April 2009 - Kitchener Waterloo Aquarium Society

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A P R I L 2 0 0 9 Hi All, From the Vice President’s Desk Hello All, From The Editors’ Desk We have a busy meeting coming up this month, we have to vote on the changes to the by-laws that where published in the last newsletter, a 2/3 majority vote is need for them to be accepted. The Executive and Board of Directors will also be looking for a vote on a motion made at the business meeting, to go ahead with a project to have KWAS calendars made up for 2010, and be ready by November. This would be a great way for promoting the club and make a great calendar for home. A motion to open nominations for Executive positions will also be made. Anybody who would like to contribute to running the club is welcome to put their name forward. The Executive positions are President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. These positions will be voted on at the May General Meeting. If you wish to stand let MaryLynne Lucier know, she is running the elections. Once the elections are over the new executive will appoint the Board of Director positions, once again if you have an interest in any of these positions you need to make yourself known to the new executive. This month’s Jar show is Catfish; this is a big category including Plecos, Corydoras and Synodontis, so let’s see a table full for catfish. I would like to thank MaryLynne Lucier for taking over the role of membership chairperson, she is working hard to get up to speed in the role, so please have patience with membership cards and picking up your newsletters. See you at the meeting, Geoff Money Vice President, KWAS First, we’d like to start this column with a moment of silence for our beloved friend and club member Miecia Burden: May we never forget those who came and went before us. Second, we’d like to thank this month’s contributors. When we started this issue on the 10 th of March, we had only Phil’s article and Zenin’s regular items. Within a matter of days Ed had both his regular column and a bonus article for me and Rein had taken time out of his busy move to ensure TMA didn’t skip a month. Thanks Guys! Instead of a 12 page issue, we have 28! Lastly, we also want to thank the rest of the newsletter team. This month was the perfect storm of distractions preventing us from putting this together. Everything from a trade show at work, to out renovations (you try living in ⅔ of your house!), to some family stuff. Regardless, when we got the team the draft at the very end of the month, they all had their corrections submitted within hours, instead of the days we usually try to give them. Thanks again guys for stepping up when we were down. The upside of the delay is that we were able to add in the tribute to Miecia on pages 26 and 27. Be sure to read it. We dare you not to choke up. We read it dozens of times and it still gets us. See you at the meeting. Cam Turner & Tanya Morose Newsletter Editors, KWAS 4
A P R I L 2 0 0 9 The Minimalist Aquarist Israel Beckons Doing more with less and keeping it simple: TMA’s visit to Israel (part 2) — Article and Photos by Rein & Char Breitmaier, KWAS (mrrein@gmail.com) TMA continues this month in Eilat, Israel at the Underwater As promised our second day’s admission was free and the big Observatory Marine Park. The view from the top of the Sea marine cube just inside the front gate welcomed us back. Some Tower shows how the naturally occurring coral heads hug the of you know that TMA has a soft spot for artificial ponds and shoreline, how the arid mountains fringe those crystalline blue koi ponds in particular especially having built and rebuilt my waters of the Gulf of Aqaba and how the theme park cuddles own from scratch several times. This love was about to be that remaining periphery between the two. Like much in the eclipsed in one beat of my pounding heart. Right along the sea Middle East, it is a delicate balance of life. Cactus and coral! shore on a raised patio lay a magnificent ‘marine’ pond. If that looks like a dinner plate sized Mono swimming by at knee level I believe you would be correct. 5
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