A one-day Boating Education Course will be offered on Sunday, Feb. 24 in the community room at Ottawa Hills Elementary School at 3602 Indian Road. The class runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the fee is $35 per person. Mike Schabeck, long-time Toledo area boating educator, will administer the course, assisted by the ODNR. The course will cover navigation aids, rules of the road, signaling, personal watercraft, anchoring, docking, VHF radio, and trailering your boat. After finishing the course and passing a short test, a certificate of completion from the State of Ohio will be issued. By law, anyone born after Jan. 1, 1982 is required to complete the course in order to lawfully operate a motorized vessel. Pre-registration is available by calling the village office at 419-537-9852 or Mike Schabeck at 419-460-4829 and leaving a message.
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