State park dredge operator Gary Pittard works in the yacht club channel on the state's dredge, Pump-a-Little, cleaning out a path for the sailboats to get on the lake. The channel was more than 50 percent clogged with sediment.

St. MARYS - It's sometimes a challenge to get a boat onto Grand Lake due to any number of factors not excluding no cooperation from your crew. But for sailboat owners going out the channel at the St. Marys Yacht Club, the journey . . .