tremendous medical costs as Kathy works hard to recover and return to the island. Therre is a link to contribute in the post, on the forum at Beaverisland.net
Cleaning out your pantry before fall or heading home after your vacation here? Remember that you can donate unopened non-perishable items to the Food Pantry to help families here on the Island. Drop boxes are at the Community Center, the Beaver Island Rural Health Center, Holy Cross Church, Fresh Air and the Beaver Island Christian Church. Monetary donations are always needed and can be made payable to the Beaver Island Christian Church, attention FoodPantry, PO Box 21. Or, thanks to Joe Moore, a PayPal/credit card donation link is available on the Beaver Island News on the Net website home page, lower left corner, at beaverislandnews.com.
Thank you for your help, the Food Pantry Committee, Judi Meister, Beth Croswhite, Mark LaFreniere and Deb Plastrik
Submitted by Deb Plastrik
Roads
let’s be careful out there. Especially in the school zone.
Outro
Spring passes and one remembers one’s innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one’s exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers one’s reverence. Winter passes and one remembers one’s perseverance.”
– Yoko Ono
That’s the WVBI Community Calendar for Friday, January 22nd. I’m Greg Doig at WVBI – the Voice of Beaver Island.
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