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Reef Rowdies
Wish You A Happy New Year!
What a great way to celebrate the New Year – opening packages of great posters! It never fails to amaze me how talented Florida students are! Yes, it is that time again and Rowdies will be judging the Florida Ocean Pals Poster Contest for 2007-08. This year’s theme is “Overfishing”. As in the past, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners in each division: K – 2, 3 – 5, 6 – 9 and 10 – 12 grades will be sent to New York to compete with the winners from there and across the nation to California with savings bonds and a trip to the Cayman Isles as the main prizes. Ken has to decipher the student’s names attached to the back of each poster to enter in the database - the kids are good at art but what a mess their writing is! Are you any good at reading hieroglyphics?
In looking back at the OLD YEAR – 2007, do you start at the bottom or the top? Short memories can easily recall December and the fun at Lynn Willis’s Christmas party to watch the boat parade at Madeira Beach. Lynn has a perfect back patio for the festivities. We all gorged on deserts to-die-for. Thanks Lynn. On that same note, I would have loved to see our friend Mike Yagman’s Main Squeeze all decked out and winning in TWO boat parades! Great going Mike & Friends – the old gal still has it.
The Wine Cellar was at its usual great ambiance for the Rowdies Holiday and Awards Celebration. MMMMmmm – good food, and how about those “horses douvers.” We had quite a gathering of great scuba friends. It really was fun having our newest members and friends all decked out and then stealing gifts! (You know – That “Oriental’ Gift Exchange? I don’t suppose it is politically correct to say “Chinese.”) And great gifts were brought too. Rowdies aren’t all focused on themselves either – our charity giving went to CASA.
If you have been down the Intercoastal, you may have met “Beggar” the dolphin – well, he posed with a big smile (probably hoping he would get a fishy reward) and his picture won the “Best of Show” in the Rowdies annual photo contest that night. I was fortunate enough to be the one behind the camera. Thanks, Beggar!
Somehow things work out now and then and since I was charged with the selecting/buying of the awards I could rig it just right – A newer fish identification book was needed by the 1st place winner (me), the second place winner was with me and she saw a cute little “nemo” that just fit a spot in her home (Bobbie Jo). Now, I was there when the 3rd place winner (Lori) lost her dive flag float so – perfect award! I got lucky with the 4th place (Sharon) tie winner as she had just bought a new mask to put that strap on – Ed has to wait until the next meeting as he wasn’t able to be there. I DID NOT rig the winner of the big years end drawing – Ken Smith – that was on the “up & up.”
A great big WELCOME to our newest members as our club expands – actually 8 divers have joined Rowdies this year: Mike Caputi, Sharon Thompson, Mark Schaefer, Karen Frelier, Lynn Willis, Jean Wilson, Jim Barnard & Diane Landers. Great divers going on great dive trips – this year we went to Dominica, Pompano, Boynton Beach, the Keys . . . Keep watching for the trip suggestions from Lynn Willis. You name it, she has a trip going there! Call her: 727-560-5450.
We work in other activities also, Rainbow River Float & Picnic, kayaking, fossil/shark teeth hunting, shell hunting, educational programs – join us!! We meet at the Dixie Hollins High School ROTC room, 4940 62nd Street N, St. Petersburg, FL, on the 1st Tuesday and at a restaurant on the 3rd Tuesday.
Call me – Sonia Smith, Pres.: 727-522-8276 or go to our web link: http://www.knology.net/~bgedz/rowdies
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Sea Bunnie Competition 2007
Fish / Lobster
Fish Category
Weight in pounds
Grouper
Lisa Schmidt
4.55
Lisa Tatro
6.1
Eileen Morris
7.5
Lynn Jones
9.3
Mary Taylor
19.9
Hogfish
Patti Bacun
2.9
Lisa Tatro
3.1
Cindy Whitaker
3.2
Lynn Jones
3.9
Mary Taylor
7.1
Snapper
Lisa Tatro
2.0
Lynn Jones
2.9
Lisa Schmidt
3.0
Patti Bacun
3.8
Mary Taylor
11.4
Sheepshead / Triggerfish/ Flounder
Lisa Schmidt Triggerfish
.98
Lisa Tatro
Triggerfish 2.14
Lynn Jones Triggerfish
3.4
Mary Taylor Triggerfish
5.3
Amberjack / Barracuda / Cobia
Lisa Schmidt AJ
12.94
Mary Taylor AJ
17.6
Lobster Weight in pounds
Patti Bacun
1.37 ( 1 lb - 6 oz )
Connie Parkinson
1.65 (1 lb - 10 oz)
Cindy Whitaker
1.65 (1 lb - 10 oz)
Mary Taylor
3.5
SAVE-OUR-SEAS
Entries are in Points
Lisa Tatro
Lid from a 55 gal drum 2
Tong
1
Mask
1
Snorkel
1
Water bottle
1
Total Points = 6
Lynn Jones
Beer can
1
3 baloons tied together
1
Another beer can, different dive
1
Fish Stringer
1
Glass beer bottle
1
Baloon
1
Beer Bottle
1
25 qt. Igloo cooler complete with bird poop 3
Total Points = 10
Mary Taylor
98 feet of string
1
Beach ball
1
Lead weight
1
One chunk of stryofoam
1
Fishing lore with fishing line
1
Deflated smiley baloon w/ ribbon 1
Glass bottle
1
Balloon with ribbon
1
9 ft of string, 3 sinkers attached
1
Two baloons with string
1
Coke can
1
Scuba mask
1
Total Points = 12
Rita Fitzpatrick
One Resin Chair
3
One ball of fishing line
1
Personal emergency beacon 2
1 rag
1
1 t-shirt
1
2 aluminum cans
2
fancy fishing lore
1
sinker
1
glass bottle
1
One zip strip
1
Plastic lid cover
1
Aluminum can
1
Cardboard
1
Beer bottle
1
Fishing line with sinker
1
Large white ditty bag
1
Beer bottle
1
Aluminum can
1
1 Solo plastic cup
1
Fishing line
1
Sinker
1
Metal tag
1
Total Points = 26
Cindy Whitaker
Bait net with handle
2
Boat light lens cover
1
Rope 2” diameter x 6 ft long
3
76 ft fishing line with sinker
1
93 ft line with 2 sinkers
1
Big frilly fishing lore
1
Long sleeve sweat shirt
3
Broken green glass
1
Plastic coffee cup with lid
1
Beer can
1
Frilly fishing lore
1
Beer can
1
Mesh Bag
1
Six 2” – 3” balls of thick fishing line
2
Two 5 lb cylinder weights & fishing line 2
Two double frilly trolling lures
1
4 lb dive weight
1
1 leader, sinker, & hook
1
Bait net
1
Pair of socks rolled up in a ball
1
Eight beer cans all in one spot
3
Tee shirt
1
Two 1 ltr. soda bottles
1
Dive skin
1
Total Points = 33
