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FLASH!!
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Mary Beth McMurray
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Mary Beth has been a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor since 1993.
During her career as an Instructor she has taught close
to 400 students at all levels of development. She
has achieved the highest instructor ratings that PADI
has to offer including Master Instructor and Instructor
Development Staff Instructor. She is also an Emergency
First Response Instructor being able to certify people in
First Aid and CPR. Mary Beth is a professional educator
having both Bachelor and Master’s degrees in education.
Teaching scuba and diving for fun are her favorite ways
to meet new people and share her enthusiasm for the
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Miller Scott
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Miller has been diving since 1988. Back in 1993, he
decided to take this passion to the professional level
by obtaining his Divemaster certification and in this
same year, his Instructor certification. He is
currently a Master Scuba Diver Trainer and enjoys
assisting dive students with continuing their adventure
in diving whether it is recreational or professional.
Also, for several years, Miller has been working as a
commercial diver, which can be a challenging change from
being an instructor. Although Miller enjoys most outdoor
activities, his favorites include diving, boating, and
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Bill Jackson
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Bill has enjoyed the sport
of scuba diving since 1996. He is now a PADI
Specialty Instructor, and our resident "pirate
scallywag." (You would have to meet Bill to understand.)
He has 9 years of professional diving 5 of which as an
instructor. He has certified students in the
Caribbean as well as local lakes. He has certified over
one hundred divers and has logged well over 1000 dives.
Bill is also a Nitrox Instructor as well a Captain in
his own mind aboard the "Anchor Tyme". Cozumel is
Bill’s favorite dive destination, but has also dove all
over the Caribbean in places such as Grand Cayman,
Jamaica, Saint Thomas and the Bahamas. So when you're
ready to meet this true scallywag, come on by the shop
and walk the planks. |
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Robby Kimberling
OWSI |
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Robby attended school at Chaffin Jr High and Northside
High School. He has lived most of his life in the Fort Smith
area. He certified as a diver in 1995.
He started work
at Ocean Impact in 1998 when the store opened.
Robby certified as a Dive Master in 2004, Assistant
Instructor in 2004, and Instructor in 2005. He has
been working with classes at Ocean Impact since
2003. His other hobbies include swimming, gambling,
and cooking.
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Myron
Kirksey
MSDT |
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Myron began diving in 1999
and it became a passion. Working as a PADI Divemaster
in 2000 and 2001, Myron assisted in the certification of
hundreds of divers in the region and in 2002 he earned
the Open Water Scuba Instructor rating. He is now a
Master Scuba Diver Trainer, Emergency First Responder
instructor, and has several specialty instructor
certifications. One of the most rewarding experiences
for Myron is seeing the smiling faces and hearing the
excited chatter of diving students after their first
open water dive. The outdoors, whether in the lake, the
ocean, or the mountains are where he enjoys spending his
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Mike Slicker
Course
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Focus, knowledge, and
dedication. These are just a few words to describe
Ocean Impact’s PADI Course Director, Mike Slicker.
Married and from Tyler, Texas, Mike has been diving
since 1990. He has over 1,500 logged dives. Mike has
been diving in so many different locations but says that
his favorite area is probably the Caribbean. He has been
a PADI Course Director since 2003 and has a 100% pass
ratio for preparing divers for their Instructor
Examination. He enjoys working with people interested
in continuing their professional diving careers.
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Lena Robertson (new photo soon)
Store Manager
Divemaster |
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Lena
has only been diving since 2003 but since then she has
obtained her Divemaster certification and will soon be
an Assistant Instructor. She would eventually like to
become an instructor as well. Lena also works as Ocean
Impact’s training coordinator and is one of the on-site
gear technicians. What she enjoys most about working in
this industry are the interesting people that she
meets. “It’s very rewarding seeing or hearing the
excitement involving a new dive experience or even an
old one.”
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