Name: Deputy’s office recovers a motorcycle and presents Officer Friendly at school, 1982
Start: 1982-10
End: 1982-12-10
Location: Beaver Island Community School

Event

Dates: 1982-10 – 1982-12-10
Kind: Announcement
Where: Beaver Island Community School
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: governmenttransportationeducationpublic-servicecommunicationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The December 1982 Deputy’s Office column reported recovery of a missing motorcycle and a December 10 Officer Friendly school visit covering police roles, bicycle and traffic safety, lost-person response, and stranger safety.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper account, not a recovery, vehicle, school, or enforcement record.

Sources

From the Deputy’s Office, Beaver Beacon, December 1982.
Reports that a motorcycle found in the woods during small-game season was identified and recovered for a summer resident who had reported it missing, and that Deputy Don Schneider presented Officer Friendly to grades 1–3 on December 10 with lessons on police roles, lost-person response, bicycle safety, traffic signs, strangers, and patrol-car equipment. It also summarizes leaving-the-scene and learner-permit reminders. This is a newspaper account, not a recovery, vehicle, school, or enforcement record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, December 1982, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held fifteen-page December issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Deputy’s Office report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Deputy’s office recovers a motorcycle and presents Officer Friendly at school, 1982”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-deputy-motorcycle-recovery-and-officer-friendly-1982/, accessed [date], citing From the Deputy’s Office, Beaver Beacon, December 1982. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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