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Beaver Beacon recalls Beaver Island news from September 2001

Also Beaver Island On This Date September 2001 retrospective

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TypeEvent
Date2001-09
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
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Date
2001-09
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Beaver Island
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The September 2011 Beacon’s On This Date column revisits September 2001 news, including piping plovers at Donegal Bay, AmVets breakfasts, the Rita Gillespie blood drive, the East Side fire-station grant effort, an amphibious plane project, sailing rescues, East Wind Spa, expected Army helicopters, and the Wildlife Club’s walleye pond. It also summarizes older reports on Governor John Engler’s visit, Gull Harbor, CMU-PBS filming, road funding, Irish resettlement, and school and business history.

Evidence limits

This is a retrospective compilation, not a newly reported September 2001 issue; the source does not reproduce every underlying article or establish all dates independently.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, September 2011, "On This Date."
    The ten-years-ago section recalls piping plovers, AmVets pancake breakfasts, Doris Larson, the Rita Gillespie blood drive, the East Side fire-station grant effort, Roy Elsworth's amphibious plane, Ray Denny's sailing rescues, East Wind Spa, Army helicopters, and the Wildlife Club walleye pond; later sections revisit Governor Engler's visit, Gull Harbor, CMU-PBS programs, road funding, Irish resettlement, the school principal, and older community history. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the September retrospective column.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-09_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon recalls Beaver Island news from September 2001”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-on-this-date-september-2001-retrospective/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 2011, "On This Date." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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