Ohio Cattleman
HARSH REALITIES
10600 U.S. Highway 42 Marysville, Ohio 43040 Phone 614-873-6736 • Fax 614-873-6835 www.ohiocattle.org cattle@ohiocattle.org
By Elizabeth Harsh, Ohio Cattleman Editor
Editor Elizabeth Harsh Managing Editor Hanna Fosbrink
Ohio Cattleman magazine (USPA: 020-968, ISSN: 1543-0588) is published six times per year: Winter issue, mailed in January; Expo preview issue, mailed in February; Spring issue, mailed in April; Summer issue, mailed in July; Early Fall issue, mailed in September; and Late Fall issue, mailed in October; for $15 a year to OCA members only. It is dedicated to reporting facts about Ohio’s cattle including marketing, production and legislative news. All editorial and advertising material is screened to meet rigid standards, but publisher assumes no responsibility for accuracy or validity of claims. All rights reserved. Circulation for the issue is 3,086. Published at Minster, Ohio 45865 by the Ohio Cattlemen’s Association, 10600 US Highway 42, Marysville, Ohio 43040. Periodical postage paid at Marysville, Ohio and at additional offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Ohio Cattleman, 10600 US Highway 42, Marysville, Ohio 43040. CHANGING YOUR ADDRESS: Please send old as well as new address to Ohio Cattleman, 10600 US Highway 42, Marysville, Ohio 43040.
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4 | Ohio Cattleman | Late Fall Issue 2021
A guiding light For well over a year, I have had my own unique night light to guide me home, as well as everyone else in our nearby community. An old gas well on the farm is awaiting the appropriate permits to be capped off. Until then it is being safely flamed-off about 25 feet in the air and provides a constant light that can be seen for miles in many different directions. Admittedly we probably should buy the local fire department dinner, due to the large number of calls reporting flames that they have fielded since March 2020. I know there will come a day when the flames will be extinguished and they will finally cap the well for good, but in complete honesty I’m not looking forward to it. It’s amazing how welcoming that silly flame can be at 1:00 a.m. coming in from a cattlemen’s meeting or how I glance for it even in the middle of the day. We each have our own landmarks or symbols along the path that help guide us or tell us we made it home. For my childhood home, it’s the Misty View Angus Farm sign that hangs along the state highway at the turn-off to our township gravel road. It tells me I’ve made it and I only have to be on the lookout for deer in the next couple of miles to get to the farm. At a recent OCA meeting, the board of directors welcomed Ohio Representative Tracy Richardson of Marysville. She represents Ohio’s 86th district including most of Marion County and all of Union County where OCA’s office is located. Representative Richardson was there to present a proclamation on behalf of the State of Ohio recognizing OCA for their 70th anniversary this year. The proclamation recognized OCA’s meaningful involvement in the growth and profitability of Ohio’s beef industry through legislative advocacy, research and education over the last seven decades. In today’s world 70 years seems like a long time and a lot has changed since OCA’s early days. What hasn’t changed is the association’s unwavering commitment to be that guiding light or symbol to always work for the betterment of Ohio’s beef industry and represent the interests of our members. Do we always get it right or make everyone happy? Rarely. There are even a few days when it seems as if we get more wrong than right. Then there are those days when everything hums along like a well-oiled machine, and nothing can go wrong. But to make that machine work it takes a team of engaged members and leaders, county associations, skilled staff and lots of passion. For seven decades OCA has been fortunate to have a great team, but there is always room for more to get involved. There are many opportunities to become more engaged with OCA. Those include serving as a director for the OCA board, volunteering for a committee or helping plan an OCA event. Let an officer or staff member know your interest. Simply put just pick up the phone or send an email and volunteer. OCA’s continued success for the next 70 years will be dependent on the involvement of its members, and how bright we want that light to shine. In the meantime, if you are passing through Radnor after dark, please don’t call the fire department, it’s just the local night light.
