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Charlevoix County funds a full-time Beaver Island deputy sheriff, 1991

Also Beaver Island full-time deputy sheriff 1991

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TypeEvent
Date1991-01-01
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1991-01-01
Kind
Appointment
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
governancepublic-servicecommunitycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Beginning January 1, 1991, Charlevoix County funded a full-time deputy sheriff position for Beaver Island. The report describes the unusual 24-hour island workload previously carried by Deputy Jim Owens under part-time compensation.

Sources

  1. Reports the County Board’s funding decision, Deputy Jim Owens’s prior part-time status and uncompensated hours, and the island-specific marine, DNR, Coast Guard, animal-control, and community workload. 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 · 1991-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. Paired held sixteen-page January issue PDF.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1991-01_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Charlevoix County funds a full-time Beaver Island deputy sheriff, 1991”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-full-time-deputy-sheriff-funding-1991/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 29, 1991, "Beaver Island Gets Funds for Full Time Deputy Sheriff." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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