Name: Sheriff recognizes Kenwabikise search volunteers and discusses a disaster plan, 1982
Start: 1982-09-29
End: 1982-09-29
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1982-09-29
Kind: Announcement
Where: structure/circle-m-lodge
Carried out by: organization/charlevoix-county-sheriffs-department
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: emergency-managementgovernmentpublic-servicecommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

On September 29, 1982, Sheriff George Lasater visited Beaver Island and presented Dick Burris with a certificate recognizing his time and effort during the Kenwabikise search. The report says other contributors were to be identified for recognition and that work was beginning on a local disaster plan.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper notice, not a certificate register or completed emergency plan.

Sources

Sheriff Lasater visits Beaver Island, Beaver Beacon, October 1982.
Reports the September 29 Circle M luncheon where Sheriff George Lasater presented Dick Burris a certificate of recognition for search work, requested names of other contributors for recognition, and described plans for a disaster plan. This is a newspaper report, not a certificate register or completed plan. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, October 1982, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held sixteen-page October issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the sheriff's visit and disaster-planning notice.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Sheriff recognizes Kenwabikise search volunteers and discusses a disaster plan, 1982”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-sheriff-lasater-search-recognition-and-disaster-plan-1982/, accessed [date], citing Sheriff Lasater visits Beaver Island, Beaver Beacon, October 1982. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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