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Riders in the Sky and John Conlee to be Featured at<\/p>\n

2001 Cattlemen’s Ball near Valentine<\/p>\n

Riders in the Sky, a western entertainment group, and country music<\/p>\n

artist, John Conlee, will be featured at the fourth annual Cattlemen’s<\/p>\n

Ball of Nebraska to be held Saturday, June 2 at the Thacher Cattle Company<\/p>\n

southeast of Valentine, Neb.<\/p>\n

Riders in the Sky, a musical comedy group which includes Ranger Doug,<\/p>\n

Too Slim, Woody Paul and the newest addition — Joey the Cowpolka King,<\/p>\n

have combined the classic cowboy sound with outrageous comedy in 200 live<\/p>\n

performances annually over the past 20 years. They also host the “Riders’<\/p>\n

Radio Theater,” a radio program which has been broadcast by more than 170<\/p>\n

public and commercial stations since 1989.<\/p>\n

The group has starred in its own Saturday morning TV series on CBS,<\/p>\n

hosted Tumbleweed Theater for four years on The Nashville Network, and<\/p>\n

performed regularly at the Grand Ole Opry. In 2000, the group’s song entitled<\/p>\n

“Woody’s Roundup” was featured in Disney’s hit movie, “Toy Story 2.”<\/p>\n

Conlee also began his musical career more than 20 years ago. Since then,<\/p>\n

he has released 29 singles, with 26 of them making the top 20 or better.<\/p>\n

His hit list of songs includes “Rose Colored Glasses,” “Before My Time,”<\/p>\n

“Hit The Ground Runnin’,” and “Fellow Travelers.” He has been a member<\/p>\n

of the Grand Ole Opry since 1981, the national spokesperson for Feed The<\/p>\n

Children and was a co-founder of Farm Aid.<\/p>\n

The 2001 Cattlemen’s Ball at the Thacher Cattle Company will be hosted<\/p>\n

by Don and Sandi Ormesher, their son and daughter-in-law, Mark and Kami<\/p>\n

Ormesher, and Mark and Kami’s four children.<\/p>\n

The Ormesher family has been touched by cancer several times. Although<\/p>\n

both Don’s parents are now deceased due to other causes, Don’s mother was<\/p>\n

a breast cancer survivor and his father was a prostate cancer survivor.<\/p>\n

In addition, Sandi’s father is a colon cancer survivor. The Ormeshers are<\/p>\n

hosting the ball to ensure that others also can have success in their personal<\/p>\n

battles with cancer.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

“With the human genome project, this is a very exciting time in cancer<\/p>\n

research and prevention,” Don Ormesher said. “We’d like to do our part<\/p>\n

to see that cancer research continues on this path of discovery.”<\/p>\n

The Cattlemen’s Ball is held to promote beef in a healthy diet and to<\/p>\n

showcase rural Nebraska. All of the money raised will stay in Nebraska<\/p>\n

with 90 percent of the proceeds going toward research projects at the University<\/p>\n

of Nebraska Medical Center Eppley Cancer Center. The remaining 10 percent<\/p>\n

raised at this year’s ball will be directed to health care in the Valentine<\/p>\n

area.<\/p>\n

The UNMC Eppley Cancer Center received $104,000 for cancer research<\/p>\n

from the 2000 Cattlemen’s Ball held at the Haythorn Ranch near Arthur,<\/p>\n

Neb.<\/p>\n

Invitations are not sent as the event is completely open to the public.<\/p>\n

Top Hand ticket holders ($60) may attend Saturday afternoon and evening<\/p>\n

activities beginning at 1 p.m. Trailboss ticket holders ($500) receive<\/p>\n

a champagne reception, commemorative gift, Trailboss brunch and preferred<\/p>\n

seating for the evening dinner and concert. Tickets are limited.<\/p>\n

For tickets, call Dean Jacobs at the Valentine\/Cherry County Visitor<\/p>\n

Promotion Board at (800) 658-4024 or send checks to P.O. Box 201, Valentine,<\/p>\n

NE 69201.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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