- Date
- 2002-02
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- publicationcommunicationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Chuck Hooker announced his retirement and sale of the Beaver Beacon to Liam and Marilyn Racine. The Racines, longtime visitors who had moved to Beaver Island and worked locally, planned to assume full responsibility beginning with the March 2002 issue while Hooker continued limited writing and advice.
Evidence limits
This is the publisher’s and incoming owners’ newspaper account, not a purchase agreement, corporate filing, or complete chain-of-title record.
Sources
- Reports Chuck Hooker’s sale of the Beacon and retirement, Liam and Marilyn Racine’s purchase, their Island and publishing/restaurant backgrounds, and the plan for the Racines to assume full responsibility beginning with the March issue. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2002-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the ownership-transition report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2002-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Liam and Marilyn Racine purchase the Beaver Beacon from Chuck Hooker”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-beacon-ownership-transition-racine-february-2002/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 2002, “Meet the Racines, Liam & Marilyn, the New BEACON Owners” and “Thousands of Thanks!” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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