Who enjoyed the snow that arrived last Friday bringing with it all the white, glisteny cheer of Christmas?! If you or your herd were dreaming of a White Christmas, you certainly got it! We tend to think our four-legged bovine friends were a little less concerned with the snow and more concerned with getting some hay to eat, wouldn’t you agree? They were thinking, “[Snow] way we’re in Alabama.” Be on the lookout for cattle in snow photos in the January magazine and keep reading to get all your Alabama Cattlemen’s Association updates for the week.
County Annual Meeting Season
It’s county annual meeting season, and our Bama Beef Events Calendar is bursting with meeting dates. Check it out, and be sure to send ACA Membership Coordinator Jessica Kennedy your county annual meeting dates for us to share! After your meeting, PLEASE SEND JESSICA ANY PHOTOS YOU TOOK AND AN UPDATED LIST OF OFFICERS.
Speaking of Jessica, she is still working to perfect the membership program. Stay tuned with more information from her and remember that we’re all learning how this new program works together! Secretaries who will be inputting membership can email Jessica or call (334) 265-1867 for their logins and website links. Before beginning to enter membership, we encourage secretaries to sign up for a training webinar. Jessica will begin scheduling webinars for next week. The plan is to have a maximum of 10 people per webinar so that there isn’t an overwhelming amount of questions and so Jessica can provide her knowledge and assistance equally among those tuning in. Flexibility will be key in signing up for these webinars as Jessica is having to coordinate the attendance of all 67 counties. If you cannot attend your scheduled webinar, you will have to catch the next! Never fear, you WILL NOT get left behind! The webinars will continue until everyone is trained. As always, Jessica will be available for questions and additional training following the webinars, as needed.
A Very MOOey Christmas
Well, the weather outside was frightful last week, and we had to postpone 
our 2nd annual MOOey Christmas event to consider the safety of our attendees. The MOOey Christmas has been rescheduled for tomorrow Thursday, Dec. 14 from 9 AM-12 PM. Cookies and milk, coloring activities, and of course The MOOseum tours will be available, and ACA Past President Bill Lipscomb will still be playing Cowboy Santa for a photo op. Special thanks to AJCA Officers Cassidy and Cameron Catrett for bringing their cattle reindeer, Priefert for loaning us gates and the Lee County Cattlemen’s Association for allowing us to borrow their welded cattle for reindeer games. Open to all, bring the kids!
Visiting North Alabama Stockyards
ACA Director of Industry Relations and Youth Programs Michael Agar took time this week to drive up north and visit the auction markets in Ashville and Arab, Ala. We want to thank Brad and Tilda Plunkett, owners of Ashville Stockyard, Inc. as well as Robbie Gibbs, owner of Arab Livestock Market, for taking time on a sale day to visit with Michael about the 
association. On behalf of the ACA and th Alabama Beef Checkoff, each stockyard was presented with checkoff signage to display with their respective stockyard name on it as well as some ACA sorting flags for them to use in the pens.
U.S. Senate Special Election, Jones Elected
On December 12, voters in Alabama went back to the polls for the special election between Roy Moore (R) and Doug Jones (D). Jones beat Moore in a historic win, placing a Democrat in the Senate seat for the first time since 1992. The results have significant impact on the GOP’s ability to carry out President Trump’s major agenda items in Washington such as tax reform, by limiting the number in the Republican majority by one.
Bama Beef Stocking Stuffer Special
Santa Claus is coming to town, and he’s on the hunt for the perfect stocking stuffers for his cattlemen friends. Lucky for him, ACA T-shirts are now available and ON SALE for the Christmas season. Hop on over to our online store where you’ll find our new T-shirts, and be sure to use the code MOOLAH20 to get 20% each shirt. Our “Black & Red ACA Structured Hats” and BEEF Tags are also 20% with the code above.
Convention Registration Opens FRIDAY
We hope you’ll “Hoof It to Huntsville” on March 9-10 to join us at the 75th annual ACA Convention & Trade Show. We’ve got a great lineup of speakers, fun events and the Alabama cattle industry’s largest industry trade show in the works. Registration opens on THIS FRIDAY, December 15 at BamaBeef.org/Convention. Be on the look out in your January Alabama Cattleman magazine for more information, including a schedule of events!
SLE Rodeo Tickets Go On Sale FRIDAY
The 61st annual SLE Rodeo is coming to town March 15-17 at Garrett 
Coliseum. PRCA 2017 Stock Contractor of the Year Frontier Rodeo Company’s elite bucking stock, PRCA Freestyle Bullfighting and hometown funny man Trent McFarland are sure to combine to make one excellent show for the whole family! Kids events will be available where your little buckaroo can play in the dirt like a real rodeo cowboy. If you’re in the market for an awesome stocking stuffer idea, you’re in luck. SLE Rodeo tickets go on sale to the public on THIS FRIDAY, Dec. 15. Call us at 888-2RODEO2 or visit us online to order tickets to the show and to learn more about the 2018 SLE Rodeo!
Holiday Appetizer Recipe Inspiration
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