INTRO
Today is Tuesday, January 5th, 2016. I’m Greg Doig with today’s WVBI Community Calendar.
NEWS
Note on the forum from our Chamber of Commerce:
Island News From The United Kingdom
THere is a nice note and link from the DNR’s Al Stewart about a Beaver Island story published in the United Kingdom.
Beaver Island Community School has formed a team to compete in the First Robotics Challenge. They’ll learn this year’s challenge on January 9th and then spend January through March building a robot to compete against other schools in trying to beat the challenge. The team is still looking for folks that can help as mentors with all aspects of building the robot—from design, to mechanical to programming and everything in between. If you’d like to join the fun, send an email to me, as it happens, to me (I’m one of the coaches) at kevin.boyle@wvbi.net. If you’d like to learn more about the competition, checkout the Michigan FRC website at firstmichigan dot org.
A nice note of thanks from Mary Kenwabikise on the forum thanking those here who have donated and sent their wishes to her. Best wishes and prayers continue go out to her and her family.
Radio Players Meeting
Anyone interested in taking part of the radio players- a truly old time radio show- let’s meet on Tuesday at 1 p.m. If you cannot make it, please let me know and I’ll keep you updated. We’ll meet at the Community Center.
If you have found a script you’d like us to consider, please bring it with you too.
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
COA Dinner this week on 1/10/16 11am to noon
Suggested donation $4 for over 60 and 12 and under $8 everyone else
Full menu is posted on the forum at beaverisland.net
And speaking of the movies, for this coming Saturday,
We plan on showing the extended Blu-Ray version with extra scenes and features!
Rango (2011)
PG | 107 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy | 4 March 2011 (USA)
7.3 Your rating: -/10 Ratings: 7.3/10 from 172,369 users Metascore: 75/100
Reviews: 334 user | 354 critic | 35 from Metacritic.com
Rango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff.
Stars: Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Timothy Olyphant |
Our 7 pm feature is R-rated for some male nudity and some scenes depicting drug use. Anyone under 18 will need WRITTEN parental permission or be accompanied by parents.
Trainwreck (2015)
R | 125 min | Comedy, Romance | 17 July 2015 (USA)
6.4 Your rating: -/10 Ratings: 6.4/10 from 62,635 users Metascore: 75/100
Reviews: 254 user | 303 critic | 45 from Metacritic.com
Having thought that monogamy was never possible, a commitment-phobic career woman may have to face her fears when she meets a good guy.
Director: Judd Apatow
Writer: Amy Schumer
Stars: Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson |
Thanks to Beaver Island Community Center Business Sponsors , the Shamrock Bar and Restaurant, and the Beaver Island Boat Company
Missing Pets
From Saturday Forum Post
Tan and white husky has been missing from about half way down Eastside Drive since Thursday. Super friendly and answers to the name of Kato.
If found, please call Jeff at 448-2169.
Weather
Current Conditions – Greene’s Bay Beach, Beaver Island, MI
As of 8:29 AM Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Forecast: Partially Cloudy
Outside Temp: 29.3 F
High Outside Temp: 29.3 F at 8:26 AM
Low Outside Temp: 21.9 F at 12:00 AM
Outside Humidity: 88%
Heat Index: 29.0 F
Wind Chill: 22.0 F
Dew Point: 26.0 F
Barometer: 30.460″ and Steady
Wind Speed: 7.0 Mph
Wind Direction: S
High Gust: 19.0 Mph at 5:30 AM
10 min Avg Wind: 4.0 Mph
Right now it’s 29° outside, feels like 16°, wind is at 19 mph from the south with gusts to 21 mph, humidity is at 84%, pressure is steady at 1031 mb, and visibility is 9.6 miles. Today: Partly sunny. A chance of snow showers in the morning. Highs in the lower 30s. Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 40 mph. Tonight: Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 40 mph.
On this date of January 5, 1961 – “Mr. Ed” debuted. The show would run for six years.
Did you know that the Michelin man is known as Mr. Bib? His name was Bibendum in the company’s first ads in 1896.
Word of the day: kvell (kvel) which means to be extraordinarily pleased; especially, to be bursting with pride, as over one’s family. Kvell is an Americanism with roots in the Yiddish term kveln meaning “be delighted.” It entered English in the 1960s.
Birthdays
Mike Moore
Roads
Roads are still slippery in parts-so as always let’s be careful out there.
Outro
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, which makes me a little more sophisticated than I appear.
That’s the WVBI Community Calendar for Tuesday, January 5th. I’m Greg Doig at WVBI – the Voice of Beaver Island.
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