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Kathy Speck announces a Beaver Beacon editorial handoff, 1980

Also 1980 Beaver Beacon editor transition

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TypeEvent
Date1980-12
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1980-12
Kind
Publication
Where
Beaver Island
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Beaver Island Civic Association
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Modern era
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publicationcommunicationcommunity
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Beaver Island

Summary

Kathy Speck announced that family, employment, and other commitments had made the Beacon difficult to publish and that the editorial job would soon be handed to other people.

Evidence and limits

This is an editorial notice, not a formal appointment or production record.

Sources

  1. Apologizes for the long publication delay, explains family, employment, home, and other commitments, and says the Beacon editorial job will soon be turned over to other people while subscriptions continue to support the Civic Association. It is an editorial notice, not a formal appointment or production 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 · 1980-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eighteen-page December issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the editorial notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1980-12_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Kathy Speck announces a Beaver Beacon editorial handoff, 1980”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-beacon-editorial-handoff-1980/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1980, editor’s letter signed Kathy Speck. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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