![]() ![]() “We have eight lines at one location writing claims 12 hours a day,” he said. Scott Neudecker, an Alton State Farm agent, said the big insurer has a drive-up claims service station in Collinsville HEAD START ON SAFETY and one in Fairview Heights. Allstate, another major carrier, has 75 property field agents and 100 auto field adjusters working on the hail damage claims. John Williams, a State Farm See HELMET, Page A11 Insurers, shops scramble to get customers mobile agent based in Carrollton, said 10,000 claims have been filed in connection with an April 28 hailstorm in the southern half of the St. I made sure the girls had what they needed,” he said, gesturing to the Credit Union Exceeding Member Expectations See ad in today’s paper for more details! GET BREAKING NEWS DISCUSS STORIES FOLLOW US ON TWITTER LIKE US ON FACEBOOK Telegraph or /telegraphnews Claims mount in wake of storm By SANFORD J.SCHMIDT The Telegraph Aflood of insurance claims has followed a storm of hailstones, resulting in insurance companies setting up catastrophe teams to handle claims. “It was just one club reaching out to another. Ronnie Perkinson of Bluff City Motorcycle Club donated a 265pound hog and Harrison cooked it 12 hours in a pit. Members of the Bush Pilots, Bootleggers, Bluff City, Salty Dawgs and Dreamweavers motorcycle clubs pitched in, donating time and supplies. When Frasier went to talk to Jason Harrison, one of the owners of J’s Grill, the owner of Speedway Car Wash next door came over and volunteered the use of two of his bays so the group could include a car wash. Shaylea’s original idea was to sell a pulled pork lunch plate from J’s Grill on Main Street in East Alton, but that evolved to include a car and bike wash. Frasier is a member of the Bush Pilots Motorcycle Club. ![]() “By the time I got home from the meeting, I found out my daughter had already called everybody,” Robert “Bam Bam” Frasier said, referring to members of area motorcycle clubs. When I found out we might lose it because of funding, I wanted to do something.” She asked her dad to attend a meeting about the problem. They’ve helped me raise my grades and it’s a place to socialize. ![]() “I like it because they’re very helpful there. “I go to the club every day I get a chance,” she said. The club runs a separate after-school program at the school, but both programs are in danger of being eliminated. ![]() Shaylea Frasier, 12, said she wanted to do something after finding out the club’s summer program was in danger after a grant expired. WATT For The Telegraph EAST ALTON - After an East Alton Middle School student decided to organize a fundraiser to help the Boys and Girls Club of Bethalto, members of five area motorcycle clubs spent their Saturday selling pulled pork and washing cars. FRANCIS/HOLY GHOST FOURTH-GRADER 91 | 66 EDITORIAL A4 LOTTERY A11 SCOREBOARD D2 STOCKS D9 McGaughey, Ortegren, Simpson, Tucker, Vail, Walters C l o s i n g C o s t s Shorten Your Term Lock in a Low Rate By DANETTE M. 113 Serving the River Bend since 1836 Sunday, Retire Your Mortgage BREAKING NEWS PHOTO GALLERIES VIDEOS BLOGS SPORTS THETELEGRAPH.COM Keep up with your favorite teams TELEGRAPH SPORTS LIKE US ON FACEBOOK Telegraph - Sports or FACEBOOK.COM/TELEGRAPHSPORTS WEATHER D10 AFTERNOON AREA A3,6,7,9 NATION A12 D7,8 OBITUARIES A8 DRAWING BY T-STORMS CLASSIFIED C2 SPOTLIGHT A2 Benoit, Coons, Dwyer, Landwehr, CLAIRE ANDERSON, ST. SPORTS D1 I’ll Have Another wins Kentucky Derby ACCENT B1 Local Sierra Club chapter turns 40 SCAN THIS QR CODE WITH YOUR SMARTPHONE FOR THE LATEST TELEGRAPH CONTESTS! or go to THETELEGRAPH.COM/SECTIONS/CONTESTS THE TELEGRAPH $1.50 - Vol. ![]()
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