The 2000 Cattlemen’s Ball will be held Saturday, June 3 near Arthur,
Neb. on the world famous Haythorn Ranch. Hosts will be Waldo and Beldora
Haythorn, Craig and Jody Haythorn and Sally and Bob Mayden. The Haythorn
Ranch, which is located about 20 miles north of Ogallala, is world renowned
as the single largest producer of American Quarter Horses in the United
States and the third largest in the world.
The Cattlemen’s Ball is held to promote beef in a healthy diet and to
showcase rural Nebraska. All of the money raised will stay in Nebraska
with 90 percent of the proceeds going toward research projects at the University
of Nebraska Medical Center Eppley Cancer Center. The remaining 10 percent
raised at the 2000 ball will be directed to health care in the local area.
The Haythorn family has a strong personal interest in the Cattlemen’s
Ball mission to fight cancer by funding research and promoting beef in
a healthy diet.
“We’ve had cancer in our family and would really like to do anything
we can to help in terms of cancer research,” said Jody Haythorn, 2000 Cattlemen’s
Ball host. “Being ranchers, it also appeals to us to promote the awareness
of beef in a healthy diet.”
The 1999 Cattlemen’s Ball held at the Robb Ranch near Lexington, Neb.
raised $170,000 with $17,000 staying in the Lexington area.
The UNMC Eppley Cancer Center is a National Cancer Institute designated
cancer center — a distinction held by only 55 centers in the country.
Of the $34.3 million in competitive, external research grants and contracts
awarded to UNMC in 1997-98, cancer-related research accounted for about
one-half of that amount.
UNMC is the only public academic health science center in the state.
Through its commitment to research, education, outreach and patient care,
UNMC has established itself as one of the country’s leading centers for
cancer research and treatment and solid organ transplantation. UNMC’s educational
programs are responsible for training more health professionals practicing
in Nebraska than any other institution.