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Four Beaver Island Community School seniors prepare to graduate, 1986

Also 1986 Beaver Island school graduation · Beaver Island Class of 1986

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TypeEvent
Date1986-06-06
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1986-06-06
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Education
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Beaver Island Community School
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Modern era
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educationcommunitycommunication
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Beaver Island

Summary

The June 1986 Beaver Beacon announced four Beaver Island Community School seniors—Debbie Higdon, Brian Cole, Craig Petrak, and Chris Welke—and their planned college directions for the fall.

Evidence limits

This is a pre-graduation newspaper notice, not a diploma register, transcript, commencement program, or later enrollment record.

Sources

  1. Announces Debbie Higdon, Brian Cole, Craig Petrak, and Chris Welke as the four students expected to graduate, and reports their stated fall college plans. It is a newspaper announcement, not a diploma register, transcript, commencement program, or later enrollment 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 · 1986-06_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held nineteen-page June issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the graduation announcement.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-06_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Four Beaver Island Community School seniors prepare to graduate, 1986”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-community-school-class-of-1986-graduation/, accessed [date], citing Seniors to Graduate June 6th, Beaver Beacon, June 1986. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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