ZAP, N.D. (AP) _ A man killed along with his 10-year-old son in
a head-on crash in southern Minnesota's Dodge County was a
prominent figure in North Dakota's cattle industry.
Forty-three-year-old Jack Reich, of rural Zap, was a
longtime official with the North Dakota Stockmen's Association and
recently served as the group's president. He died late Tuesday
along with his son, Vander, as they returned from surgery at the
Mayo Clinic in Rochester to remove a tumor from the boy's brain.
Stockmen's Executive Vice President Julie Ellingson says Reich and his son
represented rural values. The Reich cattle ranch has held a
well-reputed annual production sale in February. Family friend
Keith Kessler of Beulah says Reich also helped introduce North
Dakota cattle to the former Soviet Republic of Kazakhstan.
