Dallas County keep people away from the annual meeting of the Dallas County Cattlemen’s Association (DCCA). A crowd of 225 gathered at Prairie Grove School south of Buffalo on November 13 for great food, fellowship, and to promote the cattle industry. President Bobby Stewart welcomed members and guests to start off the evening. Everyone enjoyed a delicious roast beef dinner prepared by Ruby Hostetler, Gloria Miller, and their crew. We greatly thank all the ladies for all the time and effort they put into feeding us many times a year.
Other business included recognition of our scholarship winners Lauren Stewart and Madison Turner. Both girls are currently attending Southwest Missouri State University and pursuing degrees in agriculture. Elected to the DCCA board of directors were James Henderson and Russ Weeks. All other officers will remain the same for the upcoming year. We will not be holding a membership meeting in December but will resume again in January. Many of our members are looking forward to attending the MCA Convention in January. We hope everyone has a blessed and joyous holiday season!
Entertaining us after dinner was award-winning cowboy poet Danny McCurry. We enjoyed hearing a few of his poems, many based on real life happenings. A crowd favorite was “Thin, Clean Air,” an entry which won him the National Cowboy Poetry Contest. As always, we look forward each year to hearing Executive VicePresident Mike Deering speak to us. He talked about the successful year MCA has had and issues affecting us in the cattle business. He noted that of particular importance in the legislature was the passage of the “fake meat” bill spearheaded by DCCA members State Senator Sandy Crawford and State Representative Jeff Knight. We are especially proud of both and know they work hard to support us and all of agriculture.
Mike Deering.
We want to thank other special MCA guests for their attendance that evening including President Elect Bobby Simpson, Vice-President Marvin Dieckman, Region 6 Vice-President Clay Doeden, and Past President Keith Stevens.
Clay Doeden.
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Bobby Simpson.
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Danny McCurry.