ZNA SKA ZNA America AKCA
ZEN NIPPON AIRINKAI (ZNA)
SOUTHERN KOI ASSOCIATION (SKA) CHAPTER
.............Latest Information...........
New Officers Elected
President - Henry Culpepper hculpepp@bellsouth.net
Vice President - Mike McMahon mike.mcmaon@akerman.com
Secretary - Sheri White swkoi@aol.com
Treasurer- Luanne Porter luanne@funnyfarmexotics.com
Kanapaha Koi Show
Gainesville, Florida
ZNA Southern Koi Assoc/Gainesville Koi Club David Hardcastle wavenbye@embarqmail.com Info at: www.znaska.org or www.pondhoppers.org
OUR CLUB LOSES A MEMBER, BUT EVEN MORE A PERSONAL FRIEND TO MOST IN OUR CLUB, AN ICON IN THE KOI HOBBY, AN AKCA KOI JUDGE EXTRAORDINAIRE AND AN ALL AROUND WONDERFUL PERSON TO KNOW OR HAVE BE ASSOCIATED WITH.
REST IN PEACE LESTER AND KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE MISSED AND REMEMBERED BY MANY. TO HIS WIFE RHODA AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY, WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES.
Dr. Lester H. Berkow, age 74, of Boca Raton, Fla., passed pancreatic cancer. Funeral services will be held at Congregation Neve Shalom, 250 Grove Ave., Metuchen, N.J., on Tuesday, May 11, 2010, at 11 a.m. Interment will follow at Beth Israel Cemetery, Woodbridge, N.J. Arrangements are being handled by The Goldstein Funeral Chapel, Inc., Edison, N.J. Dr. Berkow, son of the late Dr. Samuel and Mrs. Elizabeth Berkow of Perth Amboy, N.J., graduated from New York University and continued on at New York Medical College. Following medical school he interned at Newark Beth Israel Hospital. He served as a decorated U.S. Army captain, stationed at Fort Holabird, Baltimore, Md., and became an OB/GYN resident at Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Berkow joined a practice founded by his late father and remained in the private practice for over 20 years. He followed in his father's footsteps as the chief of staff and head of OB/GYN at Raritan Bay Medical Center for more than 15 years. Retired in 1991, Lester relocated to Boca Raton, Fla., where he was an avid bird watcher, Koi keeper and orchid grower. He was predeceased by his brother, Gordon Berkow. Dr. Berkow is survived by his loving wife of 49-plus years, Rhoda; his sister, Irene Hutt; his two children and their spouses, Sam and Toby Berkow of Los Angeles, Calif., and Joanne and Todd Schwartz of Scotch Plains, N.J., and three grandchildren, Andrew, Elizabeth and Kayden. Donations can be made in his memory to the following organizations: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, Raritan Bay Medical Center, Hospice By The Sea, World Wildlife Fund, and Planned Parenthood.
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The Southern Koi Association (SKA) is based in Florida. The club evolved out of discussions among the founders, Henry Culpepper, Rod Lawton, Don Hellard, and Joe White who wanted to start a ZNA Chapter in Florida. Once the formation of the new club was announced, the news spread quickly with over 20 member families signing up within one month. Before we could request friendship club status, our membership number swelled enough for us to request full chapter status.
The club's founding members are avid Koi show people and collectors who have attended and helped manage shows in Florida and outside the state for many years. The focus of this club is solely Koi, with emphasis on appreciation of these beautiful fish and learning to grow them to their maximum potential. Members of SKA are students of water quality, Koi pond and filtration design, Koi health, and of course the many Koi varieties and their origins. SKA was accepted at the January meeting of the AKCA board as club name Southern Koi Association and we were granted full ZNA Chapter Club status by ZNA Japan in May of 2004.
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