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Socialmediaisamaz- ing. Facebook had this post from Logan Ipsen, which Matt Macfarlane had shared, using GoFundMe. "If you know John Dick- inson, there's no question you have a good story to tell. He's the jovial, kind- hearted friend of everyone. He's one of those rare peo- ple in which others happily gravitate towards and if you meet him one time, you will have a friend for life. His impact on our industry will be more than lifelong. "On Jan 27, at the start of the Red Bluff Gelding Sale, John's heart was sud- denly sent into shock. As he quickly lost consciousness, complete strangers from within the crowd sprang to action and fought to keep him alive. Performing CPR for over 20 minutes until the ambulance and para- medics arrived, John finally regained consciousness. "This all happened fol- lowing a minor snowboard accident that led to a shoul- der surgery just before Christmas. John has and will continue undergo ev- ery test possible to ensure a full recovery and things are slowly returning to normal. But now the bills are coming in. Between a change in caledar year, the shoulder, the heart episode that included three ambu- lance rides, several days in the ICU, a defibrillator sur- gery, a future ablation pro- cedure, and now the follow up tests, all combined with the loss of income from the spring sales, John is in need of our help. "As a community we have an opportunity to show him we care. If you know John, you'd also know he is the first to give, but be the last to ask. For the record, we as a collective group of John's friends have created this page before he could say no. We thank you for your time, your dona- tions large or small (every dollar counts) and mostly for your thoughts and prayers throughout this whole ordeal. If you'd like to donate in other ways, please feel free to contact the administrators of this campaign, and we'll be happy assist you in any way we can. Thank you." A day later, Logan posted the following: "We are humbled by the overwhelming sup- port for our friend John D! The community within in- dustry that we live and work is built upon relation- ships that last for genera- tions. It is special to see us all rally together. Because of the unbelievable sup- port in a very short time we have blown by our origi- nal goal and will be ending our campaign today. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Matt, Luke, Logan and Jake." Within 24 hours, thanks to social media, 224 do- nations totaling $ 46,880 had been raised in the Go- FundMe account for John D. ••• Nashville, and the Cat- tle Industry Convention was record breaking. I was among the 9,333 regis- tered for the convention. Al- though I don't believe 75% were full attendees, since that number included the exhibitors in the trade show and each of the 360 booths had a large crew working, and many came just for one of the three days the trade show was open. California had 202 at- tendees when I asked Billy Gatlin, California Cattle- men's Association Exec- utive Director how many were from California this year. Likely, California rancher Billy Flournoy was recog- nized as Top Hand with 63 NCBA members recruited adding up to $ 12,800 in revenue at the Best of Beef Breakfast Among his prizes were airfare and lodging in Nashville, but he was un- able to be present since he slipped on ice earlier in the month and broke or cracked some ribs. Other Top Hand mem- bers were Dave Daley, Adam Cline, and Kevin Kester. In previous years Jerry Hemsted won the top prize for recruiting mem- bers. When Bill was Te- hama Co. Cattlemen's pres- ident, he was a member the Top Hand group those years. Last year in San Diego, Erin Borror's father Frank Daly was recognized with the top award for recruit- ment of members. At the Best of Beef Breakfast, California State University, Chico was rec- ognized as winner of the National Collegiate Quiz Bowl with team members, Kenzie Wattendburger, Heather Foxworthy, Julie Allen and Joel Wisniewski. They earned the right to compete in the na- tional competition by win- ning their American Soci- ety of Animal Science sec- tions competition. They competed against Purdue University and Texas A&M University. Kasey DeAt- ley, PhD. coaches the team, and she was recognized as Butte County's CowBelle of the Year at the recent CCA- CCW convention. We had 14 California CattleWomen present at the American National Cat- tleWomen meetings. Co- lin Woodall, Sr. Vice Pres- ident, Government Affairs for NCBA in Washington, DC spoke about the vari- ous rules and how we hope to roll back many Presi- dent Obama regulations. WOTUS is the biggest fed- eral land grab we have ever seen. Navigatable wa- ters, when put in place was where boats could go, and they wanted to make it puddles of water. Kelli and Donnell Brown of RA Brown Ranch spoke about passing the ranch to the next generation. Don- nell told how his parents said "When you graduate from high school, you can do whatever you want to do, if not college." But you will pay your way. You can come back as an employee or with a busi- ness plan, and for 16 years, Donnell worked for a sal- ary. They mentioned "None of us have to change, but we have to compete with those that do." We were pleased when California CattleWomen were recognized with the three top ANCW honors again. Last year, Judy Ah- mann, Napa was Outstand- ing CattleWoman of Year, and Nadette Raymond, Shasta, this year. Outstanding Promoter of Year is Celeste Settrini, Monterey/San Luis Obispo, and last year Glenda Rankin, Kern. Outstanding Educator of Year is Candace Peter- son, Mid Valley CowBelles and last year, Barbara O'Connell, Glenn/Colusa. It took 50 buses to trans- port our group to the Coun- try Music Hall of Fame & Museum from Opryland Resort and Convention Center. We were greeted with finger foods and mu- sic of Southern Jam Band in the Conservatory. An evening sponsored by Cen- tral Life Sciences. In the CMA Theatre Richie McDonald, song- writer and lead singer for Lonestar was performing, while in the HCA Lobby you could meet and greet Darryl Worley on the 6th level. In the Event Hall there was the Paul Bogart Band. There were self-guided museum tours with cloth- ing, guitars, pictures and history of country music in Nashville. Josh Turner, was the of- ficial emcee for the open- ing general session fea- turing Dr. Beck Weath- ers, survivor of the 1996 Mt. Everest tragedy with his appreciation for getting a second chance at life. Turner was also featured at the Cowboy's Night at the Grand Ole Opry. As a friend posted on Facebook. "The last day us- ing a restroom in Opry- land Hotel in the conven- tion area means no more awkward scour ads. "You had to be here, but essen- tially, when you walked in a stall a man's voice said, "Pssst. Are you deal- ing with scours? You know, with your calves." "But then, as if that wasn't strange enough, there were client testi- monies. Like the one that went off one time while I was, ya know. "Hi, my name is Joel Judge." "Needless to say, the first time I almost gave myself whiplash. "Moral of the story, I can't wait to take care of business in peace and quiet. And I'm sure the 10,000 other people here at the convention might agree." Wanda, another friend, posted Feb. 3 at 3:59 p.m. "This is our bathroom mes- sage. Turn up." She had re- ceived 354 views within 15 hours. JeanBartonhasbeen writing her column in the Daily News since the early 1990s. She can be reached by e-mail at jbarton2013@ gmail.com. JEANBARTON The reach of social media, cattle convention report CONTRIBUTED California CattleWomen enjoying the Opryland Hotel gardens during the recent Cattle Industry Convention. FARM » redbluffdailynews.com Saturday, February 18, 2017 » MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS A5