LOCAL NEWS from    Text Size: | | |       Posted June 21, 2005 Alcohol and safe boating tips: Those who dock for lunch or dinner and drink alcohol should wait a reasonable time, estimated to be at least an hour per drink, before operating a boat. Leave alcohol on shore. Intoxicated passengers are also at risk of injury and falls overboard. Those who want to make alcohol part of the entertainment should plan to have a party ashore at the dock, in a picnic area, or elsewhere. Trips should be of a reasonable time to avoid fatigue. It’s common to become tired more quickly on the water. Source: U.S. Coast Guard Drunken boating carries unique risks Frisbie to make court appearance next week By Jim Collar of The Northwestern Paul Anderkin of Oshkosh doesn’t make a distinction between cracking open a beer in the driver’s seat of his truck or havi

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