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Before getting up on the skis, make sure you know the rules of the waterway.

Know the water skier’s safety codes STOCK PHOTO Lake Living

Water skiing is a popular sport on Wisconsin lakes. When participating in any water sport, safety is key. Know the rules of the water when before putting on the skies.

Rule 1 – Always wear flotation. A properly

Rule 2

– Always be sure your equipment is in good condition. Your personal safety

Rule 3

– Don’t give the starting signal until ready. Make sure you are ready; the slack has been taken out of the rope and you are clear of any dangerous obstacles around you. Keep your ski tips up.

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Rule 5 – Never put any part of your body through the handle or wrap the line around yourself in any way.

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Rule 4 – Do not ski near docks, pilings, other boats or swimmers. Always look ahead and be sure you are aware of your surroundings and where you are going at all times. Many water ski injuries result from collisions with docks or other solid objects.

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Rule 6 – Never ski in shallow water or an area where there may be obstructions above or just beneath the surface.

Rule 7 – When a fall is inevitable, try to

fall backward or to either side. A forward fall increases the chances of contact with the ski.

Rule 8 – Know and use the skier hand signals.

It is particularly important to use the skier’s “I’m OK” signal after a fall if you are all right.

Rule 9

– If you fall in an area where there is other boat traffic, lift one ski half way out of the water. This will signal to other boats that there is a skier in the water.

Rule 10 – Never ski to the point of excessive fatigue.

Rule 11 – Always ski during daylight, from sunrise to one-half hour after sunset.

Rule 12 – Never ski directly in front of another boat.

Rule 13 – Always use equal length ropes when skiing double.

Rule 14 – Always ensure that the motor is “off” when a skier is entering and exiting the boat.

Rule 15 – Although the law doesn’t require it, it’s wise to have an observer in the towboat.

Source – USA Water Ski and Wake Sports Learn to Ski Basics. For more information, visit usawaterskiandwakesports.org.

Water skiing hand signals 1. Speed up: The “thumbs-up” gesture indicates that the skier would like the speed increased.

2. Slow down: The “thumbs-down” gesture indicates that the skier would like the speed decreased.

3. OK: If the set speed or boat the path is good, the skier may use the OK signal.

5. Back to the Dock: A pat on the head indicates that the skier would like to return to the dock.

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7. I’m OK (after a fall): This important signal indicates that a skier is OK after a fall. It consists of both hands clasped over the head. It should be used every time the skier falls.

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6. Cut Motor/Stop: A slashing motion with the hand across the neck indicates the boat is to stop immediately. This signal can be used by the skier, driver or observer.

Tourism drives spotter elimination

“Since 1960, residents and visitors in Minnesota, the birthplace of water skiing, have been able to water ski without a spotter onboard when a boat is equipped with a wide-angle rearview mirror,” he wrote in the testimony

BY Jason before the Senate Committee on Sporting, Arndt Heritage, Mining and Forestry.

STAFF Moulton, citing data from 2015, states WRITER Minnesota had 185,000 more registered motorboats than Wisconsin, but saw three fewer deaths with eight.

He also noted in the last six years, Minnesota had 28 percent fewer skier-involved incidents per 100,000 registered boats than Wisconsin.

“I am convinced that this is a safe and Luring visitors from out of state was the practical change that has the potential to benefit cornerstone for recent legislation eliminating the both (residents and visitors),” he states. requirement for water ski spotters on Wisconsin The benefits, he said, relate mainly to visitors lakes. who travel with only one other person.

Municipalities with inland lakes, like the Moulton, citing state Department of Tourism Town of Burlington, can create an ordinance numbers, revealed 76 percent of tourists did not to retain the spotter rule under two specific have a third person with them. conditions.

“Under current law, these parties would be Conditions include the employment of a water unable to waterski during their visit to Wisconsin safety patrol, which performs a minimum of without a third person,” he wrote.

1,500 hours of enforcement every two years.

Former State Rep. Adam Jarchow, R-Balsam The spotter rule requires a second person in Lake, co-authored the bill, and added his the boat besides the driver to watch the skiers, region relies heavily on tourism revenue from wakeboarders, surfers or tubers that are being Minnesota. towed.

“In the summer, my district sees thousands The recent legislation eliminated that of Minnesota residents come to their Wisconsin requirement as long as the driver has a wide-angle lake homes enjoying their vacations and rearview mirror to monitor those being towed. spending millions in tourism dollars,” Jarchow The legislation, which passed in March, had wrote in his testimony. been a topic of conversation for at least three Locally, state Rep. Tyler August, R-Lake years.

Geneva, declined to vote on the matter.

State Sen. Terry Moulton, R-Chippewa Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Burlington, and Falls, one of the coauthors of the bill, reported Samantha Kerkman, R-Salem Lakes, supported in written testimony in March 2017 that the bill. constituents approached him about removing the The Association of Wisconsin Tourism water ski restriction.

Attractions endorsed the bill while the Badger Moulton, skeptical at the time, decided to look State Sheriffs Association and Wisconsin Sheriffs into the matter by reviewing a water ski law in and Deputy Sheriffs Association opposed the neighboring Minnesota. change.

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4. Turn: When either the skier or the driver wants the boat turned, a circle motion with the arm over the head with one finger in the air is used. It is usually followed by pointing in the direction of the turn.

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Gregory Guidry leaves a trail of spray as he waterskis on Mill Lake near Elkhorn. A change in state law now allows boat drivers to pull skiers without a separate spotter in the boat to monitor skiers.

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Taking simple precautions like filing a float plan and making sure there is a life jacket for everyone on board will go a long way to keeping boaters safe.

Be safe out on the water

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Tips to protect family and friends when boating No matter how much experience you have, it’s always a good idea for everyone to review boating safety rules before departures. Below you will find 10 basic boating safety tips to help you stay safe:

Be weather-wise

Always check local weather conditions before departure; TV and radio forecasts can be a good source of information. If you notice darkening clouds, volatile and rough changing winds or sudden drops in temperature, play it safe by getting off the water.

Follow a pre-departure checklist

Use common sense

Designate an assistant skipper

If you’re going to be in and around the water, proper boating safety includes knowing how to Whether you choose to inform a family member swim. Local organizations, such as the American or staff at your local marina, always be sure to let Red Cross and others, offer training for all ages someone else know your float plan. This should and abilities. Check to see what classes are offered include where you’re going and how long you’re in your area. going to be gone.

Take a boating course A float plan can include the following Beginning boaters and experienced experts information: alike need to be familiar with the boating safety • Name, address, and phone number of trip rules of operation. Boater education requirements leader; vary by state; however, some require validated • Name and phone number of all passengers; completion of at least one boating safety course.

• Boat type and registration information; Regardless of your individual state’s • Trip itinerary; and • Types of communication and signal equipment requirements, it’s always important to be educated onboard, such as an Emergency Position Indicating and prepared for every circumstance that might arise. You can learn boating safety rules by taking Radio Beacon or Personal Locator Beacon. a local community course or online course to help Make proper use of lifejackets educate yourself.

Did you know that the majority of drowning Consider a free vessel safety check victims are the result of boaters not wearing their Take advantage of a free vessel safety lifejackets? Make sure that your family and friends check from the U.S. Coast Guard. They offer aren’t part of this statistic by assigning and fitting complimentary boat examinations to verify the each member of your onboard team with a life presence and condition of certain safety equipment jacket prior to departure. Wear it! required by state and federal regulations. Free of Avoid alcohol charge, they’ll provide a specialist to check out Practice boating safety at all times by saving the your boat and make helpful boating safety tips and alcohol for later. The probability of being involved recommendations. Source: www.discoverboating.com.

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Make sure more than one person on board is familiar with all aspects of your boat’s handling,

Learn to swim

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One of the most important parts of boating safety is to use your common sense. This means operating at a safe speed at all times (especially in crowded areas), staying alert at all times and steering clear of large vessels and watercraft that can be restricted in their ability to stop or turn.

Also, be respectful of buoys and other navigational aids, all of which have been placed there to ensure your own safety.

in a boating accident doubles when alcohol is involved and studies have shown that the effects of alcohol are exacerbated by sun and wind.

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Proper boating safety includes being prepared for any possibility on the water. Following a predeparture checklist is the best way to make sure no boating safety rules or precautions have been overlooked or forgotten.

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The summer season is all too brief. But with these tips, you can spend less time on chores and more time enjoying yourself outside.

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Give some of these labor-saving tips a try so you have more time for your favorite summer activities.

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Get organized

Nothing wastes time like having to search around for misplaced trowels, seed packets and garden rakes. It’s worth the time and effort to create a zone in your garage or shed that’s just for gardening and yard care tools.

Use organizing tools like pegboards and repurposed containers to keep like items grouped together. A dollar-store photo album is perfect for keeping seed packets and plant care sticks organized for future use.

Harness perennial power

Instead of planting a new set of annual flowers and plants in the ground each spring, opt for more perennials. These hardy plants will leap back to life without needing much attention. Talk to the university extension office in your

area or a local nursery to discover the beautiful blooms that thrive and renew in your region.

Lighten your container pots

Larger container pots add color and dimension to any yard or patio.

Trouble is, they can get heavy and hard to move. Before planting, fill the bottom half of the empty container with packing peanuts.

Then, fit a piece of landscaping fabric on top. This lets the water drain through, but still barricades soil. Fill the rest of the container with soil, add the plants, and, voila!

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Automate your watering

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Finding where the fish are biting can be a challenge, but there are ways to increase your odds of having fresh fish for dinner.

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Where to find fish in freshwater Before catching fish, anglers must locate them. Unless you live in the middle of the great southwestern deserts there should be a body of fishable water within an hour of your home. You can find fish nearly anywhere there is a body of water large enough to provide food, oxygen and cover. If you have a boat, your choice of angling locations gets even larger.

Some fish like structures

Finding food

Some fish species like brook trout cannot live with much salt in the water, other fish, such as tuna, need salt, and some, such as striped bass, can live in salt or freshwater. Fish also need a certain amount of oxygen in the water. Species such as carp can live on less oxygen than trout.

Living plants add oxygen to the water as does moving water tumbling over rocks.

Decomposing plants and animals use oxygen from the water and many kinds of pollution also

Each fish species has a specific range of water temperature that it enjoys. Bullhead catfish can thrive in waters as warm as 85 degrees F, while salmon and lake trout must have cooler 40s and 50s. Some fish tolerate a wide range of temperatures; others have very narrow requirements. Serious anglers find that a thermometer is a useful accessory for knowing when to try for specific kinds of fish.

The amount and type of food available in a body of water plays an important role in determining which types of fish you can hope to catch. The currents and water depth are also significant factors. Scrappy sunfish will haunt shallow riffles while lake trout favor the dark, cold depths. Bass will slam baits on the surface, while carp feed heavily on the bottom.

Courtesy of TakeMeFishing.org.

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Many fish species, such as bass, northern pike, sunfish, and trout, live near structure.

Structure refers to changes in the shape of the

Salt and oxygen needs

The right temperature

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Not all fish can live in the same kinds of waters. Different species need different sets of environmental conditions, including: • Hiding areas, cover, structure and the bottom; • Salinity; • Dissolved oxygen; • Water temperature; • Types and amounts of food; • Current; and • Water depth.

reduce oxygen levels. Thermal pollution may also be a problem as warmer water cannot hold as much oxygen as cold water.

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bottom of lakes, rivers, or ponds, caused by rocks, downed trees, manmade cribs, flooded roadbeds, humps, ledges, and drop-offs.

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Fish inhabit certain types of cover because it provides them with protection and puts them in the best possible position to catch a meal.

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When you are considering a bold backyard design, an important factor is the durability of your building materials. If you are going to create a design that you enjoy, you will want it to last a long time. Think about the use a deck gets in the course of the year; from weather exposure to food stains, traditional decks lose their luster in areas

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Decorating tips for the perfect outdoor entertaining space When it comes to outdoor entertaining, making sure your space is ready is critical for enjoying summer - from its “unofficial” start over Memorial Day weekend all the way through Labor Day. Lowe’s recently partnered with Julia Engel, lifestyle influencer of Gal Meets Glam, to style her new Charleston porch with affordable, effortlessly chic accents so it’s ready to welcome family and friends. The result is a cool, refreshing space to entertain and show off her home’s curb appeal.

If you’re getting ready to celebrate the weekend like Julia, follow these simple tips to turn your backyard or patio into the perfect, affordable, outdoor oasis you can enjoy every beautiful day of summer.

Get the furniture right

Finding the right furniture for your outdoor space can be tricky. Striking the right balance of ample seating while not overwhelming a space is key. Julia opted for a table that was big enough for four, but not so big that she didn’t have space for other entertaining items, like a bar cart and bench with plenty of potted plants.

If you’re having trouble piecing together a patio look, Lowe’s has plenty of patio set options to choose from, including three-piece and fivepiece sets, as well as trendy daybeds, conversation sets and more.

For added interest, she included variegated pittosporums spaced between the boxwoods for some leaf color, and agapanthus for their lovely blue flowers in early summer. These plants all love well-drained soil and bright full-sun exposure. In the more shaded areas, Julia planted pink hydrangeas, acanthus and African iris, all lending foliage and flowers to the garden.

If you’re not sure what to plant in your outdoor space, live nursery specialists are available at your local Lowe’s to help you get started.

Select the right containers

A container garden is an easy landscaping solution that can be transported place to place, and is completely customizable. On Julia’s porch she used a variety of pots to include some more seasonal plants that can be changed out through the seasons, but anchored most of the pots with at least one evergreen so she wasn’t tied to re-potting every time the seasons change.

When the tree-form hydrangeas flanking her front door in square planters are done with their spring and summer bloom, Julia plans to transplant them out into the garden for their permanent home - that’s the beauty and ease of container gardening!

Bring the outdoors in

For the outdoor dining portion of Julia’s patio, she wanted a natural Landscaping is crucial for upgrading transition from inside the home, so your outdoor space as it brings a she added details like an outdoor rug necessary curb appeal or wow factor to and outdoor lighting, plus some more your patio or backyard. In Julia’s front homey accents like a table lamp to style porch, she added boxwoods in varying her bar cart, bringing indoor elegance to shapes, sizes and placement patterns. her outdoor entertaining space.

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(Continued from page 8) your watering routine while keeping your turf lush and blooms beautiful.

Use “instant” lawn fertilizer

If unwanted weeds start surfacing in garden beds, try this easy, chemical-free fix. Start by placing newspaper and cardboard on top of the soil, leaving a little space around the stems of the garden plants. Then, cover the entire surface with a layer of mulch. This barrier blocks weeds from emerging at the surface and lets you cross that chore off your list for the rest of the season.

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Emptying the grass catcher wastes precious time when mowing the lawn. Save yourself some labor and simply let grass clippings fall right onto the turf. They break down relatively quickly, providing the perfect food for your lawn.

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data to tailor watering schedules to your lawn’s needs. Add Gro Water Sensors to container pots and gardens to measure the moisture content in your soil; when plants get thirsty, you get a smartphone alert. Finally, Gro precision watering kits feature one-time, easy installation for hands-free watering while delivering water precisely where and when plants need it most.

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By giving your outdoor space a cozy touch of home, it will quickly become your favorite spot to relax in the morning with coffee, or with a glass of wine at the end of the day.

Enjoy the latest trend in swimming pools It was supposed to be a community swimming pool, but many people stayed away because they couldn’t tolerate the biting, nosecurdling odor of chlorine. Others experienced breathing and skin problems.

So the Evergreen Commons senior center in Holland, Michigan, converted its 65,000-gallon chlorine pool into a saltwater pool. People who had stayed away are now coming back, getting exercise and therapy, while socializing with others.

The senior center is hardly alone.

Across the country, traditional chlorine pools are being converted into saltwater pools, sometimes called saline pools.

Swimmers noticed the difference right away after the switch, making their pool experience much more enjoyable. The new system also meant softer water without harsh chemicals that sometimes required a shower to wash off.

Homeowners and pool managers have many motivations for converting pools from chlorine to salt, including: • Simplified, more convenient maintenance. Saltwater pool owners don’t have to buy, transport, store and handle hazardous chlorine chemicals.

This saves time and money.

• Water that’s gentle on skin, eyes, nose and hair. Saltwater pools have approximately one-tenth the salinity

of ocean water and about one-third the salinity of human tears, with no unpleasant chlorine smell.

• A more environmentally friendly approach. Routine pool maintenance doesn’t involve the handling and storage of manufactured chlorine and lessens the need for other potentially hazardous chemicals.

How do they work?

Saltwater pools use a generator to convert the salt into mild chlorine that keeps the pool free of harmful bacteria. This chlorine is added to the water at a constant rate, displacing the bad smell and burning irritation we normally associate with chlorine and maintaining the right amount.

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Once the chlorine sanitizes the pool it converts back to salt. The process continues, over and over again, conserving the salt and keeping sanitizer levels balanced.

The technology for a saltwater pool was first developed in Australia in the 1960s and today more than 80 percent of all pools Down Under use this system. In the United States, saltwater pools first began to see use in the 1980s and have grown exponentially in popularity.

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an estimated 75 percent of all new in-ground pools are saltwater, compared with only 15 percent in 2002.

The other good news for homeowners and pool managers is that pool salt is far cheaper than traditional chlorine. This is a big reason why so many hotels and

water parks in the United States have already made the switch. The initial construction and installation of an electrolytic converter is very small and easily made up in maintenance savings. Even converting an existing chlorine pool to saltwater pool can pay off quickly.

Sound banking advice from First National gets you there.

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