Pensacola Dive Company Press Releases
		Published - July, 11, 2006   Exchange vows scuba-style Want to take the plunge -- literally? Pensacola Dive Company is looking for scuba-loving brides and grooms who want to exchange vows under water at the world's largest artificial reef, the retired aircraft carrier USS Oriskany. The dive company's owner, Capt. Ron Beermunder, is a Navy special warfare trained diver, a former Navy water survival instructor, a dive instructor, a CPR instructor and the leading instructor in nine diving safety courses. He also is a notary public and an ordained minister, so he can conduct the ceremonies. For $1,200, couples can tie the knot on the navigation tower 70-feet deep. The price also includes a four-person, two-tank dive charter. Couples must purchase a wedding license before the ceremony. Details: 434-8464 and PensacolaDiveCompany.com. Sloan Stephens Cox@PensacolaNewsJournal.com

A kiss would be part of an underwater wedding.
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