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Reef Balls Are Rolling: Reefballs are rolling By Laura Lavin Peninsula News Review Jul 26 2006 Reef balls will be on the move through Town this coming Friday. One hundred and fifty of the 300 pound under water crittercatchers will be hauled onto tractor trailers provided by Slegg Lumber and Ramsay Machinery. They will be unloaded on Beacon Wharf, which will be partially closed to traffic until Sunday when they will be put underwater to form an artificial reef. A barge is being donated by Trincomali Transport and divers from Advanced Subsea Services and the Canadian Fleet have been organized by Liquid Heaven Diving Experience. ?We really want to recognize Slegg Lumber and Ramsay Machinery for their help on this,? said Burt Minter, who with partner Troy Hawboldt, has been making the reef balls with their new company Artificial Reef Structures. The new reefs will form part of the new underwater marine park which will eventually include two airplanes. ?They?ll help protect the airplanes from the tide and currents,? said Minter. ?When you put a rock under water, you?ll see barnacles growing on it in six months. With reef balls, you see growth within weeks and in a few months, they?re covered.?.....

You Will Have To Don A Wetsuite to See This.:Sunken treasures By Judy Reimche Peninsula News Review Aug 02 2006 You'll have to don a wet suit to see them As Reg Teeney, Ryan Teeney and Derek Sayers unloaded the massive concrete underwater condominiums off the truck on Friday, the common question from passers by was "What are they?" The 150 reef balls coming off the truck were lifted by crane to the deck of Beacon Wharf, in preparation for the next leg of their journey. On Sunday, the cranes, donated by Ramsey Machine Works, were busy again, with crane operator Gene Ooms safely lifting the reef balls onto a barge to be sunk around Bevan Pier. As the work began, a small crowd gathered on the Pier to watch. "They'll have enough inspectors to make sure the job is done right," quipped one on-looker. The Canadian Pacific Fleet Diving unit, volunteered divers Rob Duproy (instructor/trainer), Rob Clawson, Gord Gibbons, Phil Henry and Bob McConnell to offer their experience. Advanced Sub Sea Services of Sidney volunteers included Murray Mackay, Jason Galvin and Dave Stanfield who provided all the technical dive gear, boat and equipment to make the diving safe. Once they were lowered to the sea floor, Doug Rogers of Trincomali Transport was the man who safely placed all the reef balls to the ocean floor - without damaging one, according to Darryl Harasemow of Liquid Heaven Diving Experience. Harasemow was one of the people who organized the job of getting the reef balls to the site. "We're very thankful to Seaquest Adventures for allowing the use of their dock to move divers to and from," he said. "And we owe a special thanks to the Alpine Group on Beacon Avenue for being patient for three days on the removal of the reef balls from their driveway." The new reef balls will join the artificial reef already in place on the.....