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Date: September 13, 2006 |
AUXILIARY TO OFFER PUBLIC BOATING SAFETY COURSE | |
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ASTORIA, Ore. - The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 64 will conduct an eight-week Public Safe Boating Course beginning Sept. 26 at the Arts Building at Clatsop Community College. Classes will take place Tuesday evenings from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and will continue until Novemver 14. The eight-week course will include six weeks of instruction on the fundamentals of safe boat handling, one week for review, discussion of state and local boating laws and the final week for an exam. The textbook needed for the course will be $35 and the plotter and divider will be $12.50. Couples and friends may share the textbook materials. The course meets the standards of the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators and participants completing the course will receive a certificate to qualify for the mandatory Boater Education Card. Beginning Januray 2007, all Oregon boaters ages 60 and under must have a card to operate a boat greater than 10 horsepower. Personal watercraft operators will also need a card. Boating insurance discounts are provided to boaters with the card. The course will be taught by experienced boaters and qualified instructors from the Lower Columbia Power Squadron and Buoy Flotilla 64 of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Jointly, they have taught this course for over 10 years. For pre-registration and more information about the course, contact Dennis Johnson 503-325-5311 or Ron Collman 503-861-1368. | |
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