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Recent statistics have shown a 30 percent increase in incidents involving boating safety.

This surge in accidents is partially due the pandemic as it has led to an increase in recreational boating.

Here’s a tip that might help boaters deal with safety concerns on the water: The U.S. Coast Guard boating safety app.

The free app provides a userfriendly platform for operators to perform various essential tasks. You can go to your search engine and download the Coast Guard app.

Once downloaded and installed, the home screen shows nine icons that offer topics for exploration, ranging from state boating information to reporting suspicious activity.

The Coast Guard App includes valuable elements to the mariner, such as voyage planning, your

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It also provides a conduit for information gathering and dissemination to the proper authorities to help maintain aids to navigation and other critical aspects of the water environment. It even has an emergency assistance button you can press, which automatically contacts a Coast Guard Rescue Center that, in turn, alerts nearby authorities.

This column is the first in a series that will explore this innovative app. If you have questions about the technology and how it works, please contact me to discover more.

Steve Johnson, US Coast Guard (ret). is with CPO Johnson, Inc.

Continued from Page 2 assess potential benefits to the natural environment of sending more water downstream. Justices’ inquiries portrayed an interest in more than the dollar value of oyster fisheries and Georgia farms, business, and development. In the Court’s 2018 hearing of the case, justices’ queries did not indicate such a focus on ecology.

“Posing questions in such leading fashion can give insight into the Justices’ thoughts, but it doesn’t dictate how they will ultimately rule,” Morris said. “Clearly the Court places a value on the loss of the Apalachicola oyster fishery, but the vast difference in pure economic impact of the states’ ACF water use overwhelmingly favors Georgia. The Justices’ questions suggest that they think Georgia has some culpability, but it is unclear how much and how to remedy that, if at all.”

Manganiello said CRK was “really pleased to hear the Justices attempt to look beyond a traditional balance sheet.” He added that early in the case, CRK submitted an amicus brief “explaining how the first Special Master could indeed consider environmental and ecological benefits when evaluating equitable apportionment. Unfortunately, we did not see a whole lot of this conversation between the beginning of the case and the most recent argu-

Continued from Page 14 form new neural pathways,” she said.

Plus, doing it outside is “so, so good.” Being in the fresh air, absorbing vitamin D from the sunlight and awakening the body for morning exercise helps establish healthy sleep/wake cycles. Yoga and meditation can help lesson depression and anxiety and contribute to overall mental health, Patterson said. “It gives you a very euphoric feeling when you’re done.”

ment. The curious Justices were giving Florida an opportunity to make the case.”

Manganiello said that CRK’s primary concern is that “if the Court dismisses Florida’s case, then Georgia leaders will stop thinking the state needs to advance water conservation and efficiency … Georgia still has room to improve how it measures water use and consumption.”

A Supreme Court decision is expected by the end of June.

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When they got back to the van, they realized that the kangaroo was wearing the driver’s jacket, with his wallet, his passport and most importantly, the keys to the van! Eventually, someone came along and gave them a lift back to civilization. There is no telling what happened to the kangaroo, but I imagine he wore the Gucci gear until the next season when the fashions changed.

This time around both teams seemed to be evenly matched, and although Luna Rossa PradaPirelli did an excellent job, Emirates Team New Zealand looked to have a faster boat. Now they get to pick the venue and time of the next challenge and I can’t wait!

Mendes has been sailing all his life and on Lake Lanier for the past 25 years. His family owns a marina/bar/restaurant so he has plenty of real life experiences to draw from. His favorite line: “You can’t make this stuff up.”