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Cattle Raisers elect new officers

FORT WORTH, Texas, March 21, 2005―New officers were elected March 21 during the closing session of Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association’s 128th annual convention in Fort Worth.
      C. R. “Dick” Sherron, M.D., of Beaumont, Texas, was elected president; Jon Means of Van Horn, Texas, first vice president; and G. Dave Scott, Richmond, Texas, second vice president and secretary.
      Two longtime TSCRA directors, James L. “Jim” Donnell of Fowlerton, Texas, and W. R. “Bob” Watt Jr. of Fort Worth, were elevated to honorary vice president status.
      New honorary directors are Charles A. Bird of Midland, Texas; Tommy Bozka of Shiner, Texas; Charles T. Fry of Paris, Texas; Phil Hardee of Beatrice, Ala.; Ed Harrell of Amarillo, Texas; William L. “Billy” Jones of Brady, Texas; Tom Risinger of Wylie, Texas; Nolan Ryan of Round Rock, Texas; Tom B. Saunders IV of Weatherford, Texas; Wilson Scaling of Henrietta, Texas; Raymond J. Welder Jr. of Victoria, Texas; Gene West of Marfa, Texas; and Bob Wright of Fort Worth.
      New directors are G. Hughes Abell of Austin, Texas; William L. “Buck” Arrington of Pampa Texas; David Delaney of Kingsville, Texas; Benjamin Eshleman III of Corpus Christi, Texas; Tommy Haegelin of La Pryor, Texas; Larry Horwood of Sterling City, Texas; Tom Johnson of Wortham, Texas; Lorenzo Lasater of San Angelo, Texas; Mary Lessor of Smiley, Texas; David L. Neal of San Angelo, Texas; Joe J. Parker Jr. of Byers, Texas; Leonard Singletary of Laneville, Texas; Tony Spears of Rosanky, Texas; Cliff Teinert of Albany, Texas; and John Welch of Lubbock, Texas.
      Dick Sherron is corporate medical director for Trinity Industries of Dallas and raises commercial cattle in Jefferson and Duval counties. He brings a wealth of knowledge on animal health to the TSCRA leadership team.
      Sherron is currently serving or has served as a commissioner and chairman of the Texas Animal Health Commission; on the Tuberculosis Committee of the U.S. Animal Health Association; and on the Animal Health and Nutrition Committees of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association; and as a director of NCBA, Texas Beef Council and Coastal Cattlemen’s Association.
      Born in Livingston, Texas, Sherron earned a B.S. degree from Lamar University and his M.D. from The University of Texas. He served three years in the U.S. Army, including one year in Vietnam, where he received the Army commendation medal and a bronze star.
      Jon Means is a fourth-generation rancher who raises commercial Angus and Angus-cross cattle in the Davis Mountains area of West Texas, where his ancestors settled in 1884. He is managing partner of Means Ranch Co. in Culberson and Jeff Davis counties in Texas, and a partner in Alamo Cattle Co. and H-Y Ranch Co. in Grant Co. N.M.
      Means is currently serving or has served as a director of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, National Finance Credit Corp. of Texas, Texas Livestock Marketing Association and the Highpoint Soil and Water Conservation District. He is a past president of the Highland Hereford Breeders Association and the Trans-Pecos Area Soil and Water Conservation Districts, and a past member of the Texas Beef Council.
      New to the slate of officers is Dave Scott, who operates G.D. Scott Cattle Co. and has partnerships in Fort Bend, Harris, Waller, Robertson and Cottle counties. In 1960 he became a partner with his father in Scott Livestock Commission Co., which was established in 1931 and was the first commission company on the Port City Stockyards at Houston. He is also vice president of Port City Stockyards Co. at Sealy, Texas.
      Scott is a life member of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and chaired its Range Bull and Heifer Committee for six years. He is also a life member of the Fort Bend County Fair Association and a member of Texas Cattle Feeders Association, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the Brazoria County Cattlemen’s Association.

      Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association is a 128-year-old trade organization whose 13,000 members manage approximately 5.4 million head of cattle on 70.3 million acres of range and pasture land, primarily in Texas and Oklahoma.

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