Conservation Officer Keeping Lake County Safe

KJAM reports this morning on pleasant results from the Labor Day sobriety checks on Lake Madison -- over 40 stops, no one boating and boozing. Good work, fellow citizens -- keep the schnapps on shore.

Of greater import, though, is the active work of Conservation Officer Brandon Gust to keep Lake County's boaters safe. In August he participated in some derring-do on Lake Madison, subduing a runaway boat that had thrown its riders (and thus saving a dog, who still remains anonymous!). This weekend, Game Warden Gust rode to the rescue again, pulling a couple of canoeists out of the water. A man and his 6-months-pregnant wife had been braving the high seas when some high waves swamped the canoe. No injuries reported, but tired boaters were surely grateful for Officer Gust's assistance in putting an end to their wetter-than-expected float around the lake.

We like a conservation officer who's a go-getter, especially when he's going and getting folks (and dogs!) out of trouble. Keep up the good work, Officer Gust!

Of course, my right-wing commenters will surely bemoan all this government assistance. Surely Officer Gust's do-goodery is just breeding irresponsibility among lake residents and boaters. Folks fall in the water, they ought to get themselves out, right? ;-)