The State of North Carolina has a new Boating Safety Law mandating a boating safety course for all boat operators under age 26.  See http://www.boat-ed.com/nc/course/p4-3_whomayoperate.htm for more details.

Please mention this new law to full time and seasonal residents of our area who may have children or grandchildren who are used to operating their boats during visits, as well as to renters who may have no way to know about this new law until they get stopped by a Wildlife Officer and get an expensive ticket that could sour their whole vacation.  As tourism is already sagging in the down economy, we don’t want this as an added burden.  North Carolina Wildlife offers courses that lead to the necessary certification.  The Wildlife web site also mentions that similar courses from other states will be recognized under certain circumstances.

http://ncpaws.org/boatingsafety/coursesearch.asp

http://www.ncwildlife.org/Boating_Waterways/documents/Safe_Boating_Education_FAQ_Brochure.pdf

Let’s all help promote boating safety education and also ensure that we have happy boaters on Lake Glenville this season.

Welcome to scenic Lake Glenville in the mountains of Western North Carolina.  The Friends of Lake Glenville are a group of lakeside and near-lake people whose motto is “Protect and Preserve Lake Glenville”.

Not a member yet?  Go to About us, download a membership form, and mail it in with your dues.

See unsafe or illegal boating behavior on the lake?  Call North Carolina Wildlife in Raleigh at 800-662-7137.  Put this number in your cell phone if you normally carry it with you in your vessel and make Lake Glenville a safer place to boat.

Our second Member Breakfast of the season will be on Saturday June 12, 2010, at 8:30am at the golf clubhouse at Trillium.  The cost of this breakfast will be $15 per person.  Our speaker will be Lisa Leatherman, Duke Energy lake manager, and possibly other lake management people from Franklin or Charlotte.

Those of you at the lake may get a telephone call to remind you about the breakfast, but the easiest way to RSVP is to email “flg@friendsoflakeglenville.com”.  If you want to call to make a reservation, please telephone Ed Mohler at 743-3796.

If you haven’t renewed your membership for 2010 yet, please mail it in or bring it with you to the breakfast.  Help with recruiting and bring a non-member friend or neighbor to the breakfast with you, and we’ll treat them to a free breakfast the first time.  Just be sure and let us know they’re coming so we have food for them.

See you at Trillium!