Offer boater course

A seven-hour boater education course will be offered free by Whitman County Sheriff’s office June 9,10. Sessions will be from 6 to 9:30 p.m. upstairs at the Public Service Building.

The course will provide boaters with the basics of safe boating that all recreational boaters should know.

The course will be taught by Deputy John Guidice, certified instructor. The course was developed for the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission.

The state has been phasing in a safety program. As of the start of this year, boat operators between 12 and 30 are required to carry a card to certify they have completed the course. All boaters born after Jan. 1, 1955, will be required to carry the card by 2014.

Participants are asked to pre-register at the sheriff’s office.