News Letter

The O.D.C. Scoop

October 2007

Next Club Meeting is November 13th 8:00 pm.

Cozumel- Join Linda and Leon Ellis on the lovely Island of Cozumel Mexico during the week of January 25 - February 1, 2008. This will be a week of fun in the sun, snorkeling, and diving & Carnival! We will be staying at the Hotel Cozumel.

*All Inclusive plan prices starting at $1,100 per person based on double occupancy.

*All Inclusive plan includes, round trip air from Minneapolis, (Sun Country Flights) transfers, hotel, tips, beverages (alcohol and non alcohol), all meals, snacks, and all taxes.

*Diving will be an extra charge the cost will be about $325.00 plus tips and park fee.

There will be 5 days of 2 tanks boat diving.

*Pre trip waiver Insurance is available on the package at the cost of $69.00 per person This gives you the best price Guarantee and allows you to cancel without any penalties other then the cast of the insurance.

*All prices subject to change until booked and deposit has been made.

For more information please contact Linda Ellis @ home (507)455-1379

or Parkview Travel (Linda Ellis) (507)444-9038

Or Email parkviewtravel2002@yahoo.com

Adventure Specialties, LLC Open House- Todd Rost is having an open house Saturday December 8^th from 10 am to 2 pm. There will be new products displayed, sale items, prizes, and refreshments. Stop down and check it out. Todd is located at 2900 Western Ave. in Faribault. If you have any question, please contact him at 888-771-6466.

Local Dive at Lake Marion- John Chapman is setting up a local trip to Lake Marion on Saturday November 17^th. If you are interested, please let him know. John Chapman can be contacted at 507-276-2044, email dawg@hickorytech.net or stop down Thursday at 7:30 at pump night.

Dive Into the Past- The date has been set. GLSPS dive into the past show is going to be February 23^rd at the AmericInn Hotel and Mermaid Entertainment & Event Center in Mounds View, MN. If you would like more information on this event, please go to the web site http://www.glsps.org and click on the dive into the past show 2008.

Open Swim- Wednesday the 21^stof November, The club is having there open swim at the pool. Come on down and bring your dive equipment. This is a good time to test out your dive equipment before going down south for a trip and to practice underwater skills.

Wednesday December 26^th, the pool will be closed for Christmas break, so mark your calendar.

Fall North Shore Dive- The club made there annual trip to the north shore this fall. The weather started out rainy as we where driving up to Duluth and then was partly cloudy the rest of the weekend. This year we stayed at the Youngberg camp ground. The accommodations were great. They are planning on expanding the camp ground this coming year to accommodate more campers.

The diving wasn’t the greatest this year. There was a North-east storm on Thursday before the weekend and had stirred up the lake. The visibility was only about 5 to 8 feet. We started out diving on the Hesper and then stopped for lunch. After lunch, the lake had calmed down enough for the run down to the Madeira. On the way back from the Madeira, the club removed the buoy from the Hesper.

Thanks go out to all for helping out, and Brent Youngberg and family for accommodating the dive club and providing lunch on Saturday.

Milwaukee trip- This year, some of the club members decided to check out Lake Michigan in the fall, so they planned a trip in September. The weather started out looking like it was going to be rough for the weekend, but it changed and was perfect. The lake was calm; the temperature was warm, and the water visibility was great. One wreck, we had over 100 foot of visibility. We explored several different shipwrecks and did more research at the library on wrecks. We also obtained a blue print on one of the wrecks that we dive on. Everyone on the trip thought it was great time and would like to do it again for next year.

[Club Web site]

krypton.mnsu.edu/~dljavens/dive_club.htm