FEATURE STORY: ASA MEMBERS KICK BACK IN BEAUTIFUL ANTIGUA
By Tom Varley
I
t was early morning, and we
were waiting to catch the
departing flight from
Antigua. What a week it had
been. Charlie Nobles, executive
director of the ASA, was
commenting in the terminal,
“What a great and successful
event. I thought 2005 was
incredible, and didn’t think it
could be topped - and we did.”
The announcement came over the
speaker, and it was time to board
the Eagle bound for San Juan,
Puerto Rico. Taking to the sky and
settling in, I couldn’t help but wish
we had one more week; the time
flew by. As the plane banked over
the water, the mind-blowing aqua-
Antigua welcomed sailors to put up their feet or sail a while at ASA’s 2006 Members’ Event.
marine hue which only the
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LIVING THE DREAM • BY JIM DURDEN WITH MIKE AND DENISE GEORGE
W
hen it comes to dreams, there are realistic
ones, and there are ones that seem
impossible, depending on who you talk to.
That may be part of the problem with some people
pursuing a worthy dream. They talk about it with their
relatives and friends, (we know they mean well), and
after a few sessions of negative input, poof! The
dream fades away. For me, along with friends, Mike
and Denise George, sharing our dream with family
and friends was the best thing we could have done.
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Amazing Aruba Don Laverty
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