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HAIGH QUARRY OPENING FOR THE 2012 SEASON IN jANUARY?
Capt. Darrick Lorenzen
1/7/2012
No, the season at Haigh Quarry is not opening this weekend! It will open for the 2012 season on Saturday April 7th, but because of our unusually warm weather Tina has decided to give Midwest divers a chance to scratch th...

SCUBA DIVERS LEFT BEHIND IN FLORIDA
Capt. Darrick Lorenzen
10/6/2011
The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday that it was investigating RJ Diving Ventures of Miami Florida. The investigation was initiated because the dive operator left behind two tourists while they were scuba diving.   D...

10 WORST MISTAKES MADE BY RECREATIONAL DIVERS
Capt. Darrick Lorenzen
9/30/2011
1.      Don’t make safety decisions based on financial considerations! Many fatalities and injuries occur because people want diving, dive training or dive travel to be cheap, easy and fast. Always use the proper equipme...

MSD FORUMS - BASIC SCUBA DISCUSSIONS
TOPIC: Captain Darrick will be the featured speaker for the Atlantis Dive Club
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3/12/2006

Tommorow November 16th Captain Darrick Lorenzen will be making a presentation to the Atlantis Dive Club At Sawa's Old Warsaw Restaraunt 9200 Cermak Rd. at 8pm. The presentation will be focused on the beginning of sport diving in the Midwest region, 1950's and 1960's, and Captain Darrick's carreer as a commercial oilfield diver in the 1970's and 1980's. Captain Darrick's parents were members of the Atlantis Dive Club from 1961 until 1963 when it was headquartered at the Lagrange YMCA. If you would like to attend and hear a discussion about the last 4 decades of both recreational and commercial diving please contact Shannon Arends at sarends60655@hotmail.com