Something New In Glen Rose

In my own gratitude, I would like to thank my trainer. If you have been around, Teresa was a cheerful and dedicated team member on the staff who came back to chip in and help as well as train me. I would like to also like to thank Director Joel Dickinson and Kara Dickinson (now part of the Drover Team), for making the long drive down to Glen Rose Texas to put in a little over a 60 hour work week with me as volunteers. That doesn't even include the half day on Friday and all day Saturday we spent representing at the Fort Worth Stockyards Sale. It is with continued gratitude that I thank Director Brad Westmoreland and his family for coming in and volunteering time to help. Be on the lookout for the Gangof5 crew in ITLA merchandise that will be available to purchase soon.

I still have much to learn, but I am closer to the breed than I have ever been. For those of you that know me, know that is really saying something.

On behalf of the ITLA Board of Directors and myself we would like to thank each and every one of you for your valued membership. We know you have a choice in who provides your registrations and transfers, and that is why I would like to personally ask you to continue to choose the International Texas Longhorn Association.

JOHN MOXLEY Director At Large #1 & Treasurer

John Moxley lives in New Market, Maryland with his wife Suzanne, where they own and operate a plumbing business and farm 130 acres. They have 5 children and 6 grandchildren. They started Cross Wrench Ranch and raising Texas longhorns in 2000. Since then, they have bred and raised an ITLA Championship show Grand Champion steer, female and bull. John is Vice President of NETLA, ITLA Approved Judge, and Director at large and Treasurer of the ITLA. Currently they are raising about 50 head of longhorns and sell beef, show stock and breeding stock. John was also a judge at the ITLA Champ show futurity

Advice And Words Of Encouragement

WHY CHOOSE ITLA?

I have been a life time member of ITLA since I have been in Longhorns. I don’t really even recognize any other registry, it is the best registry around and it is well run.

Advice To New Breeders

Go quality over quantity and never forget they are a beef breed, do not go too big too fast.

WHAT ITLA EVENTS CAN WE FIND YOU AT?

You will see me at the NETLA events local to our area For the past 11 years, we have attended the ITLA Convention and Championship Show- so hopefully we will be able to swing that this year as well.

Itla In 2023

I see us growing with membership and registrations ITLA is bouncing back from some troubles we have had to become stronger and better.

Advice To Itla Youth

It is good to set yourself up with someone who is experienced Be sure you learn the ropes before you jump right into purchasing your own cattle Remember quality over quantity Sportsmanship is more important than winning

WHERE ARE MY CERTIFICATES? DAROL DICKINSON

WHERE ARE MY CERTIFICATES?

By: Darol Dickinson

Historically ITLA has taken pride in providing the most information and most colorful registration certificates in the industry, also with the quickest turn around time. However, some things are beyond ITLA control, for one, the US postal service, or lack thereof, like the accompanying photo.

In the last two years a percentage of registration applications and completed certificates are not always getting to the ITLA office, nor reaching the final owner of the registered cattle. Many of us older people recall the historic motto, "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds." Now, a comment is added, "This slogan is not a formal commitment, and in fact the USPS may delay mail during bad weather." In the last two years the weather has, possibly, been very bad.

WHERE ARE MY CERTIFICATES? WHERE ARE MY CERTIFICATES?

Notice the returned to sender info shown in the photo. This registration application was sent April 3, 2023, then for only what a postal employee could understand, it was lost in the USPS ozone, then stamped "Not Known" and returned May 9, 2023, arriving in the rural mail box of the sender May 13. From departure to return a total of 40 days. Granted, the ITLA PO Box is 2610, rather than 2510; while laying around the Glen Rose, Post Office for over 30 days the postal clerks received several dozen other pieces of mail and often sent out 2 to 5 dozen certificate-envelopes every day. Hundreds of mail items come and go to this postal box monthly, but the mystery to the government employees is 'enormous' and this one envelope could not find it's way into the ITLA box. To make things easy, a staff person picks up and delivers ITLA mail daily and is well known in the post office.

Why couldn't this envelope find it's way?

WHERE ARE MY CERTIFICATES?

Here are some tips:

1. If checks to ITLA for services do not clear the sender's bank in a reasonable time, there may be a problem.

2. To be sure, when selling and transferring cattle call the new buyer, in a reasonable amount of time, and find if they did receive their certificates.

3. When buying in an auction call the sale management if certificates do not come to you. At this particular time, in an air conditioned post office, in broad open daylight, your valuable documents may be floating around in the 'courier-ozone.'