Name: Grace Matela and Joe Reed retire from Beaver Island Rural Health Center service, January 22, 2005
Start: 2005-01-22
End: 2005-01-22
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2005-01-22
Kind: Appointment
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: healthcarecommunitypublic-servicegovernance
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

At the Beaver Island Rural Health Center annual meeting on January 22, 2005, Grace Matela and Joe Reed announced their retirements from major volunteer roles. Matela was recognized for years of bookkeeping, while Reed was honored for helping guide the Health Center from its Task Force period through its new facility; the Board made him a Member Emeritus for life.

Evidence limits

The article is an institutional appreciation account and does not provide complete service dates or governance minutes.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, February 2005, "Grace and Joe Retire from the BIRHC."
Reports Grace Matela''s volunteer bookkeeping and Joe Reed''s Board and Task Force service, their retirements, appreciation plaques, and Reed''s Member Emeritus designation. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, February 2005, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the annual-meeting report and photograph.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Grace Matela and Joe Reed retire from Beaver Island Rural Health Center service, January 22, 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-birhc-grace-matela-joe-reed-retirement-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 2005, "Grace and Joe Retire from the BIRHC." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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