By Michele Smith
The Times
Ice Damages Lyon's Ferry Marina Moorages
Ice Eaters brought in to alleviate freezing after three boats nearly sink
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With the Snake River frozen shore-to-shore, Lyons Ferry Marina manager Jim McArthur and his crew brought in ice eaters to prevent damage to boats in the docks.
STARBUCK -- Jim McArthur's reuben sandwich junkies will be happy to hear that the restaurant at the Lyon's Ferry Marina will have an earlier than usual opening this year.
McArthur said an early opening will go a long way to alleviate his wintertime blues, which have been worse than ever this year. This is partly because he is recuperating from total knee replacement surgery, but also because there has been considerable damage to the moorages and walkways at the marina due to winter ice accumulation in the bay.
"The Snake River was frozen from shore to shore with ice a foot thick in places,"...
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