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FAIRFIELD COUNTY DIVING ASSOCIATION

January 2013 Volume 20 Issue 1

Inside this Issue

The Presidents’ Corner by Mike Cassetta page 1

FCDA Donors I page 2

Annual FCDA Raffle Winners page 3

Events of Interest to FCDA Members page 3

FCDA Member Ads page 3

Diving Medicine Conference page 4

FCDA Donors II page 4

The Dive Patrol Presents 62nd Boston Scuba Show

page 5

FCDA Donors III page 5

2013 FCDA Schedule

page 6

A Diving Milestone

page 7

Next FCDA Meeting

page 8

The Presidents’ Corner by Mike Cassetta

Happy New Years and I hope you all had a good holi-day.

As most of you know, we

live in the Sandy Hook section of Newtown. Our kids attend a different elementary school and were not directly affected in the horrific events of De-cember 14th. I do greatly ap-preciate everyone who con-tacted us to ask about our chil-dren, your thoughts were most comforting. As a community it has been difficult, as it has been for everyone in Connecti-cut and all over the world.

On Sat Jan 19th the New-

town Underwater Search and Recovery “NUSAR” team has organized The Sandy Hook Me-morial Dive at Dutch Springs. It should be an emotional but healing event.

This Friday, Jan 18th is the

Maritime Aquarium Dive Team Holiday Party. It is open to our club members. If you have not responded, please do.

Our 1st meeting of the year

will be on Friday Jan 25th. Guest speakers will be Jody Brown and Andy Cummings

sharing photos from a recent dive trip to the Philippines.

We will also be holding our

annual elections. Although I am willing to serve again as co-president, I feel I have been corrupt and inept and should be voted out “I will have to run a smear campaign against my-self to get out of office”, so if anyone is interested please let us know.

With the New Year, it is time

to renew your FCDA member-ship. It also makes a wonderful Valentine gift for the special someone. The electronic news-letter is, in a word, “awesome” and is strongly recommended by 1/1 Rheumatologists in Trumbull. Please help us to get everyone on the electronic newsletter - the secretary will thank you!

Again, all of your thoughts

and prayers have been won-

derful and as a community

greatly appreciated….

Mike

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FCDA Donors

The business listed on this page has donated dive gear and dive services to help support the Fairfield County Diving Association.

Internet mail: [email protected]

http://www.fcda.us

2012 Board

Presidents Matt Rownin &

Mike Cassetta

Vice-President Mark Shannon

Secretary Charles Blanchette

Treasurer Paul J. Gacek

P.O. Box 3005, Fairfield, CT 06824

Orbit Marine Dive Center and Rex Dive Center for donating raffle prizes for our DAN raffle.

Please show your ap-

preciation by supporting these dive centers by visit-ing them when you need any diving gear.

No Raffle Winners this month but I believe we need to thank those that donate every month. A great big thank you to New England Dive Center,

Events of Interest to FCDA Members

January 25, 2013 - FCDA Annual Officer Elections and Members Dues.

February 24,2013—Boston Scuba Show.

March 9-10, 2013-Boston Sea Rovers Show.

March 22-24, 2013 Beneath the Sea.

April 6, 2013 Diving Medicine Conference.

FCDA Member Ads

Hey - have you got a non retail-diving business that you’d like to share with fellow members of FCDA? Get your business card size ad in the FCDA monthly newsletter “Surface Interval” for only $50.00 for one year. Give your business a boost and help support the production of our monthly newsletters. For more information, write to FCDA, P.O. Box 3005, Fairfield, CT 06824 or email to [email protected].

Annual FCDA Raffle Winners

FCDA Donors


Diving Medicine Conference April 6th 2013

Course description

AM session $35.00

Owen J. O’Neill, M.D.

Medical evaluation of the diver

with cardiac conditions: To dive

or not to dive?

Nick Bird, M.D.

Expectations after diving Injury

United States Coast Guard

Rescue/recovery of the injured

diver

Andrea Zaferes

Searching and diving In black

water Safe and effective tech-

niques

David Charash, D.O.

Otic Barotrauma-Protecting your

ear.

Afternoon Session: $90.00

Divers Alert Network (DAN)

Certification course in Emergency

Oxygen for Scuba Diving Injuries.

To register for the DAN Course

contact: Jaclyn Messersmith

919-684-2948 ext. 297 or jmess-

[email protected]

FCDA Donors


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Intro to Tech Advanced Nitrox

Decompression Procedures

Stop by Rex Dive Center to talk about schedules, class re-quirements and gear. Or, email [email protected] for

more information.

The Dive Patrol presents 62nd Boston Scuba Show Feb 23, 2013, Holiday Inn, Marlboro, Mass, 10A.M. to 3P.M. (SEE THE WHOLE SHOW) Alex Shure’s Wreck on Stell-wagon Bank LeRoy French’s DOLPHINS IN PARADISE Fred Calhoun’s SEARCHING FOR THE HESPERUS Janet MacCausland’s MEMO-RIES of YOU HOW DIVE COMPUTERS ‘WORK’ Bob Boyle’s SANTA BARBARA ISLE UNDERWATER BASICS OF IN-WATER VIDEOGRAPHY AN INTRODUCTION TO SCUBA Alex Shure’s ON HALF-WAY ROCK and THE WALL FLYING AFTER DIVING (simple safe rules) Matt Marcoux ON REBREATH-ERS Deb Greenhalgh HAWAII and DIV-ING JAMESTOWN Richard Palanzi: PAUL REVERE SPIKE AWARD not the order of presentations Directed by Alan Budreau Tickets at $20 at the door or in ad-vance. write to Cecile Christensen, 2 Ocean Ave (Ste 1-H) Gloucester, MA 01930. Checks payable to The Dive Patrol TRY-OUT SCUBA at the SCUBA SHOW in Marlboro’s HOLIDAY INN pool. Feb 23 Available to attendees 15 years or older. Bring a bathing suit Conducted by CUZIN’s OUT-

DOORS, Inc. of Whitinsville,

MASS

The Dive Patrol Presents 62nd Boston Scuba

Show

DAY DATE TIME EVENT Friday January 25, 2013 8:00 PM January Meeting Friday February 22, 2013 8:00 PM February Meeting Saturday February 23, 2013 Boston SCUBA Show March 9-10, 2013 Boston Sea Rovers 2013 March 22-24, 2013 Beneath the Sea 2013 No March Meeting Friday April 26, 2013 8:00 PM April Meeting Sunday April 28, 2013 11:00 AM Underwater Easter Egg Hunt/Beach Cleanup 11:00 AM Registration (High 1:54 PM) 12:00 Noon Water 1:00 PM Cookout Friday May 31, 2013 8:00 PM May Meeting Saturday June 1, 2013 7:00 PM “Kick Off the Season” Clambake Friday June 28, 2013 8:00 PM June Meeting Friday July 26, 2013 8:00 PM July Meeting Friday August 23, 2013 8:00 PM August Meeting (Moved — Labor Day) Friday September 27, 2013 8:00 PM September Meeting Sunday October 20, 2013 11:00 AM Underwater Pumpkin Carving/Beach Cleanup 11:00 AM Registration (High 12:39 PM) 12:00 Noon Water 1:00 PM Cookout Friday October 25, 2013 8:00 PM October Meeting Friday November 22, 2013 8:00 PM November Meeting (Moved - Thanksgiving) Saturday December 7, 2013 7:00 PM FCDA Holiday Party

2013 FCDA Schedule

The beginning of 2013 was a very momentous time for our own Paul Gacek. Paul went off to the is-land of Nassau in the Bahamas where he boarded the Carib Dancer. This was no ordinary dive trip, this was Paul’s 50th trip with the Aggressor/Dancer Fleet. Paul also achieved one more milestone, Paul made his 3000th dive while on this trip, it took Paul 31 years to achieve this. Congratulations Paul.

Paul coming up from his 3000th dive.

Here Paul is receiving his certificates from the crew.

Paul with his certificates.

A Diving Milestone

Fairfield County Diving Association

P.O. Box 3005 Fairfield, CT 06824

Address Service Requested

Next FCDA Meeting

Friday, January 25, 2013 - 8:00 PM Coast Guard Cottage, South Benson Marina, Fairfield, CT

"Diving the Philippines"

a presentation by

Jody Deevy-Brown & Andy Cummings

With more than 7,100 coral-fringed islands through out the archipelago, The Philippines have been identified as one of the "global hot spots of biodiversity". Travel back with the Ski & Scuba Connection as we visit 2 different islands - Puerto

Galera in Mindoro and Dumaguete on Negros - to explore the waters and the thriving marine ecosystem in search of mag-

nificent muck sites and spectacular seascapes.

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