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REFLECT IONS AND RECOLLECT IONS

Paul Marchant | Rancher/Columnist | idahomarchant@gmail.com Irons in the Fire T his past summer, just a few weeks before the county fair, trag- Invisible and Silent 1/2 page horizon al, 4C Prime Time Landair Fall 2019 edy struck some friends of mine who live on the other side of the mountain from my place. Eleven-year-old Sean Loughmiller was gathering some cows off

they dealt with the loss of a son, grandson and brother. Friends, neighbors and the entire agri- cultural community of Cassia County rallied to support the family. Sean, just like thousands of rural kids across the country, loved the county fair. He had been especially excited this year to show the steer he’d picked out and bought from one of his neighbors. In fact, instead of waiting until the week before the fair, he’d kept his 4-H record book completely up-to-date. It was pretty much completed before he died. What kind of kid does that? Though Sean wouldn’t be there, his older brother wanted him to somehow be able to fin- ish his project. Friends and neighbors arranged with the county fair board and livestock com- mittee to have Sean’s steer exhibited at the fair. Continued page 34

the side of a hill with a four-wheeler; a chore he’d done dozens of times before. Somehow, he lost control of the ATV, which rolled down the hill and crashed, pinning Sean beneath it. By the time his dad found him about half an hour later, Sean had already passed on. The tiny town of Elba, Idaho, was devastated and grief stricken. The family had already suffered through some tough times the past couple of years, and now they were reeling as Landair, Inc. Beeville, Texas CUSTOM CATTLE PRECONDITIONING Bull and Heifer Development Programs Corn silage-based growing rations for stocker/feeders calves and for seedstock bull and heifer calf development. • Prepare your stocker cattle for turnout of the feedyard! • Prepare your replacement heifers for breeding and /or special sales! • Prepare your seedstock bulls for the commercial cattleman or for the special sale ring! • Private treaty sales at the ranch! • Tailor-made programs to fit your needs – BIG or SMALL! • We now offer PI (Persistently Infected) testing upon request! Let us do what we are good at – FOR YOU!

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