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September Beacon letters address a proposed microwave tower and Kostia concerts, 1993

Also 1993 Beaver Island letters to the editor

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Date1993-09
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Summary

Two letters connect infrastructure and cultural life: Claudia Schmidt urged careful review of a proposed 100-foot microwave tower and favored considering the South End Coast Guard tower, while Jon Becker thanked island organizers for Kostia’s benefit and school concerts.

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These are published opinions and acknowledgments, not a zoning decision, engineering assessment, or independent concert account.

Sources

  1. Prints Schmidt’s objection to an Island Telephone 100-foot microwave tower on Sloatown Road and Becker’s thanks for the hospitality surrounding Kostia’s benefit and school concerts. 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 · 1993-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held sixteen-page issue scan confirms both letters.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1993-09_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “September Beacon letters address a proposed microwave tower and Kostia concerts, 1993”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-letters-zba-tower-kostia-benefit-1993/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1993, “Letters to the Editor.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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