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Article: Son more than keeps dad's boat business afloat.(Business)(The second-generation owner of Mel's Marine rides a wave of growth into a brand-new facility)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- February 3, 2008
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Byline: Mark Noack For The Register-Guard
Being an avid mariner is natural for Paul Lemmon, the owner of the Mel's Marine Service - the family-owned boat and retail shop that his father started.
Lemmon says he likes nothing more than anchoring his pontoon in the middle of Fern Ridge Lake to bask in the sun, or taking one of his aluminum boats out to fish for steelhead.
Even though he earned his livelihood for 40 years by working on boats, Lemmon's father - the namesake founder of Mel's Marine - almost never took his family out to the water.
"Dad spent every day working on boats, and he didn't want to spend the weekends also in them." ...