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Sheriff’s office warns Charlevoix County drivers about vehicle lights, 1983

Also January 1983 Beaver Island vehicle-light warning

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TypeEvent
Date1983-01-03
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1983-01-03
Kind
Announcement
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
governmentpublic-servicetransportationcommunicationcommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The January 1983 Deputy’s Office column reproduced a sheriff’s warning about functional headlights and taillights after 73 December warnings, citations, and repair orders in Charlevoix County.

Evidence limits

This is a public-service release, not a citation register or enforcement dataset.

Sources

  1. Reprints Sheriff George T. Lasater’s warning to check headlights and taillights after 73 warnings, citations, and repair orders for defective lights in December, and says winter visibility would bring continued enforcement. This is a public-service release, not a citation register or enforcement dataset. 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 · 1983-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eleven-page January issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the vehicle-light warning.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1983-01_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Sheriff’s office warns Charlevoix County drivers about vehicle lights, 1983”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-deputy-vehicle-lights-and-winter-safety-1983/, accessed [date], citing “From the Deputy’s Office,” Beaver Beacon, January 1983. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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