- Dates
- 2002-08-08 – 2002-08-22
- Kind
- Meeting
- Where
- Township of Peaine
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Historical Society
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagegovernancecommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island Historical Society scheduled its annual meeting for August 22, 2002, at Peaine Township Hall and asked voters to renew the quarter-mill property tax that had provided an operating base for its museums and projects. The October report records the meeting’s Heritage Park, Journal, Museum Week, oral-history, staffing, and future building-project updates, along with the election of Alvin LaFreniere, Chuck Schellenberg, and Kathy Ruis.
Evidence limits
The notice records the meeting and ballot request, not the vote result, meeting minutes, or later tax expenditure.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, August 2002, “Historical Society.”Announces the August 22 annual meeting at Peaine Township Hall and urges a yes vote on August 8 to renew the quarter-mill property tax that supports the Society’s operations. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2002-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the Historical Society notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2002-08_Beaver-Beacon
- Beaver Beacon, October 2002, “Historical Society holds its Annual Meeting.”Reports the August 22 meeting’s Heritage Park displays, Journal Volume 5, Museum Week, oral-history holdings, museum staffing, future sawmill and Bob S projects, and the election of Alvin LaFreniere, Chuck Schellenberg, and Kathy Ruis. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2002-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the annual-meeting report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2002-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Historical Society schedules its 2002 annual meeting and asks voters to renew its quarter-mill tax”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-historical-society-annual-meeting-tax-renewal-2002/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 2002, “Historical Society.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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