BEAVER ISLAND NEWS ON THE 'NET

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2nd Annual Gail's Walk, Sunday, May 27, 2012 @ 3:00 pm

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NRESC Annual Report to the Townships

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CMUBS Job Opportunity

CMU Biological Station on Beaver Island is seeking a seasonal Custodial and Hospitality lead for the 2012 season, April 1 to October 31. 40 hours per week at $10.50 an hour plus 3 meals per day. Email a resume and cover letter to gordo2jj@cmich.edu

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Comments on the St. James Recreation Plan

This document contains all Public Comments received by Peter Plastrik through January 22 in response to the Discussion Draft of a St. James Township recreation plan released for comment on January 2, 2012. A printed copy is available at the Beaver Island Library. It is anticipated that the St. James Township Board will hold a public hearing on the discussion draft at its regularly scheduled meeting on February 1, before considering adoption of a plan. Additional public comments may be sent to pete@in4c.net until January 31, 2012 or to PO Box 248, Beaver Island, MI 49782 until January 30, 2012.

Recreation Plan Comments

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DRAFT-St. James Recreation Plan

This draft plan has been released for a one-month public comment period, before it will be considered by the St. James Township Board at a public hearing at its February 4, 2012 meeting. It was prepared, at the Board's request, by Peter Plastrik.

A printed copy of the plan is available at the Beaver Island Library.

Comments may be sent by email to Peter Plastrik at pete@in4c.net or PO Box 248, Beaver Island, MI 49782, or to Rick Speck, St. James Township Supervisor

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St. James Recreation Plan Survey Results

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Beaver Island Human Services Commission Brochure-Need Heat/Food

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2011 Christmas Cantata-A Gift to the Community

The Beaver Island Cantata Choir presented their gift to the Community on December 4, 2011 at 2 p.m.

If you were unable to be present at the performance, BINN is providing you with video of the entire performance.

Click HERE to view the 2011 Christmas Cantata

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COA Report to Charlevoix County Commissioners

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CMU BioStation Has Research Facility Plans for USCG Boat House

At the St. James meeting on Wednesday, November 2. 2011 CMU representatives presented a plan for use of the boathouse for research. Their plans include the ability to modify the environment including temperature of each of the proposed twelve tanks to be installed there, each with its own individual heat pump. This will make this research facility unique in the State of Michigan. Here is the newsletter that they passed out at the meeting, so you can read more about it.

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BICS Calendar for 2011-12

BICS First Newsletter of the 2011-2011 School Year May Be Viewed HERE

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Christian Church PayPal Donation Information and PayPal Buttons

Easy Links to Donate

Directions for Donating at PayPal website are HERE

Use the first button below to donate to the Food Pantry. Use the second button to donate to the GFC Building Fund.

Donation goes to the Christian Church Food Pantry--Click the Donate Button on the far left and above.
Donation goes to the Christian Church Gregg Fellowship Center Building Fund--Click the Donate Button on the far left and above.

Your Donations Are Tax Deductible!!

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Check the updated COMMUNITY CALENDAR for island happenings

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32 Miles of Water

(Copyright 2004, Phillip Michael Moore)

Beaver Island has two flight services, and neither of them are currently certified or licensed to transport emergency patients from Beaver Island to the mainland. We thank the crews of the USCG helicopters for coming to do medical evacuations. We thank the flight services that have helped us get patients to the mainland for the last seven years and before. We thank Northflight for providing this service as well.

While a lot of things have changed over the last 7 years including a new school, a new executive director of EMS, new township supervisors,and new rural health center board members, there is one thing that has not changed.

Beaver Island does not have an FAA Certified Air Ambulance that is licensed by the State of Michigan.

When Phillip Michael Moore made this video as a Master's degree project, no one would have guessed that seven years later Beaver Island would still not have achieved this goal.

Please take the time to view the video. Please take some time to think about this, and then start asking some questions about how this can be resolved.

Beaver Island News on the 'Net Presents "32 Miles of Water" in its final form (28.5 minutes). The previously video, viewed here, was a slightly shortened version. The video is in high quality, but is still streaming video.

 

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Air Transport for Island Medical Emergencies (ATIME for Us)

by Joe Moore

Read Article HERE

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Consultant Report-Feasibility of Establishing a Medical Air Transport Service

Click HERE

This Feasibility Study was completed by Michael Slattery, an FAA consultant hired by BIEMS. The purpose of the study was to determine the possbility of having a fixed wing air medical transport service for Beaver Island medical emergencies.

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Human Services Commission Resource Manual

The Human Services Commission of Peaine and St. James townships has put together a resource manual--a guide to services available to all residents of Beaver Island.  A copy of this resource manual appears below.  Printed copies will soon be available at a number of locations, including the medical center and the library.  Other locations will be announces later.  Many thanks to Joan Vyse and Judi Meister for coordinating the information in the manual.

Complete Guide to Human Services HERE

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On the Beach of Beaver Island

by the Beaver Island Goodtime Boys

circa 1978

Listen to the title song on the album HERE

The entire album is on the inside of this Subscription only website.

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Beaver Island News Archives 2000-2011

A Perfect Way to Sample News on the 'Net (click the link above)

A collection of historical Beaver Island News on the 'Net pages beginning in 2000 and continuing up to December 2010. Since Phyllis Moore started this web site in 1999, the archives have been maintained except for one short period of time which is lost forever. Read the last decade of the history of Beaver Island and look through ten years of pictures, look at the video clips as the web site expanded, and remember those things that make the Island the special place that it is.

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Beaver Island Transfer Station Information

Tim Myers Video of Transfer Station with pricing

 

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Beaver Island's Only Weekly News Service

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Help the Beaver Island Food Pantry Fund:

Beaver Island News on the 'Net will donate $5 for each renewal, $10 for each yearly subscription, and $20 for each business supporter to the Beaver Island Food Pantry. This amount will be given to the Food Pantry as a donation in your name.

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Beaver Island Community Development Corporation

Link to the BICDC and Forest View Apartments' Website

Beaver Island Community Center

Beaver Island Management Services

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powershardware.com

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Beaver Island Music Festival................Andy's Grooming & Boarding Barn

 

Beaver Island Branch Hours

 

 

For High Speed Internet on Beaver Island click the TDS logo

 

mcdonoughsmarket.com

Meeting Minutes

An attempt will be made to have all organizational minutes in one easily accessible location. If BINN receives the minutes to these public meetings, they will be posted on this home page for free. These minutes will be available to all whether they subscribe to this website or not. This page is available to anyone who has Internet access, and the minutes to these meetings will also be available to anyone who has Internet access. As soon as the minutes are received, they will be posted on this page.

Airport Committee Minutes and Information

Beaver Island Community School Board Meeting Minutes

Peaine Township Board Meeting Minutes

BIRHC Board Meeting Minutes Online

St. James Township Minutes

Joint Human Resources Commission Minutes

Waste Management Committe Minutes

Beaver Island Natural Resources and Eco-Tourism Commission Minutes

Beaver Island Ecotourism Goals Draft, rev. 3, 19 Jan 2010

Beaver Island Natural Resources and Eco-Tourism Committee Minutes NEW 2/25/10

Beaver Island Wildlife Club Minutes 2010

Beaver Island Airport Commission Minutes New for 2011!

Beaver Island District Library Website and Minutes New for 2011!

Beaver Island Transportation Authority Minutes

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Check the updated COMMUNITY CALENDAR for island happenings

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Sampling Beaver Island News on the 'Net

We have so much now on the outside of the subscription-only website, that it really is unnecessary to offer you an example of the Beaver Island News on the 'Net. The video clips and the pictures and stories that are on this page will provide you with an example of what is on the website. We hope you will help support our efforts to provide "today's news as close to today as possible." You can support our efforts by clicking on the line below to subscribe using a secure PayPal server:

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Inside the website you will find video of the Township Board meetings, video of the most important happenings on Beaver Island, as well as wildlife pictures; such as osprey adults delivering food to the nest and Loon babies being fed by the adults; eagles and herons, cormorrants and gulls; as well as video clips of performances at the Community Center (only if permission is received in advance.) There is so much happening on Beaver Island on a daily basis that you may want to get informed more quickly than waiting for a monthly publication, although both provide excellent coverage.

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