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St. James Township approves participation in a year-round Beaver Island youth recreation program in 1999

Also Youth Recreation Director proposal · St. James Township March 3 1999 meeting

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Locator map: Township of Saint James highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
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TypeEvent
Date1999-03-03
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Locator map: Township of Saint James highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Township of Saint JamesLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
1999-03-03
Kind
Meeting
Where
Township of Saint James
Carried out by
organization/st-james-township-board-of-trustees
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
governanceeducationrecreationfamilycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

At its March 3, 1999 meeting, St. James Township approved participation in a proposed year-round youth recreation program. The Beacon reports a $10 hourly rate, about six hours weekly, $1,500 from each township, and a mixed township-school-student-at-large oversight committee.

Evidence limits

These are published meeting minutes and a program proposal; they do not show whether the position was filled or the program operated as planned.

Sources

  1. Reports approval to participate in a year-round youth recreation director program, with each township contributing $1,500, approximately six hours of work per week at $10 per hour, and a committee including township, school, student council, and at-large members. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1999-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the St. James minutes.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1999-04_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “St. James Township approves participation in a year-round Beaver Island youth recreation program in 1999”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-st-james-youth-recreation-director-proposal-1999/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1999, “Briefly...the Minutes: St. James Township Regular Meeting, March 3.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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