window on the other side and doing the same, hollering and pleading as he went. Izzy, on the other hand was straining to see through the thickening snow while trying with increased urgency to figure out how to extricate his pups from doom as his one-ton lurched relentlessly toward the edge of a steep draw. Never mind how he was going to explain to his wife how the dogs locked him out of his own pickup, which he’d shifted into grandma gear to idle along as he tossed hay from the back to newly-arrived calves. As he jogged along, yelling through the glass that everything was alright, Izzy was frantically searching the ground, his pockets and the flat bed for anything stout enough to break a window. He still hadn’t given up on his dogs helping, though. “See that button there, just jump on that button right there,” shouted Izzy, pointing in the general direction of the automatic lock switch. “Just like you did a while ago,” encouraged Izzy. Tongues hanging out in excitement, Wink looked at Jasper and then Izzie. Jasper looked at Izzie and then Wink. Simultaneously, both dogs made a circuit of the bench seat, jumped to the floor for a round and then vaulted back onto the seat, perching on the armrest to peer out the window across the cab from Izzy. Izzy was rapping on the window with more urgency. “Wink, come on and hit the button for daddy. I know you can do it.” Wink was the elder and usually more dependable than Jasper. They were the only purebred stock Izzy had ever owned. “Right over here, buddy, jump on the button.” In one of those uncanny extra-sensory moments between man and beast, Wink turned to look at Izzy, cocked his head, padded purposefully across the seat, lifted up is paw and… click, there it was. “Yes!” shouted Izzy to the heavens as he heard the sound of liberation and reached for the door latch. Click! “No!” cried Izzy, yanking frantically on the latch. What fun, thought Wink. Izzy jammed his nose against the glass and pleaded, “Just one more time, little buddy. Just one more time for daddy.” Click. “Yes!” Click. “No!” Jasper tackled Wink. They rolled off the seat, down to the floorboard and across the accelerator, propelling Izzy’s truck past him. “Nooooo!” As Izzy caught back up with his ride he could see that the drop-off was
K-State ASI in Manhattan Brief Join on March 3 and 4 Mark your calendars to join the Kansas State University Animal Sciences and Industry faculty, staff and students in Manhattan on March 3 and 4 for the 2022 Stockmen’s Dinner, Cattlemen’s Day and Legacy Sale. The 51st Stockmen’s Dinner hosted by the Livestock Meat Industry Council, Inc (LMIC) will take place on Thursday, March 3, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Stanley Stout Center in Manhattan. Pat Koons will be honored during the event as the 2022 Stockman of the Year. Registration will be available online at asi.ksu. edu/stockmensdinner.
Pat Koons
The 109th Annual K-State Cattlemen’s Day will be Friday, March 4, hosted in Weber Hall. The day will start at 8 a.m. with refreshments, educational exhibits and a commercial trade show.
The program begins at 9:30 a.m. Lunch will be provided. Visit KSUBeef.org for a detailed schedule and registration information as it becomes available. The 45th Annual Legacy Bull and Female Sale will begin at 4 p.m. at the Stanley Stout Center, 2200 Denison Avenue in Manhattan. To learn more about this year’s offering and to request a sale catalog visit asi.ksu.edu/legacysale. Watch for more information about all three events to be posted to asi.ksu. edu. For questions about any of the events, contact Lois Schreiner at 785532-1267 or lschrein@ksu.edu.
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