Glenview Dive Shop Submerges Scuba Enthusiasts, Beginners
D.D.Dive practices what it preaches, first teaching people how to dive, then taking them literally around the world to explore a different world under water.
What is D.D. Dive Shop doing at 1035 Waukegan Road, smack dab in the middle of downtown landlubbin’ Glenview? The north end of a branch of the Chicago River trickles through town just 1 ½ blocks south, too shallow to scuba dive. Isn’t Lake Michigan, 2 ½ miles east, too dark, murky and cold to scuba dive? And didn’t the only weekly show, “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea,” airing late Saturday nights on ME-TV and featuring regular scuba-diving scenes, produce its last new program early in 1968? Not a problem for D.D. Dive (standing for the “Dive! Dive! Dive!” command by sub commanders when they order the boat submerged) owner Ralph Naruszewicz. In his view, he’s open for business in just the right place. “There are plenty of places to go …
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Stan Golovchuk
4:35 pm on Sunday, November 18, 2012
Glad to see the Gregs chiming in :D more ›