45th Annual Convention & Trade Show Catalog

Join the tribute to our Texas Heroes at the 45th Annual Convention & Trade Show

Embassy Suites, San Marcos, Texas June 19-21, 2019

Andy Lee Thornton Winnie, Texas — 1946– 2018 The ICA family lost two of its beloved members last year. Andy Thornton for many years battled some form of illness, but he never felt sorry for himself or complained; he was too busy living life to its fullest.

After Andy retired, he became very involved with ICA and when he took on a job you could be sure that job would be done.

People loved working with him as he was a team player. Andy and his wife, Lounette, were married for forty-eight years.

Leonora Anne Schmidt Kuhn Kingsbury, Texas — 1929-2018 The ICA family was saddened to learn of the death of another one of our most ardent supporters. Leonora will be greatly missed by all who knew her. Leonora was a graduate of Seguin High School, class of 1946.

For many years, she served as Court Coordinator in Bexar County. She enjoyed ranching and was proud to have served on the Board of Directors for the Independent Cattlemen’s Association of Texas. Leonora loved her life in Kingsbury and spending good times with family, friends, and her pets.

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Visit the Trade Show Trade Show Hours Wednesday, 4:00 —5:30 Preview w/wine tasting Thursday, 1:00 — 2:00 Exclusive trade show hour Friday, 8:30 — 9:00 Trade show visit/drawings

Featuring: 50 wonderful exhibitors with a wealth of knowledge they are happy to share with you. Stop and visit for giveaways, discounts, and answers to your questions.

CEU SESSIONS

There will be three CEU Sessions conducted by TAMU’s finest experts.

Sessions will be Wednesday, June 19, from 1:00p.m. to 4:00p.m. and will offer 1 CEU per session. Please bring your NEW Applicator card for CEU credit.

Plan on attending classes for the latest information on “Laws & Regulations”, “Pesticides”, “Pests & Parasites in Cattle” 3

Annual ICA Golf Tournament

Plum Creek Golf Course, 4301 Benner, Kyle, TX ICA will host the annual golf tournament on Wednesday, June 19th, with a tee time of 8:30a.m.

Range balls and golf carts will be provided. Teams will be assigned in advance, so be sure to include your handicap with your registration.

The longest golf course in the world is the par 77 International Golf Club in Massachusetts which measures a fearsome 8,325 yards.

52 Card Drawing Be sure to buy your cards for the 52 card drawing.

There will be four drawings—-a Henry rifle, a lady’s handgun with a concealed handgun carry purse, a .50 caliber Hawken Black Powder Rifle, and a Bowie knife. Cards can be purchased at the registration desk beginning Wednesday afternoon. With only 52 chances, the odds of winning are great!! Winners will be drawn at the Live Auction Thursday evening.

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Wednesday Night Dance Featuring Frank Cavitt & the Honky-Tonk Doctors To kick off the Convention on Wednesday evening, we have for your dancing pleasure a great dance band featuring some of the best musicians Austin has to offer. Frank Cavitt on keyboard and vocals plays regularly at Donn’s Depot, Broken Spoke, as well as other venues, including private parties. Frank is also a song writer and has published an album of his songs.

Erik Hokkanen on fiddle, guitar and vocals plays regularly at Donn’s Depot and Gruene Hall, among other places. Erik’s music is featured on soundtracks from “Michael”, and “Texas Chainsaw Massacre III”. Erik is a member of the Texas Swing Hall of Fame.

Rick Connell is the drummer for the band, and while living in Nashville he played with such greats as Boots Randolph and Chet Atkins. He is well known in the music community. Rick achieved a music degree from North Texas State and taught music for many years. In addition to playing at Donn’s Depot, Rick freelances with other bands.

Charlie Irwin plays the electric bass with the rest of the band every Wednesday at Donn’s Depot. Charlie has been a professional musician for 50 years. He also plays regularly at the Broken Spoke and with other bands around the Austin area. He has backed up touring performers such as Freddy Fender and Kitty Wells.

These guys love to make music and they play with an energy that will have your foot tapping at the very least!

Sponsored by: Red Bird Ranch Kerry & Cassandra Wiggins

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Drawdown Raffle Our ever popular drawdown raffle grand prize will be a Can-Am Defender XT donated by Southeast Texas ICA and Can-Am BRP. This awesome machine comes with a transport trailer donated by South Central Texas ICA. Only 500 tickets will be sold and are available now for $75 each. Great prizes are awarded for every 25th ticket drawn. (All prizes are valued at a minimum of $200)

If you don’t happen to be the happy winner of the Defender, as an ICA member, you can receive a 10% discount on other models.

Tickets will be drawn on Thursday, June 20, during the evening social event. You do not need to be present to win, but it sure is a lot of fun if you are there to drive it home!

Purchase your tickets early by calling the state office, 512620-0162 or come by the office, 220 W San Antonio, Lockhart 6

Guest Speaker-Jaston Williams JASTON WILLIAMS (Writer and Performer) Jaston is known nationally as the co-author, co-star and producer of the four award-winning plays in the Greater Tuna cycle. His performances have played on and off Broadway, at the Kennedy Center, the Edinburgh International Arts Festival, the Spoleto Festival U.S.A., and all over America. Jaston received the L.A. Dramalogue Award for both Greater Tuna and A Tuna Christmas, and A Tuna Christmas was published in “Best Plays of 1995.” For several years, he has toured in Larry Shue’s The Foreigner, The Fantasticks, and directed the musical Bad Girls Upset By The Truth. Jaston received the Texas Governor’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts by a Native Texan and has performed at the White House on three occasions. He has appeared at Austin’s State Theatre in Eugene Ionesco’s The Chairs and at ZACH Theatre as Scrooge in A Christmas Carol and in Jay Preston Allen’s Tru, for which he received the Austin Critics Table Award for Best Actor in a drama. He has also appeared at the ZACH Theatre in The Laramie Project, and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Jaston’s autobiographical play, I’m Not Lying, was the first of his six solo shows, all receiving critical acclaim in performances across the country. The others solo shows are: Cowboy Noises, Camping With Gasoline, Blame it on Valentine, Texas, Maid Marian in a Stolen Car and Clear To Partly Crazy. Jaston enjoys sharing the stage with friends Joe Ely, Kimmie Rhodes, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Jo Carol Pierce in their performance piece, Is There Life After Lubbock? and loves working with actress Lauren Lane in his two-hander play, “A Wolverine Walks into a Bar…”. Jaston is the recipient of the 2013 Texas Medal of the Arts and has been inducted into the West Texas Walk of Fame. He has just completed work on his first novel. A native son of West Texas, Jaston currently resides in Lockhart, Texas.

We’d like to give a huge THANK YOU to...

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ICA 45th Annual Convention & Trade Show Wednesday – June 19 8:30 a.m.– 1:00 p.m.

ICA Golf Tournament – Plum Creek Course-Kyle

8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

Trade Show Exhibitor Set Up –Veramendi F-J

12:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Registration-Registration Desk-Veramendi F 52 Card Drawing Raffle Sale Starts

1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

CEU Sessions— Topics include: Laws & Regulations, Pesticides, Pest & Parasites in Cattle Dr. Paschal, Dr. Renchie, Dr. Matocha

4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.

Thursday – June 20 (continued) 6:00 p.m.– 9:30 p.m.

MUST HAVE NEW APPLICATOR CARD FOR CEU CREDIT

Social, Auction, Dinner & Drawdown – Veramendi F-J Sponsored by Southeast Texas ICA Agribusiness Council Awards Live Auction ICA Drawdown 52 Card Winners Announced Silent Auction Winners Announced

9:30 p.m.-12:00 a.m.

Tradeshow Preview Welcome by ICA President Door Prize Drawings

Hospitality Room Open Hosted by CTICA All Breed Bull & Female Sale

Friday – June 21

4:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

Board of Directors Meeting-Spring Lake Salon A

6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.

Dinner Buffet-Veramendi F-J

7:00 p.m.-10:00p.m.

Dance –Veramendi F-J Frank Cavitt & the Honky-Tonk Doctors Sponsored by Red Bird Ranch

10:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. Hospitality Room Open Hosted by CTICA All Breed Bull & Female Sale

Thursday – June 20

7:00 a.m-8:00 a.m.

Breakfast-Complimentary Hotel Buffet

8:00 a.m-10:30 a.m.

Trade Show Open – Veramendi F-J

8:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

Registration-Registration Desk-Veramendi F

8:00 a.m.-8:45 a.m.

Trade Show Visit—Veramendi F-J Door Prize Drawings

8:45 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

General Session II– Spring Lake Salon A Sponsored by Datamars

7:00-8:00

Breakfast-Complimentary Hotel Buffet

8:45–9:30

8:00 a.m.

Trade Show Opens – Veramendi F-J

9:30—10:15

8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

Registration -Registration Desk—Veramendi F 52 Card Raffle Sale

10:15—10:45

8:00 a.m.– 9:30 a.m.

Don’t Kill Your Golden Goose-Spring Lake Salon A Larry Oxenham-American Society for Asset Protection Sponsored by American Society for Asset Protection

10:45—11:15

9:30 a.m.-10:00a.m.

11:15 a.m.

Full Meeting of the Board of Directors & House of Delegates-Spring Lake Salon A Break/Door Prize Drawings-Veramendi F-J

10:45 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Animal Nutrition-Spring Lake Salon A Ronnie Eckel-Lyssy & Eckel Feed Lunch-Veramendi F-J

1:00 p.m.-2:00p.m.

Exclusive Trade Show Hour –Veramendi F-J Sponsored by Stay-Tuff Fence Door Prize Drawings

1:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

Silent Auction Open

2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

General Session I – Spring Lake Salon A Sponsored by San Antonio Steel

2:00—2:45

Real Estate Law for Ranchers Tiffany Lashmet, Agricultural Law Specialist

3:00—3:45

Top 10 Mistakes When Mixing HerbicidesDr. McGiunty-Ext Range Spec Emeritus

3:45-5:00

DPS Licensing Related to Ag Laws Sgt. Ruben San Miguel, DPS Trooper

Check out of Rooms

Noon a.m.– 2:30 p.m. Headliners Luncheon – Veramendi E Sponsored by Capital Farm Credit Guest Speaker: Jaston Williams Nationally known Writer &Performer Trailblazer Awards Cattlemen’s Council Awards President’s Council Awards Steffany Lynn Sklar Memorial Scholarship

10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Personal Nutrition-Spring Lake Salon A Hawley Poinsett-Texas Beef Council

Noon-1:00 p.m.

RIFD Tagging Darin Burns-Datamars Phone Aps for Ag Bryan Davis, Extension Agent Legislative Update Bob Turner-Rural Issues Consultant Animal Diseases Health Report Andy Schwartz, Exec Dir, TAHC

2:30 p.m.

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2019 Convention Closes