Beneath The Surface. A Compendium of Facts, Fancy, Tidbits, Tips. Great Prizes!

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1 EASTERN IOWA POND SOCIETY, INC Visit us at Beneath The Surface 2009 Officers: President Monica Morley 319/ Vice President Dave Bell 319/ A Compendium of Facts, Fancy, Tidbits, Tips July, 2009 Sunday, July 12 E.I.P.S. Pond and Garden Tour 11 am 5 pm Secretary/Treasurer Jackie Allsup 319/ Cedarserviceja@aol.com Editor Volunteers Monica Morley 319/ mespringcove@aol.com Co-Editor - Maria Hamilton Webmaster Josh Spece 319/ josh@inthecountrygardenand gifts.com Librarian Herman & Rosie Michel 319/ conner173@mchsi.com Great Prizes! Saturday, July 25 Monica & Gil Morley s & Elena Murillo s home 6702 Spring Cove Ct NE Cedar Rapids IA 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm Potluck and voting on the pictures 7:00 pm meeting 4th Annual Photo Contest Coming on July 25th Categories Shades of Green Miniatures around Pond and Garden Koi Winter Pond/Garden Scene Must be your own pond/garden 4x6 size only 2 pics per Category Put your name and category on the back of the picture. Special Discussion Koi Health Talk Members will have a chance to share the ailments they have had with their koi, the remedies they used and the outcome. If you have had sick ver koi 40 please members plan celebrated sharing th close with of other a on attending O and members. successful This is year a very at the important part vember of our 18th hobby..let s meeting. No- learn Volunteers from each were other. recognized Suggestions: with awards medicated and a writing food, testing pen results, engraved do with you Eastern have a Iowa Pond Society Inc. med. kit, Happy what Pondering would you for their do participation different. in the Pond Expo, Pond Tour,

2 Minutes June 11, 2009 P age 2 Our regular Thursday night meeting was held at the home of LouAnn and Larry Jayne of Marion. Guest speaker was John Denny of the Eastern Iowa Bonsai Society. He gave a great talk about the art of Bonsai and had several of his very nice specimens on hand for us to look at. We began with the 50/50 drawing, in which Dave Bell was the winner of. The drawing brought in $8.50 for both him and the club. LouAnn spoke to the club briefly about her pond and its history. The club wants to thank The Pond Depot for the nice samples of products it supplies. Many members took home some nice little packets. Minutes were approved as written. In old business: Jeff Gardner gave a report on the past Wine Tasting event recently held at his home. He presented the club with a check for $700.00! Perhaps a new annual event, next year they plan to add beer to the event for the non-wine tasting people. Maria Hamilton with the Cookbook committee, reported the cookbooks were done and at the meeting for pick up. Have you seen these? They re great! Make sure you buy one or two or more! I reported on the progress of the pond tour. Again we will need more volunteers to help manage the ponds. All shifts have openings and even if you can only work a half day, it would be greatly appreciated. Please call me or Monica In new business: Jeff Gardner briefed members that again they will be putting together a Progressive dinner. The date has not been set. The dinner and dessert homes have been spoken for, but they still need someone willing to do the appetizer leg of the mini tour. Door prizes were drawn for and the meeting was adjourned. LouAnn and Larry had a very delicious assortment of yummy things to eat and drink. Thank you very much for hosting a delightful meeting. Respectfully submitted, Jackie Allsup Minutes Saturday, June 27, 2009 Instead of the usual meeting, this was the date of the club s pre-tour. The Pre-tour gives the pond owners and volunteers a chance to see the other ponds on the tour. Maps are handed out for members to try out and make corrections to before they go to final print. After a few announcements, everyone car pooled around to all the ponds. We finally arrived at the last pond shortly after 9:00. All the ponds looked great, and I think everyone enjoyed the sneak preview. Respectfully submitted, Jackie Allsup

3 P age 3 Pond Tour Needs Plants Visitors to the pond tour are looking for the following plants: Water lilies, water lettuce, water hyacinth, elephant ears taro plants, day lilies, hosta, etc. The list is long. Your donated plants should be labeled and priced. Add the following information zone, blossom description, annual or perennial, tropical, if it needs to be wintered inside. PLANT DROP OFF SATURDAY, JULY 11, :00AM TO 12:00PM Or Sunday, July 12, at 10:00 am At 131 Rosedale Dr Cedar Rapids IA Use a plastic fork to hold your label and price. Pre-Pond Tour Saturday, June 27th

4 P age 4 From the Editor. When hosting a meeting or event, please send us the driving directions, if you want them printed in the newsletter. This will make it easier for members not familiar to the area. Monica Recognition Committee Special Thank You Goes Out To Prairie Creek Nursery Kathi Albrecht, Chairperson Jeff Garner Rose Milden Jackie Allsup Erma Thompson For displaying our E.I.P.S. Cookbook at their business. Birthdays In July Deb Gaddis Dave Bell Harry Allsup Robert Geers Roberta Ward Stephanie Geers Hugh Albrecht Joe Hall Tom Hamilton Many recipes, pond and garden tips, and color pictures of ponds. Advertisements from dealers in this wonderful hobby. All for $ th 8th 9th 9th 17th 19th 22nd 23rd 29th Help fill the pond Buy a cookbook! Sold: 72 cookbooks Needed to fill the pond: 200 cookbooks 4100 Bowling St SW Cedar Rapids IA Prairiecreeknursery.com Just for Fun When the mouse laughs at the cat, there s a hole nearby

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7 Pond Sitter Schedule P age th St Dr SE, Cedar Rapids Lora & Robert Meikle 10 am 1:30 pm Bob & Stephanie Geers 1:30 pm 5 pm Joe Olsen & Tom Coyle 131 Rosedale Rd SE, Cedar Rapids Erma & LarryThompson 10 am 5 pm Gil Morley & Hugh Albrecht Membership Table: 10 am 1:30 pm Bob & Cecy Bisenius Plant Sale: Kathi Albrecht, Maria Hamilton, Monica Morley, Elena Murillo 68 36th Ave SW, Cedar Rapids Becki Lynch 10 am 1:30 pm Pat & Wayne Bueter 1:30 pm 5 pm Rose & Jim Milden 3682 Douglas Dr NE, Solon Deb & Roy Gaddis 10 am 1:30 pm Jeff Garner & Kerry Shaner 1:30 pm 5 pm Joan Folkman & Paul Wise 304 Pleasant View Dr NE, Solon Connie & Ed Railsback 10 am 1:30 pm Paul & Jerry Dickerson 1:30 pm 5 pm Lee & D Lynn Swenson 2791 Jeremy Ct NW, Swisher Karen & David Frieden 10 am 1:30 pm Larry & LouAnn Jayne 1:30 pm 5 pm Donovan & Linda Burke 832 Swisherview Dr SW, Swisher Karen & Milo Popp Jr. 10 am 1:30 pm Dorothy Helms & Bob Hollenbeck 1:30 5pm David & Ruth Low Nature Photography Class A Nature Photography class will be held on Saturday, July 18 at Linn County Extension, th Avenue, Marion, IA from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The class will be taught by Jim Messina, a professional photographer with many years of experience in photography and teaching experience. Topics include exposure, metering techniques, tonality natural lighting, photographic equipment, digital photography and macro photography. Teaching method includes slide presentations using dual projectors emphasizing comparisons with several examples. The examples provide a framework of understanding basic principles and practical solutions in difficult field situations. Extensive handouts are provided for the workshop topics. You can bring your camera. Register by at the Extension office or call Cost is $ Payment must be made when registering. Registration will close on July 10.

8 Annual Pond Tour covering Slater, Ames & Boone July 18, 2009 P age 8 The Central Iowa Water Garden Association (CIWGA), Co-Sponsored by the Story County Master Gardeners, will hold its Annual Tour on Saturday, July 18th. This year the Tour will feature 9 beautiful water gardens in the Slater, Ames and Boone areas. Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased in Des Moines at the Woodsmiths and Earl May on Douglas; at the Hy-Vee in Boone, and in Ames at the Earl May on S. 16th and Holubs on E. 13th. Hours are 9 a.m til 4 p.m. with a free seminar for ticketholders at the last garden in Slater immediately following the Tour at 4 p.m. For additional questions, please contact Judy Anderson, andrsnjudy@mchsi.com Northern Iowa Association of Ponds and Water Gardeners Proudly Presents 2009 PARADE OF PONDS TOUR Sunday, July 19, 12:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tickets are available at any of these ponds on the day of the tour. Start at any of the following locations: Whispering Oaks Drive Waterloo Hammond Ave Waterloo North Raymond Road Waterloo Chico Drive Waterloo Clay Street Cedar Falls West 4th Street Cedar Falls

9 TENTATIVE 2009 Meeting Schedule Times determined by the Host/Hostess Programs will be updated as available along with the times of the meetings. August 13th, Thursday August 29nd, Saturday September 10th, Thursday September 26th, Saturday October 24th, Saturday November Cecy & Bob Bisenius Deb Walser Outdoor Lighting Jackie & Harry Allsup Lavonne & Dick Isard Pat & Wayne Beuter Jamie Beyer OPEN Recognition Night Contact Monica or if you would like to host in October Eastern Iowa Pond Society Membership Application available on eips.org Open House at the Garden of Zora and Paul Ronan 5031 North Marion Road, Central City, IA Phone: July 25th & 26th 10:00 am to 4:00 pm The garden of Zora and Paul Ronan is located in rural Linn County. The garden covers approximately 1 acre surrounding the house. The remaining 32 acres uses no-till cultivation and wild-life habitat to conserve the soil and prevent erosion. The gardens are combinations of trees and shrubs, perennials and annuals, which are colorful in every season beginning with spring bulbs and ending with fall-blooming asters. Those are the background for my passion, daylilies. Mid-summer is the peak bloom season. Over 400 cultivars, most registered in the last 20 years, provide a display from late June to frost. More than 260 cultivars have been registered in the last 10 years with 87 registered in the last 5 years. Directions: From I-380: Exit at Toddville. Travel east on County Home Road to Alburnett Road. Turn north on Alburnett Road. Turn east on Justins Road (gravel). Justins Road dead ends at North Marion. Turn north and the garden is on the right. From Highway 13: Travel north on Highway 13 to Central City. Turn west on E-16 (Center Point-Central City Road). Turn north on North Marion Road (gravel) and travel 1.6 miles. Garden is on the right. From Marion: Travel north on North Tenth Street. Tenth Street changes name to North Marion and becomes gravel when it crosses County Home Road. Since North Marion is gravel for quite a long way, it is better to travel north on either North Alburnett Road or Highway 13

10 Eastern Iowa Pond Society Inc. Box N 3rd St Quasqueton, IA Non profit organization Eastern Iowa Pond Society Inc. Visions Our Mission Statement We are committed to providing a social atmosphere for members dedicated to sharing and learning the pleasure of water gardening. We are a non-profit organization. Membership of this association shall be open to any individual without regard to race, creed, national origin or Sex, who shall render membership dues as specified in the governing documents. History The Eastern Iowa Pond Society was established by Sharon Weiss in 1996 to encourage and promote water gardening and ponds. Meetings Meetings are held at different members homes the second Thursday at 7:00PM and the fourth Saturday in April, May. June. July, August and September. During Feb., March, October and Nov. meetings are held once a month on a Saturday. No meetings are held in Dec & Jan. Yearly Planning A plan-the-year meeting is held on a February afternoon at a central location to hammer out strategies on how the club will conduct business and to plan activities for the upcoming year. Activities A yearly Pond Tour event involves selected members opening their ponds to the public. Speakers, demonstrations, field trips, plant and fish swap, pot luck, and club projects are all activities that happen during the year. Dues Dues will be $10.00 per family, payable November of previous year and delinquent April 1st of each year. These dues entitle a member to participation in all activities and receive a monthly newsletter.