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32 CALF News • February | March 2020 • www.calfnews.net On the Human Side Trail’s End National The Livestock Marketing Association 2020 World Livestock Auctioneer Championship (WLAC) Eastern Regional quali- fier is Jacob Massey , Petersburg, Tenn. Massey is a three-time qualifying event champion and placed in the WLAC Top 10 finals the past four years. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Associ- ation , a contractor to the Beef Checkoff, has selected Brandi Buzzard Frobose , blogger, Kansas rancher and influencer, as the 2019 Advocate of the Year. This honor is given annually to an outstand- ing Masters of Beef Advocacy program graduate to recognize his or her success in reaching and educating consumers who want to learn more about beef and raising cattle. Iowa Daniel Thomson, DVM, Ph.D. , has been named the new chair of the Department of Animal Science at Iowa State Univer- sity . Thomson is an internationally known leader, researcher and instructor in animal health management, animal welfare and beef cattle production. He has been serving as the Jones Professor of Production Medicine and Epidemi- ology at Kansas State University (KSU) and founded the Beef Cattle Institute in Kansas State’s College of Veterinary Medicine . He has been a KSU faculty member for 15 years. A native of Clearfield, Thomson is a third-generation bovine veterinarian with a doctorate in ruminant nutrition.  Letter to the Editor Daniel Thomson Brandi Buzzard Frobose EDWARD C. BARRETT , 88, died Jan. 5, 2020. He grew up on a farm near Emporia, Kan. He partnered with Jim Lowder to build and operate Cattleman’s feedlot in Emporia, ran Lubbock Feed- yard at Lubbock, Texas, before moving back to Emporia in 1968 where he built and operated Flint Hills Feedyard. In 1975, Ed worked with the Crofoot family to establish the Barrett and Crofoot Feedlots in Hereford, Texas, now owned and operated by his sons and grandsons. THEODORE (AKA TED, TEDDY, T.P.) CRIST , 76, passed away Dec. 4, 2019. Ted was born on Febru- ary 11, 1943 in Garden City, Kansas. He grew up in Garden City and spent summers on his parents’ farm on the Scott-Finney County line. After graduat- ing from Garden City High School, he attended college at Garden City Com- munity College; at Kansas State Univer- sity; and Fort Hay State University. He married the love of his life, Pamela Kay Hutchins, on July 11, 1964. They lived and raised their family in Scott County before moving to Garden City in 2017. Ted was a farmer, a cowboy, a salesman, a business owner, and most importantly, a great husband, father, and grandfather BERT HARTMAN , 89, passed away Nov. 4, 2019. A lifelong resident of Vineland, Colo., he worked as a cattle feeder for nearly 82 years, starting with his dad (Earl) as a small child and later as an adult with Hartman Land and Cattle. Bert was actively involved in the cattle feeder leader- ship, serving as Colorado Cattle Feeders president in 1986-1987, was a director of the Colorado Beef Council and a member of the National Cattlemen›s Association›s Food Safety and Labeling Committee. WILFRED JACKSON “JACK” MADDUX , 87, passed away Nov. 24, 2019. Growing up in Wauneta Neb., and graduating from Colorado State University, he served a tour of duty as an Air Force instructor pilot. He became the third generation on the Maddux Ranch and later general manager of Maddux Cattle Co. Jack served many associations in leadership positions, including the Nebraska Stock Growers Association, the Nebraska Section for Range Management, UNL’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the National cattlemen’s Beef Association and CattleFax.  Betty Jo, I am so glad CALF News is still coming to our house! Loved the December issue, especially your “From the Publisher” article [Gypsy Wagon, Dec. 2019/Jan. 2020]. It’s a good magazine!  Sue Sims Jack Maddux Ed Barrett Ted Crist agriculture.“Livestock production is getting more and more negative attention,” Howell says.“Snack Pak 4 Kids enables those involved in agriculture dispel that attention.” But his biggest concern remains in keeping kids’ tummies full. “We’re in the business of feeding kids,” he says.“More than 13 million children in the U.S. don’t know where their next meal is coming from. These kids struggle to succeed in school, to make friends and to fit in. More programs like Snack Pak can help reduce those numbers.”  SNACK PACK 4 KIDS™ Continued from page 31 Bert Hartman