Re:NANFA-L--Member recognized for sturgeon work

Steffen Hellner (steffen-in-hellner.biz)
Sat, 05 Mar 2005 15:05:13 +0100

Yes, meaning to take hat off to show respect.

Very rarely used by me. These young people make me hope for the future of
our hobby and engagement. Wish there were more.

Steffen

Am 05.03.2005 14:14 Uhr schrieb "Bob Bock" unter <bockhouse-in-earthlink.net>:

> Doesn't "chapeau" mean "hat?"
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Steffen Hellner <steffen-in-hellner.biz>
>> To: <nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org>
>> Date: 3/5/2005 6:08:54 AM
>> Subject: Re:NANFA-L--Member recognized for sturgeon work
>>
>> Chapeau, Heather!
>>
>> Go on and good luck,
>>
>> Steffen
>>
>>
>> Am 05.03.2005 2:49 Uhr schrieb "Hoover, Jan J ERDC-EL-MS" unter
>> <Jan.J.Hoover-in-erdc.usace.army.mil>:
>>
>>> NANFA member Heather Smith is familiar to many of you. She has
> attended the
>>> last two conventions and she is passionately interested in native
> fishes.
>>> That interest just gained her some substantial recognition.
>>>
>>> Heather conducted a study of swimming performance on juvenile lake
> sturgeon
>>> in our fish lab. She did this after school and on weekends. Her data,
> along
>>> with newly developed mathematical models for suction forces generated by
>>> dredges, make it possible now to assess the risk of a dredge entraining
> a
>>> small sturgeon....and more importantly....how to minimize and maybe
> eliminate
>>> that risk!
>>>
>>> Heather presented her data a couple of weeks ago-in-the Mississippi
> Junior
>>> Academy of Science Meeting and won the Junior Division in
> "Environmental and
>>> Behavioral Studies." She gave an expanded version of her presentation
>>> yesterday-in-the Mississippi Regional Junior Science and Humanities
> Symposium
>>> (MRJSHS)-in-the University of Mississsippi and won first place and a
> sizeable
>>> scholarship to the University of Mississippi. Next month, Heather, who
> is a
>>> 9th grader, will compete in the JSHS national finals in San Diego.
>>>
>>> I AM bragging a little...and apologize for that...but I do think its
>>> important to acknowledge the great work that our members do on behalf of
>>> native fishes.
>>>
>>> I also think its pretty darn impressive what young people can do for
> native
>>> fishes if given a little bit of encouragement and opportunity.
>>>
>>> - Jan Hoover
>>> Vicksburg, MS
>>>
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