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The ball will be held June 1 at the Benes Cattle Company<\/p>\n<p>located 25 miles northwest of Lincoln near Highway 79 and the town of Valparaiso.<\/p>\n<p>The Honky Tonk Tailgate Tour is made up of three solo artists&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>with very different styles. Daryle Singletary has deep country roots and<\/p>\n<p>sings traditional country tunes. Rhett Akins specializes in rowdy, up-tempo<\/p>\n<p>country music with a Southern rock flair. Wade Hayes has a talent for heartfelt<\/p>\n<p>country ballads. Each artist will perform for 30-minutes and then conclude<\/p>\n<p>the performance together.<\/p>\n<p>Event activities include an art show, live auction, cowboy poetry and<\/p>\n<p>celebrity team penning. Staff members from the University of Nebraska Medical<\/p>\n<p>Center Eppley Cancer Center with the help of nurses from Nebraska Health<\/p>\n<p>System and the UNMC College of Nursing will provide free screenings for<\/p>\n<p>prostate and skin cancer.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts of the 2002 Cattlemens Ball include Ermin and Delores Benes,<\/p>\n<p>Dan and Kathy Benes and their families. Chairpersons for the 2002 event<\/p>\n<p>are Dr. Elliott and Lynne Rustad of Lincoln.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly the entire Valparaiso community has been involved with the ball<\/p>\n<p>planning, said Dan Benes, as cancer is a disease that touches just about<\/p>\n<p>every family. The Benes family is no exception. Kathys parents are both<\/p>\n<p>cancer survivors. Dans grandfather suffered and died with lung cancer,<\/p>\n<p>and his cousin passed away last fall with a brain tumor. In addition, 31-year-old<\/p>\n<p>Lyle Bouc of Valparaiso, a patient at the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center,&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>lost his battle with lymphoma earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Planning the Cattlemens Ball has been a lot more work than we anticipated,<\/p>\n<p>but we have had tremendous community support, said Dan Benes. If the<\/p>\n<p>Cattlemens Ball can save just one life because of our fund raising efforts,<\/p>\n<p>it will have been well worth the time spent.<\/p>\n<p>The Benes Family and the 2002 Cattlemens Ball Planning Committee are<\/p>\n<p>already at work with pre-ball fund raising efforts including the upcoming<\/p>\n<p>Nebraska Team Penning Event to be held April 6 in Lincoln at the Lancaster<\/p>\n<p>Event Center. Team penning is a timed sport in which three people herd<\/p>\n<p>three designated cattle in a pen. They hope to raise more than $2,000 for<\/p>\n<p>the Cattlemens Ball and the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center at this event.<\/p>\n<p>The Cattlemens Ball is held each year to showcase rural Nebraska, promote<\/p>\n<p>beef in a healthy diet and to raise money for health care research. The<\/p>\n<p>UNMC Eppley Cancer Center in Omaha is the primary recipient of this fund<\/p>\n<p>raising effort with 90 percent of the proceeds going toward cancer research<\/p>\n<p>programs at Eppley. The remaining 10 percent of the funds raised stay in<\/p>\n<p>the local area and are used for health care activities.<\/p>\n<p>The UNMC Eppley Cancer Center received $133,000 for cancer research<\/p>\n<p>from the 2001 Cattlemens Ball held at the Thacher Cattle Company near<\/p>\n<p>Valentine, Neb.<\/p>\n<p>Invitations are not sent, as the event is completely open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>At the 2002 Cattlemens Ball, Top Hand ticket holders ($60) may attend<\/p>\n<p>Saturday afternoon and evening activities beginning at 1 p.m.&nbsp; Trailboss<\/p>\n<p>ticket holders ($250) receive a champagne reception, commemorative gift,<\/p>\n<p>Trailboss brunch and preferred seating for the evening dinner and concert.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are limited.&nbsp; For tickets, call 1-800-666-8071 or send<\/p>\n<p>a check to P.O. 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