Jack Lyles (11), builds a new boat by hand with his father.

Jack Lyles (11), poses at Indiana University. “I feel really happy to be here working on journalism.” Lyles said. Lyles helped his dad build a boat last summer.

After 11 months of hard work and $2,000, Jack Lyles (11) and his father, finished their project. Navy blue and stunning,  the pontoon boat is done.

¨I felt really proud and pleasantly surprised that we finished the boat and that it turned out so well because I didn’t think my dad and I could do it since we were so inexperienced.¨

The boat was originally owned by the Lyles´ neighbors´ grandfather. ¨My dad decided one day that he wanted to find a boat and a lake house to buy and coincidentally he found both 10 minutes later after he decided.¨ …
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