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Arch is in fact very much posted and enforced no trespassing. Dove ward's sink last weekend no signs of problem or impending closure. --- Frank Lavallee <lavalle7@gt*.ne*> wrote: > A few weeks ago, Arch Sink, a small cave system > which is located in northwest Pasco county, Florida > was closed to diving. The property surrounding it > is up for sale and the current owner(s) apparently > do not want any diving activities going on during > this time. Whether it will be reopened to diving in > the future is hard to say right now. > > Even more recently, Ward Sink, a deep sinkhole > with no cave system, which is located about 3 miles > south of Arch Sink, was closed to diving. I have > heard a rumor as to why it closed, but since I have > not confirmed it, I decline to comment on it. > > I have dived both sites frequently since 1988 > and have surveyed and mapped both of them. The loss > of these sites, should it be permanent, will be a > personal loss to me. > > A 4-page article on Ward Sink appeared in the > most recent issue of "Skin Diver" magazine in the > "Southern Diver" insert on page 46. Unfortunately, > anyone who has thoughts of diving it in the near > future are in for a disappointment. > > > Frank Lavallee, > Plant City, Florida > <HR> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> A few weeks ago, Arch Sink, a small cave system which is located in northwest Pasco county, Florida was closed to diving. The property surrounding it is up for sale and the current owner(s) apparently do not want any diving activities going on during this time. Whether it will be reopened to diving in the future is hard to say right now.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> Even more recently, Ward Sink, a deep sinkhole with no cave system, which is located about 3 miles south of Arch Sink, was closed to diving. I have heard a rumor as to why it closed, but since I have not confirmed it, I decline to comment on it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> I have dived both sites frequently since 1988 and have surveyed and mapped both of them. The loss of these sites, should it be permanent, will be a personal loss to me.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> A 4-page article on Ward Sink appeared in the most recent issue of "Skin Diver" magazine in the "Southern Diver" insert on page 46. Unfortunately, anyone who has thoughts of diving it in the near future are in for a disappointment.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Frank Lavallee,</DIV> <DIV>Plant City, Florida</DIV></BODY></HTML> === Laws that forbid the carrying of arms ... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. Thomas Jefferson, quoting 18th Century criminologist, Cesare Beccaria, in "On Crimes and Punishment" (1764). _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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