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Happy St. Patrick's Day! Photographs from the cold, but great, day in the April Beacon.
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. Listen to and vote for Pinky Lee on March 15, ~5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Plans for the new Beaver Island Community School are now nearing completion. Story, floorplan, and elevation in the February Beacon.
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Beaver Island: A Great Lakes Jewel has been nominated for a MI Emmy! If you're on a broadband connection, you can view the video online.
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Towers are now partially erected on the Island. Shown
above is the tower at the East Side Fire Hall with the first of
three sections standing, and the other two on the ground to the
left.
Irish
Road Bowling - Every Tuesday at 6:30. Come to Paid een
Og’s to watch or road bowl and join in the fun. Over a dozen
people are already on board... what's Irish Road Bowling all about?
Beaver
Island Celtic Games - Saturday September 15
at the Bud McDonough Memorial Ball Park. A ceilidh at Donegal
Danny’s and the Shamrock on the 14th and 15th.
Live
Music Benefit, Thank you to the record-number of 670
people who came out for the music benefit event at Unfinished
Farms. A wonderful thing about Beaver Island: when there's a good
cause, people really come through.
Amazing
Reptiles and Amphibians with Jim Gillingham - a favorite
of Museum Week for kids around the Island.
Tour
the historic Beaver Head Lighthouse at the Island’s
south end all day during Museum Week.
Thursday
The Life of Kee: the Adult Years When Keewaydinoquay
Found Her True Calling. Unfortunately 6' waves on Garden
Island's north shore made it impossible for author Lee Boisvert
to make the trip to Beaver.
Wednesday:
World premiere–The Beaver Island Music Radio Show.
Are we really that good?
Wednesday:
A Great Lakes Jewel – BIPOA Film Showing
and Q&A with Barbara Lucas and Pam Grassmick.
Diving
for Beaver Island History: Underwater Explorations
& Discoveries with Mike and Gail Weede, Parish Hall
Totem
Pole Carving with master carver Skip Duhamel.
Music
on the Porch Some amazing talent was displayed on the porch
this year!
The
4th of July
celebrated in Beaver Island Style on Main Street and around
the harbor...
with
the shot of John Work's cannon, the Parade, carnival, Clyde
Fogg memorial boat parade, and magnificent fireworks
photos from the 4th »
The
barque Picton Castle, which was featured on our September
2006 cover after stopping in Beaver Harbor, was the ship in
the CBS reality show Pirate Master which premiered May
31, 2007.
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