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Member and Industry News Briefs Member & Industry News Briefs NALF Office Closed September 3 The NALF office will be closed Monday, September 3 for Labor Day. Regular office hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. MST Monday through Friday will resume Tuesday, September 4. Have a wonderful holiday weekend! AI Sire/Dam Information AI sires and donor dams born in 2015 or later are required to have a GGP-HD 150K genomic profile on file in addition to parent verification for sires and sire verification for donor dams. Animals born before 2015 do not require the genomic profile but do require either parent or sire verification through SNP DNA typing. They must also be tested for any genetic condition (AM, NH, Proto, etc.) that they 84 | SEPTEMBER 2018 are a potential carrier for. AI Sire Permits are recommended on any new AI sire and can be added by contacting Alison Jones in the NALF office. 2019 NJLSC The 2019 National Junior Limousin Show & Congress, June 29-July 5, room block now open! The host hotels are the DoubleTree, 417-831-3131 and Fairfield, 417-833-9599. The current room rate for both hotels is $99. Website and online booking code is on NALF.org, under the “shows” tab and on the “show information” page. We look forward to seeing you in Springfield! Terrell Britt NALF mourns the loss of longtime member Terrell Britt. He became a lifetime member who joined NALF in 1989. Terrell lived in Seminole, Okla. with his wife, Barbara. Terrell was a supervisor of the Oklahoma region for Rainbow Bread for 22 years before owning and partnering with the Kinslow Sonic Group for 38 years. He was the owner and operator of Britt’s Limousin Ranch most of his life. Terrell loved spending time with his grandchildren. He will be greatly missed as he leaves behind his wife of nearly 65 years, four siblings, three children, and four grandchildren. I