June Meeting Information
The
Florida East Coast club will have a combined meeting
with the Orlando Area Koi and Pond Club. Please see the
meeting information below. Please contact Joe or Randy
if you have any questions. Directions are available
here...
June
2009 Club Meeting
Saturday, June 20, 2:00PM
Hosted
by Jose and Diana Salazar
2911
Dunblane Court, Kissimmee
Ph 347-432-3227
Jose and
Diana and son Joseph are new members in
the OAK&PC, having just joined this
year. Jose brought pictures to the
Christmas meeting of the pond he dug and
built himself. It appears that he did
his homework and built the pond
correctly the first time. Jose is going
to bowl one of his koi that has a small
spot on it so that Rob can take a look
and perhaps demonstrate how to do a
scraping and examination under the
microscope. We may also be able to view
a video of the mud pond pull last year
at Nishikigoi of Niigata Koi Farm in
Virginia. There were some truly
spectacular koi coming out of those mud
ponds. We may see some of our own club
members taking part.
Directions and more....
Another
koi possible activity for Saturday, June
20 is a trip to Joe Pawlak's koi farm in
Blountstown.
This
large facility was formerly the state
aquacultural farm, however, the farm
closed and Joe was able to pick up a
lease on the property. The property is
now a working koi farm staffed by
Blackwater Creek Farms. While this trip
is about a 6 hour drive, those who have
been there have enjoyed Joe's
hospitality and seeing the farm.
Directions and more....
New ad
(4/10/09):
Judy Hobron of Titusville has numerous pond items for
sale including an S11 air blower, two cartridge filters,
two small Cal water pumps, one small Little Giant pump,
two nets (one Japanese type with 14inch net), numerous
pvc fttings including 11/2 unions and bulkhead fittings,
two like new blue 4ft diameter vinyl tanks, an aerator
paddle thingy new in box with motor (?), a pond
vac, a Grundfos recirculating pump, and two 100
gallon Rubbermaid tanks.
The Hobrons were early members of MAKC and helped put on
the first MAKC koi shows. Contact Judy at: 321-693-7408.
Please Note
Prospective members and guests are welcome at
our meetings. Please contact Joe at
jwkoi@aol.com or call 386-767-0814 if
you would like to come to our meeting.
JUNE 2009 Message from Water
Gardeners International WGI - Kit Knotts
Read here...
Cocoa Beach
NEW
The Yamakoshi Year is a running report of Mark Gardner's
year in Japan living among the koi breeders of Niigata
Prefecture in Ojiya, Japan.
Read more...
and Mark has started a new blog
at
www.niigata-nishikigoi.com
that "is the most
comprehensive website for everything you could want to know
about Nishikigoi from Niigata."
Central Florida Koi Show 2008
Show Results and Registration Photos
of Winners
.
In 2009 the Central Florida Koi Show will be the second weekend in
March (12-15) at the same Holiday Inn location on
International Drive in Orlando.
Florida East Coast is one of five clubs affiliated with this
long running successful show!
This is a large show and there are many things our
volunteers do to help.
To volunteer, go to
www.cfks.org and click
on show staff to see volunteer positions and contacts or
contact Joe White at
jwkoi@aol.com.
Congratulations to Our New
Officers for 2008
At our January meeting those present elected Randy Hess as
our President and George Heider as our Vice President.
Thanks to Sherri for her leadership this past year! See Club
Information for all club contacts.
Support the Associated Koi
Clubs of America, our national organization!
Subscribe to KOI USA magazine published six times a year.
AKCA benefits koi and pond hobbyists through their many
programs and resources including the magazine, other
informative pamphlets and books, the Koi Health Advisor
program, and Project KHV to eliminate this deadly koi
disease.
To read more and subscribe online go to:
www.koiusa.com
You will find articles, club listings, the AKCA online
bookstore ad much more at:
www.akca.org
New
Mark Gardener is making
a year long visit to the Niigata Prefecture, the home of
many of the world's most accomplished breeders and the
"birthplace" of Koi.
Visit with Mark Gardener
Practice Pond - Do not overfeed your fish!
Go
New club locator service, Koi Clubs USA, and Koi information Web site.
Go
Froggy's personal Web site is entertaining and
informative
Go
Our Central Florida Koi Show has a Web
site. Visit the
show website for updated
information about our upcoming show this coming March 12-15, 2009.
Check out Dr. Andy Goodwin's website where you find the
latest educational program regarding the Koi Herpes Virus.
Is any koi safe?
See:
http://www.uaex.edu/agoodwin/
Go near the bottom of the page
and click on any of the links under the heading: "Koi
Herpes Virus, January 2007"
It's cool streaming video and is good stuff on KHV.
Merritt Island Ace Hardware Pond Tour....
Here are some photos from the Merritt Island Pond Tour and Kit & Ben
Knotts' Gardens this past June. See photos
....
Some New Pond
Photos from Herb Mulack
Congratulations Herb for a job well done!
See
pond construction photos
Koi of the Year
2007 Photo Competition
and the winner is ...
Congratulations to Jack and Kathy Dunlop
From Kit
Knotts...
Newly hybridized
winning water lily 'Pink Ribbon' to raise money to fight
Breast Cancer
Read more...
Want to go Pond
Hopping on the internet?
There are some
very nice pond pictures up now at
www.koishack.com posted by Jim Reilly. If
you are not registerer here, it is easy to do and well worth
the time to see some of the greatest Japanese landscaped
ponds. See thread "For My Friend Jan T" Copy and
paste...
http://koishack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8814
Thanks everyone
who helped and participated in the Central Florida Koi Show
2007
See Bill
Story's
Slide Show
Interested in learning about
Bonsai?
Check out Jason Schley's business and
web site . His shop and
nursery is in Holly Hill at the former Wittbold nursery
location. Classes and supplies available. Schley's had a booth at the Central Florida Koi Show coming up
in Orlando.
Here is a
great web site with a lot of good information including
the real deal on how to grow Lotus.
Read more...
Officers for 2008
|
President |
Randy Hess |
|
Vice President |
George Heider |
|
Treasurer |
Sherri White |
|
Secretary |
Janice Hess |
|
AKCA Rep |
Joe White |
| CFKS Reps |
Randy Hess |
| |
Michael Wheeler |
|
Membership |
Verna Campbell |
|
KOIUSA Club Contact |
Verna Campbell |
Positions Available!
The club needs someone to help out by
serving as our "Sunshine" chairperson which would
involve sending a card or flowers to members that
are ill or otherwise unable to make our meetings.
Please talk to Sherri if you can help.
We also
need:
*
someone to write articles and notices of interest to water gardeners for
our website and newsletter
*
a club historian
* a club librarian
*
photographer to take pictures at our meetings and special events
*
need someone to help us organize a Pond Tour this year
Dues - Yes, it is time to renew
your membership in the club. Some who have recently
joined the club have already paid ahead for their 2007 dues,
but if you need clarification please contact our treasurer,
Sherri White email:
swkoi@aol.com
For your renewal or a new membership, please fill out a new
membership form.
Click here for the form,
dues information, and Sherri's mailing address.
Hikari USA Representative
for the southeaster United States, Vernell Dixon,
lives in our area and is a member of our club. In addition
to distributing many fine types of koi and other fish
foods, HikariUSA has donated our show chemicals for the
Central Florida Koi Show. Find out more about
their products at:
www.hikariusa.com
Please contact for more information about our club and
meetings:
East Volusia
Joe White at 386-767-0814 E-mail:
jwkoi@aol.com
West Volusia
Verna Campbell 386-774-5759 E-mail:
lcampbell3@cfl.rr.com
