- Date
- 2000-09-01
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- McCafferty's Lane
- Along road
- McCafferty's Lane · King's Highway
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- transportationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
A September 2000 Beaver Beacon letter responded to “FIX THE ROADS” graffiti on King’s Highway near McCafferty’s Lane. Sheri Timsak described her husband, Joe Timsak, as the Charlevoix County Road Commission’s lead road-maintenance man on Beaver Island and described his checking, grading, and plowing work.
The letter is community commentary, not an incident report or complete employment record; it does not identify the graffiti author or establish a formal complaint.
Open questions
- Can township or road-commission records document Joe Timsak’s role and tenure?
- Was the graffiti investigated or removed through a formal process?
- What road-maintenance records cover the McCafferty’s Lane area?
Sources
- Sheri Timsak’s letter responds to road-repair graffiti near McCafferty’s Lane and describes Joe Timsak as the Charlevoix County Road Commission’s lead road-maintenance man on Beaver Island, including checking, grading, and plowing roads. It does not establish the graffiti author, a formal complaint, or a complete employment record. 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 · 2000-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held twenty-four-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2000-09_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island road-maintenance letter responds to graffiti near McCafferty’s Lane, 2000”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/road-maintenance-letter-mccaffertys-lane-2000/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 2000, letter to the editor. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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