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Vera Timsak wins a $10,000 lottery prize at the Shamrock, 1982

Also Vera Timsak lottery win February 25 1982

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TypeEvent
Date1982-02-25
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
1982-02-25
Kind
Award
Where
The Shamrock
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
economycommunitycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Vera Timsak won a reported $10,000 lottery prize on February 25, 1982, after buying a ticket at the Shamrock.

Evidence limits

The Beacon profile preserves the reported win and local context but not an independent lottery or financial record.

Sources

  1. Reports Vera Timsak winning $10,000 on a lottery ticket purchased at the Shamrock on February 25 and describes her family, island work, and trip to cash the ticket. It is a newspaper profile, not a lottery commission or financial record. 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 · 1982-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held sixteen-page April issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the profile.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1982-04_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Vera Timsak wins a $10,000 lottery prize at the Shamrock, 1982”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-vera-timsak-lottery-win-1982/, accessed [date], citing Jacqueline LaFreniere, “Beaver Island People,” Beaver Beacon, April 1982. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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