Name: Lighthouse School student Joel Hiatt publishes “The Storm,” 1987
Start: 1987-03
End: 1987-03
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1987-03
Kind: Publication
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: educationenvironmentmaritimecommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The March 1987 Beaver Beacon published Lighthouse School student Joel Hiatt’s essay “The Storm,” an impressionistic account of winter weather, waves, and Lake Michigan’s dangers.

Evidence limits

This is a school publication and literary impression, not a weather observation, scientific account, or shipwreck record.

Sources

Joel Hiatt, “The Storm,” Beaver Beacon, March 1987.
A student essay describes ice, waves, wind, darkness, and the dangers associated with Great Lakes storms. It is a school publication and literary impression, not a weather observation, scientific account, or shipwreck record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, March 1987, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held twenty-page March issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Lighthouse School essay.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Lighthouse School student Joel Hiatt publishes “The Storm,” 1987”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-lighthouse-school-the-storm-1987/, accessed [date], citing Joel Hiatt, “The Storm,” Beaver Beacon, March 1987. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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