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Beaver Island Homecoming weekend, 2005

Also 2005 Beaver Island Homecoming · Homecoming 2005

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TypeEvent
Dates2005-08-12 – 2005-08-14
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
2005-08-12 – 2005-08-14
Kind
Celebration
Where
Holy Cross Parish Hall
Followed by
Beaver Island Homecoming weekend, 2006
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
celebrationcommunityheritagereligion
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The 2005 Beaver Island Homecoming ran August 12-14, with a Sunset Cruise, a dance and dinner at the Parish Hall, and the softball tournament, again won by an off-island team, the Flight Deck of Charlevoix.

Program

Sunset Cruise, dance, and dinner. Advance plans named a Sunset Cruise, a dance, and a dinner followed by bingo, all at the Parish Hall.

Softball. McDonough’s Market beat Carlson’s/Grey Gables to reach the championship game but lost to the Flight Deck of Charlevoix, whose Jessie Simon was Batting Champion.

Post-weekend disruption. As Homecoming wound down, the Charlevoix drawbridge stuck in the raised position, trapping the ferry in Round Lake; a second ferry moved passengers without cars while a crew from Lansing worked to free the bridge, succeeding after about five hours.

The Beacon frames the 2005 weekend against visible post-9/11 changes, noting “the security fence and baggage checks, the extra police cars” that returning visitors remarked on.

Evidence limits

The forum discussion shows that the added police presence became a point of community debate after the weekend, but does not establish the reason for the deployment or validate the allegations made by anonymous participants.

No organizing body is named for the dance or dinner, though the Parish Hall venue is explicit. No proceeds figure is reported for 2005.

Open questions

  • Which organization ran the 2005 dance and dinner at the Parish Hall? Not named in the held issues.

See also

Sources

  1. The post-Homecoming discussion records community disagreement about the visibility and justification of Michigan State Police presence, anonymous allegations, a removed inflammatory post, and calls for signed contributions. It is evidence of public reaction and forum moderation, not proof of misconduct, who requested police deployment, or the event's full law-enforcement record.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t000418
  2. Beaver Beacon, July 2005, "Homecoming plans."
    Reports "Homecoming plans included a Sunset Cruise, a dance, and a dinner, followed by bingo, at the Parish Hall," naming the venue for the dance and dinner. Read in the in-repo data/ tree. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-07_Beaver-Beacon
  3. The held forty-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-07_Beaver-Beacon
  4. Beaver Beacon, August 2005, calendar of events.
    Calendar entry: "Aug. 12 Homecoming the weekend of August 12th - 14th." Read in the in-repo data/ tree. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-08_Beaver-Beacon
  5. The held forty-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-08_Beaver-Beacon
  6. Beaver Beacon, September 2005, "Homecoming 2005" and "Going Up, Please!"
    Reports crowds arriving "from all over the country," commenting on "the security fence and baggage checks, the extra police cars, and all the large new buildings"; describes the softball championship as McDonough's losing to the Flight Deck of Charlevoix, whose Jessie Simon was Batting Champion; and, separately, reports the Charlevoix drawbridge sticking as Homecoming wound down, stranding cars while a second ferry moved passengers, until a Lansing crew freed the bridge after five hours. Read in the in-repo data/ tree. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-09_Beaver-Beacon
  7. The held forty-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-09_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Homecoming weekend, 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-homecoming-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “homecoming,” August 20–23, 2005. (and 6 further sources listed on the page).

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