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Show Boat Restrictions Lifted on Lakes After efforts for more than a year by local interests to have the boat speed restrictions restric-tions on Panguitch and Navajo Na-vajo Lakes rescinded, the Board of Parks and Recreation officially removed the restriction restric-tion at their quarterly meeting January 19, according to Tedd Tuttle, Boating Supervisor. Local residents petitioned Utah's Boating Advisory Council Coun-cil to recommend removal of the speed limit in November of 1966. The Council asked that the matter be presented in the news media in Southern Utah encouraging everyone who had an opinion to express it in writing to the division. Also, division personnel were active in asking opinions of interested parties, explained ! in the best interest of all con-i con-i cerned the rtstrictions should I be dropped. Mr. Tuttle said that the Board, at its meeting postpone action for further consideration which resulted in the action taken at the January meeting. Mr. Tuttle stated that the general speed and proximity regulations which require that boats do not exceed a slow, wakeless speed when within 150 feet of other boats or fishermen fish-ermen or their gear will be strictly enforced in order to protect the predominant uses of these waters. He appealed to everyone to help make the general regulation regula-tion work as well here as it has on similar waters throughout through-out the state. Mr. Tuttle. The Council considered all of the expressions received and on October 17, 1967, recommended re-commended to the Board that |