The ACFA North Central Regional Awards Banquet, October 4, 2003, was dedicated to the memory of Tom Herbst, with the following text in the program:

In Dedication to the Memory of Tom Herbst

Tom Herbst was an intensely unique individual, and we loved him for it! He was a devoted advocate and friend of cats, cat fanciers, and ACFA.

Tom supported ACFA with enthusiastic hard work, promotional boosterism, and ethical dedication to the principles on which ACFA was founded. He worked as an ACFA judge for over 22 years and served as regional director of the Northcentral Region, First Vice President and ultimately as President of ACFA.

When it came to ACFA, Tom was intensely businesslike, but with friends in the cat fancy, he showed he could also be intensely playful. It may have been this balance of energy in his life that attracted so many to him to call him friend.

Members of the North Central Region of ACFA are proud to say that Tom was a friend; he was one of us.

The links below are for the video shown at the ACFA 2003 North Central Awards banquet in remembrance of Tom. The video is about 3 minutes and 45 seconds long. The first 4 seconds and last 20 seconds are intentionally silent.

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Windows Media (3663KB) The picture in this version is 320x240 pixels in size. It should play smoothly if your internet connection can sustain about 122Kbps. The audio and video quality are better than the versions below.
Windows Media (1017KB) These versions have pictures 160x120 pixels in size. They should play smoothly if your internet connection can sustain about 32Kbps; you would typically have this with a 56K modem connection.
QuickTime (2348KB)
Real Media (951KB)

Playback notes: The version presented at the regional is 39MB in size and has higher resolution and better audio; the ones above are more suitable for streaming video or downloading. Some of the formats will stream while playing, starting before the file is completely downloaded to your computer; others will complete the download first. If it tries to stream, but you don't have sufficient speed for streaming video, you may be able to download the video and play it from your computer. Depending on your Internet browser, you may be able to right-click on the words "Windows Media," "QuickTime," or "Real Media," and select "Save Link As..." or "Save Target As..." or "Save Link Target As...", then choose a destination on your computer.

Credits: Pictures of Tom at the 2001 ACFA annual were provided by Dave Hull. The pictures of Tom at ACFA cat shows were taken by Glen and Jo Newton. Dan Lalley provided the other pictures of Tom, which Ray Benter scanned. The video of Glen interviewing Tom was made by CTV15 volunteers Ruth Mason and Jeremy Brodin at the 2001 Cat Tales cat show. Glen Newton created this video remembrance.

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