05-17-2003, 01:36 AM
AIRBOAT FUNDRAISER:
The Grand Traverse County sheriff's department hopes to raise more than $35,000 dollars this summer to buy an airboat for its dive team. The department kicked off a community fund raising campaign today. Sheriff Scott Fewins decided to get the airboat after his officers had a tough time recovering the bodies of two snowmobiles who drowned in Long Lake this winter. The ice conditions on the lake made it nearly impossible for the team to get near the scene. Fewins plans to buy a boat like this which was designed for those conditions.
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The Grand Traverse County sheriff's department hopes to raise more than $35,000 dollars this summer to buy an airboat for its dive team. The department kicked off a community fund raising campaign today. Sheriff Scott Fewins decided to get the airboat after his officers had a tough time recovering the bodies of two snowmobiles who drowned in Long Lake this winter. The ice conditions on the lake made it nearly impossible for the team to get near the scene. Fewins plans to buy a boat like this which was designed for those conditions.
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