- Dates
- 1992-04 – 1992-05-25
- Kind
- Appointment
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- public-servicegovernancecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Mike Russell took over as Beaver Island deputy sheriff in April 1992. The June Beacon also reports Jim Owens’s move to the mainland and a Memorial Day welcome-and-farewell picnic at the Ball Park.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper personnel profile and community report, not a sheriff’s department appointment file or employment record.
Sources
- Reports Mike Russell’s move to Beaver Island at the beginning of April to take over as deputy sheriff, Jim Owens’s move to the mainland while remaining with the Charlevoix County Sheriff Department, and a Memorial Day Ball Park picnic welcoming the Russells and bidding farewell to the Owens family. 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 · 1992-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twenty-page issue scan confirms the deputy transition profile.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1992-06_Beaver-Beacon
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Beaver Island Archive, “Mike Russell becomes Beaver Island deputy sheriff as Jim Owens departs, 1992”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-deputy-sheriff-mike-russell-1992/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1992, “BEAVER ISLAND HAS NEW DEPUTY SHERIFF.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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