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News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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January 11, 2006
ODNR AWARDS MORE THAN $352,000 IN GRANTS TO PROMOTE
BOATING SAFETY EDUCATION STATEWIDE
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2006 Division of Watercraft Boating Education Grant Recipients |
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County |
Recipient |
Amount |
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Ashtabula |
Ashtabula County Educational Service Center |
$11,815 |
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Butler |
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 05-04 |
$13,625 |
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Carroll |
Carroll County Sheriff’s Office |
$3,639 |
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Clermont |
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 05-03 |
$8,025 |
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Cuyahoga |
Bay Village Schools |
$9,000 |
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Cuyahoga |
Greater Cleveland Council Boy Scouts |
$13,941 |
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Cuyahoga |
Greater Cleveland Safety Council |
$23,250 |
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Darke |
Miami Conservancy District |
$30,000 |
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Delaware |
Central Ohio safe Boating Council |
$18,950 |
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Hamilton |
Ohio River Way, Inc. |
$11,767 |
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Hamilton |
Cincinnati Recreation Commission |
$19,782 |
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Hocking |
West Ohio Conference,United Methodist Church |
$13,010 |
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Lake |
Spirit of America Foundation |
$22,535 |
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Lake |
City of Mentor |
$5,680 |
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Lake |
Lake County Metroparks |
$14,322 |
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Lawrence |
Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office |
$11,600 |
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Lorain |
Educational Service Center |
$12,785 |
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Lucas |
Safer Kids Greater Toledo/Toledo Hospital |
$15,398 |
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Mahoning |
Youngstown Power Squadron |
$18,910 |
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Montgomery |
Greater Dayton YMCA |
$6,404 |
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Montgomery |
Five Rivers Metroparks |
$20,660 |
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Ottawa |
Ohio Naval Militia |
$6,987 |
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Richland |
Mohican School in the Out of Doors |
$7,125 |
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Richland |
Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District |
$7,190 |
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Statewide |
American Canoe Association |
$24,850 |
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Tuscarawas |
Tuscarawas Valley Schools, Mineral City |
$1,410 |
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COLUMBUS, OH - Twenty-six organizations across Ohio have been awarded a total of $352,661 in grants to conduct safe boating education programs, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Watercraft. The grant amounts range between $1,410 and $30,000.
The annual grants assist local community organizations in their efforts to increase boating education and helping young boaters meet the provisions of Ohio’s mandatory boater education law.
State law requires that any person born on or after January 1, 1982 to successfully complete the Ohio Boater Education Course or other boater education courses that are approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators. About 9,000 Ohioans successfully completed an approved boater education course in 2005, more than half of which were required to do so because of their age.
Grant funding for boater education programs is provided through the state’s Waterways Safety Fund, which is supported by a portion of the state gasoline tax, watercraft registration and titling fees, and the U.S. Coast Guard.
The Division of Watercraft, U.S. Power Squadrons, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, the U.S. Coast Guard and other boating partners will offer more than 450 boating education classes this year statewide. Additional information on boating education and other recreational boating programs can be found online at ohiodnr.com and by calling toll-free 1-877-4BOATER (877-426-2837).
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For additional news online, check out the ODNR Press Room at Ohiodnr.com
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For Further Information Contact:
John Wisse, ODNR Division of Watercraft
(614) 265-6695
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Andrea M. Strle, ODNR Media Relations
(614) 265-6882
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