WEST COAST WEEKEND 2012
West Coast Weekend 2012 will again be hosted by Northwest Killies and will be held at the Red Lion on the River hotel, in Jantzen Beach, Portland, Oregon from April 13 to April 15, 2012. Information about the hotel can be obtained at http://www.redlionontheriver.com/. The hotel is right on the Columbia River (actually on Hayden Island) and is a very attractive location. The hotel offers a free shuttle to and from Portland airport. Room rates will be $92 for a double. Parking is free. The hotel phone number for bookings is (503) 283-4466.
There will be 7 classes, AOV New World, Annual killifish (Nothosand SA annuals), Fundulopanchax, Aphyosemion, AOV Aphyosemiontypes, AOV Old World, Photography & Art.
There will be three speakers on the Saturday. Guest speakers this year will be Jouke van der Zee from Holland, talking
on fish of the Congo (this talk is long and will be split into two parts) and Dario Valenzano from Stanford University
talking on the studies being done there on aging, using N.furzeri as a model. This talk will include information on the
techniques they use to achieve rapid incubation and synchronous hatching of this difficult species. There will be one
additional presentation on collecting in East Africa.On the Saturday evening we will offer a Social Dinnerwhere attendees can mingle and enjoy a good meal.
On Sunday there will be an auction of show entries and other fish. We expect to receive “New & Rare: fish from a variety
of sources in Europe and of course, we hope to receive many mail in entries for either show or auction only from
US breeders. There will also be a fish sale on the Saturday. Both the auction and the fish sale will use a 50:50 split with
those providing fish.
Mail in entries should be sent to Robert Toland, 33231 Linden St, Scappoose, OR 97056-4040 to arrive by Thursday
4/12/12. For further information please contact Barry Cooper, 541- 367-2568 or by email at barry.cooper@mac.com.
About Northwest Killies
NWK is an affiliate club of the American Killifish Association,established in 2000. Our intent is to represent the interests of killie keepers of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, and beyond.
Membership and participation is open to all killie people in the region and, ultimately, to anyone who is interested.
Our members are widely scattered, living in various parts of the northwest US, including Oregon, Washington, and California. For that reason we think of ourselves as a "virtual club", depending on our forums to keep in regular contact, and meeting physically about six times a year. You are welcome to use our forums.
We collaborate closely with other clubs in the west and participate in West Coast Weekend, a large annual "mini-convention". We hosted that event for the first time in 2004. See our NWK News section for information about this and other NWK events.
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