2003 Annual Show

Welcome!

Ken "Magilla" Mysliwiec, this year's show chairman, invites everyone to attend our annual killifsh show, Saturday and Sunday, March 28 & 29, 2003.  We are proud to announce that our speaker this year is Jack Heller  Jack, a member of the SLAKA, is an experienced killie keeper as well as a collector in the wild.  Jack will present two topics.  First, on Saturday he will gve an expanded fish room talk.   Then on Saturday afternoon and an account of collecting in Cameroon.

If you're in town early, stop on by Friday night to help set up the racks and tanks!  The work always goes faster when there's plenty of fish talk going on at the same time!  And for all of you that have never seen a killifish or have never been to a killie show, this is the place for you!  Just make sure you stop and grab one of us "ol' timers" so we can help introduce you to these facinating and colorful freshwater jewels.

Download the show flyer to pin on your refridgerator as a reminder or to spread the word.  Use the flyer to pass the word on to your friends or fellow club members.  Or perhaps you could leave a copy or two at your favorite local fish store (LFS).

• Show Flyer in Acrobat PDF format

And everybody remember to bring a flashlight with spare bateries!

Registration Info (Top)

Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. Saturday morning.   You can save time by printing out our registration form and bringing it in with you to the show.  That way you can mingle with the other attendees instead of standing at the registration table getting writter's cramps.

• Show Registration form in HTML format.

• Show Registraion form in Acrobat PDF format.

Schedule (Top)

Location & Hotel Information  (Top)

College of DuPage (COD), Open Campus Center Building K, Room 128 (The Courtyard Cafe).   COD is located at 425 Fawell Blvd. in Glen Ellyn. Fawell is also known as 22nd St and the college is at the intersection of 22nd St, & Lambert Rd.

The Motel 8 at 675 Roosevelt Road (on the south side of Roosevelt just west of I-355) has a special room rate for show attenees.  Ask for the Chicago Killifish Association rate of $60 for a single or $70 for a double (taxes are extra). You can also apply AARP, AAA or government discounts to that rate.  They also allow dogs for an extra $10. The motel phone number is 630-469-9202 and reservations can be made at 877-332-7534.   Motel 8 is also the site for this year's hospitality room.

Hospitality Room

ChiKA invites all attendees to gather at our hospitality room after the show on Saturday evening for a chance to mingle and share killie talk until late in the evening.  The room.  The hospitality room will be at the Motel 8 (see above for directions).  The exact room number will be announced at the show.

Entry Form & Fee

1$ per pair entry fee.  The entry fee is waived for fish donated to the auction.

Mail-In Information (Top)

All Mail-in entries must arrive between Wednesday & Friday, March 27-29, 2003. All mail-in entries will be auctioned.

Send mail-in entries to:

Gerhard Kallus
135 N. Center St.
Bensenville, IL  60606

Phone:   630/395-0620
Email:    gerhard@bensenville.lib.il.us

Show Info (Top)

Speaker (Top)

Jack Heller, a longtime member of the AKA and the St. Louis affiliate SLAKA, is an experienced killie keeper as well as a collector in the wild.  Jack will present two topics.  First, on Saturday he will gve an expanded fish room talk.   Then on Saturday afternoon and an account of collecting in Cameroon

Judging (Top)

The Chicago Killifish Association is an American Killifish Association (AKA) affiliate club.  This event is an officially sanctioned AKA show.  All entries will count towards AKA members Killifish Hobbyist of the Year Award. We welcome, encourage and appreciate all AKA judges volunteering at the show.

Classes (Top)

1. New World non-annuals (except Rivulus)
2. Rivulus
3. New World Annuals
4. Fundulopanchax (except Paraphyosemion.)
5. Fundulopanchax.sjoestedti (Blue Gularis)
6. Fundulopanchax Paraphyosemion Aphyosemion
7. Chromaphyosemion Aphyosemion
8. Scriptaphyosemion
9. Aphyosemion Mesoaphyosemion
10. All other Aphyosemion
11. Nothobranchius
12. Epiplatys
13. Other African & Eurasian
14. Callopanchax
15. Matched Breeding Pairs
16. Stud Male Class (Ineligible for KHY/BOS)

Show Results  (Top)

Special Awards (Top)

Auction (Top)

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