- Date
- 2008-04-08
- Kind
- Fundraising
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- fundraisingrecreationcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Kathy Speck won PABI’s 2008 “Tower Goes Through the Ice” contest with a guess of April 8 at 11:34 p.m.; the tower reportedly fell at about 8:10 p.m. Tony Connaghan placed second, and ticket sales totaled approximately $2,000.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper result report, not the complete guess list, independent timing record, prize ledger, or audited proceeds statement.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, May 2008, "A Winner".Reports Kathy Speck’s winning guess of April 8 at 11:34 p.m., three hours and 24 minutes after the tower fell, Tony Connaghan’s second-place guess, and approximately $2,000 in ticket sales. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held May issue scan confirms the contest result.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-05_Beaver-Beacon
- Organizer Bob Tidmore reports approximately $2,000 in sales, the tower entering the water at 11:34 p.m. on April 8, the timing-switch mechanism, and Kathy Speck winning with a guess three hours and 24 minutes later. This is organizer testimony; the forum does not provide the ticket ledger or an independent timing record.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001059
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Kathy Speck wins the 2008 Beaver Island Ice Classic, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ice-classic-2008-result/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2008, "A Winner". (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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