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Sea Bunnie Competition
FISH / LOBSTER
Fish Category
Weight in pounds
Grouper
Lisa Schmidt
12.02
Lynn Jones
14.2
Lisa Tatro
15.0
Eileen Morris
16.5
Mary Taylor
32.8
Hogfish
Lisa Tatro
2.1
Lisa Schmidt
7.0
Mary Taylor
14.0
Lynn Jones
16.4
Snapper
Lisa Tatro
3.6
Lynn Jones
4.0
Lisa Schmidt
4.04
Mary Taylor
17.8
Sheepshead / Triggerfish/ Flounder
Lisa Tatro - Sheephead
2.75
Lynn Jones - Triggerfish
3.4
Lisa Schmidt - Triggerfish 3.98
Mary Taylor - Triggerfish
4.8
Amberjack / Barracuda / Cobia
Mary Taylor - AJ
16.8
Lisa Schmidt - AJ
25.56
Lobster
Adrianne Butler 2.0
Mary Taylor
2.8
Lisa Tatro
3.0
Lynn Jones
3.8
SAVE OUR SEAS
Entries are in Points
Adrianne Butler
5 pound weight 1
Spear shaft 1
Can
1
Bottle
1
Total Points = 4
Lisa Schmidt
Anchor
4
2 spear shafts 2
Total Points = 6
Mary Taylor
Deflated party balloon with 4 ft of ribbon 1
Spear Shaft
1
Pepsi Can
1
3 spear shafts 3
Boat Hook w/ long wooden handle
3
Dive Fin (XXX Large)
3
Fishing net w/ handle
2
1 spear shaft
1
Fishing line with swivel
1
Total points = 16
Lisa Tatro
50’ of shredded ship tow rope
4
25 green balloons in a group
3
Olympus digital camera in housing
2
Large Anchor
4
Fishing Pole
3
Total Points = 16
Rita Fitzpatrick
Fishing Line
1
Clothes Pin
1
1 beer can
1
1 Two pound dive weight
1
1 Fishing Line
1
1 Hook
1
1 Sinker
1
2 more beer cans
2
VietnamToothpaste tube
1
2 Vietnamese aluminum cans
2
Vietnam Fishing Net (the whole thing) 4
Vietnamese Bottle
1
Fishing line
1
Sinker
1
Heineken Beer Bottle
1
Fishing Hook
1
Total points = 21
Lynn Jones
Fortress Anchor
4
Tin can
1
Glass Bottle
1
Boogie Board
4
Four weights (1 point each) 4
2 aluminum cans
2
Spear band with wish bone 1
6 foot raft
3
Another 6 foot raft
3
Total points = 23
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| ROWDIES |
The Rowdies want to wish all scuba divers
a great diving New Year! WOW, so many places to dive and so many diving
friends to do it with!
There is nothing better than old friends, great food, and
“horses douvers” to enjoy with the lovely holiday decorations and great
atmosphere at the Rowdies annual awards banquet December 2nd. Thanks Bobbie
Jo Roe for organizing this event. Giving out awards was indeed the order of
the night. The Rowdies honored Ed Zuranski with the “Bunnie Lauser Traveling
Trophy” for the many years of service he has given to our diving club. Ed’s
name (again) joins the many names etched on that trophy of past members who
have given service to our club – Thank You Ed! He is our vice president,
helps organize club trips, is our web-master and supports all we do as a
club – year after year!
Pat Fredette, the 2005 winner of the “Len Favel Traveling
Trophy”, presented this award to the 2006 winner, Sonia Smith, who earned
the highest points in this years’ Club Competition. My points were for
various photography categories, Fossils and Save Our Seas. This award is in
honor of Len Favel, a past member who always entered every contest, went on
every trip and supported all the Rowdies’ activities.
Lori Smith was awarded with the 2nd highest number of
competition points. Lori was surprised with an enlargement of her winning
“Best of Show” photograph. She had a beautiful “picture post card” scene of
a bridge and a red sail boat on the water. Awards were also given to Ed
Zuranski with the 3rd highest number of points and Bobbie Jo Roe with the
4th highest. Colorful certificates with new designs were presented to all
winners, thanks to Pat Fredette and her daughter. Ruth & Steve Kisco and Joe
& Lacey Pisani accepted the challenge of judging our photography contest (no
small feat) – thanks guys! Mark Rentz, fossil expert, was called upon for
his knowledgeable assistance with judging the fossil entries. We appreciate
all that Mark does to help club members identify their finds while on his
guided fossil hunts but this year he helped (re)identify using the pictures
we sent of the bones selected for entries – a harder job! Thanks Mark!
Lori’s tapir tooth was chosen for first place.
The Rowdies played “Santa” to CASA residents again this year
– thanks everyone and thanks to Lori Smith for being “Rudolph” as she
delivered the gifts!
By the way, we wish to CONGRATULATE the new Mr. & Mrs. – Ed &
Mary Zuranski who tied the knot on October 21, 2006. Welcome to our group,
Mary! Mary, are you going to be Ed’s underwater model?
2007 will bring new adventures to the Rowdies as we make
plans for the New Year. (I’d like to go on the Nekton Pilot as Ed did this
past year.) Diving was suspended for awhile in 2006 with broken bones for a
couple of us, but we hope everyone will be back in the diving scene soon.
The new competition started October 1st for 2007, so get ready for every
category, guys! Bobbie Jo has a new camera with a waterproof bag for use
around water but not for diving. I dropped my underwater camera so I’m not
sure what I will be using. We invite new members to join us, bringing
challenging new ideas – teach us old (sea) dogs new tricks! Lynn Willis has
some good ideas of where to go and what to do also!! You are invited to join
us at our 1st and 3rd Tuesday meetings. Call President Sonia at 522-8276 for
information.
Let’s get wet,
Sonia
“OCEAN PALS” UPDATE:
Packages after packages have been arriving by our front door – sent by the
kids hoping and praying to win the “Ocean Pals” Poster Contest. Ken and I
will be opening the packages in the next few days, we have just opened one
so far and it is REALLY good. This is the exciting part of running the
poster contest for Florida schools. These students are really talented and I
love seeing what they have created. Of course with all events there is also
a drudgery part and that is to enter every student, school name and
information in the computer data base. Ken has been my right hand with this
through the years. We will be keeping you informed of the results on the
Florida students.
Sonia Smith, Florida Director of “Ocean Pals” Poster Contest, a “Beneath The Sea” outreach to students.
The St.Pete Underwater Club
Superbowl Party
The SPUCS are proud once again to put on its annual Superbowl party that
will be on February 4th 2007 at the Minnreg Building. The doors will open at
4pm and the game starts at 6pm. Its fun for the whole family and door prizes
for the kids. It’s a mere $10 to get in and kids 18 and under get in free.
We will also be having the dive gear swap meet again this year. So if you
got something around you want to get rid of bring and swap it or sell it.
The food on hand will be great once again with the usual fried fish, ribs,
hot dogs, burgers, shrimp, plus all the normal sides. Beverages will include
soda, water and of course beer on tap.
For directions go to the SPUC website at
www.spearfishingspuc.org for
directions and any further updates.