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Thursday storm capsizes boat, damages travel trailers and mobile homes, shreds ...

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Charlie's Bait Shop received about $4,000 to $5,000 in damage.

Owner Neal Gray said he lost live bait consisting of shrimp, crickets and mullet when the power went out during the storm.

The office awning and store bathroom were blown away.

Gray, who also rents plots of his five acres to visiting fishermen, said many of the 14 trailers on the property were also damaged.

Larry Jones and his wife, Judy Jones, were in one of the campers on Gray's land when the storm hit.

The Joneses, of Abilene, along with Larry Jones' elderly father and the couple's three small dogs, had camped there since last Sunday for their 46th annual fishing trip to the area.

Source: Victoria Advocate

Off Campus: For La Salle rowers, a lifelong commitment to Dad Vail

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Just off Kelly Drive, Frank McCloskey held up a hand Thursday afternoon, stopping a boat trailer from running over any rowers from St. Joseph's or Florida State or Purdue.

Mission accomplished, McCloskey took a moment to reminisce about his first Dad Vail final, when he sat in the No. 6 seat for La Salle College in 1956.

"I switched side from starboard to port with one week's preparation," McCloskey said Thursday. "When the race was over, somebody could have hit my arm with a brick and I would have had no idea at all."

Three years running, from 1956-58, La Salle won the Dad Vail heavyweight eight. But even that wasn't the greatest of the boat's accomplishments. For the last half-century, the core of that boat was the core that ran the Dad Vail.

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

Grant launches fix of Lake Clarke Shores boat ramp

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"There's a huge hole at the north end of the ramp," said Mayor Greg Freebold. "That prevents boat trailers from using it. It's a safety issue."

Now, thanks in part to a $4,000 Think Green grant the town received in April from Keep Palm Beach County Beautiful and Waste Management, the ramp can be restored. Freebold said the project, which will cost between $15,000 and $20,000, should start this month and be completed in two weeks.

Additional money for the restoration will come mostly from public donations, Freebold said.

Source: Palm Beach Post