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Dan and Kathy Benes, Wade Horton (CB Advisory Board), Lynn Timmerman (CB Advisory Board), Dr. Ken Cowan, Kae Pavlik (CB Advisory Board), and Dr. Barry Gold attended the Oct. 5 awards dinner. |
“The UNMC Eppley Cancer Center has been very fortunate to be the recipient of more than $700,000 over the years from the Cattlemen’s Ball,” said Kenneth H. Cowan, director, UNMC Eppley Cancer Center. “Contributions from the Cattlemen’s Ball of Nebraska make our mission more than a dream — they allow us to continue moving forward at the cutting-edge of cancer research, helping us to develop new strategies for cancer detection, prevention and treatment.”
Who benefits?
The Cattlemen’s Ball promotes beef in a healthy diet and showcases rural Nebraska. All of the money raised stays in Nebraska, with proceeds going to the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center and 10 percent directed toward health-care needs in the community hosting the event.
Grants awarded to the local area this year include: Valparaiso Volunteer Fire Department, $5,300; Garland Volunteer Fire Department, $3,000; Malmo Volunteer Fire Department, $1,000; Morse Bluff Volunteer Fire Department, $4,000; Raymond Volunteer Fire Department, $4,000; Seward Volunteer Fire Department, $1,000; Saunders County Heath Services, $3,000; Memorial Health Care Services (Seward), $3,000; and Butler County Heath Services, $2,193.
The 2002 Cattlemen’s Ball activities
Ermin and Delores Benes and family hosted the 2002 Cattlemen’s Ball. Event activities included an art show, style show, horse-drawn wagon rides, as well as live and silent auctions. The Honky Tonk Tailgate Party Tour, a package concert tour presenting three country music artists, performed at the ball’s evening concert.
Staff members from the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center, with the help of nurses from Nebraska Health System and the UNMC College of Nursing, also provided free screening for prostate and skin cancer throughout the day. More than 80 Prostate Specific Antigen tests, a blood test screening for prostate cancer, were done and more than 400 people participated in the face scanning activity.
Where is the 2004 Cattlemen’s Ball?
The Cattlemen’s Ball Advisory Board has decided the Cattlemen’s Ball will now be held once every two years. The next Cattlemen’s Ball will be in 2004 near Brady, Neb., about 20 miles east of North Platte, at Jay Novacek’s Upper 84 Ranch.