Name: Beaver Beacon reprints a Flint Journal opinion about halfway houses, 1986
Start: 1986-01
End: 1986-01
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1986-01
Kind: Publication
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communicationgovernancecommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The January 1986 Beaver Beacon reprinted J. R. Reynolds’s Flint Journal opinion “Put Them on Islands,” which discussed halfway-house residents and proposed banishment as a response.

Evidence limits

This is an external opinion reproduced by the Beacon. It is not evidence of a Beaver Island policy, facility, population, or official action.

Sources

J. R. Reynolds, “Put Them on Islands,” reprinted from the Flint Journal, Beaver Beacon, January 1986.
Reprints a Flint Journal opinion proposing that halfway-house residents be banished to islands or returned to their states of origin. The item is an external opinion reproduced by the Beacon, not evidence of a Beaver Island policy, facility, population, or official action. 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, January 1986, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eleven-page January issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the reprinted opinion.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon reprints a Flint Journal opinion about halfway houses, 1986”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-flint-journal-halfway-house-opinion-1986/, accessed [date], citing J. R. Reynolds, “Put Them on Islands,” reprinted from the Flint Journal, Beaver Beacon, January 1986. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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