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Jan Olinger, CPE.

Electrolysis. Hair Removal.

Victoria * 9852-443-2479

Catholic Aid Association

Carol Lindner 952-657-2210

When Allan and I were first married, he had a fetish for fish and fish aquariums (what other kind are there?), so we purchased a system, as well as the various kinds of fish that live well together in a small space, and set it upon a homemade bookshelf (bricks and boards) in our living room.

He taught me about angel fish, glasssuckers, bottom feeders, and about raising guppies, separating the young immediately or they’d be eaten by their parents. I didn’t care that much about the fish, but it was fun to make the aquarium pretty inside with paraphernalia they sell at fish stores.

I soon learned that fish could easily be flushed down the toilet just like dollars that went into their food, shelter, and maintenance, but I waited until they were floating on the surface before I did any flushing. Fish became our children’s first pets. Our babies watched them dart here and there in the colorful setting like they watched Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers.

Now I see daughter Jenny and family with their own aquarium and a fish they’ve named Goldie, for obvious reasons. Goldie has grown exponentially over the years, and Jenny informs me that goldfish grow to a size appropriate to their habitat. As they went with Goldie from a typical fishbowl to an aquarium and to a larger aquarium, he (or she) also continued to grow.

Addie and Gunnar have sort of relegated regular feeding chores to their mother, and the two (Jenny and Goldie) have become rather fond of each other. When Goldie spies Jenny in the room, he (or she) immediately swims to the feeding corner and flickers wildly near the surface. You know what they say about the way to a man’s heart? Well, it seems to work the same way with a goldfish. Hmmm. Goldie must be a he.

The fishhook last month was indeed hidden in Steve and Kathy’s Wilson Development ad on page 26. Many, many entries this month, and I fished Vickie Rudolph of Victoria right out of the minnow bucket to win the $10 prize. Congratulations, Vickie! The hook is hidden again in this issue of the Gazette. Finders, keepers; losers, weepers. Use Sue@VictoriaGazette.com or Box 387 to indicate its location if you’re able to find it. As you can see from above, it’s about the right size for Goldie.