- Date
- 2002-02
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- weathercommunicationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Betty Welke retired from the Beaver Beacon weather column in February 2002 after approximately 25 years and 300 monthly reports. The final column also summarized mild December and January weather and noted the new ice rink and good ice on Font Lake.
Evidence limits
The notice documents the newspaper’s account of her tenure, not a complete issue-by-issue publication audit or separate meteorological record.
Sources
- Reports December and January conditions and announces Betty Welke’s retirement after 25 years, or 300 months, of monthly high/low, precipitation, and weather commentary for the Beacon. 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 · 2002-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the weather-column retirement notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2002-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Betty Welke retires after 25 years of Beaver Beacon weather reporting”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-weather-column-retirement-betty-welke-2002/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 2002, “Weather c/o Welke.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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