- Dates
- 2001-12 – 2002-01
- Kind
- Construction
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communityrecreationconstruction
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island Youth Consortium reported that volunteers prepared an ice rink behind Peaine Township Hall in early December 2001. The same report describes a school-age movie night, a Santa visit at the Christmas Bazaar, and a fourth- place chess finish by seventh-grader Dave Schwartzfisher at Cheboygan.
Evidence limits
The article reports preparation and activities but does not establish the season’s operating schedule, attendance, or later condition of the rink.
Sources
- Reports a rink behind Peaine Township Hall flattened and smoothed by volunteers, local excavators, H&D, and the Fire Department, plus a November movie night, Santa at the Peaine Hall bazaar, and Dave Schwartzfisher’s fourth-place chess finish. 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 · 2002-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the Youth Consortium report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2002-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Youth Consortium opens a volunteer-built ice rink behind Peaine Township Hall”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-youth-consortium-ice-rink-winter-2001-2002/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2002, “The Ice Rink is Ready! & Other B. I. Youth Consortium News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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