Hi Friends and Fellow Houston Hammerheads,

There are four announcements in this email:

     Flea Market - Sat, Oct 21
     Monthly Social - Thurs, Oct 26
     Next Local Dive Weekend - Nov 4&5
     U/W Pumpkin Contest
     Valentine's Story Request

If you have any questions or need additional information, please email.
Don't forget, you can become an official member of the Houston
Hammerheads for only $20 annually ($15 if you are already a member of
another dive club).  Membership and renewal forms will be avialable at
the Flea Market and the Monthly Social.

Best Wishes and Fishes,
Kristi Foster
King Crab (President)
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Flea Market    Sat, Oct 21
The one day a year event!  Don't miss out on fantastic opportunties to
find new and used dive gear.  The Houston Hammerheads will have a table
of members' gear to sell.  Part of each sale will go into the club
treasury to support the club and as down payments on next years group
dive trips.  For more info, check out Bay Area Divers website - they are
the sponsoring dive club.  www.bayareadivers.org.
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Monthly Social  Thurs, Oct 26  7:30 - 9:30 pm
The monthly social will be at Surfer's Paradise, across from the theater
in the MarqE complex on I10 off of 610.  We'll have brief club
announcements around 8:00.  The rest of the evening is open to meet
fellow divers and future dive buddies. The crowd continues to be a
mixture of newcomers, intermediates and regulars.  Tell the host/hostess
you're with the HammerHeads - we're in the party room.
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I'm taking my next open water class (and nitrox class) to the Reef on
Sat-Sun, Nov 4&5 from 9:00 am until about 1:00 pm.  This will be the
last local dive of 2000.  You're welcome to come, but bring your
wetsuit.  The water temp is getting chilly!
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U/W Pumpkin Carving
In the spirit of Halloween, HammerHeads Central is kicking off a
chapter-wide Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest.  The rules are simple:
-  Coordinate an Underwater Pumpkin Carving contest anytime on or before

October 31, 2000.
-  Take photos of the winning pumpkin (or event just the most creative
one.)
-  Submit the photos to us to enter in the chapter-wide HammerHeads
Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest
 -  National will review the photos, and select the &Head Pumpkin8 and a
few others
to post on the HammerHeads Web site for all other HammerHeads to see.
Show off your pumpkin carving skills to your fellow HammerHeads!
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Valentine's Day Story
HammerHeads Central is currently working on stories for the February
issues of dive trade and national media publications, and are looking
for your romantic dive stories.
Did you pop the question underwater?  Share your first kiss in your
scuba gear?  Celebrate an underwater wedding?  If you have a romantic
underwater story, we want to hear all the juicy details!  Call Christine
La Grange at 619-234-0345, or email lagrange@formulapr.com.