Trainee Dee Walter and instructor Wayne Farnholtz on Clear Lake in Lake County, Calif, on Saturday, July 16, 2011. Walter was in in Lake County from July 15 through July 17, 2011, for training. Courtesy photo.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Two qualified members of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 88 of Lake County, conducted a training program for personal water craft (PWC) operator Dee Walter, a flotilla member from Reno Flotilla 11-03.

The three-day session, July 15 through July 17 was held on Clear Lake.

Trainee Walter passed her navigation rules and was trained on the water with instructor Wayne Farnholtz.

Following the required oral testing by qualification examiner Anita Farnholtz, the training program was completed on the water with a thorough check ride.

The newly trained PWC operator Walter is now patroling on Lake Tahoe and loving every minute.

Flotilla 88 of Lake County, goes the extra step to assure the boating public that safety on the water is its main concern and not only in Lake County but in others as well.