- Date
- 2011-04-10
- Kind
- Fundraising
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Patrons of the Arts in Rural Communities
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- fundraisingrecreationweathercommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May 2011 Beacon reports that PABI’s 2011 Ice Classic tower clock stopped at 12:20 p.m. on April 10 after the tower slipped off the ice. The Niles family won with a 12:32 p.m. guess, and ticket sales totaled $2,095.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper result report; it does not provide the complete guess list, the prize payment record, or an independent timing record.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- The forum described the four-switch tower mechanism, ticket storage, the March 20 seasonal deadline, and the final ticket and guess deadlines. It documents contest operations, not an independent timing or financial audit.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003247
- A launch update reports that the tower was on the ice and identifies the plowing and launch team; it documents the contest setup, not the result, which is separately corroborated below.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003175
- Beaver Beacon, May 2011, "PABI's Ice Classic Tower Marks the Season."Reports that the clock stopped at 12:20 p.m. on April 10 after the tower slipped off the ice, that the Niles family guessed 12:32 p.m., and that ticket sales totaled $2,095 with half going to the winner. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the Ice Classic result and photographs.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-05_Beaver-Beacon
- Organizer updates report the tower on the ice, the April 10 clock stop at 12:20 p.m., the Nilles family’s winning 12:32 p.m. guess, and $2,095 in ticket sales with half going to the winner. These first-party updates corroborate the newspaper result but do not provide an independent timing or financial audit.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003215
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The Niles family wins Beaver Island's 2011 Ice Classic”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-pabi-ice-classic-2011/, accessed [date], citing Bob Tidmore and Beaver Island Community Center, "Beaver Island Ice Classic Update," Beaver Island Forum, March 13–17, 2011. (and 4 further sources listed on the page).
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