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	News from the Townships Island Election Results Children’s Christmas Party Dec.11th from 11-2 at the Emerald Isle Hotel EIR’s upcoming production: Where are you Christmas? Great Bazaar Gifts The New Homeland Security Fence surrounding the Ferry Dock News from the Camps A Grandson’s Buck On This Date A Day on Aranmore “Mackinaw” may become a Museum Tribes Gather to Protect Lakes The Rebuilt Yacht Dock is Taking Shape Freighter Aground Read A Good Book Lately? A Toothpick Bridge Another Book, Another Reviewer Tuna Tuna Tuna Health Center Meeting; BIRHC Solicits applications for board Veterans’ Day The Island’s New Fire Truck Arrives Lights on the Harbor One Hundred Years Ago BICS Finances Improving In Remembrance: Denny Fisher 1942 – 2004, Thomas Graham 1918 – 2004, Susan Waskul 1957 – 2004, Chick Gallagher 1918 – 2004 Violet McCafferty Custer New Pollutant found in Lake Michigan Improved Cellular Service in Town New & Improved Classified Ads [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

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	News from the Townships Read A Good Book Lately? A new occasional feature contributed by Arnie Rich Michigan's Crown Jewel Rebuilding the Yacht Dock Where’s Dianne? Blaze Orange Cowboys Beaver Island Economic Development: an Outline for Discussion A year without television A Tremendous Weekend On This Date Other Ferries go on Break Big Rock tower down Chamber of Commerce Fall Membership Drive EIR Announces First Full-Length Production - A Tuna Christmas Hey, pumpkin, mind if I cut in? - The Laurain Lodge Grand Halloween Pumpkin Contest One Hundred Years Ago Septic System Dangers Fall News from the BIHS Tennis Tourney, Anyone? Earl Gallagher 1910-2004 Sally Lockhart 1937-2004 Hospice News Looking Ahead Hunters’ Dinner November 13th at the Beaver Island Lodge PABI Thanks You Out on a Limb No More Ellen Welke Memorial Toy Drive New & Improved Classified Ads [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

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	News from the Townships WTC Fragment Dedication BICS Recognition of Patriot Day On This Date Somewhere Over the Rainbow Forest Montgomery Bite of Beaver Weekend Festivities: PABI’s Casino Night October 8th starting at 7:00 pm at the Hall The Second Annual Island Boodle 5k/run/walk October 9th at 10 am The Third Annual Bite of Beaver Island October 9th from 1:00 - 4:00 pm at the Hall The New Third Coast Band at 9:00 pm at the Shamrock PABI Selects Community House Contractor A Reply: Those pesky golf carts Let's Meet our new Teacher One American Dream Fall ‘Shroom Outings Bowling for Bush New Highway Laid; Old Cable Pulled Memphis Boys Take a Flying Leap to Beaver Island PABI's House Auction Island golfer scores Hole-in-one What's Katrina Up To? Stellar Sellers on BIRHC Truck Raffle One Hundred Years Ago Kathleen May Tighe Aagaard Licorice takes the Lead BICS to offer Computer Classes BIBCO Declares Dividend Sports Boosters Spaghetti Dinner - October 27th, 5:30-7:30 Hunters’ Dinner - November 13th BIRHC Benefit Thank You New & Improved Classified Ads [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

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	News from the Townships Historical Society Annual Meeting A Visit from the Superyacht Mystic The New Golf Course Sign The 154’ gaff-rigged topsail schooner Highlander Sea On This Date The incised gourd bowls of Terry Conner Jewelry design by Joane McIntyre Bluebird Owner Launches New Political Book BIRHC Meeting Blood Drive a Success A Disheartening Flood Letters to the Editor - Dialysis on Beaver Letters to the Editor - Those pesky golf carts The Annual CMU Beaver Island Watercolor Show Goofy Golf Results What were we Thinking? Peaine Operating Millage Voted Down. A Sondheim Surprise BIPOA Annual Meeting How's the Water - BIPOA Summer Nature Lecture on Water Quality Thanks from BIPOA Lightning Strike victims receive Credit 9-12-2004 Dedication of the 9-11 Memorial No Sale at the Resale BIRHC Benefit Dinner September 17 Signe Thomas takes New York Get Ready for the Island Boodle 5K / Run / Walk October 9 One Hundred Years Ago Photos from Homecoming 2004 Fishing Tourney Cancelled A Fire Controlled First Deerhead Returns In Memory: Ralph Napont, Kleofa (Kay) O’Donnell, David Washegesic, John “Sel” Selwin Pierson, Glen McDonough New & Improved Classified Ads [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

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	News from the Townships AmVets Fishing Tournament Scheduled for September 11th-12th (Cancelled, 8-25) Bake Sale Scheduled for August 7th; Pig Roast on the 14th. Staff Changeover at Beaver Island Community School PABI Goofy Golf on August 13th Fourth of July Golf Tournament a Big Hit Marching in the Rain: A Forth of July few will forget Dedicating the Town Clock On This Date Shipping out the Logs Concert on the Harbor Sunset Picnic August 15th Inland Seas Kayaking Inland Seas Eco-Tours Art Show Success highlights Museum Week A Wedding on the Beach Start thinking about the Annual Island Boodle Volleyball Camp Boyne Thunder Poker Race to Beaver Recreation Resource Project Special Summary Report One Hundred Years Ago Sky Divers Return Livingstone Studio's Meet the Artist BIRHC Fashion Tea at Deerwood B.I. Christian Church celebrates 41 years, honors Greggs Camp Quality on Beaver Trouble with the Bridge BIRHC Benefit Dinner September 17th at Nina's New & Improved Classified Ads [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

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	News from the Townships AmVets Retire Worn Flags Long-EZ's return - Burt Rutan-designed experimental aircraft PABI GroundBreaking Island Airways Hangar Party Wildlife Club News School Election Results Explore the Island's Inland Lakes in a Kayak Walleye Pond a Success this Year The yearbooks are in. The yearbooks are in. The yearbooks are in! Thanks to Ed Wojan who orchestrated the event, Islanders get to Skydive from 11,000 ft. at Township Airport On This Date Museum Week 2004 Schedule of Events A Sturdy New Home - Ben Fogg's new Tug Spartacus. Lighthouse School Graduation Silent Auction added to Fashion Tea Phyllis Townsend 1911-2004 Preservationists named Honorary Architects The Dig Continues - Suttons Bay Anthropology Club Rich Gillespie will run for Charlevoix County Commissioner Will there be a New Boat? Music at the Marina on Saturdays in July BIRHC Grand Opening - A Fine Celebration One Hundred Years Ago Art found in Nature - the Wood Sculpture of Bruce Struik Baroque on Beaver July 25th Mary Gallagher 1909-2004 Cecelia Kinney 1911-2004 Emergency Lights Available July 13th All-Island Visioning Process New First Responders Blood Drive; Hospice Needs Summer Caregivers New Map of Beaver Island New & Improved Classified Ads [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

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	News from the Townships BIRHC Grand Opening Celebration June 25 Thanks from the Beaver Island Hospice CMU Summer Field Trip Schedule BICS to Graduate Seven Tom Kelso 1940-2004 A Fine Mess Strang Writers Enjoy Beaver Island The Splendor of Crafts On This Date One Hundred Years Ago Sock Hop Results Broadway on Beaver: “An Evening with Stephen Sondheim” Premieres News from the Beaver Island Wildlife Club Letters to the Editor: BIRHC Meeting; From the CCG Optometrist's Contract Letters to the Editor: Karaoke School Election June 14 Thanks to the Steinbachs: a New Fire Truck! Wildlife Club News Whiskey Point Light Reports Received Baroque on Beaver The Annual "Fashion Tea" July 8 New & Improved Classified Ads [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

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	News from the Townships Tune up your Golf Clubs Approval Requested for Modified PABI Plan 2004 Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year & 2004 Organization of the Year The Way it Was: Man of Aran Spores Spring Eternal: Confessions of a Novice Shroomer Laurain Lodge Beaver Island Morel Contest Kerrie Gillespie wins TDS Essay Contest AmVets' Sock Hop a Big Success Turkey Season Takes Off A Hemmingway Regatta Telehealth Presentations Plan is Proposed for Beaver Island BMX Track Beaver Island Historical Society prepares for a New Season Sue Thomson: A Beaver Island Artist On This Date Prosecutor Mary Beth Kur to Seek Re-Election Patching the B-ball Court The Class of 2021 Kids reward Volunteers BIRHC Meeting Seven Sisters opens Early Charlevoix County Commissioners Meeting Summary New Town Public Beach Parking Lot Underway The Annual Easter Egg-a-thon From the Sheriff Republicans' Dinner Mother/Daughter Grads A Laffin’ Good Time Passings: Elwood VanAntwerp One Hundred Years Ago Students to produce Yearbook New & Improved Classified Ads [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

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	News from the Townships and Planning Commissions A Ghost Ship slices through the Ice On this Date Sports Boosters’ Chili Cook-off a Delicious Success Best of the Class: Kerrie Gillespie Beaver Island on the fictional Map Don’t Miss the Citizen of the Year Banquet on April 24th It's a Wonderful Life… St. Patrick's Day: Hay seeders 2, Fish chokers Hospitality Abounds on Beaver Island Charlevoix County Commission Beaver Island Thoughts In Memory: Fran Moroney, Maurice Teeter, Helen Gallagher, Charles Anglin Ideas for Arranmore Park An Evening with Stephen Sondheim May 8th From The Talent Show Holy Week at St. James Mission Strang Writers’ Agenda Letters to the Editor: To the Board of Directors, BIRHC Health Center Board Meeting One Hundred Years Ago BITA Proposed State Application for Capital and Operating Assistance School Board Candidates The Newest Anderson News from the MLUI New & Improved Classified Ads [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

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	News from the Townships Beaver Island Internet Meeting with TransWorld / Great Lakes Energy Letters to the Editor: Will Beaver Islanders'interests be represented in Master Plan Talent Show Moved Up to March 26 A Grand, Grand Opening! An Open House at the new Beaver Island Health Center BIRHC Board Thanks those who Helped with Move BIRHC & EMS receive Grants from Grand Traverse Band Letters to the Editor: To the BIRHC Board Sock Hop Set for April 24 Robert Palmer 1944-2004 Nature Preserve now Closed to Hunting Conservation Easement Workshop June 22 A Report from the Grand Rapids Party Harvey King 1915-2004 PABI Attempts to Satisfy Parking without Compromising Site Design Gavin West Honored CCC Meeting Synopsis Donations Start for Our School Ex-Island Beauty Bares All The Roast is On Dems Caucus at the Rose Garden The Carisle Boathouse Comes Down Chili Cook-Off – March 11 They Didn’t Know We Were Here - Visiting a Freighter by Snowmobile Dentist’s Contract Resolved New Fire Station about to be Built Matches On This Date Art of the Southwest comes to Beaver Island One Hundred Years Ago New & Improved Classified Ads [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

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	News from the Township Boards and Planning Commission Thanks, and HNY from the Beaver Island Fire Department Auxiliary! Zoning Moves Along Parking Lot Underway Double Two Time Geography Bee Winners Strang Gang coming to Beaver Island Doll Lear Remembered New Health Center Open House and BIRHC Survey January BIRHC Meeting An Exchange of Letters: Island Dental Care On This Date The Always-Stunning Artwork of Mary Scholl A Winter Walk in the Woods Keeping our Eyes and Ears Open, reprinted with the author's permission from Michigan History Magazine Speaking of Eagles The Challenger Tucks In at Sand Bay DEQ Denies Permit for BIHS Roof to Protect the Bob S Maggie Bennett 1934 – 2004 Mary McCauley 1909 – 2004 Upcoming Events Old Store Facade Sized Up for new PABI Community Center A Christmas Tree–Portrait of a Life Charlevoix County Commission Meeting Synopsis Death of close friend leaves an unfillable void - Jim Remick 1954 - 2004 Bill Hannon 1944 – 2004 Letters to the Editor: Wanted: EMS Patients Beaver Island Treasure: Melissa Bailey One Hundred Years Ago Charlevoix Prosecutor faces Challenge CMU Summer Kayak Course to be offered by Inland Seas School of Kayaking New & Improved Classified Ads [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

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	PABI’s Revised Community Center Parking Plan Successful Hunter Report News from the Chamber: Board Seats Available, Advertising, Citizen of the Year The Helen N, an Island-built Boat Twas the Week before Christmas, and all through the Hall... The Annual Beaver Island Community School Christmas Program News from the Townships Charlevoix County Commissioners Synopsis Christmas Lights around the Island - "The Best and The Brightest of 2003" Santa Visits the Emerald Isle Hotel Letters: Heating the New Health Center BIRHC Thanks Those who Helped with the Annual Appeal Geography Bee Returns Grandparents’ Day Apology to North Flight The Third Annual Christmas Cantata On This Date Time’s “Man of the Year” visits Beaver Island A Parallel Archipelago The BIFD Rolls Again EMS Movie Furniture Arrives for the New Health Center Writer's Workshops; New Arrivals A Coyote on the Ice One Hundred Years Ago June Quartermaine-McDonough 1913 - 2003 Mary McDermott 1922 - 2003 Northern Lakes Expands; Economic Alliance Director wins Award Get Ready for the March 11th Chili Cook-off New & Improved Classified Ads [ view classifieds online ] [ Subscription Form - Please Subscribe ]

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Rebuilding the Beaver Island Yacht Dock

Rebuilding the Yacht Dock - The Municipal Yacht Dock will have a new structure for next summer thanks to Great Lakes Dock and Materials. Story and Photos in the November Beacon.

Gull Harbor Heron - While driving around the loop, this heron provided a wonderful show swooping between two shoreline spots and a perch atop a rock in the surf.

Beaver Island Historical Society Museum Week 2004

Museum Week 2004 - The art show was the largest event of the week, followed by many favorites performing at Music on the Porch. Story and photos appear in the August Beacon.

Boyne Thunder Poker Run to Beaver Harbor

Racing to Beaver - The Chamber of Commerce teamed up with Boyne Thunder to make Beaver a poker run destination. Photos in the August Beacon.

Concert on the Harbor

A Concert on the Harbor - The Northport Band conducted by Doug Scripps and joined by the Beaver Island Community Choir.

A Rainy Fourth of July on Beaver Island

A Rainy 4th of July - The weather presented a bit of a challenge this year, but Islanders didn't let the rain stand in the way of a great parade. Photos in the August Beacon.

Beaver Island Morel Mushroom Contest sponsored by the Laurain Lodge

2004 Morel Mushroom Contest - Can you top last year's morel champion?
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An Evening with Stephen Sondheim - Beaver Island Dinner Theatre Event

Island to get New Fire Truck - Thanks to a very generous donation by the Steinbachs. Story appears in the June Beacon.

An Evening with Stephen Sondheim - Beaver Island Dinner Theatre Event

Wild Flowers abound now that beautiful weather is here on the Island.

An Evening with Stephen Sondheim - Beaver Island Dinner Theatre Event

A Blue Heron looks out over Barney's Lake at sunset. Photo on the back cover of the June Beacon

An Evening with Stephen Sondheim - Beaver Island Dinner Theatre Event

An Evening with Stephen Sondheim - Photos and review of the Dinner Theatre event will appear in the June Beacon.

Beaver Island Artist Sue Thomson of Livingstone Studio

The Art of Sue Thomson - Livingstone Studio. Article and photos appear in the May Beacon.

Beaver Island Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year 2004 - Connie Wojan

Citizen of the Year - Connie Wojan. Story in the May Beacon.

Beaver Island Spring - Deer and Turkeys are enjoying the warm spring weather at last

Spring is Here at Last - and the Island is ready!

Beaver Island Chamber of Commerce Organization of the Year 2004 - Beaver Island Hospice and Helping Hands

Organization of the Year- Beaver Island Hospice and Helping Hands. Story in the May Beacon.

Beaver Island Sandhill Crane at John Works Farm

A Sandhill Crane caught flying over John Work's Farm.

The Acacia breaks out of the fog

A Coast Guard Cutter appears out of the Fog. The fog was so thick that we couldn't see a trace of her as we could hear the ship cutting the channel past Whiskey Point, but then a few hundred feet from the dock, she emerged at last to usher in the new season. Story and photos appear in the April Beacon.

Art of the Southwest comes to Beaver Island

Art of the Southwest comes to Beaver Island - Heidi Connors shows us her artwork. Article and photos appear in the March Beacon.

New Beaver Island Rural Health Center Open

New Beaver Island Rural Health Center Open - Story and photos from the spring open house in the March Beacon. Formal Grand Opening Celebration to be held June 25th.

The Capt. Ralph Tucker

Visiting the Freighter Capt. Ralph Tucker via Snowmobile. Article and wonderful photos from Bud Martin and Eric Fogg from the ice, and from Captain Bill Sullivan aboard the Ralph Tucker appear in the March Beacon.

Beaver Island Annual Talent Show

The Annual Talent Show is where Islanders of all ages really show off their suff. Photos in the April Beacon.

PABI about to start construction on Beaver Island Community House

PABI about to start construction on Community House - Following the spring Beacon articles, the latest and approved plans appear in the May Beacon.

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