Annual Convention
The annual convention for the North American Limousin
Foundation is held during the National Western Stock Show. Activities
for the annual convention include a board of directors meeting,
the annual membership meeting, National Limousin Sale, and the
membership banquet and Genetics on Ice Auction, in addition to
shows and social activities at NWSS.
Host Hotel Information
The DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Denver will serve as the host hotel
for the 2020 NWSS & Annual Limousin Convention. Rates in the
NALF block are $126 per night, plus tax. To reserve your room, call
303-321-3333. If you reserve your room online, ensure you have the
correct hotel: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Denver, 3203 Quebec St,
Denver, CO 80207.
2020 National Limousin Sale
The National Limousin Sale is breeders’
opportunity to market the best of the best
Limousin and Lim-Flex® genetics. The 2020
National Limousin Sale is a video sale and will
be held Sunday, January 12, at the National Western Stock Show
National Western Club. The event will begin with a social hour
at 4:00 p.m., followed by the sale at 5:00 p.m. Contact American
Cattle Services, MC Marketing Management, R&R Marketing, or
Grassroots Genetics for more information.
Genetics On Ice
The annual Genetics On Ice auction will be held
in conjunction with the membership banquet at
6:00 p.m. Monday, January 13. The Genetics on
Ice auction benefits the North American Limousin
Junior Association (NALJA), the All-American Limousin Futurity
(AALF), and the Limi Boosters. For more information, contact Ken
Holloway at 580-597-2419 or Katie Campbell at 303-220-1693.
Purchase Banquet Tickets
Members are encouraged to purchase your tickets for the
Membership Banquet and Genetics on Ice Auction, which will be
held Monday, January 13 at 6:00 p.m., at the DoubleTree Hotel.
This is a wonderful opportunity to meet fellow breeders, contribute
to the junior activities fund and recognize recipients of the coveted
year-end awards.
Tickets are $50 and may be purchased by contacting Alison Jones at
the NALF office (303-220-1693 or [email protected]). Tickets must
be purchased by Monday, January 6, 2020.
2020 CornerPost Fund
With the generous donations of several donors,
Lot 1 of the Genetics on Ice Benefit Auction will be the CornerPost
“Herd in a Tank.”
“Herd in a Tank” consists of eggs by four elite Limousin donors:
• TMCK Balancer 173U x MAGS Thora 4518T, donated by Magness
Land & Cattle
• EXLR Lisa 8223X x MAGS Aviator 373A, donated by Edwards
Land & Cattle
• AHCC Dakota Diamond 6061D x TNGC Empire 736E, donated
by ATAK Limousin
• MAGS Firestone 218F x MAGS With Class 208W, donated by
Thomas & Son Farms
The CornerPost Fund facilitates activities and scholarships for
Limousin Junior members.
The NALJA Board would like to thank all past, present and future
donors of the CornerPost fund. Your generous support is truly appreciated!
To purchase syndicates, contact a NALJA board member or Katie
Campbell at [email protected].
International Year Codes
2017 - E
2018 - F
2019 - G
(Letters not used are I, O, Q & V)
2020 - H
2021 - J
Our Thoughts & Prayers
Go Out to the Zilverberg Family
John Zilverberg, 106, of
Highmore, South Dakota, passed
away Tuesday, October 29, 2019,
at Prairie Heights in Aberdeen.
John Zilverberg was born
August 2, 1913, to Jake and
Lutske (Wiersma) Zilverberg,
immigrant parents from the
Netherlands. He was the second
of five children. He moved with
his family from Tyndall to Tripp,
then Wessington Springs, South
Dakota, where he graduated from the eighth grade in a country
school. In 1928 when the family moved to Hyde County, he went
to work on the ranch north of Holabird, South Dakota. This work
included breaking rank broncs that his father brought home to drive
and ride.
During the Great Depression in 1934 the Zilverbergs had no crop,
so John hitchhiked to Iowa and handpicked corn for three cents a
bushel. But then the neighbor bought a combine, and he lost his
job. One night while traveling he slept in a jail cell with three other
guys. He thought, “Boy, if they knew I had $53 on me, I probably
wouldn’t have it in the morning, or I might not be alive. So, I didn’t
sleep very well.”
As a young man he played baseball and ran a trap line until
December of 1941 when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. He
enlisted in the U.S. Marines where he spent most of the next four
years. He participated in the initial amphibious assault on Bougainville
in November of 1943 under intense enemy fire. Later he contracted
malaria and was sent to a hospital in Hawaii. From the hospital in
Hawaii he went to a hospital in Klamath Falls, Oregon. From there
he got a 34-day furlough.
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