- Date
- 1988-10
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- public-servicegovernmentwildlifecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The October 1988 Beaver Beacon introduced Jim Owens as Beaver Island’s new deputy sheriff. The profile describes his 15 years with Battle Creek Police, leadership experience, and interest in wildlife conservation.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper profile and appointment notice, not a personnel file or formal law-enforcement appointment record.
Sources
- Introduces Owens, formerly of the Battle Creek Police Department, and reports his stated commitments to nonpartisan service, equal treatment, wildlife preservation, and Beaver Island community life. 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 · 1988-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twenty-page October issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and preserves the profile.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1988-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Jim Owens becomes Beaver Island deputy sheriff, 1988”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-deputy-sheriff-jim-owens-arrival-1988/, accessed [date], citing New Deputy Sheriff Jim Owens, Beaver Beacon, October 1988. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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