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April 2013

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	News from the Townships Annual Meetings and Budgets: Peaine and St. James Spring Feverish The new terminal is about to start A new Permaculture garden St. James Boat Shop paddle boards Watch out for these invasives! On a Roll Triplets Arrive The New Film, Meeting On Beaver Island The Smith Goes Down Hooray! The end of the GLE Beaver Island surcharge The best way to beat the snow and avoid the sharks - helping and diving in Roatan On This Date Leapfrogging the ice and landing in – Manistique Take my cover—please Beachgrass available New Chamber website Purple boxes Igloo, Anyone? One Hundred Years Ago A few words about the Island ferries Going wild – to honor St. Pat "It's a long way... to Beaver Island." In Memory: Rosemary Burget, John Paquin Gail's Walk Welcome Patrick McGinnity, new director at the Beaver Island Library Baroque bucks the trend by drawing larger crowds Celebrating Easter on the Emerald Isle If you'd like to toss a caber Water up A kayak park Taxes: SEV correction Classified Ads, Island Property for Sale, Beaver Island Rental Cottages and Homes [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

March 2013

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	News from the Townships Getting Down to Particulars - Three goals for NRESC: natural resource management, economic benefits, and an informed, caring public Walk with the Spirit of Gail - Memorial Weekend, May 26 Island Voter Turnout impressive On This Date Destination Paradise Bay: Kids on a Cruise We have Lift Off - PABI Ice Classic Buoy on the ice Violinists, on your mark - New Concertmaster announced for Baroque on Beaver Fest BICS Math and Reading scores among top in state, again Cindy waves her magic wand - a team of afterschool artists Beaver Island Community School benefits from service consolidation grant One Hundred Years Ago "There's no such thing as a free lunch" proved wrong. Charlevoix County Community Foundation grant given to the Beaver Island Food Pantry. "Because we are a family" Gentlemen, spin your crank - Michigan Crankun T's to return September 21st To A Lake Captain In Memory: Glenn Arden, Dave Grosart Where our eagles go Introducing: The Photography of Jill Campbell A Brave New Beaver Island App The Next Outstanding Citizen Help May be on the way for low water The Emerald Isle's CAT engines being rebuilt Carol's Barn to be built at the Resale Shop 30 Interested in Beaver Island Library position Letters: Another way to look at NRESC Classified Ads, Island Property for Sale, Beaver Island Rental Cottages and Homes [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

February 2013

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	News from the Townships Revised Airport Terminal plans The Community Foundation's new Trustees Untitled Delayed/1-13-13 CMU goes Deeper - New Vessel RV Chippewa to increase reasearch capacity of CMU on Beaver Island A Public Notice: The Draft Peaine Recreation Plan Invisible Gardening The Leader of the Pack Riley Justis Selected to lead Beaver Island Community School Katrina becomes Assistant Prosecutor One Hundred Years Ago Some Little Known Facts 40 Years of Flying So Far Smoke, Bad On This Date In Memory: Barbara Duval Fox, Ed Loveley, Mary Jane Schmidt Where's the Water? Where's the Snow? Is there a doctor in the house Chris VanLooy Lauded New PA for BIRHC: Welcome Gayle L. Paget BIRHC Board Openings Quiz Bowling Choose Your Hero - Beaver Island Citizen of the Year Here's how we recreate: Recreation Survey Results NRESC, about time; Why NRESC?; Funding; When; Goals of the Plan Charlevoix County Internet Satisifaction Survey An Opening - Beaver Island District Library Classified Ads, Island Property for Sale, Beaver Island Rental Cottages and Homes [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

January 2013

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	News from the Townships Don't Blow Up - BIRHC offers free high blood pressure checks Burning the Note The New Airport Terminal - Concept Drawings The Biggest Buck of All One Hundred Years Ago Loving the Hunt Sports Awards The Log of the Barrallton The Whitest Woods, the Biggest Storm On This Date An Expanded Preserve, Between Two Lakes Art in the Blood Beaver Island's Community Center Receives Special Gifts in 2012, Giving it Many Happy New Years! Perserverance First Snow, Time to GO The Frailty of Life The Living Nativity In Memory: John Paul Kenwabikise A wonderful Tribute Those Lucky Swifts Joseph LaFreniere State recognizes BICS student performance Vigil by Candlelight The Candidates for Beaver Island Community School Administrtive Position Country Roads ... Take Me Home Classified Ads, Island Property for Sale, Beaver Island Rental Cottages and Homes [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

December 2012

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	News from the Townships Wanna Monkey around (with a survey)? Congratulations Donzell & Dan Would've Been 100 Undefeated Letters: progress and the nature of Beaver Island An Open Letter to the Airport Commission BICS Academic Achievement PABI Winers Fire at the Cole Home One Hundred Years Ago The Christmas Tree ship – a century later Letters: the tax toll Thank You from the Team up for Change Let's Watch the Scrapbook Grow Shooting Strang – again On This Date Photos from the Beaver Island Christmas Cantata 2012 It's Christmas At Sea Caroling Goodbye, Carol LaFreniere Beaver Island Wildlife Club Winners Classified Ads, Island Property for Sale, Beaver Island Rental Cottages and Homes [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

November 2012

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	News from the Townships The County Garage – is it coming? The Wildlife Club and Community Volunteers renew Walleye Pond Welcome Ryleigh Kay Nackerman Lampposts My Philosophy Beautiful weather for a beach clean-up Avian Botulism Two New Supervisors How Low? Everything you wanted to know about the NRESC One Hundred Years Ago We've got color That Fateful Day - a flying experience on the day of the loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald In Memory: Eugene "Gene" Massimo Bonadeo, Colleen Sue Currier "The Flower Lady of Charlevoix", Judie Lee Garthwaite, EB Lange On This Date This Laugh's on You, Boys and Girls Just the facts, Mam: The GLE Island Surcharge School Board moves forward in plan to replace Superintendent/K-12 Principal Over the Hills and Through the Woods A 2012 and a 2013 wedding Airport Commission announces word of $650,000 grant to build a new township airport terminal in 2013 From the Vault: Building the Roosevelt School Classified Ads, Island Property for Sale, Beaver Island Rental Cottages and Homes [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

October 2012

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	News from the Townships My Walk to Heaven Meet the New Arrivals School Sign and Scoreboards Replaced One Hundred Years Ago Beads of Courage, Acts of Grace The Emerald Isle, back from drydock Where red leaves come Walleye pond improvements On This Date Low, low, low Island boodlers for a day Letters: two townships are best The EMS and Island Airways Agree Weeding out the Invasives Whoever wrote "Only the Good Die Young" Didn't Mean Lawrence McDonough In Memory: Claire Cull, Jackie "Mouse" Martin Campaign Matters Candidates' Forum Peaine's Taxes Buttercup 'Lemondrop' home after Town Flight The Lucky Winner Jimmy Does it Again Classified Ads, Island Property for Sale, Beaver Island Rental Cottages and Homes [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

September 2012

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	News from the Townships A Matter of Degrees: Jacque LaFreniere given award by National Weather Service Hey, everybody, Let's Paint! From the Museum Week Art Show Shimmer of the Beaver Island Royale Watercolor Society Beaver Island's National Resources Awards: $400,000 in 2012 Beaver Island Health Fair planned for September 28 The Bridge to Everywhere – starts Here One Hundred Years Ago Candidates' Forum A Splendid Dedication of the George and Althea Petritz Nature Preserve Thanks to the BI EMS and BIRHC New at the Island School Let's Walk - ideas for a self-guided walking tour of historic sites A congregation of different drummers - Drum in at Whiskey Point An Expedition to mysterious Garden Island Beaver Island in the Leadership Charlevoix County program On This Date New BIHS president and vice president BI Hospice and Beaver Island Hellping Hands In Memory: Bill Scherer, Ruth Ann Gatliff Wanted: a nurse practitioner The Taylorcraft Project – code name "Big Red" A Homecoming for Old Cars "Howdy!" – Bigger than Life It's Fashion Destination Paradise Bay: Delivering a Land Yacht A letter from the king of the Iron Men Classified Ads, Island Property for Sale, Beaver Island Rental Cottages and Homes [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

August 2012

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	News from the Townships Access to Great Lakes Fishery Notre Dame Cultural Archaeologists at the Boyle Farm Beach Cleanup announced for September 15 Beaver Island's Traffic Calming Innovation -- it works! Beaver Island Celtic Music Mini Fest planned for September 6-8 Blacksmiths setup at Heritage Park Art Pieces for Your Health A Kayak trip to Garden Island's Indian Harbor: MI Youth Experience Island Kayaking The August Homecoming Dinner: 80 Years The Reader A Success! Stained Glass Window has a Winner A Busy July Board following succession plan to replace Superintendent/K-12 Principal Singing in the Rain ... Music on the Porch Destination Paradise Bay: Fishtug Gloria Beaver Island AmVets Post 46 Activities One Hundred Years Ago Wellness Garden Benefit Bravo Baroque on Beaver! The Musicians of Baroque on Beaver Livingstone Studio's Meet the Artists Destination Paradise Bay: Cruisers' Questions You Can't Win ... Even When You Do Debate on the Senior Millage Beaver Island Winning the War on Phragmites; the 2012 Phragmites Survey Letters: Beaver Island EMS Support Top to Bottom On This Island A Great Day to Dive 47 and Counting Vintage Vehicle Show at Whiksey Point planned for August 12 Letters: Candidates' Forum In Memory: Jerry Charbeneau, Chuck Schellenberg, Tina Walker, Dick Winnick Fatal Car Crash After School Program loses ENthusiastic Leader Beaver Island Music Festival #10 and Counting On This Date The Institute for Great Lakes Reserach, an openhouse at CMU's Whiskey Point boathouse facility Let there be Birding Classified Ads, Island Property for Sale, Beaver Island Rental Cottages and Homes [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

July 2012

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	News from the Townships BIRHC Raffle car - a chance not to pass up The park is clean An Open House Invitation AmVets Post 46 Unservicable Flag Disposal Ceremony Candidates' Forum: Bill Kohls Several Visiting Doctors at the BIRHC They came from the East All About Our Fish In Memory: Helen Dudzik The Last Boat, and the Best A Summer for Books: Broder Family Reception - The Beaver Island Columns Invasives Summit A Success Silent Auction at Health Center Someone said, "Bring your Bikes," and look what happened 4th Annual Archipelago Challenge Poker Run set for August 4 Beaver Island – The Island of True Magic Tickets for the Garden Tour The Calendar Lil Gregg: to know her is to love her The Discovery of a Lifetime - Faces of an Earlier Time? Bringing the Keewatin home – an amazing accomplishment Marathon Swimmer Jason Lassen to attempt First Crossing Art At Forest View Filing Deadline for BICS Board of Education Chipmunkee Business A New Graduate On This Date Hospice Advances Career Day at BICS Baroque on Beaver 2012 Events Island Airways is an Air Ambulance We lit up the sky – in the Afternoon "Faces of Freedom" The Circle M is back! The Beaver Island Writers Group One Hundred Years Ago The South Manitou and South Fox Island Lighthouses Thank You to the Community Food Pantry Needs Help Music in the Woods - the Beaver Island Music Festival No. 10 July 19, 20, 21 Classified Ads, Island Property for Sale, Beaver Island Rental Cottages and Homes [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

June 2012

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	News from the Townships Island Health Center Funding extended Garden Tour Update Top O'Michigan Trails Camp Quality plans for this year No Green Card for Invasives The issue with Mute Swans Baroque on Beaver - Eleven Years of "Free Concerts" Community Center Opens Summer Season with a Mongolian Flourish and Closes with a Celtic Clobber! The Garden Island Cemetery Peace Garden at the BIRHC Wellness Garden School Millages Pass by a wide margin DNR Q&A NMU Sifts through Time on Beaver Island Piecing together the details of our story New "Beaver Island Studio and Gallery" The Beaver Island Columns The Beaver Island Reader One Hundred Years Ago The American Girl: 1922 and Still Strong Choices on the upcoming ballot Glen McDonough Memorial Concert planned for July 7 at Red Deer 4th Annual Beaver Island Archipelago Challenge set for August 4th The Beaver Islander turns 50 A Spring Town Trek Girls Abroad! An impressive Island Graduating Class The Island commemorates Memorial Day; the AmVets Post 46 Ceremony with a Coast Guard Flyover A Memorial Day Display of Paul Welke's Collection Gail's Walk In Memory: Arthur Roy Ranger, Francis Stout, Doris Souter, Vern Vance On This Date Livingstone — As It Lives and Breathes! New Times, New Bylaws, Cell Coverage May Come: Verizon and AT&T may equip towers with new equipment Classified Ads, Island Property for Sale, Beaver Island Rental Cottages and Homes [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

May 2012

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	News from the Townships This could be our new ferry Singers' Workshop – Everyone's Invited! One Hundred Years Ago Garden tour plans for 7-11 Hold on, get ready; here comes Baroque On This Date The white beaver – more than a legend? The continuing quest – to define Art They have Talent In Memory: Phyllis Jean Fitzpatrick Mayflowers Artist/teacher/publisher Sharon Long coming August 18-24 Phragmites update Kathy Speck - Beaver Island Citizen of the Year May School Election Classified Ads, Island Property for Sale, Beaver Island Rental Cottages and Homes [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

April 2012

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	News from the Townships Let's Take a (field) Trip - CMU/BIHS summer field trips announced This is Where our Money goes - an overview of the annual township budgets The Great Day on Beaver Island Be Careful where you Step - Cladophora glomerata and our beaches Upcoming A New Campus: Nortrhern Michigan University property on Greene's Lake Road Artist Blacksmiths seek sponsors for Museum Week show A Wonderful Winter, but it was only here for a day In Memory: Bill Freese A Happy Easter One Hundred Years Ago Thirty-seven reasons: Gwen Marston's 37 Sketches wins award in the 2012 New York Book Show Eagle Scout recognized For the Birds On This Date AmVets Post 46 Thank You Beaver Island Association to sponsor June 14 Invasive Species Summit Classified Ads, Island Property for Sale, Beaver Island Rental Cottages and Homes [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

March 2012

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	News from the Townships The Resilience of Beaver Island Things are Heating Up Striving for Balance I Dare You Annual "Gail's Walk" set for May 27. Our Fantastic Students The Biography of a Boat Builder New Ferry Boat Design Awarded PABI's Big Challenge A Whiz Kid At Last Fun on the North Arm One Hundred Years Ago Transform Yourself and your world Ice Crossers - Watch Out! Only You can prevent forest fires Mary turns Sand into Sapphires Connected Community Lost Kayak The new Emerald Isle Movie Club BIA Fights On The "Beaver Island Reader" A Pilgrim's Progress Former Island Student wows Washington On This Date In Memory: Elizabeth Maloney Stephens Classified Ads, Island Property for Sale, Beaver Island Rental Cottages and Homes [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

February 2012

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	News from the Townships Local Business feted: Island Airways named Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center Small Business of the Year Help Plan a Health Fair Fixing up the Light Tower Selecting a Wildflower Identification Book for your Beaver Island Get-Away On This Date Marathon, Three Years Running In Memory: Jeanette Marie Bogus, Michael Cull, "Captain" of Bay City, Buster Elms , Donna Ann Nelson Frozen World The Sky Changes A nearby Coast Guard rescue Grand Traverse Band Chairman aims to represent Michigan's 1st Congressional District Semper Paratus A book of David Broder's columns planned 2nd Annual "Gail's Walk" announced for May 27 Then it Fell Charlevoix County Community Foundation Grant Deadline is Near Who should be this year's Citizen of the Year? Help is Available The Beaver Island Reader: taking shape Northern Michigan Regional Hospital Expands Beaver Island Historical Society hopes to build on its Accomplishments Climatologist, Eco-Survivalist to visit The "Rushin' Girls" B.I.F.D.A. Support One Hundred Years Ago Classified Ads, Island Property for Sale, Beaver Island Rental Cottages and Homes [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

January 2012

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	News from the Townships The Recreation Survey and Draft Recreation Plan ( St. James Draft Recreation Plan ) Protection - Piece by Piece. How the new George and Althea Petritz Nature Preserve came about Lighthouse School Grads The Cantata Turns 11 From Beaver Island to Mississippi - PABI Really Delivers AmVets Community Christmas Where Everybody Knows Your Name - RedHats turn out to welcome Dorothy back home On This Date A Visiting Ship—sunk at the Big Mac In Memory: John Ruddell First Snow serves as our Recess Bell Working on the Railroad - laying track at Heritage Park and looking at the D. B. Harrington Engine A Drum for the Island One Hundred Years Ago A vibrant School Enrollment Numbers up by Six for Twelve Ride the Bucking Beaver Munson honors Lois Williams BICS Teachers Excel Three High School Students inducted into the NHS Deer Count Powering Up - a new generator for the BIRHC Let's Facilitate Classified Ads, Island Property for Sale, Beaver Island Rental Cottages and Homes [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

December 2011

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	News from the Townships Letters to the Editor: On the Airport Airport Lawsuit Resolved A chilly Veterans' Day CoA facing tough financial restructuring On This Date Santa's Workshop and Lunch with Santa! One Hundred Years Ago Destination: Paradise Bay S/V Mateus II Home Port Beaver Island Our Center pushes for a debt-free future Island Airways selected to receive support under MEDC pilot program Beaver Island - the Last Stop in America before going back to Ireland QDM sparks hunters' appreciation Changes at Barney's Lake; A great new preserve on the Back Beach BIBCo Awarded Charlevoix Chamber of Commerce Business of the Month It's even Funnier when it's True - the Beaver Island Comedy Group delivers 90th Birthday Thanks Mentors Needed for Lighthouse School Students Night Watch Thanks from the Beaver Island Wildlife Club Thinking Local for Christmas Save the Date - Beaver Island Club of Grand Rapids Party set for February 18th A New Annual Event: Frolic for Food and Fairness Classified Ads, Island Property for Sale, Beaver Island Rental Cottages and Homes [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

November 2011

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	News from the Townships Haiku For You Here in the Valley I'm wearing a New Hat Digital School In Our Stead New Diplomate One Hundred Years Ago How about a bag full of Candy? What's now Fair Game Semper Paratus: Always Ready Island Boodlers Walk the Walk Empty Hangar Take This Please - You'll Enjoy It ( Recreation Plan Survey Results ) Life in a Toy Store Blessing of the Pets On This Date In Memory: Doug Bugai, Roland McDonough, Virginia Roundtree, Cyril (Tim) Joseph Timsak The other side of the bay: Little Sand Bay BICAA Arts Mini-Grants Available Rhyming Young - The Beav NRESC meets with MSU on the creation of a Natural Resources Management Plan A Group Hug helps the Grieving Process BIRHC Seeks Board Applications See it Grow Classified Ads, Island Property for Sale, Beaver Island Rental Cottages and Homes [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

October 2011

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	News from the Townships The Annual Wildlife Club Raffle NRESC: Up and Running Rounding Up Helps No EABS Plans for the Tenth Bite of Beaver & The Island Boodle Destination Paradise Bay: Acceptance, Home Port Mackinac Island The John McCauley house on King's Highway makes way for the future Community Center Get-Together Haiku For You A page of absolute poetry Up, up, and away ... in a Balloon On this Date In Memory: Logan McDonough, Russell "Kook" Palmer, Anthoy "Tony" Wojan A Break In Power for BIRHC Writers: Retreat! Volunteer to support The BICS College and Career Day! - May 2012 The Cranken 'T's and 'A's on Beaver Island A Day at the Races The unqualified quality of Camp Quality Health Center Thanks Community The Tenth Anniversary of 9-11 Quilters: Unite! Beaver Fuel They would be Leaders One Hundred Years Ago Classified Ads, Island Property for Sale, Beaver Island Rental Cottages and Homes [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

September 2011

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	News from the Townships The Sunny Don leaves The Iron Ore Creek Damming TDS installs additional fiberoptic cable out Donegal Bay Road Full Circle: BIRHC fundraiser Native compatible plants Beaver Island Comedy Group to hold auditions Ted Nicholas' new Video I Dream of the Island Lauded No stone left uncarved On This Date The Royales return One Hundred Years Ago Haiku For You Hunting Rule Updates Peeking into the Danes' Farm on Garden Island The long way to Beaver Island Backing up the BIRHC Names of the Stars You could be Protar Paddling On ... and on and on Ahoy Every Won A Murder Mystery Homecoming, into the record books Our Mysterious Stone Circle Watching the runners Amvets award scholarship Niagara Prince pays a call Pretty in Yellow The Whiskey Point Flag Look Just Right Reach Exceeding Grasp This is the BIA A new slice on the Apple Pie Contest Classified Ads, Island Property for Sale, Beaver Island Rental Cottages and Homes [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

August 2011

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	News from the Townships Have you seen our magnificent gardens - the 1st Annual Beaver island Garden Tour Benefit Breathe the Lake The "Ghost" Returns No More Shoes A festival of music out in the woods We don't take the Fifth on the Fourth On This Date New Chamber Video In Praise of Public Service and Friends Thanks for the Wellness Garden Haiku for You Cackle Meet the Artists – exchange recipes and favorite jokes Emerging Leaders Urged to Join The 10th Anniversary Baroque on Beaver After the Concert, riding a high One Hundred Years Ago Concert at Red Deer Musing about Museum Week Old Cars Coming to the Island in September Museum Week Art SHow Dennis Banks on Beaver Island Stained Glass Windows Parrots o the World: Unite There are Still Big Fish Destination Paradise Bay: Our Cruising Ambassadors Forest View: Who do we Thank: BICDC Thanks Grand Opening Volunteers Children of the World The Veterans' Memorial Park Thanks to Dr. Powers Beaver Island Library News A Late Boat Father Joe Honesty Abounds The Ballad of David Chase Classified Ads, Island Property for Sale, Beaver Island Rental Cottages and Homes [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

July 2011

• News from the Townships
• Baroque on Beaver celebrates 10th Anniversary
• EMTs pass exam
• Walleyes Arrive
• Biking the Beaver
• Destination Paradise Bay: SV Sunshine in Paradise Bay
• On This Date
• Letters to the Editor: Another Clear-cut on Beaver Island?
• Band sets at the upcoming July 14-15-16 Beaver Island Music Festival
• Steve Hamilton coming
• First Annual Garden Tour
• Now
• Learning about Life
• Letters: Ed Wojan on the revival of a Natural Resources committee
• Wellness Garden Auction
• Phragmites Update for 2011
• In Memory: Carl Felix, Rosanna Jeannette Harvey
• Haiku for You
• Letters: Exotics
• Upon Rising
• Blankets for Pets
• Furor at the Charlevoix Airport
• Our All-Starters
• BIRHC helps Reduce Environmental Hazards
• News from the Maritime Museum; plans and last minute surprises for Museum Week 2011
• Dancing in the Meadow as the crocuses sing
• One Hundred Years Ago
• Goodbye, Father Pat
• No Easy Eagle
• Welcome Adelyn Rae Grogan; Russell Jonathan Green II's first trip on the Beaver Islander
• Letters: Township Consolidation Revisited
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• News from the Townships
• Third annual Glen McDonough Memorial Concert set for July 9
• The Holy Cross Ornament by Kay Masini wins national recognition
• Congrats to the Beaver Island Community School Grads
• The First Sixty
• A Man comes Home
• Welcome Isabella Sens
• The AmVets Memorial Day Ceremony at the newly finished Veterans Park
• Charlevoix County Community Foundation Grant goes to the BIRHC
• Dreaming of Krabloonik
• The Second Annual Bike Festival set for June 23-25
• Summer High
• Haiku for You
• The Lighthouse School honors its Graduates
• A Water Wagon to smooth Island Roads
• New Slips on the Harbor
• Can you aim Too High?
• The First Annual Gail's Walk
• You Can Help
• The Garden is for All of Us: First Annual Garden Tour
• Lois Stipp and Beth Schully Opening
• The Beaver Islnad Book
• A Summer season of Island events
• The CMU Service Team
• Exciting Soloists in Baroque on Beaver
• School Election Results
• Swan Chicks
• Eagle is as Eagle does
• Library News
• One Hundred Years Ago
• "Emerald Memories"
• In Memory: Patricia LaFreniere
• On this Date
• New Sights at Island Whimsy and Livingstone Studio
• Two into One might Go - but should it?
• Time to consider Township Consolidation?
• Hiding the bone - Teaching an old dog new tricks
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Photos from D.J. Angus' trips to Beaver Island, MI ca. 1951. Grand Valley State University Digital Collections.

Happy Holidays and a very Happy New Year to All from all of us on Beaver Island.

On Christmas Eve, children and the Community came together for a Live Nativity. Merry Christmas to all from all of us on Beaver Island.

The Ballad of David Chase
The amazing song John Hett wrote in 3 days about the fatal locomotive crash that killed engineer David Chase in 1908, a moving ballad as good as anything by Nick Cave, is now on YouTube.

St. James Marine's Tug Wendy Anne tows the historic 350' SS Keewaitin from Saugatuck Michigan to Port McNicoll Canada. Click here for more photos and video, and a link to the 9&10 News video if you missed it on 6/6. Thanks to Jeff Powers for the photo above. Full story to appear in the July Beacon.

Draft St. James Recreation Plan

Click here to see the Draft St. James Recreation Plan (PDF)

Click here to see the Recreation Survey Results (PDF)

The Beaver Island Music Festival
A great setting in the woods off the West Side Road. Neat bands. Radiating rhythms. What more could you want? On Thursday night some impromptu sets and Joddy's slide guitar warmed things up between scheduled bands as some of the bands and many attendees to the music fest were delayed when a small pleasure boat collided with the Emerald Isle in the channel off Round Lake in Charlevoix. The Coast Guard had to perform an investigation, but a few hours late the boat finally made her way to Beaver, undamaged. And the night was just getting started.

Beaver Island Veterans Memorial Park Dedication
Hundreds of people, possibly every man, woman, and child on Beaver Island, came out on Sunday July 3 for the formal dedication of the beautiful new Veterans Memorial park on Beaver Harbor.
Click here for the 9&10 news video by Corey and Stephanie Adkins

Interested in spending a winter on Beaver Island? Take a few minutes and watch the neat time lapse movie Bob Tidmore created and has now uploaded to YouTube.
"It was taken over the 2007-2008 winter and consists of individual photographs taken every 10 minutes out of our upstairs front window (OK maybe I missed a couple of days here and there) less the ones taken at night... Enjoy"

The Second Annual Fresh Air Aviation Winter Fest on Lake G is scheduled for Saturday February 19, 2011 from 12pm - 4pm. Lots of Ski Flying, good food, good friends, and games for all ages. Have a look at this Video created by Mike Hurkmans during last year's Winter Fest on Lake G.

Another neat video on youtube: A classic flight to Beaver Island in the Sikorsky Flying Boat, from Island Airways.

Members of the Beaver Island Comedy Group worked as hard as Santa's elves, creating brand new skits and videos for the Holiday Hilarity II production! If you missed the show at the Community Center, check out the clips on YouTube!

Some of Our Favorite Christmas Lights... from 08... Beaver Island welcomes the newest tug, the Wendy Anne. Photos and story of the tug and journey from the east coast to Beaver Island appeared in the November 08 Beacon. Also photographed lighting the harbor for the holidays.

A Favorite Story from the Beacon Winter Archives...
The Winter Run

The Return Trip - James Kenwabkisi in the Ruby Ann breaks out from the point through 16" ice to re-open the harbor for the Emerald Isle's return trip with Bud Martin on the ice ready to chainsaw when needed. Full story and photographs in the April Beacon!

In Route to Whiskey Point - You've never seen the Ruby Ann here before! On a flatbed trailer in front of the Harbor Light waiting to launch into a chainsaw cut berth in the ice.

Nudging the ice away - the Emerald Isle makes her way to the dock with the Biscayne Bay beside

The Biscayne Bay clearing the harbor with her side bubblers pushing ice out from the hull.

Passing Whiskey Point required one or two back-downs, but was in general a smooth operation after the long day reaching Charlevoix. Many pictures from Charlevoix, Beaver Island, and the air in the April Beacon.

Lighthouse Quest-- Two days spent visiting nearby lake lighthouses and cruising around the Beaver Archipelago thanks to Bonadeo's Beaver Island Boat Charters and Lighthouse Central. If you haven't seen Waugoshance or South Fox or Squaw, or even if you have, it may be just what the doctor ordered this summer...

Some of our favorite photos from years past on Beaver Island

Really Taking Shape 2-09-06

Live Nativity

Partying in the Face of a Blizzard

CMU Art Show 2002

Live Nativity

Baroque on Beaver 2009

Beaver Island 4th of July 2003

Beaver Island Community Center Grand Opening

Baroque on Beaver 2009

Skydiving at the Township Airport

4th of July Parade 2007

Live Nativity

69 people on 6 boats took part in this year's Beaver Island Archipelago Challenge. Boats were stationed around Beaver, Garden, and High Islands to give out cards. Proceeds benefited the Beaver Island Community Center. If you didn't get a chance to take part this year, watch for the dates for next year's event.

Stearman Bi-Plane and Float Plane Rides available this month, July 2010, on Beaver Island from the Township Airport and the Harbor

Enter your boat in the 4th of July Lighted Boat Parade - Help light up Paradise Bay at Dusk on the 4th of July sixth annual Clyde Fogg Memorial Boat Parade. For info, call Mike Weede (Home) 231.448.2708 or at the Paradise Bay Dive Shop 231.448.3195. Trophy for the best boat!

Get ready for the Beaver Island Bike Festival - June 26, 2010. See the website for details and registration information.

A Video commissioned and directed by the Charlevoix DDA of the new East Park Charlevoix.

YouTube Find: History Detectives Spoof -- The Buried Treasure of Beaver Island. Thanks to Brendan for the link!

Don't miss the reprise of the Beaver Island Comedy Group's hit show...
Christmas in July? Almost. June 30 and July 1 at the Community Center.

It’s once again time to purchase your tickets on the B.I. Rural Health Center’s annual car raffle. This year’s vehicle is a very attractive 2010 Crystal Red Metallic 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt.

Beaver Island Veterans Memorial Park - "Construction started at 9:00 this morning 7/6/2010 with the ground breaking by Carl Felix. Jimmy Wojan is providing the landscaping and earthwork for the project. We'll be posting more pictures as the park progresses. Honor a vet and purchase a brick."

Baroque on Beaver - made in Michigan and featuring favorites Claudia Schmidt, Martha Guth, and more!

Don't miss the Beaver Island Music Festival July 15 - 17, 2010! Click here for this year's Festival!

Paddle for Food
Ken Bruland's 85-mile solo kayak trip to benefit the Beaver Island Food Pantry. Help Ken gear up for the trip by being one of his sponsors. And help the cause by donating to the Beaver Island Food Pantry - jars at McDonough's Market, The Station at 4-corners, and The Beaver Island Community Center.

Waugoshance! A photograph of Ken heading for Waugoshance point by Frank Solle and thanks to an Island Airways Flyover. Please consider donating to the Food Pantry / Paddle for Food so Ken's long paddle fulfills the hopes to support this good cause.

Harbor open for the season - to start April in spring-fashion, the USCG Mobile Bay returned to the Island to open the harbor so the ferry can begin her season. Photograph by Frank Solle.

Livingstone Studio's Meet the Artists will take place July 31, 2010 12 noon to 4 pm.

Shipwreck Diving - Mike and Gail Weede will present another thrilling episode of diving on the Island’s shipwrecks such as the Niko.

Music on the Porch - who will perform this year? Could it be you?

The Yankee Lady B-17 touched down at the township airport.

Early experiments in near infrared photographs are becoming more promising. The Harbor

It's up - The three new 180' E.W. Marine towers, on the Font Lake side of Donegal Bay Road, at the East Side Fire Station, and at Greene's Lake, are now up. Photographs in the May Beacon!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Photographs from the cold, but great, day in the April Beacon. 9&10 News Video: Special St. Patrick's Day Tradition on Beaver Island (viewable online)

Pinky Lee on NPR - Beaver Island's Jenny Bousquet and Holly Keller have been playing music together for the past year, writing songs about family, love, and seasons with a folky, soulful style. Both women play guitar and mandolin while singing unique vocal harmonies. March 15 2008.

The Beautiful New Beaver Island Community School now complete.