Bulletin 2022-2023 All-American Shows Announced
The shows listed below have been designated as All-American Point Shows for the 2022-2023 show season. Points will be tallied from junior and open shows if applicable. • National Junior Heifer Show • Eastern Regional Junior Show • Western Regional Junior Show • State Fair shows open to all exhibitors • World Beef Expo • American Royal • North American International Livestock Exposition • Cattlemen’s Congress • National Western Stock Show • Ft. Worth Stock Show
Keep Contact Info Current to Receive Important ACA Correspondence
The ACA utilizes various ways to contact our members, but your information must be accurate in order to receive the most up to date info. Please confirm your information on your DigitalBeef account periodically. We ask that all members include an email address on your membership as this is one of the best ways for us to disseminate information to our membership quickly. If you have questions or need assistance in updating your information, please contact the office.
Submit Upcoming Sales & Events
Do you have an upcoming sale or event that needs to be listed on the ACA upcoming events? Send this info to at heather@chicattle.org and we will add it to our upcoming events listing in the ACJ as well as on the website. This is a free service to our members. Don’t miss out.
Photos Needed for Breed Promotion
The ACA is in need of current photos to use for breed promotion throughout various publications, brochures and other media. While you are out in your pastures, take some photos of your cattle and email to Heather at heather@chicattle.org. We need photos of bulls, females, calves, herds, feedlot photos, kids working with their calves and more. The options are endless. Thanks for your assistance is helping us promote this breed we all love.
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In Memory…
Everett E. Tom went to be with our Lord and Savior and rejoin his son Kevin R. Tom on February 6, 2022. Everett was born on July 23, 1928 in Leesburg, IN to Everett E. Tom, Sr. and Violet Fisher Tom. On December 6, 1953, he was married to Marie Eby in Syracuse, Indiana. Everett’s twin sister Evelyn (Charles) Adams survives along with his sister Peggy “Jo Jo” Sheler. Everett and Marie had five children: Ambassador Kip Tom of Leesburg, IN, Kevin Tom (who predeceased him in September 1973), Melinda (Russ) Woda of Powell, OH, Melissa (Ray) Gerber of Milford, IN, and Melodie (Scott) Thompson of Delaware, OH. Everett and Marie share thirteen grandchildren: Kip’s children Kandi (Mark) Dunwiddie, Kassandra (Greg) Rowland, Kyle (Angie) Tom, Kristopher Tom and Kaitlyn (Jon) Fussle; Melinda’s children Rachael Gale of Powell, Ohio, Elyse Woda of Yakima, WA and Daniel Woda of Seattle, WA; Melissa’s children Megan (Steve) Burns of New Paris, IN, Ashley (Adam) Armstrong of Warsaw, IN, Kourtney (Josh) VanCleave of Goshen, IN, Justin (Katie) Gerber of Syracuse, IN, and Jessica (Chaz) Scherer of Nappanee, IN; Melodie’s children Allie Thompson of Columbus, OH and Chapman Thompson of Columbus, OH. Everett and Marie also share twenty-six Great Grandchildren, Peyton, Kendall, Reagan, Reese, Keegan, Kamden, Kameron, Savannah, Norah, Thomas, Emilia, Everett, Ava, Nolan, Molly, Addison, Avery, Annabelle, Olivia, Maxwell, Brooklyn, Emma, Bayne, Bohdan, Corbin and Cameron. He was preceded in death by his siblings Betty Shissler, Ann Noel and Frank Tom. Everett began his life on Harper Road just north of Leesburg, IN, growing up on the Tom Family Farm and close to New Salem Church where he was a member. It was this same farm where Everett and Marie raised their five children and where he worked his entire life up and until his final days. Everett often said the most important crop he and Marie would ever produce is the next generation, instilling in them the values that were most important for the future. He would recite Proverbs, “Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Everett believed that it is your responsibility as parents to teach your children good values and principles, to teach them about God and how much He loves them, to teach them that honesty is the best policy, and to teach them the Golden Rule: Treat others as you want to be treated. Everett was known for his efforts in founding Tom Farms, scaling
