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4A – Daily News – Saturday, April 2, 2011 Agriculture & farm I didn’t know about Caring Bridge — caring- bridge.org — until an Ameri- can National CattleWomen friend in South Dakota had a stroke, and we cattlewomen friends were notified that her family would keep us posted as to her progress on caring- bridge.org. It has been three weeks, and over 830 people have written words of vowels and consonant sounds with much less prompting. When she was asked to match words with pic- tures, she did the activity with less effort. Jean Barton encouragement in her guestbook, with 18,784 visits. Each night her hus- band has written an update. It is a free website, sup- ported solely by donations, that allows caregivers or family members to keep friends and family updated on the medical progress of someone with a critical health issue. Lisa is a young woman with two school age chil- dren, and president of South Dakota Cattle- Women. She has a won- derful husband who has written of the triumphs and the liquid hospital meals. Many of her Guestbook followers have commented on Tony‚s expressive words as they work towards Lisa’s recovery. We rejoiced when the food was no longer the syrup consistency and “Lunch went better today. She actually had a ground beef patty. It was pretty similar to 100 percent real beef. She ate most of it along with a few nibbles of baked beans and an attempt at the runny potato salad.” He describes the physi- cal therapy she is doing. The speech sounds, and the water therapy “During every therapy she advanced. In OT her upper arm muscles responded well to the electrical stimu- lus. In ST she repeated her “In PT she really shined today. The morning session featured the long awaited swim therapy. First, the catheter was removed. This also was a great step. They provided a swim- suit. It wasn‚t the most flat- tering but I’m sure she did- n’t care. The whole process was very interest- ing to observe. After tak- ing another scenic trip up down elevators and through several hallways, we arrived at the pool ther- apy area. Lisa was then transferred from her wheelchair to a specialized pool chair. Along side the pool is, for lack of a better word, a crane. The crane attaches to the chair, the nurse manually and gently cranks her into the air and into the perfectly warm water. “In the water gravity didn‚t fight her efforts to move her right leg. She flexed the leg up and down and side to side. She even flexed her toes. Submerged in the pool is a rail she used for support while she walked. She gradually put more confidence into plac- ing weight on her leg. After a few laps around the rail she was guided to bench where the therapist worked with her arm. Time flew by quickly in the pool. Soon she was being lifted out, covered with a blanket and carted off to the locker room to shower and get dressed.” When my Mother had her stroke caringbridge.org would have saved many phone calls to the grand- 16,000 print distribution Full insert to The Daily News, Direct mailed to non- subscribing households, distribution through hotels, restaurants and visitor information centers through fall, 2011. children on the east coast while she was in the hospi- tal. I mention the food because Mother had dys- phagia and had learned to eat slowly and carefully before the stroke, and still she was fed liquids during rehab. *** Bob Kerstiens remind- ed me that Tehama County Cattlemen have postponed their field day once before when he was president in 1989. Tranquility Brangus at Corning on South Avenue was the site, and it rained like this time. Angelo Mendonca and crew were the chefs, Larry Alvares made the pink, not pinto, beans and the CDF crew made the coffee and hot garlic bread. No doubt John Deming and The Crystal had the bar. The Field Day will be held on April 9th, same day as the Chili Cook-Off and all the pre- Round-Up events. Ron and Neita Reid will be the hosts at their ranch, the historic Long Ranch started by her great grand father. The stock dog trials will be in the morning, fol- lowed by a Vic Woolery choice steak luncheon for only $15, or a ground beef lunch for $10. The TCCW will bring desserts. In the afternoon there is the $2,000 Herman Daugherty Memorial working cow horse contest, and calf branding. All participants must be members of the Cattlemen’s Association. The ranch is 18 miles from Red Bluff. Highway 36 East to Dales Station, then 7 miles on the Manton Road. Goldfields, Ham & Eggs and Tidy Tips are in bloom, and the pastures will be golden as you drive to the Long Ranch. *** We are so pleased to have Baxter Black in Red Bluff, April 11, 7 p.m. at the State Theatre. Tickets are available at The Loft, Durrer’s Farmers Insur- ance, Sparrow’s Antiques Courtesy photo CA Melanie Fowle, SD Lisa Dorschner, FL Nancy Strickland, AZ Pam Zawacky at the American National CattleWomen Presidents Council meeting. Lisa has been stricken with a stroke, and is now in rehab. and the Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Com- merce. This was published the week of Nov. 1, 2010, 3 Brothers and a Bull from On the Edge of Common Sense, by Baxter Black. “Jim told me a story of his youth. Of course, it could have happened yes- terday knowing cowboys the way I do! “Jim was 12. His broth- ers were two years off, either way. Their dad sent the boys out a’horseback to bring in Bully Boy, one of their herd sires, to the home corrals. Instructions were to stand off by the water trap until Bully Boy came in. Then make sure they close the trap before any other bulls came in, to avoid a bull fight. The boys had been told many, many, many times to never, never, never get around, beside or between any bulls that were fighting. It was a rule of the range. “Our teenage trio sat at the trap for an hour before they saw Bully Boy com- ing in with a handful of cows. They arrived with- out fanfare. The boys could have ridden up and shut the gate easily but coming out of the brush they saw another bull, a big red one, trudging up the trail to the trap. “‘Hold him back!,’ said the eldest. Oh Snap! The Daily News wants your photos: Cute kids, Adorable pets, Inspirational sights, Any shot you think readers would enjoy You might just see it in the Daily News Send pictures to editor@redbluffdailynews.com or drop off at 545 Diamond Ave. in Red Bluff. Include a caption. “‘Wouldn’t you like to see a bull fight?,’ asked Jim. “Well, whatever convo- luted logic one might use to make it seem okay, car- ried the day! They rode into the trap and pushed Bully Boy out to meet Big Red. It couldn’t have been better planned. The two bulls went right for each other! Allow me to quote, “‘Two bulls as big as boulders banged together head to head. “It sounded like the closing of a vault! “Tectonic plates collid- ing, their reverberation spread “Like tremors from the San Andreas Fault!’ “When the boys decided they’d had enough enter- tainment, Jim whipped on his ol’ horse, Tony, and rode right between the bulls screechin‚ and hol- lerin’! Red went one way, Bully Boy went the other! Jim stayed after Bully Boy till the bull stopped, turned around, and then charged ranch Fellow CattleWoman recovering; Baxter Black excerpt the horse! Bully Boy hit the horse in the shoulder! The jar knocked Jim off the right side and spooked Tony, who lit out buckin’! Jim was riding an old sad- dle with a high cantle that tied to the seat at a sharp angle just right to catch his left spur! According to Jim the right stirrup was swingin‚ free and he got an arm through it! “From the JPV, Jimbo- Point-Of-View, he could see underneath the horse’s belly at the buckin’, kickin’, gallopin’ horse’s hooves and the big bull hookin’ at the horse with his horns! Jim said they were battlin’ and buckin’ neck and neck until one solid blow caused him to lose his grip on the stirrup! “It swung him back with enough force that his homemade saddle-string spur strap broke and launched him out behind like someone throwing a gunny sack full of wild turkeys off the back of a runaway bass boat! In the aftermath, they were all worried what story they could tell their Dad, till they looked up and there he was! He’d seen the whole thing! “Jim remembered his Dad riding up to him, putting his arm around his shoulder and saying, ‘Son, if this didn’t teach you something, there’s nothin’ I can say.’” — From www.baxterblack.com. Jean Barton can be reached at jbarton@theskybeam.co m. 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