Today is Wednesday, January 20th, 2016. I’m Greg Doig with today’s WVBI Community Calendar.
NEWS
A cross between tennis, badminton and ping pong, Pickle-ball is a fun and exciting game for all ages! Played with with 2 or 4 people, Pickle-ball works with hand-eye coordination skills, shot placement and strategy versus brute power, or strength. Come learn how to lob, slam, drive and volley!
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:30-11:00am at the Beaver Island Community Center. Fee-free competitive-fun and exercise!
Questions?! Call Ann at 448-2022, or Kitty at 2553.
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 News
Beaver Island guided fly fishing adventure. http://carptrip.com Please share with your fishing friends. Fly fishing the Beaver Archipelago flats for giant golden bones is growing every year. Many calls to the Chamber of Commerce already this year.
More info and videos here. http://beaverisland.org/hunting-fishing/hunting-fishing-faq-photos-articles
Wildlife News
Anyone who has a big flock of turkeys hanging out for the winter…please contact Mark LaFreniere. The Wildlife Club has corn purchased to feed turkeys and we want to find out where the large flocks are! Mark- 448-2220
At the Community Center…
Games Galore will now be held on Thursday’s at 1pm to 4pm
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 Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Forecast: Partially Cloudy
Outside Temp: 20.3 F
High Outside Temp: 22.1 F at 2:15 AM
Low Outside Temp: 20.1 F at 6:34 AM
Outside Humidity: 79%
Heat Index: 20.0 F
Wind Chill: 20.0 F
Dew Point: 15.0 F
Barometer: 30.266″ and Falling Slowly
Wind Speed: Calm
Wind Direction: SW
High Gust: 16.0 Mph at 4:44 AM
10 min Avg Wind: 5.0 Mph
Phyllis Moore’s report – It’s 16°, feels like 9°, wind is at 5 mph from the SW, humidity is at 76%, pressure is steady at 1026, and visibility is 9.5 miles. Today: Snow showers. Highs in the lower 20s. Light winds. Tonight: Cloudy with a 50% chance of snow showers. Lows around 10°. Light winds
On this date of January 20, 1937 – Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the first U.S. President to be inaugurated on January 20th. The 20th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution officially set the date for the swearing in of the President and Vice President.
Did you know that Sault Ste. Marie, founded in 1668, was the first European settlement in the Midwest, and the third-oldest one west of the Appalachians?
Word of the day: aposiopesis (ap-uh-sahy-uh-PEE-sis) which means a sudden breaking off in the midst of a sentence, as if from inability or unwillingness to proceed. Aposiopesis comes from the Greek word of the same spelling that translates to “a full silence.” It is ultimately derived from the Greek verb siōpáein meaning “to be silent.” Aposiopesis entered English in the mid-1500s.
Birthdays
Kristy Bousquet
Belated Wishes
Yesterday Dan Rasch Jr
Janet Nank
Patrick McGinnity
Pam Grassmick
Monday- Tim McDonough John Runberg Sr Pete Plastrik
Community Needs and Wishes
Bob Welke passed away peacefully at home January 16 surrounded by his loving family. His celebration of life will be at Dutcher Funeral Home in Coldwater Friday January 22 with visitation form 2-4pm and 6-8pm and a celebration of his life at 7pm. His burial with a Catholic Mass will be in May.
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
Roads have a nice new blanket of snow from the lake effect this past day, so as always, let’s be careful out there. Especially in the school zone.
Outro
My old grandmother always used to say summer friends will meltaway like summer snows but winter friends are friends forever from George Martin Author of a game of throne series
That’s the WVBI Community Calendar for Wednesday, January 20th. I’m Greg Doig at WVBI – the Voice of Beaver Island.
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