Gazette Editorial Board--Alcohol and boating are commonly mixed. And no doubt there will be a lot of mixing this Memorial Day weekend, typically the busiest boating weekend of the year on many Iowa lakes and streams.The combination of high traffic and too much alcohol consumption raises valid concerns. More than half of the 23 boating fatalities reported in Iowa from 2006 through 2010 involved alcohol, according to Iowa Department of Natural Resources records. Certainly, people shouldn’t be operating boats if they’re under the influence of alcohol.As for a call by DNR law enforcement officials to make all alcohol-related laws the ...
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