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Store Hours:
Monday 2:30 - 7:00
Wed. 2:30 - 7:00
Friday 12:00 - 7:00
Saturday 10:00-4:00

* Other Hours by
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John VanDerVoorn
John is a PADI Staff instructor and Master Instructor. He began diving in 1966, received his PADI instructor certification in 1974, and started Aqua Diving School in 1975. John teaches numerous specialties. He is an Emergency First Responder Instructor and an EFR Instructor Trainer (John can certify students to become EFR instructors!). He was a Red Cross WSI instructor. John is former chemistry professor at Illinois Central College and now teaches the scuba classes offered by ICC, as well as offering the class for Bradley students and faculty through their IM program. John has taught more people to scuba dive than anyone in the area. John has traveled throughout the Caribbean and the Pacific for over 30 years. He is a certified travel expert for the Far Pacific including Bali, Truk, Palau, Fiji, New Guinea, and Australia. John loves to guide trips to these exotic locations. 
 
Lauri VanDerVoorn   PADI Instructor since 1983. John's wife and favorite dive buddy
 
Amy VanDerVoorn
John's daughter, store employee. Divemaster and John's other favorite dive buddy
 
Suzanne Roth     John's daughter, store employee, divemaster, and bookkeeper
 
Ed McKenzie
PADI Master instructor. Instructor for five years and is a Venture Crew staff member. Specialties: Dry Suit, Nitrox, Wreck.  Ed just completed dive #1500 and has certified 200 students.
 
Chris Pray Divemaster, new repair technician, and store employee.
 

Fred Leuallen
Instructor.  Fred has been an instructor for two years.  He has been diving with us for ten years. 

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Bob Harkless
Store employee, divemaster, repair technician for 3 years.
 
Jeff Sutton      Store employee, repair technician, instructor in First Aid and CPR.

Ryan Pray     Congratulations to Ryan, our newest instructor.  Ryan who is a teacher by profession is also available to teach classes in the Bloomington area.

Mark Matthews

PADI Assistant Instructor who leads most of our Florida trips.  Mark has commercial dive experience and is very familiar with the wrecks near Key Largo.

Chris Sanders
Assistant Instructor and is part of the Venture Crew staff. 

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Rick Farmer
PADI Assistant Instructor and repair technician emeritus. Rick has 20 years of repair experience and is available for consultation and repair instruction.
 
Bill Jones    Instructor Emeritus and Admiral, and store employee.
 
Assistant instructors in training: Ed Mann, Brett Vonderheite, Chris Pray, Marti Ruelas.
Aqua Diving School
138A North Detroit
Morton, IL 61550
Phone: (309) 263-0045 Fax: (309) 263-7995
Email: aquadive@mtco.com