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Maricopa County officials urge life jacket use, promote loaner program at Lake Pleasant
Summary
County officials and partner agencies held a press conference at Lake Pleasant urging life jacket use, describing recent drownings and search-and-rescue calls, and highlighting a life-jacket loaner program and boating education options.
Maricopa County officials and partner agencies held a lake and trail safety press conference at Lake Pleasant to urge life jacket use and promote a life-jacket loaner program, after speakers noted 16 drownings in Maricopa County last year and 144 search-and-rescue calls involving the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.
The O'Connors, longtime Lake Pleasant visitors, described both the appeal of the lake and dangerous incidents they have witnessed. “They've encountered some scary situations out on the water,” Ronald and Teresa O'Connor said, and one of the O'Connors added that “there's been…
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