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Beaver Island’s Bill and Eula Thomas receive National Entrepreneur Awards in 2002

Also Bill and Eula Thomas National Entrepreneur Award 2002 · Emerald Isle Hotel owners Washington convention

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TypeEvent
Date2002-10
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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2002-10
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Summary

Bill and Eula Thomas, proprietors of the Emerald Isle Hotel, attended a Washington entrepreneurs’ convention in October 2002 and received National Entrepreneur Awards. The profile also describes their medical-staffing business background and participation in health-care and small-business policy discussions.

Evidence limits

The newspaper profile does not provide the award organization’s full records, nomination file, or an independent account of the political event.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, November 2002, “Local Couple enjoys Dinner with Dick Cheney.”
    Profiles Bill and Eula Thomas, Emerald Isle Hotel proprietors and newly appointed Michigan Business Advisory members, their Washington Republican Entrepreneurs Convention attendance, National Entrepreneur Awards, and health-care and small-business policy discussions. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2002-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the Thomas profile.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2002-11_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island’s Bill and Eula Thomas receive National Entrepreneur Awards in 2002”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-thomas-entrepreneur-award-2002/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 2002, “Local Couple enjoys Dinner with Dick Cheney.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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