- Dates
- 1982-02 – 1982-03
- Kind
- Award
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- educationcommunitycommunicationgovernment
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Christopher Velke, Brian Cole, and Debbie Higdon were identified as the first, second, and third local winners of the 1981–82 America & Me Essay Contest at Beaver Island Community School. Velke’s essay advanced to the statewide competition.
Evidence limits
The Beacon establishes the local awards and advancement notice, not the statewide outcome or an independent contest record.
Sources
- Names Christopher Velke first, Brian Cole second, and Debbie Higdon third in the local America & Me contest; reports certificates and advancement of the first-place essay to state competition. The issue reproduces the three student essays. It does not document state-level results. 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 · 1982-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eighteen-page combined February and March issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the school news release.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1982-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island students win local America & Me essay awards, 1982”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-america-and-me-essay-contest-1982/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Community School news release, Beaver Beacon, February and March 1982. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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