BIRHC announces protocol for coming covid-19 vaccine

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Protocol for Island Residents seeking Covid vaccination
 
By Phone - Call: Health Department at: 1-800-432-4121 
Follow Prompts: Press 6 (Covid)
Press 2 (Register)
Press 1 (even though it says 1A) 
Let the Registration desk know that you are from Beaver Island and were instructed to get on the list for the Covid shot. The Health Department will then schedule you for the vaccine, whether it is the next planned visit on January 19 or the next date after that, which is yet to be determined! 
Your Covid shots will be administered at the Beaver Island Rural Health Center.
 Online:  And you may register online through the Health Department of Northern Michigan, SEE:  http://nwhealth.org/ 
Thank You, the Beaver Island Rural Health Center.

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Transfer station to reopen december 1st after covid shutdown

Beaver Island Transfer Station to Reopen on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 11:00am. Individuals can now resume taking their usual items to the transfer station.  Please take precautions as you return to regular use of the transfer station: make sure you are wearing a mask as you enter the station and at all times in the station; handle your own (unless you are physically unable) green bags and other recyclables to limit close contact with staff; try to have the correct money for transactions.  Hoppers will remain outside the building for disposal of green bags only.  As you know, the transfer station was closed to protect the general public from the spread of the coronavirus; during that time period, and occasionally during other holiday closings, accommodation may be made to essential businesses to dispose of items for the general welfare.   Thank you for your cooperation as we work through this pandemic together. ​

Beaver island's dark sky project

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​Barstronomy?      Dark Skies, Northern Lights,  Milky Way...Night Sky Watching on Beaver Island has never been more popular!
The Beaver Island Dark Sky Project and the BI Library have been hosting various sky gazing-related events to help promote our island as a dark sky haven.  Sometimes,  astronomers, star-gazers and photographers show up on their own.
Barstronomer,  Tony Miller(photo, right center) brought along a lovely telescope to view the stars and invited all to enjoy.  Once Tony had permission and the word got out about his telescope and astronomy knowledge,  an official Dark Skies Stars & Guitars event happened at the Port St. James Donegal Bay Pavilion with entertainer Eric Nassau!
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Hunting fossils with cyndy hunting! 

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FOSSILSWhat are they?  Where do they come from?How do they form? How many different kinds of fossils can you find on Beaver Island?  Where do you find them?That’s a secret!The fossil at right is beautifully formed from shells and actually a large stone worthy of a museum piece. At left, Cynthia Hunting’s collection of fossils gathered over many years with children and grandchildren on Beaver Island. ​Read more in the October Issue!

Beautiful Beaver Island!

Beaver Island is a place of pristine wilderness and lakeshore, infused with freshwater lakes and breathtaking views from dunes and bluffs and roadsides. 

​Beaver Island is solitude, peace, silence filled only with sounds of nature’s abundance on wings of eagles and swans, in the call of peepers, crickets, nightjars and loons.
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Beaver Island is a hallowed, quiet land where one walks among ancient forests, sentinel cedars, pines and ironwood trees with gnarled and...READ MORE