Midwest Pond and Koi Society

The 21st Annual MPKS Koi Show and Vendor Fair, July 12 - 14, 2013 - Announcement and General Information

Next Meeting - June 21

5-25-13	More fish in the Swapshop
5-6-13		THE TOSAI HAVE ARRIVED! Click above for more pictures and info. The Eleventh Annual Tosai* Auction - June 15, 2013
5-10-13	a sure sign of spring; more fish in the Swapshop
3-29-13	Rules for the Spring and Fall Koi Auctions: Spring Auction Fall Auction	2013 MPKS Koi and Trade show: Letter Vendor Contract
2-26-13	Winter Pond Pictures Needed! For a future meeting we need pictures of your pond covering for winter. Be it hoop house, plastic structure, pink foam, whatever works, please send me 3 pictures of your covering and if you can walk or be inside it, one of the inside also.
3-14-13	Pond construction next year? Call 811, the hotline for JULIE (Joint Utility Locating Information for Excavators). Call no more than two weeks, but at least 48 hours, before you begin digging (not including weekends and holidays). Utilities will then mark their underground pipes, wires and cables with stakes, flags or paint.

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MPKS is a not for profit, hobbyist organization whose members share a common interest in koi (Japanese colored carp), goldfish, water gardens and backyard ponds. There are currently about 500 members, mostly in Chicago and surrounding counties as well as Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri and as far away as Hawaii. MPKS meets on the 3rd Friday of the month from January through October. You do not have to be a member to attend.

Please visit our help section (Letters to the Club) and have a look at the various Articles.

This website hopes to provide an information repository for all who are interested in any facet of the hobby. See our Site Map for details. Visitors, please note - we are in Zones 5a and 5b. If you live in other climate zones, you will need to adjust accordingly. Residents of warmer climates: Gloating is unseemly.

Midwest Pond & Koi Society
P.O. Box 3011 • Lisle, IL 60532-8011 • 312–409–2081