The Triton Trib Volume XXXXIII, Number 1 January, 2007 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I hope that you had a good holiday season and received the presents that they desired. Did you make New Year Resolutions? Did it include the Tritons? Did you resolve to become more active? Go on more dives? Attend more meetings? Make your voice heard? Did you resolve to bring your checkbook to the January meeting and sign up for the 50th Anniversary party? Will you resolve to say yes when Margy Levenberg, the chair of the Nominating committee, or one of the other committee members, calls you and asks if you want to run for, Vice President, Treasurer, or Director, or will you let the phone go to voicemail so you don’ feel guilty about saying no. I made several resolutions myself. The first is to go on more dives. The problem here is that my manager does not share the “Dive before Work” Philosophy. The second is to get more members more active in the club. The problem here is that I need your help. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Help me please, President - Steve Leibovitz Steve Leibovitz 847-253-5933 Vice-President -John From <º}}}}>< ><{{{{º> <º}}}}>< Secretary - Al Krenz Treasurer - David Gross MEMBERSHIP REPORT January, 2007 First Director – Gary Duszak No one will be up for vote at the January meeting. Second Director - Pam Romund Membership: 95 full members 5 associate members COMMITTEE CHAIRS 100 total Audit Committee – TBD We still have some members that haven’t paid their dues - membership ByLaws & Rules - Gary Duszak dues: $42.00 single, $63.00 couple. Get David a check quickly before your membership is inactivated. Thanks! Entertainment – Dave Vemmer Margit Mikkelsen - Membership Committee Chairperson Equipment & Safety – Board of Ed <º}}}}>< ><{{{{º> <º}}}}>< Events – Dave Vemmer Golden Anniversary - Lorraine UPDATE YOUR ROSTERS Colwell Abe Glazer New Email: [email protected]. Membership - Margit Mikkelsen Merchandise – Pam Romund <º}}}}>< ><{{{{º> <º}}}}>< Nominating – Margy Levenberg HOLIDAY COMMUNITY SERVICE Publicity/Web Site –Mike Leibovitz Many thanks, because of your generosity we were able to provide for two Director of Training - Rich Schak families – a mother and her four children (girls 18, 17, 11 and a boy 11) as Editor of the Trib - Pam Romund well as another mother and her two boys, ages 7 and 5. Whether you provided the gift or had us do the shopping we were able to get everything Illinois Council Delegates – Chuck on their list. And we were able to have them wrapped and delivered well & Margo Miller before the holiday. Thank you for your thoughtfulness. DAN SPONSOR #29362 Chris Demski & Pam Romund Page 1 TRITON EVENTS CALENDAR HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! JANUARY 2007 Sunday, 1/21 Ocean Reef & Cavern Dave and Rosanna Vemmer [email protected] Diving Mayan Riviera, Quintana Roo, Mexic Tuesday, 1/23 Business Meeting Guiseppe’s 1062 Lee St Des Plaines, IL 847-824-4230 Presenter: Al Krenz – Truk Odyssey FEBRUARY 2007 Fri 2/9-Sun 2/11 *Our World Underwater Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, IL, For program/ticket info – www.ourworldunderwater.com Tuesday 2/13 Triton Trib Deadline Pam Romund 847-698-5490 or [email protected] Sunday 2/18 Viet Nam Veterans Art Chris Demski, [email protected] Museum 1801 Indiana Avenue, Chicago, Il Tuesday 2/27 Business Meeting Guiseppe’s 1062 Lee St Des Plaines, IL 847-824-4230 MARCH 2007 Sat 3/10 to Sat Ocean Reef and Wall Randy Skiba, [email protected] - Cayman Brac, 3/17 Diving Cayman Islands Tuesday 3/13 Triton Trib Deadline Pam Romund 847-698-5490 or [email protected] Fri 3/23 – Sat *Ghost Ships Festival Four Points Sheraton, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 3/24 Sunday 3/25 *ICSSD UW Olympics Chuck and Margo Miller, Elk Grove Village Park District Tuesday 3/27 Business Meeting – Guiseppe’s 1062 Lee St Des Plaines, IL 847-824-4230 General Elections Saturday, 3/31 Dinner and a Movie Nite NEEDS TIC APRIL 2007 Tuesday, 4/10 Triton Trib Deadline Pam Romund 847-698-5490 or [email protected] Tuesday, 4/24 Business Meeting Guiseppe’s 1062 Lee St Des Plaines, IL 847-824-4230 Saturday, 4/28 Triton 50th Anniversary Lorraine Colwell, Golden Anniversay Committee Party Park Ridge Country Club, Park Ridge, IL MAY 2007 Saturday 5/5 Cinco de Mayo Party Rosanna Vemmer, [email protected] Tuesday, 5/8 Triton Trib Deadline Pam Romund 847-698-5490 or [email protected] Tuesday, 5/22 Business Meeting Guiseppe’s 1062 Lee St Des Plaines, IL 847-824-4230 Saturday, 5/26 Haigh Dive & Picnic Marnie Adamski – Haigh Quarry, Kankakee, IL Monday, 5/28 Memorial Day Bike Ride Milt and Margy Levenberg JUNE 2007 Sat/Sun, 6/9 Training Weekend, Open Board of Education &10 Water and Adv Training Pearl Lake, South Beloit, IL Sunday, 6/10 Quarry Dive and Picnic Pam Romund 847-698-5490 or [email protected] Tuesday, 6/12 Triton Trib Deadline Pam Romund 847-698-5490 or [email protected] Sunday, 6/24 Local Charter Dive NEEDS TIC Tuesday, 6/27 OPEN HOUSE Guiseppe’s 1062 Lee St Des Plaines, IL 847-824-4230 Sunday, 6/30 – Dive Trip – Florida Keys Jim Hynan, [email protected] Wednesday 7/4 Ocean Wreck & Reef Diving *Indicates a Non-Triton Sponsored Event, but join in with your fellow divers. We are beginning a new year and you know what that means – we are looking for a few TICs. Contact Dave Vemmer to reserve your event! Page 2 The entertainment originally scheduled on Beqa Island, Fiji was cancelled. Al Krenz has graciously agreed to fill in and present additional highlights from the Triton Truk trip last June. ENTERTAINMENT AT THE JANUARY MEETING We are pleased to have our very own Al Krenz presenting additional highlights from the Triton trip to Micronesia last June. Al presented in November on both Chukk (Truk) and Palau divesites and will concentrate this time on the Truk Odyssey portion of the trip. We received a lot of positive response to the first presentation and thought you might enjoy seeing additional highlights from the Tritons time on board the Odyssey. The giant lagoon is almost 40 miles in diameter and reaches depths of 300 feet. Aside from the sheer beauty of the undersea coral reef beneath the clear water, the bottom of Chuuk lagoon is the final tomb for more than 100 ships, planes and submarines--the legacy of a fierce World War II battle between the Japanese Imperial Fleet and Allied carrier attack planes. For the past 50 years these wrecks have rested on the bottom virtually undisturbed, creating the greatest underwater museum in the world. The warm tropical water, prolific marine life and ocean currents have transformed the wrecks into breathtakingly beautiful coral gardens and artificial reefs, home to hundreds of exotic marine animals and fish. Today, Chuuk lagoon is a mecca to the world's sport divers, underwater photographers and marine scientists. ><{{{{º> <º}}}}>< ><{{{{º> <º}}}}>< GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION NEWS! We have the pricing and a very brief overview of the menu, please reserve your space now before the price goes up!!. Our thought is to offer enough of an incentive that folks will pay early, this will help us in our planning. Payment must be received by the January business meeting for the early bird incenctive. The countdown continues – we will be reprinting some of the fascinating facts that have occurred over the last 50 years. We have covered the 50’s and 60’s – now back to the 70’s remember these? • Population: 204,879,000 • Unemployed in 1970: 4,088,000 • National Debt: $382 billion • Average salary: $7,564 • Food prices: milk, 33 cents a qt.; bread, 24 cents a loaf; round steak, $1.30 a pound • Life Expectancy: Male, 67.1; Female, 74.8 1970 – First Earth Day celebrated as environmental movement launched 1974 – Richard Nixon resigns as President of the US. 1976 – The year of the bicentennial – stars & stripes on everything from clothes to cars, furniture & more 1977 – Elvis dies. 1978 – In the Jonestown Massacre over 900 Peoples Temple followers die in mass suicide The chaotic events of the 60's, including war and social change, seemed destined to continue in the 70's. Major trends included a growing disillusionment of government, advances in civil rights, increased influence of the women's movement, a heightened concern for the environment, and increased space exploration. Many of the "radical" ideas of the 60's gained wider acceptance in the new decade, and were mainstreamed into American life and culture. Amid war, social realignment and presidential impeachment proceedings, American culture flourished. Indeed, the events of the times were reflected in and became the inspiration for much of the music, literature, entertainment, and even fashion of the decade Page 3 Mood rings, lava lamps, Rubik’s cube, sea monkeys, smiley face stickers and pet rocks all captured the imagination of Americans during this decade. The wildest fad surely was streaking nude through very public places! Families vacationed in station wagons and everyone wanted an RV. The fashion influence of Sixties hippies was mainstreamed in the Seventies, as men sported shoulder length hair and non-traditional clothing became the rage, including bell bottom pants, hip huggers, colorful patches, hot pants, platform shoes, earth shoes, clogs, T-shirts, and gypsy dresses. Knits and denims were the fabrics of choice. Leisure suits for men became common place, and women were fashionable in everything from ankle-length grandmother dresses to hot pants and micro-miniskirts. The movie Annie Hall (1977) even inspired a fashion trend with women sporting traditional men's clothing such as derby hats, tweed jackets, and neckties worn with baggy pants or skirts.