Diventure Dive Center

Posted on April 9, 2022May 3, 2023 by BGDC Webmaster

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.

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2/8/2022 Club Meeting Program: Report on Grand Cayman Reopening, from Tom Shropshire, Off The Wall Divers, Grand Cayman

Posted on February 8, 2022February 8, 2022 by BGDC Webmaster

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.

BVI Cuan Law liveaboard, December 11-18, 2021

Posted on July 14, 2021July 8, 2022 by BGDC Webmaster

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 .

How To Return To Diving Safely, a webinar from the Divers Alert Network

Posted on May 20, 2021March 13, 2024 by BGDC Webmaster

Webinar This Week: Returning To Diving

If you’ve been out of the water for a while, it’s important to set yourself up for a safe and successful return. Tune in this Thursday, May 20, at 7:00 p.m. ET for a webinar by DAN research director Frauke Tillmans, Ph.D. The presentation will cover health and fitness considerations, ensuring your equipment and dive skills are up to date, and getting ready for travel. We hope you’ll join us!

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.

Club mourns the passing from this life of Stella Keener Kidd

Posted on May 11, 2021May 13, 2021 by BGDC Webmaster

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.

Stella Keener Kidd – Obituary

3/23/21 Meeting Program Announcement

Posted on March 18, 2021March 18, 2021 by BGDC Webmaster

Our program at our virtual Club meeting on Tuesday, 3/23/21 at 7:30PM will be:

Update on The State of Dive Destinations & Operators

Presented by: Ken Scarbrough, owner at Ultimate Dive Travel

Ken and UDT have over 25 years experience and are the worlds premier SCUBA dive travel agency. Bluegrass Dive Club has been fortunate to have benefited from a long partnership with Ken and UDT, during which our club’s members have enjoyed many great travel destinations and some world class diving experiences.

As we pass the one year anniversary of the global pandemic, Ken has an update to share about the state of the dive industry, its destinations, and the people and facilities that make it all possible. As many of us are chomping at the bit to travel again, this kind of update is needed.

Plan to join the presentation and Q&A during our meeting Tuesday evening, 3/23/2021. The event details and Zoom link can be found here:
https://bluegrassdiveclub.com/event/regular-club-meeting-3-23-21-zoom-only/2021-03-23

2021 Club Officers

Posted on November 25, 2020January 24, 2021 by BGDC Webmaster

Introducing your Club’s newly elected officers

2021 Club Officers

President: John Geddes
Vice President: Kathryn Bowers
Secretary: Kris Harn
Treasurer: Dan Miller
Trip Director: Leigh Ann Bowe-Geddes
Safety Information Director: Bart Bertetto
Newsletter Editor: Terri Anderson
Webmaster: Alex Fassas