Message-ID: <21017254.1075842774104.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 08:52:00 -0800 (PST) From: panacea1@swbell.net Subject: Dive Events for Houston HammerHeads Cc: phishin4agroove@hotmail.com, cborres@aol.com, ronhiser@yahoo.com, sorris@hotmail.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bcc: phishin4agroove@hotmail.com, cborres@aol.com, ronhiser@yahoo.com, sorris@hotmail.com X-From: Kristi and Greg Foster X-To: X-cc: Shelley Buckles , Cathie and Claes Borresen , Ron Hiser , "O.J. Strickland" X-bcc: X-Folder: \Gerald_Nemec_Dec2000_June2001_2\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: NEMEC-G X-FileName: gnemec.nsf Hi Fellow Divers and Friends of the Houston HammerHeads, There are?seven announcements in this email: ? ???Monthly Socials -?March 29, April 26, May 31 ??? You Are Invited to Join ?? Club Volunteers Needed ?? Dive In Day - May 20 ?? Local Diving at Balmorhea State Park - May 26-28 ?? Sea Space - June 9 & 10 ?? Other Events ??? If you have any questions or need additional information, please email. Best Wishes and Fishes, Kristi Foster King Crab (President) _____________________________ MONTHLY SOCIAL The last Thursday of each month (March 29, April 26 and May 31)? is the date of the monthly social at Surfer's Paradise, located?across from the theater in the MarqE complex on I10 off of 610 from 7:30 - 9:30 pm.? Tell the host/hostess you're with the HammerHeads - we'll be in the party room.? For more information, please contact Kristi Foster at panacea1@swbell.net. _____________________________ YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN The Houston HammerHeads has open enrollment.? You are invited to join any time throughout the year.? Annual membership dues are only $20.? In return, you get a club T-shirt, stickers and decals (while supplies last) and continued updates on diving events in and around Houston.? Membership forms are available at every social and most other club functions.? For more information, please contact Kristi Foster at panacea1@swbell.net. ____________________________ VOLUNTEERS NEEDED We need your help and participation to make this club fun!? Now that the officer elections are over, we need to appoint committee chairpeople and get committee members.? If you'd like to get involved, please respond to this email prior to the upcoming social on March 29.? ? Here's what we still need... Group Dive Trips - Chair is OPEN Other Club Events - Chair is OPEN In addition, we need committee members for all committees:? Guest Speakers, Continuing Education, Local Dives, Environmental Awareness,??Non-Diving Events, Public Relations, Communications and?Fundraising/Sponsorship _____________________ DIVE-IN DAY?- May 20 3rd Annual International Dive-In Day - It's time to make history again! Thousands of divers across the world will invade beaches, rivers and lakes in a bold attempt to break the World Record for the largest group dive for our 3rd Annual International Dive-In Day.? We expect dives to take place in more than 100 locations simultaneously all over the world, making International Dive in Day the World's biggest and most significant dive event.? The Houston Chapter will be diving at the Blue Lagoon (we must be in the water at 10:00 am to qualify for the dive!)? For more info, contact OJ Strickland at sorris@hotmail.com. _____________________ LOCAL DIVING AT BALMORHEA STATE PARK - Memorial Day Weekend, May 26-28 Balmorhea State Park is about an 8-9 hour drive from Katy, page # 7 in the "Texas, Dive Site Book".?? Since we're going over the long weekend, we?should have ample time to try and find?Balmorhea's (2) two endangered fish species, the Comanche Springs Pupfish and the Pecos Mosquito fish,?along with all the Mexican Tetras, Minnows, Perch, Catfish, crawfish, turtles and the "bubbling sands" of the springs. Please RSVP?so we can calculate how things need to be arranged (ride sharing, sharing big tents, food, stoves, etc.) .? We plan on doing combined food cook outs, night dives and just have a ton of? FUN. For more info, contact OJ Strickland at sorris@hotmail.com.? _____________________ SEA SPACE- June 9 & 10 Houston's biggest dive expo - open to the public.??For more information, check out the website?at?www.seaspace.org. _____________________ OTHER EVENTS The Houston HammerHeads are part of the Texas Gulf Coast Council of Dive Clubs.??Here is a partial list of diving-related activities sponsored by the other council member clubs... Mar. 23-25?????Gulf Restoration Network annual meeting, New Orleans, www.gulfrestorationnetwork.org? 504 525-1528 Mar.31???? ??????????????? Fins UP fundraiser for Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network, Galveston, www.tmmsn.org or 800-9MAMMAL April 7??? ??????????????? Scubadillos San Marcos River cleanup, www.divesanmarcos.com April 28? ??????????????? Galveston Island Scuba Club, mini-TrashFest cleanup, Christi Atkinson, 409 741-1068, dcdivers@aol.com June 9-10????????????Texins Underwater Safari, Lake Tenkiller, Ok. Pamela Stickney, 972 344-3630?p-stickney@raytheon.com July 21-22??????????????? Texins Hotter'n' Hell Dive,? Possum Kingdom, Tx. Pamela Stickney, 972 344-3630 p-stickney@raytheon.com July 28-29??????????????? Nubian Canyon Lake dive and rafting trip, Lydia Locke 281 498-5953 or Locke_Knest@yahoo.com Aug. 4-5? ??????????????? Texins Land Lubber's Luau, Lake Texoma, Tx. Pamela Stickney, 972 344-3630 p-stickney@raytheon.com Aug. 7-12?????????????????Flower Gardens, expected date for coral spawning, http://www.flowergarden.nos.noaa.gov/ Aug. 16-19??????????????? BAD annual Spearfishing Contest, www.bayareadivers.org or 713 684-6544 Sept.7-12?????????????????Flower Gardens, possible second spawningfor late bloomers, http://www.flowergarden.nos.noaa.gov/ Sept. 15? ??????????????? HUC BAD TGCC--& the whole alphabet -- picnic at Tom Bass Park, Robyn Rhea, 713 792-7748, robyn@dielectrophoresis.org Sept.29-Oct.1??????????????? Proposed TGCC trip to Sonnier Bank on the Sea Searcher II, Larry LaBorde, 281 496-4687? larry@laborde.cc Oct. 6???? ??????????????? Trashfest, TGCC river cleanup in New Braunfels, Tx. www.tgccdiveclubs.org Oct. 13-14??????????????? Texins Wet Willie Wrap-up, Lake Whitney, Tx. Pamela Stickney, 972 344-3630 p-stickney@raytheon.com Oct. 20??? ??????????????? BAD Scuba Flea Market, www.bayareadivers.org or 713 684-6544 Nov. ??? ??????????????? 2nd annual BAD ScubaOlympics, Williams Indoor Pool, www.bayareadivers.org or 713 684-6544. ?