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- News from
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- Last run
of the Emerald Isle on December 14 (the Beaver Islander will
finish the last week)
- News from
the Christian Church
- School
plans begin to take shape
- Public
input wanted for Charlevoix County Vision Statement
- High hopes
in new era of Hoops
- Pellston
hosts'n’ boasts at Districts
- Sports
Boosters Update
- A Special
Flight on the Wings of Mercy
- A New
Name for BIPOA: The Beaver Island Association
- A letter
from Brian Mastenbrook, Wildlife Habitat Biologist: Phragmites
Treatment in review
- Job Shadowing
on Beaver Island
- The Boodle:
A Tradition
- Wireless
Internet tower foundations poured
- TDS press
release: DSL Coming Soon to Beaver Island
- Wintry
Road Trip
- Cindy
Ricksgers: Art through time and magic
- One Hundred
Years Ago
- On This
Date
- It Was
Only A Bird; a fitting story by Phil Gregg reprinted for the
Holidays
- In Memory:
Joy Green, Sheila Robert, John W. Works, Emmett Martin
- Clinic
grounds get Upgrade
- Horseshoe
Reef; Scientists: Riverbed not eroding
- Alarming
Bird Deaths
- Holiday
Happenings for Kids; New Year's Dance; The Cantata (December
8th and 9th); School Program December 18th
- Letters:
The Gravel, The Dust (on West Side Drive and Fox Lake Road)
- Michigan
Outdoor Writers Association Group to Visit Beaver Island
- BIRHC
Solicits Board Applicants
- Beaver
Island needs Advanced Life Support
- Letters:
Shanghaied to Charlevoix
- Par for
the Course
- Classified
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- News from
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- Letters:
Glen Felixson retires as Harbormaster and manager of the Yacht
Dock (Municipal Marina) after 17 years
- Commission
on Aging to improve
- Wireless
project to move forward once again following zoning update -
construction on three tower sites to commence soon
- BIRHC
Landscaping Begins!
- A Budding
local Writer from the Beaver Island Lighthouse School
- Halloween
at The Stone House
- Islanders
clean up at sloppy Northern Lights League tourney
- Chenille
Sisters Conquer Beaver Island, first the children and then their
parents
- Regulated
periodic search of the school for violation of drug-free schools
guidelines: nothing found
- Par for
the Course: It was the best of times, it was the best of times.
Bill Detwiler, Bob Simpson, Ron Wojan: Fall League Champions
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- One Hundred
Years Ago
- Happy
Birthday, Dear Airplane: Liz and Paul Niehaus' complete bicentennial
makeover of their Cessna 172, thanks to the skill of Paul Welke
and Island Airways
- Fastest
on the Island. the annual Boodle & Bite of Beaver Island
- Blessing
of the Pets; An old friend on the Horizon, the St. Marys Challenger
- Low-water
reflections: still beautiful (and some improvements at Miller's
Marsh, despite the low-water year)
- On This
Date
- In Memory:
Eunice Hendrix, Jim Egbert
- 20 Thoughts
on Phragmites
- Island
Educational Pioneers
- Algae
Monitoring Results
- Hannahville
claims volleyball title
- The Irish
Return
- Beaver
Island Historical Society: a Summary of Activity
- Tight
Little Island II
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- News from
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- Bite of
Beaver Island weekend events: the annual Island Boodle 5k/Run
Walk, the Bite expanded to both the Holy Cross Hall and a tent
across from the Municipal Marina, a performance by the Chenille
Sisters at the CMU Auditorium, dancing with a Ceili and Hooley
- Crossing
Lake Geneserath–on Foot
- New School
Building Project fall schedule; State Superintendent of Education
Mike Flanagan plans to visit Beaver Island
- “Island
Treasures Resale Shop” to open soon on Donegal Bay Road
- Beaver
Island Rural Health Center Raffle has Record Sales - thanks
all those who made raffle a success once again
- BIPOA
thanks community for work on Phragmites
- A Great
Place to Write
- Fall Sports
in Full Swing
- The Third
Annual Beaver Island Celtic Games with the Grand Traverse Pipes
& Drums
- On This
Date
- In Memory:
Agnes Bird 1915-2007
- Draining
Lake Michigan - More Information on Water Levels
- Reunited—the
mighty Kahlenberg goes back in the Bob S
- Remembering
our shared tragedy on 9-11
- Arranmore
Grotto Dedicated
- One Hundred
Years Ago
- Healing
& Joy at Tara’s Meadow
- A Music
Benefit at Unfinished Farms that drew the whole Island
- Letters
to the Editor: excessive gravel on Island Roads, Island Dogs
deported by law enforcement
- Nackerman
Family Reunion
- The Annual
Bridge Walk
- Par for
the Course
- Observations
from the Advice Booth 2007
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- News from
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- September
Island Events
- Beaver
Island Community School Recognition Dinner for Joe Moore, Jim
and Donna Stambaugh, Jacque LaFreniere, and board members John
Fiegen and Linda McDonough 9-15
- A New
School; a thank-you to voters
- Three
New Teachers at the Beaver Island Community School
- Welcome
to our world: Aiden Christian Acevedo
- Attention
Gardeners: Let's plant and maintain a new garden at the Health
Center, and beyond...
- The Lakes:
22" Down and Falling
- Our New
Grinder
- A Season
of Change: MHSAA switches eight scholastic sports’ seasons
beginning fall 2007
- Road Bowling:
Every Tuesday at 6:30 - come to Paid een Og’s to watch
or roll!
- Soccer:
Islanders Scrimmage Red Hawks; Volleyball: Islanders shine at
early tourney
- Homecoming;
Booster Club Thank-You
- Tough
Times for the Tiffany
- The "Affair
to Remember" - Generosity Makes BIRHC Auction a Success!
- On This
Date
- Little
Sand Bay Trail Improvements Complete
- Great
things for harvest at Farmer’s Market
- Bright
reflections and perceptions: from the CMU Royale Watercolor
Society
- One Hundred
Years Ago
- Senior
Housing coming Closer
- A Perfect
Day for an Art Fair
- Making
Tiles, Books, and Paper
- Nurse
Practitioner Needed
- In Memory:
Dr. Leonard J. Siudara 1913-2007
- Island
Library Helps Scouts Earn Badges
- Par for
the Course; Trudy’s Tournament; Sowa repeat, sort of
- Events
at the Christian Church
- Baroque
on Beaver: To the Community; Island Tribute
- New &
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- News from
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- BIPOA
Annual Meeting - Shoreline owners asked to fight Phragmites
- Upcoming
Island Events
- PABI Sunset
Picnic
- Blob,
Glob, and Chuck tour Beaver Island
- A Farmer’s
Market coming to the Paradise Bay Coffee Shop in August
- Letters
to the Editor: in support of School Building
- Sizzle
into Summer: the Annual PABI Beaver Island Fashion Show with
fashions from the Boat-Tique
- Let's
Build a Better Boardwalk - repairing ravages wrought by beavers
- Coming
Attractions at the Beaver Island Rural Health Center Auction
- an Affair to Remember
- A Camp
Quality Thank-you to the Island!
- The Fine
Art of Ferryboat Sleeping
- Photographs
and stories from Museum Week 2007
- On This
Date
- Welke
Flies AmVets to see the Yankee Lady; Plans underway to bring
this B-17 Flying Fortress to the Island next year
- Baroque
On Beaver - four performances and music camp
- Irish
Road Bowling comes to Beaver Island
- The Mystery
at Eleven Feet
- Gillingham
Academic Center Dedicated
- One Hundred
Years Ago
- The Fourth
of July Parade - Main Street’s heavy traffic
- Boyne
Thunder - skimming across Lake Michigan for a good cause
- New Langford
Music Room Dedicated at the Library
- Charging
Around - Paradise Bay Coffee Shop Electric Charging Station
- Pikes
Prevail in Playoff; then Ladies find Perfection
- New &
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- News from
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- Arranmore
Grotto underway
- Switchback
July 5 Irish Music Concert to benefit the Aranmore Park Benefit
Fund.
- Inland
Seas July Kayak Eco-tours
- Donovan
Langford IV Music Room to be dedicated July 15
- CMU Summer
Nature Walks
- The Vances
and Greggs celebrate; Rachel announces; Eric welds; BICAA recieves
check from Charlevoix County Community Foundation to support
summer Baroque on Beaver programs
- Let’s
Go Golfing
- Mitch
Ryan comes to town August 2 to speak about his experience working
with the Karen people of Burma
- The Dennis
Sullivan comes to the rescue
- Nets full
of Green
- AmVets
ceremony to dispose of unserviceable Flags
- On This
Date
- Art at
Montaage and Livingstone Studio
- Independence
Day events
- the Big
Neils are coming
- Thunder
on the horizon - July 21st
- Museum
Week: the schedule
- What really
happened at the May Pole
- One Hundred
Years Ago
- In memory:
Robert Allen Kenwabikise, Helen Selfridge, Norman L. Banghart,
M.D.
- Save the
petals, save the scales: Letters: Where Have all the Flowers
Gone? Save the Smallmouth
- Forrest
Powers - on the Dean's list - again.
- The Amazing
Story of the Quilt that Named Itself–and other true tales
of art
- Library
loses some services due to state cuts, remains strong with others
- Support
the BIRHC and win wonderful unique packages from locals
- New &
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- News from
the Townships; Island Broadband
Plans continue
- Beaver
Island Calendar of Events
- Melissa
wins Another Award; Summer Kids Ace College; Islander Graduates
- Baroque
on Beaver Summer Music Camp
- Beaver
Islanders invited to May-Pole Dance at Tara’s Meadow .
- BIRHC
pursuing Digital X-Ray Technology: Senior Housing Facility
- New Plan
for BIRHC Summer Fundraiser
- Sarah
McCafferty - Paramedic!
- Total
Response to Wildfire
- Loon Trip
- Wildlife
Club Improving Habitat
- Diamonds
on the Water
- Annual
Ladies’ Golf Tourney
- Honoring
BI Women
- On This
Date
- CMU Summer
Field Trip Schedule
- Inland
Lake Eco-Tours
- Beaver
Island Community School Grads Ready to Begin Next Chapter
- Setting
the Resale Shop
- One Hundred
Years Ago
- News on
the ‘evil weed’ - Phragmites Control Update
- In Memory:
Roberta McDonough Huey, Merriam Neurohr, Josephine DeVogel
- The Art
of Sailing
- PABI's
Casino Night
- Austin
Eicher wins Again!
- The Paradise
Bay Pedicab Arrives
- Team Peterson
Claims Road Rally
- Summertime
and the driving is easy (new SUV for the BIRHC summer raffle
fundraiser arrives)
- Letters:
Two Sides to Every Story
- Doc, Doc
Goose - a prescription for fun
- Vote Set
for School Improvements
- New &
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- News from
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- The fate
of Rural EMS is Different
- News about
Music - Baroque on Beaver Summer Music Camp
- Beaver
Island Wildlife Club - a continued effort to improve our wildlife
habitat
- A Community
Garden?
- PABI Road
Rally
- The 6th
Citizen of the Year is named
- Spring
Sports Awards, and a farewell to coach Myers
- What does
the Historical Society do? Please vote yes on May 8
- On This
Date
- Oh my;
Mary has done it again
- One Hundred
Years Ago
- In memory:
JoAnne Scripps Hooker, James Martin, Thomas Kleppe
- Central
Solutions Inc. now signing up wireless broadband customers in
town
- Loons
return
- CMU Tracking
Smallmouth Bass
- Non-discrimination
on the golf-course: Does Your Biology Prohibit You to Play in
the men's league?
- In a world
ruled by Bugs
- Do you
know which way the wind blows? A talk on the downsides of Wind
Farming in marginal lcations
- “You
can’t be too careful” to be staged by the Beaver Island
Community Players June
- The American
Girl's first run of the season
- Welcome
Philip Mogford
- Resale
Shop lot gets a tree and brush trim
- New &
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- News from
the Townships, EMS, & reports from the Township Annual Meetings
- Music
camp to accompany sixth Baroque on Beaver
- Beaver
Island: A Great Lakes Jewel stage one coming to completion
- Honoring
Chief Peaine – the new display at Peaine Hall
- From the
21st Annual Beaver Island Talent Show
- 2007 Golf
Course News
- Arranmore...
Somewhere
- Upcoming
School Election
- Thanks
from AmVets Post 46 and AmVets Auxiliary the generous support
of the benefit breakfast for the family of Jean Palmer’s
grandson, SP E-4 Nicholas Brown
- On This
Date
- (on
the cover)
James
Kenwabikise and Skip Duhamel open the harbor
- The Rewards
of being Citizen of the Year
- In Loving
Memory of Ronald Haggard
- Surprise,
Surprise... Happy 60th, Chris!
- Beaver
Island Celebrates the Great Day... photographs from St. Patrick's
Day
- Fireman’s
Fund Insurance presentation to the Fire Department
- One Hundred
Years Ago
- BI Broadband
News... Central Solutions on-Island lighting up harbor area
- Why Do
I Like Pancakes?
- Islanders
volleyball stung at Districts by Hornets
- Basketball
team second in first NLL tourney
- Doing
Well by Doing Good - our trip to New Orleans
- Start
Saving! Resale Shop to begin anew
- Michigan
Sued by Foreign Fish
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- News from
the Townships
- some info
about BIBCo’s new schedule
- Island
Residents show interest in School Board Openings
- School
building improvements - School Board Chooses BETA Design
- Island
Students Recognized for Commitment to Academics
- Island
Students Outscore Others on MEAP tests
- Island
Roads: Good Enough - Public votes against additional road millage
- pictures
from an afternoon at the Burke Farm
- One Hundred
Years Ago: Strang defended
- Little
Traverse Conservancy reaches out to Our Kids
- Welcome
Ava Lorraine!
- It's
the Little Things that Count
- Biggest
Loser; Biggest Winner
- Take part
in the Citizen of the Year nomination process
- The Wildlife
Club receives input on cormorants
- Out
of the Blue - a serial science fiction story starring people
and places of Beaver Episode 7: The
Decider
- On This
Date
- Islanders
wrap up their seasons
- Better
WATCH Out
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- News from
the Townships
- Year-end
report from our EMS
- School
board filing deadline nears
- What can
we do to Improve our Roads
- It’s
not easy to save a life on a night like this - the Beaver Island
Rural Health Center, EMS, and Coast Guard ship Biscayne Bay
team up to achieve a night rescue
- Is Wireless
Broadband almost here, there, and everywhere? Visits from
OnWeb90 and Public and Joint Township Meeting with Central Solutions,
Inc.
- On This
Date
- A Bumpy
Month for Islanders
- CMU’s
new Academic Center
- How is
it possible? Tim Turns Fifty!
- Out
of the Blue - a serial science fiction story starring people
and places of Beaver Episode 6: Certainty
- Welcoming
Yoo
Goodbye to ‘Papa Bob’
- Brad and
Drew graduate
- Neal Green
receives award
- One Hundred
Years Ago
- Students
Sparkle at the Geo Bee
- News from
the Health Center; BIRHC Plans New Summer Fundraiser
- About
the Cover: the long-delayed snow finally blanketed Beaver Island
on January 15th, including the beautiful scenic overlook built
by the Friends of the Trails at Martin’s Bluff.
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- No Snow, No Problem – Christmas still brings Much Joy!
- News from the Townships
- Coast Guard cancels Live Fire Zones due to public, environmental
outcry
- News from the Beaver Island Wildlife Club
- Thanks to Dean and the EMS
- V-6: Island Families
- A Big Step Forward… for Beaver Island Music: You
Don’t Know Me – brilliant new release by Sheri
Timsak
- On This Date
- In Memory: Clayton A. Kline
- BeaverIslandNews.com
goes forward
- Broadband wireless
meeting – Joint Township & Public with NG Wireless,
Inc. – January 17th.
- Out of the Blue - a serial science fiction story starring
people and places of Beaver: Episode 5 Song Lines
- Don't Pull the Plug on the Great Lakes
- Beaver Island Calendar of Events
- Wishlists for Santa
- Dody Bedford: fascinated by Beaver
- Islanders open season with double sweep
- Twelve Days: our school’s Wonderful Christmas program
- Letters to the Editor: Port St. James Association Actions
- The Next Big Invasion: Shrimp
- First Snow, Time to Go
- Island Firm Merges
- Knitting toward a Big Goal: 1, 2, 3, 4 … 100,000 ‘Sweaters
for Kids’
- Elsenheimer takes on School Funding Inequalities
- The AmVets choose Dave
- Grant for BIYC Arts
- The Cantata Hits Six
- One Hundred Years Ago
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Halloween
at The Stone House - All of you kids —zero to death—
come to the Stone House, if you dare, for some scary treats
and a few tales. You never know what creatures you might find!
photograph by Frank Solle
The
Island Boodle - The Island Boddle 5K starts at 10:00
am on October 6. For additional information please contact event
organizers Gail and Mike Weede at (231) 448-3195 or (231) 448-2708.
Registration from 8:00 am until the Boodle starts at 10:00 at
the Shamrock.
The
Bite of Beaver Island This year, October 6th , the
Bite of Beaver Island is so big it's spilling out of the Holy
Cross Church Hall. The expanded event will have two main locations
this year: Holy Cross Hall and The Main Street Tent across the
street from the office and Municipal Marina. The Bite Committee
is chaired by Kathy Speck.
Ceili
and a big Irish Hooley - There will be a Ceili on Friday
night at the Shamrock beginning at 8:00 p.m. (island time) Come
out and learn Irish Set Dances, Waltzs and Quick Steps. (yes
there will be instructors!)
On
Saturday beginning at 8:00 p.m. there will be a Hooley at Holy
Cross Hall. Various artists will be performing. There will be
a Cash Bar and $10 admission.
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Chenille
Sisters Perform on Beaver Island at the CMU Auditorum
on Saturday October 6, 7:00 p.m. Rides avaialble from in front
of the Museum Porch. The popular singing trio from Ann Arbor
is wWell-known for their close harmony arrangements in a variety
of musical styles - jazz, blues, country-folk, old favorites
- interspersed with humor, wit and whimsy.
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Islanders
gathered at the East Side Fire Hall on 3-20 to witness the presentation
of a check for $125,000 from Fireman’s Fund Insurance to
the Beaver Island Fire Department. The money was spent on a
beautiful, brand-new 3,000-gallon tender, which cost $175,000.
Happy
St. Patrick's Day
March 17 - Games begin outside at 1:00 p.m. in front
of the Shamrock. Indoor this year Paddy's Feud in addition
to the favorites! »
Doghouse
Boodlers play the Shamrock on Friday and Saturday night.
(Beachcomber will also be open) »
Inis
Anam (Isle Soul), a new island band consisiting of Cindy
Gillespie-Cushman, Kevin White, Patti Cull and Miranda Rooy
will be making their debut at Donegal Danny's on Friday. »
Danny and Danny, Edward Palmer and Cindy Gillespie-Cushman will
be at Donegal Danny's on Saturday night. »
Happy
Holidays - from the annual Cantata
and
the School - The Twelve Days of Christmas
and
Santa of course! Lots of Island holiday photos in the January
Beacon.
Training
with the Coast Guard - The first training exercise
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