Author: BGDC Webmaster
Helen Denham, longtime club member passed from this life peacefully and suddenly, on Monday, 4/18/2022.
Services will be held for Helen Denham on Friday April 22 at Hall-Taylor Funeral home in Shelbyville, Ky Visitation is from 10;00 until 1:45. there will be a brief service at 2:00 and internment will follow in the Pleasureville Cemetery. Friends are asked to make a donation to the Salvation Army in lieu of flowers.
The 2022 edition of the Bluegrass Dive Club Kentucky Derby party is looking for a new host this year. The past several years have been hosted by Alex Fassas at their home; but with scheduled renovations they will be unable to host in 2022.
The Derby party would be on Saturday, May 7th, 2022 from approximately 4:00PM EDT until after the Derby race 12, post time 6:57PM. Guests will bring appetizers and snacks to share. Non-alcoholic beverages provided by the club, guests are welcome to bring their own beverages as well.
Host should have television space for viewing the race by the guests.
Please reach out to Alex Fassas, club Webmaster if you would like to host or need more details about hosting via Contact Us | Bluegrass Dive Club, or email to webmaster@bluegrassdiveclub.com, or call at (859) 582-1600.
Don’t ask what this can club do for you, but what can you do for your Club. If we have No Host, we have No Club Derby party.
Join us via Zoom for our meeting and program. Meeting is Tuesday, 4/12/2022 via ZOOM only. Social time starts at 7:00PM, Business meeting and program at 7:30PM EDT. Bring your own snacks and beverage.
We are hoping to have a program for our meeting on 4/12/2022 from Beth VanPelt, Store Manager of New Horizons/Diventure Dive Center, in Lexington, KY. She will share what Diventures and our local dive center have going on.
If our program from New Horizons/Diventure does not materialize our backup program is a professionally produced video of SCUBA Diving the Egypt Red Sea.
We are looking for suggestions for a location to host in-person club meetings in the future. Host venue would need to be open until 9:00PM. Beverages and some food would be a plus. Send suggestions to Kris Harn, club Vice President via our Contact Us | Bluegrass Dive Club, or email to vicepresident@bluegrassdiveclub.com, or call her at (859) 333-6911.
Continue reading “4/12/2022 Club Meeting Program: Beth VanPelt, New Horizons/Diventure Dive Center”March 2022 edition of the Undercurrents newsletter is published.
BGDC March 2022 Undercurrents newsletter
In this months edition:
Index to previous Undercurrents newsletters.
Next Club meeting will be April 12, 2022.
Enjoy this month’s newsletter.
Check out the Club upcoming calendar either at the end of the Undercurrents or online at Club Calendar | Bluegrass Dive Club.
We are pleased to announce that our program for our meeting on 2/8/2022 is a Report on Grand Cayman Reopening from Tom Shropshire, Off The Wall Divers, based in Grand Cayman. Many in the club know Tom because of his Kentucky roots. Join us via Zoom for our first meeting and program of 2022.
Details and Zoom link for the meeting can be found at: https://bluegrassdiveclub.com/event/regular-club-meeting-2022-zoom-only-2/
Social time starts at 7:00PM, Business meeting and program at 7:30PM EST.
January 2022 edition of the Undercurrents newsletter is available here.
In this months edition:
Index to previous Undercurrents newsletters is available here .
Regular Club Meeting & Elections
Please attend!! We need a quorum of current dues paid members to have our annual elections.
Meeting starts at 7:30PM, Social following the business meeting.
Tuesday, 11/9/2021 ZOOM Only
Reminder BGDC meeting Tuesday, 10/12/2021 ZOOM OnlyProgram: Video from Belize Aggressor IV trip in August 2021
Details here: https://bluegrassdiveclub.com/event/regular-club-meeting-10-12-21-zoom-only-program-club-belize-trip-video/2021-10-12/
The regular meeting of the Bluegrass Dive Club has been rescheduled Tuesday, October 12, 2021. Social begins at 7:00PM EDT, Business meeting & program begins at 7:30PM. The meeting program will be the Club Belize Trip Video from August 2021.
This is a ZOOM Only meeting. The full information for the meeting and Zoom link can be found here:
https://bluegrassdiveclub.com/event/regular-club-meeting-10-12-21-zoom-only-program-club-belize-trip-video/2021-10-12/
Your club needs a few good members to step up in service as nominees for our 2022 club officers. Please email the club Vice President or use our web Contact Us form to let us know or nominate someone else.
September 2021 edition of the Undercurrents newsletter is available here.
In this months edition:
Index to previous Undercurrents newsletters is available here .
The Bluegrass Dive Club’s annual Pig Roast, which was scheduled for Saturday, 9/11/2021 has been postponed. This decision was made by our host, Mike and Sherry McCann, out of an abundance of caution due to the resurgence of the COVID-19 and its Delta variant infection rate.
If the current public health crisis passes, the Pig Roast may be held later this year, but after the swimming pool season has closed.
Your Bluegrass Dive Club is returning to in person meetings beginning July 27, 2021. The meeting will be held outdoors at the home of Charlie & Helen Denham. We will include a Zoom meeting so as to include those joining us remotely.
The program will be Return to Travel – Countries that are open & what it takes to travel there.
Club members Rob Foster and Mellisa Hamilton are putting together a dive trip. This is not a club trip, but still a great opportunity to get wet and enjoy the caribbean.
What: BVI Cuan Law liveaboard
Where: departs from Tortola, British Virgin Islands
When: December 11 – 18, 2021
Cost: $3,195 per person, double occupancy; discounts and comps possible if enough people go
Here are the details that Rob Foster has asked that we share.
Rob said, “The boat wasn’t scheduled to run this week but we got them to agree to make it available if we could get 5 people to commit and pay the deposit. So far, we have 4 people committed so we need at least one more but there should be plenty of room for more. We can get a discount with 6 or more which would be split evenly among those going on the trip. I put additional details below.” Mellisa shared, “ If we can get 8 people, one can go free which they can apply as a discount for the entire group.”
Trip/Boat Details:
https://allstarliveaboards.com/cuan-law-dive-liveaboard/
Payment link for deposit:
https://allstarliveaboards.com/submit-payment/
For further details contact Mellisa Hamilton via email at mellisarn@yahoo.com .
June 2021 edition of the Undercurrents newsletter is available here.
In this months edition:
Index to previous Undercurrents newsletters is available here .
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From the Divers Alert Network a live webinar event that will help keep divers returning to the water safer after a very long surface interval.
If you are not a DAN member, please consider it as a good investment in your own health and safety and continuing the legacy of training and equipping those that respond to dive accident emergencies. Visit their website at DAN.org.
Topic: Bluegrass Dive Club Regular Meeting
Program: Presentation on the Stoney Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) Response Project in the Cayman Islands, by Tammi Warrender with the Cayman Islands Dept. of Environment
Time: May 25, 2021 Social 07:00 PM, Meeting 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Continue reading “Club Meeting 5/25/21 – Zoom only – presentation on SCTLD Response Project”
Updated with full obituary, 5/13/2021.
It is with great sadness that I share the passing from this life of Stella Kidd. Club Mom to many of our club family members at one time or another.
Stella Keener Kidd, wife, mother, photographic artist, gardener, and humanitarian, passed away on Sunday, May 9, 2021 of cancer, in her home in Lexington, Kentucky.
Visitation will be held in Lexington from 1pm-3:30pm Saturday, May 15, 2021 at Milward-Southland, 391 Southland Drive. The funeral service will be held afterward at 4pm.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the charitable organization Stella founded and served for many years, Church Under The Bridge. Please mail checks to: Church Under The Bridge, PO Box 11805, Lexington, KY 40578.
The complete and updated obituary can be found at the link below.
April 2021 edition of the Undercurrents newsletter is available here.
In this months edition:
2021 Calendar, aka Life As We Know It Today
May meeting Program on Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease by Tammi Warrender, Lead Coordinator SCTLD Response Project, Cayman Islands Dept. of Environment
ILADSFT – Experience & Risk
7-14 August 2021, Belize Aggressor IV Trip is SOLD OUT, unless you are a lone male diver willing to share a cabin
Index to previous Undercurrents newsletters is available here .
The publishing of this article marks 2 weeks from the Trip Registration and 100% Final Payment deadline of 4/23/2021 for the Belize Aggressor IV Liveaboard Trip embarking 7 August and disembarking 14 August 2021. Deal of the Decade: This club trip was contracted at 2019 prices and with club benefits of commission and comp rebates, it is a value that cannot be beaten.
If the 6 reserved trip berths are filled, there is the possibility of lowering the trip cost from $2,495 per person (plus $10 trip admin fee and membership dues) to as low as $1,768 per person, net of trip rebates and comps. These trip rebates are subject to actual trip participation and final trip costs.
It is time to get your trip registration completed and payments in. Information on the trip is on this page: Link to the Belize Aggressor IV trip page . Links to trip registration are on the linked trip information page. COVID-19 safety protocols that are in place and travel requirements are also on the trip information page.
You will not find a better trip for the money. Don’t miss out on this one. Late registrants or additional trip berths may be available, but will be subject to current Aggressor 2021 pricing. Trip insurance is highly recommended.
Bluegrass Dive Club 3/23/21 Zoom virtual only meeting info
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