Hello Dive Club members and Families! The Scuba Divers Paradise Dive Club had its Christmas Dive and dinner at Stillhouse Marina and held there elections. Well this years new officers and support staff is as follows: President: Edwin Asencio Vice President: Tom Petrick Secretary: Mike McClafferty Safety Officers: Paul Connell; Bernard Sandman; Jose Rios; Eric Brookbank Photographer: Melissa Simulcik Web designer: Jennifer Brookbank Activity Coordinator: Louise Martin So as you can all see we had some new positions come up and the personnel have accepted all nominations and positions that were voted upon. Well the year looks exciting and we are ready to go. If you have any ideas that you would like to see come to the Dive club meetings on the 3rd Sunday of every month. We will have some type of activity for you to get involved in or to just make some suggestions and have fun. Our next club meeting is on 20 Jan. 08 at 1300hrs at the Stillhouse Hollow Mariana Restaurant this will be a planning activity coordination meeting we need all members and past members to attend this to also re-new your membership in Scuba Divers Paradise Dive Club. We are having an intro to “Night Diving/ Scientific Dive at Aquarena Springs, San Marcos, Texas on 26 Jan 08. If interested stop by the Dive shop to sign up. See Edwin Asencio or Mike McClafferty for more information or call us. Already a Night Diver or would like to become a certified Night Limited /Visibility Diver now is the time to dive the warm waters of the Aquarena Springs. Also the NITROX course is being offered January. Stop by the shop for info and sign up for this specialty. SSI has gone international. Go the web site for the store www.scubadiversparadise.net and then click to links to SSI or “ODIN” and the knowledge of SSI diving world opens to your adventure. Also now that we have a wreck site now close at hand in Texas now we will be looking at some “WRECK DIVING “specialties in the near future. The trips that will we will be looking at are diving the U.S.S ORISKANY off the Florida cost just south of Pensacola. Also trips to Aquarena Springs, Commel river, Balmorhea the Blue Lagoon and Mammoth Park and much more………… We need your support lets pitch in and say “I DID IT @ SCUBA DIVERS PARADISE” Book your FLOWER GARDEN TRIP now by going to www.scubadiversparadise.net click on the links tab and go the Flowers Garden trip and then to August 08 and book your space now. This trip is filling up fast don’t be late sign up today. It’s back again for this year the 2008 SSI Master Diver Challenge @ SCUBA DIVERS PARADISE: SSI’s Master Diver Challenge is a program designed to reward you for continuing your diving education. You set the pace, decide which specialties best fit your needs, choose when you want to go diving and we will make sure you get the credit you deserve! ASK EDWIN AT THE DIVE SHOP CALL ORDER OR COME BY. THE WET SUITS AND DRY SUITS ARE HERE AND THEY ARE NICE. coome dive with us in one of our Flower Gardens dive trip call us or visit our web page www.scubadiversparadise.net go to our links and click Under Flower Gardens spree expeditions you will have lots of fun. Want more bottom time? Would you like to absorb less nitrogen on a dive? Then Nitrox is for you! Nitrox is any mixture of air that has more than 21% oxygen in it. The basic premises: because you are breathing a mixture of air that has less nitrogen in it, you absorb less nitrogen, and are able to stay down longer! If you would like to take a Nitrox course, Instructor Trainer Edwin Asencio will be teaching a Nitrox course on January 31, 2008 at 6:00 PM . At Scuba Divers Paradise. The cost for the Nitrox course is $150.00 (which includes book, Combined Air/Nitrox Tables,CNS Table and Equivalent Air Table), and the certification card . Let Nitrox be another feather added to your hat of scuba knowledge! Not only is this course fun, but you will learn about a whole other aspect of dive theory. To sign up, call Scuba Divers Paradise at the number above or email us at scuba2012@earthlink.net Don’t forget to continue to check Scuba Divers Paradise web page for upcoming classes or events. Remember the more we learn and train the better divers we become.

This Summer we are having every Saturday Night Diving and specialty courses at Scuba Divers Paradise Dive Shop ask for one and that one will do for you. We will also be sending periodic updates throughout the month via Email.

DIVE SAFE” EDWIN ASENCIO President Scuba Diver’s Paradise Dive Club