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October 2008 Beaver Beacon letters report a recovery and a tied township clerk race

Also Robert Gillespie health letter St James Clerk coin flip 2008

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TypeEvent
Date2008-10
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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2008-10
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Summary

The October letters section includes a family update on Robert Gillespie’s recovery after heart-valve surgery and a report that Jean Palmer and Pam O’Brien tied in the August St. James Clerk primary. The tie was resolved by a coin flip, with Palmer announcing a write-in campaign for November.

Evidence limits

This record preserves the newspaper’s letters and election account; it is not a medical record or official election canvass.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, October 2008, "Letters: Robert’s Health" and "At the Poll."
    Publishes Robert and Lisa Gillespie’s update and thanks after his heart-valve surgery, and reports that Jean Palmer and Pam O’Brien tied in the August St. James Clerk primary, with a coin flip declaring O’Brien the winner and Palmer planning a write-in campaign. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the letters section.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-10_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “October 2008 Beaver Beacon letters report a recovery and a tied township clerk race”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-october-2008-letters-to-editor/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2008, "Letters: Robert’s Health" and "At the Poll." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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