Welcome to the Iowa Taxidermy Association Official Website!

 

ITA MEETING

When:  Sunday, October 3rd, 2010

Where:  Ramada Hotel and Convention Center

Corner of West 4th and Commercial, Waterloo, IA

http://www.RamadaWaterloo.com

 

Time:  10:00 am Officers and Board of Directors

11:00 am All ITA Members

 

Please check out the following:

 

http://www.McAdamFamilyBenefit.webs.com

 

Durk Sterner: 319-330-1774

durk-sterner@uiowa.edu

 

 

 

Todd Dunston is looking for two people to go on a hog hunt in Mid September in Texas...if interested please contact him at: 712-347-5531, 712-347-5632, or toddd1062@cs.com


Great friend and Taxidermist Jeff McAdams, who died May 28, 2010, will be tremendously missed.




Here's a link to the funeral home

 

A Message from the ITA President:

 

Recently our ITA family, and I do mean family, suffered a tragic loss, with the passing of fellow taxidermist Jeff McAdam.

 

A life taken way too soon. Hopefully you all had the chance to meet Jeff, at our yearly shows.  I’m pretty sure if you attended any of the show’s for the last 12 years, Jeff met you. Jeff would always go out of his way, to talk to all the taxidermist present.

 

Once we had heard about Jeff’s passing, the ITA started a calling list to notify, that all members of the ITA, including spouses, were to be honorary pall bearers at his funeral.

From a personal standpoint. On the day of the funeral, I was very ,very proud to see many ITA members in attendance. I know some of you were there for the visitation on the day before also. For those of you who could not make it. I’m know Jeff and his family were in your thoughts and prayers. Yes, it was very a sad funeral, a mix of emotions were all present, sadness, confusion, and maybe even some anger.  The minister spoke highly of Jeff, and he also spoke about how to help with all of our emotion’s.

Towards the end, a couple of songs were played, as they accompanied a slide show, of Jeff, in front of the church.  All of the ITA members were then the first to exit the church. Two rows of us were then lined up outside of the church, as the casket and the rest of the crowd walked through us, to the cemetery.

I’m sure Jeff would have been proud to see all of his fellow taxidermist see him through, to his final resting place.

 

 Once again a big thanks to all ITA members. Keep Jeff’s family in your thoughts and prayers. You may still give to his memorial . If you have not done so, I highly encourage you to.

 

Rest in Peace Jeff.

 

Durk Sterner

ITA President

 

Jeffery D. McAdam Memorial Fund

Box 488

Victor, Ia,

52347

 

More information:

 

A note from Jessica Nail:

I am one of the person’s helping to organize the benefit for the McAdam Family. We have a final confirmation on the location (HLV Gym, Victor IA). We’ve set up a website, www.mcadamfamilybenefit.webs.com if you’d like to take a look at it, we’ve got several pages on the site, including the raffle ticket info, auction list, major sponsors, photo album, and a page on Jeff.  If you could please put this on your site also, letting people know the benefit is Oct 9th, meal tickets will be available soon (just got notice they mailed them today), we’d like to have a huge crowd there, both in honor of Jeff & to show Kristen & the family how many people are out there that truly care.   There is also a contact page on the website, if anyone is interested in making a donation, or has any questions. Our goal is to make this something the area has never seen, we’ve got an awesome list of items for the auction, a lot of autographed items and many others, and stuff keeps coming in everyday.  I’m continually updating the auction list, and will be adding a page sometime next week if anyone wants to order t-shirts.  If you could help us out and please pass the word on, and maybe even post it on your site so Jeff’s coworkers will all be aware, it would be appreciated.
Thank you for all your help! And your articles on the site are a wonderful tribute to Jeff.
If you have any questions, my personal cell is 319-541-9433.
Thanks again!

 

 

McAdam Family Benefit Raffle

Sponsored by:

Southards Implement & Ladora Fire Dept

Raffle tickets will be sold for $20 each. Must be 21 to purchase. Drawing will be held October 9th, 2010 during benefit auction.

The 5 raffle prizes include (one prize per winning ticket):

•2007 Yamaha Wolverine 450 4x4 (new, carry over model with factory warranty, blue)
•Toshiba 32” Flat Panel LCD TV
•JVC Camcorder w/4GB memory card
•KitchenAid Artisan mixer (black)
•Black Wii gaming system w/enhanced sensors (includes Wii Sports & Wii Resort Sports)
Tickets can be purchased up to drawing time or by contacting a committee member at 319-541-6345 or mcadamfamilybenefit@gmail.com

 

Congratulations to ITA  members who won these awards at the NTA Show, Springfield Illinois, July 13th to the 18th:

 

  • Kent Reedy - National Champion-Waterfowl, National Champion-Upland Bird, and Frank Newmyer Award

  • Cory - North American Champion-Waterfowl

  • Greg Cuvelier - National Taxidermy Associations Best All Around Taxidermist 

 

Here is some information about the upcoming Iowa Sportsman Outdoor Show (Click for more information)

Exhibitor Information     Booth Space

Here are the rates for the booths from Pegge Hutchinson (pegge@twinriversmedia.com) - basically goes from 3 booths to 7 booths - Bill Tomash has already taken one and so she would like to get those interested all together.

If you want a booth, please contact Pegge Hutchinson @ pegge@twinriversmedia.com.

10x30 = $1000.00 ($3.33 per square foot) 10x40 = $1225.00 ($3.06 per square foot) 10x50 = $1425.00 ($2.85 per square foot) 10x60 = $1600.00 ($2.66 per square foot) 10x70 = $1750.00 ($2.50 per square foot)


The Competition for 2011 will be at the Best Western Regency Inn, Marshalltown, Iowa.
The Dates will be: April 1,2,3 2011.
So get your calendar's marked for the next show!
Click here for an interactive map to our show!

Click here to get a copy of the 2010 Pre-Registration Form (Will be the same for 2011 show)

The ITA has reserved 20 rooms (Queen non-smoking) for $60.00/night at the Super 8 Hotel in Marshalltown, IA. These rooms will be held until ONE week before the show.

 

 

 

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