- Date
- circa 1998
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- emergency-managementeducationpublicationhealthcarecommunitypublication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The April 2008 Beaver Beacon’s “On This Date” column looked back roughly ten years to a school emergency drill involving the Fire Department, EMS, sheriff, and airport transport, then grouped several 1998 community notes: Historical Society leadership, a library video-cassette grant, Communities that Care meetings about youth substance use, Medical Center relief coverage, and the passing of Florence Wittenberg.
Evidence limits
This is a retrospective newspaper summary, not a 1998 drill report, library grant file, meeting record, clinical roster, or civil death record. The source does not establish that the drill predicted a real emergency or that every listed program continued beyond the recalled notice.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, April 2008, "On This Date".Recalls a 1998 school emergency drill with fire, EMS, sheriff, and airport transport roles; a Historical Society director resignation; a library video-cassette grant; Communities that Care meetings; a Medical Center relief provider; and Florence Wittenberg’s passing. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-04_Beaver-Beacon
- The held April issue scan confirms the retrospective column.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-04_Beaver-Beacon
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon recalls 1998 emergency, library, health, and community notes, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-on-this-date-1998-community-notes-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 2008, "On This Date". (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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