Welcome to the Iowa Taxidermy Association Official Website!
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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
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Congratulations to ITA members who won these awards at the NTA
Show, Springfield Illinois, July 13th to the 18th:
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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
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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.
******* Want to see something added to
the this website?
Please email Durk Sterner:
Click Here! and let him know what you want to see!
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