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Irene At Vandemere and B&B Yachts
A Camp Is Swamped, A Yacht Builder Cleans Up And ContinuesSeptember 7, 2011
On Friday, Rick Price went to the flagpoles on the lawn of the camp to hang out still-damp flags. The flag halyard was tough to loosen, having been stressed and tightened by the winds in Hurricane Irene.
The knot untied… the flag was raised.
Rick Price in front of the camp’s concession stand, which was pushed back several feet by the force of the storm surge and wind.
Rick Price, director of Camp Vandemere for the past four years, reaches down to one of many open bibles strewn about the property. He says the Free Will Baptist Church of Eastern NC, which runs the camp, will rebuild, and higher than before.
A Bible, opened to Corinthians, on the lawn of the Camp Vandemere, operated by the Free Will Baptist Church of Eastern NC.Ahead, B&B Yachts