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December 20, 2014

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"HowHighistheWater, Mama?," Johnny Cash's song, is what we are still saying after the two floods in last three weeks. I mea- sured 15 inches in the empty feed tubs using my CalFarm Insurance yard stick. I think that in the "old days" the Army Corps of Engineers helped the land owners keep the creeks clear of debris, building le- vees so the land wouldn't be flooded. Now you need a per- mit to do anything near the water. One year while we were in Lassen County, we had the west branch of the creek come up cut- ting a new channel in back of the house and the wil- lows were helping divert the creek. We had a friend with a caterpillar come to clear the creek, and our neigh- bor who was trying to run us off and take our land turned us in to au- thorities. Had to appear in court. Can't remem- ber what or if there was a fine. Neighbor finally gave up his one acre, which he didn't own, and left. But what an obnoxious neigh- bor during the time he was there. If traveling on 99E, crossing Salt Creek and the overflow, be sure to no- tice all the trees growing in the channel and how the water current is cut- ting into the banks. I noticed that Sacra- mento River didn't come up like it has done in the past, because the river park, the Sand Slough, Kaer Avenue were not flooded. The Pineapple Ex- press had hit the foot hills and mountains East of Red Bluff and Los Molinos. The second wave was also very wet on the west side of the valley. WinterDinner Pre-sale tickets for the 63rd annual Winter Din- ner and 12th Ag-Schol- arship Fundraiser are now available for $25 at The Loft, Hawes Ranch & Farm Supply, Animal Health International, Red Bluff Bull and Geld- ing Sale, Crossroads Feed, Farm Credit and Rabo- bank in Red Bluff, Shasta Farm & Equipment in Cot- tonwood and Rabobank in Corning. Vic Woolery and crew will be serving a prime rib dinner at 6 p.m. Jan. 10 at the Tehama District Fair- ground auditorium. There will be wine tasting, olive oil tasting and Red Bluff Elks Lodge will handle the bar. Tehama County Cat- tlemen and CattleWomen have gathered more excit- ing silent and live auction items to benefit the 12th scholarship auction. Mesa Productions, Rick and Angie Gurrola have given four VIP up- front table seats, includ- ing backstage meet & greet with photo for the Tim Flannery & the Lu- natic Fringe concert at the Redding Civic Audi- torium March 21, 2015. Tim Flannery was the San Francisco Giants 3rd base coach and 3-time World Series champion. Ten Point Ranch is giv- ing four tickets to the World Series Champion San Francisco Giants in 2015. Bring your own horses, and enjoy a fabulous fall October ride with gour- met lunch for four. You will ride through gorgeous Red Bank Farms to Big Bluff Ranch. A three-hour leisure ride on back coun- try roads, relaxing lunch, ranch tour and traile- ring back to starting place hosted by Red Bank Farms and Big Bluff Ranch. Hawes Ranch and Farm Supply has given two 12- foot chain latch Powder River tube gates. TCCW and California Cattle- Women thank Hawes Ranch & Farm Supply for being one of the sponsors of the 12-foot panels do- nated as a fund raiser for CCW. Six half-pint jars of wild gooseberry jelly and six half-pint jars of pomegran- ate jelly in memory of Bar- bara Frost-Kloose have been made and given by Dave and Cindy Stroing. An overnight fish- ing trip for four has been given by Big Bluff Ranch. Bucke's Feed and Grain has given a half ton of mineral mix, or a half ton of lick tubs, or one ton of Mol Mix for your cows. Rustick Roads Designs has given a four bottle custom wine rack. Foot- hill Crafts, Robert & Lu- cille Stockton, have given a Barnwood Birdhouse. Farwood Bar & Grill in Orland has donated a $25 gift certificate. A hand- made bead necklace and earrings from Margo Daw- ley Miller. Western Crop Insurance has given a gift basket val- ued at $ 100. Patsy Ford is a talented local pho- tographer and given two framed photos. Corning Olive Oil has given a gift box of various flavored olive oils. Bill Borror and the handcrafted black walnut chair appeared on page 3 of Dec. 17 Daily News. It is comfortable, as well as beautiful. The J P Ranch Rodeo, also known as the Jim Ow- ens Memorial Ranch Ro- deo, on Jan. 23 and 24, has given 10 full passes for the two go-rounds and the fi- nals. Tony's Custom Meats, Quinn and Tony Men- donca, have given a gift basket of smoked meats. Tehama Angus Ranch has donated a gift box of 40 pounds of natural, corn fed, Angus beef, lo- cally raised and fed home- grown feeds. Twenty-five pounds of shelled Chandler walnut halves has been given by Tom Bengard Ranches. Cash donations have been received from Mt. Lassen Trout Farms, Inc. and the Nor-Cal Antique Tractor and Engine Club. Animal Health Inter- national donated one ton Pasture 21 supplement. Carhart vest and hats from Orland Livestock Commission. One set of box seats in main grandstand for the Red Bluff Round-Up, April 17, 2015 from the Round- Up directors. Steve and Peggy Zane have donated a welcome sign. Two David Stocklein Photography books have been donated by Reynold's Ranch & Farm Supply/The Loft. Stocklein recently died, so these will be valu- able collector's editions. The Human Bean has given a valuable gift bas- ket and will be supply- ing the coffee we will en- joy with our prime rib din- ner that night. Josh Davy has donated the bottles of water that will be at each place setting. Turri Family Farms has donated a gift box of sum- mer sausage and jerky. Tehama County Cattle- Women will donate a gift basket for the silent schol- arship auction. Many ranchers and home owners will be bid- ding on the two loads of road base delivered be- fore Dec. 31, 2015. Charlie Mueller Trucking and Val- ley Rock Products have do- nated the road base. Good news for skiers Good news for the Red Bluff High School Alpine Sports team, since Mt. Shasta Ski Park planned to open this weekend. Last year the skiers and snow boarders sea- son passes were not used, since they couldn't use Mt. Shasta due to lack of snow. JeanBartonhasbeen writing her column in the Daily News since the early 1990s. She can be reached by e-mail at jbarton2013@ gmail.com. JEANBARTON Flooding still top of mind for third week COURTESYPHOTO Tehama County CattleWomen president Linda Borror with CowBelle of the Year Kelly Mouton at the California CattleWomen CowBelle of the Year Luncheon during the annual convention. Mouton was to receive an engraved silver bracelet, but they didnít arrive in time and the honorees received a bracelet made of baling wire. By Mary Clare Jalonick The Associated Press WASHINGTON The food industry is likely to find a more receptive Congress come January in its fight against mandatory label- ing of genetically modified foods. Republicans and Dem- ocrats on a House Energy and Commerce subcom- mittee questioned Wednes- day whether requiring a la- bel on any packaged food including genetically mod- ified organisms — or foods grown from seeds engi- neered in labs — would be misleading to consum- ers since there is no evi- dence that such foods are unsafe. The food industry has made a similar argu- ment. Congress has shown in- creasing interest in getting involved in the GMO label- ing debate as the food in- dustry has faced a potential patchwork of state laws re- quiring it. Republicans have pushed legislation intro- duced by Rep. Mike Pom- peo, R-Kansas, that would reaffirm that such food la- bels are voluntary, overrid- ing any state laws that re- quire them. The food industry has backed that bill, and is likely to find a more recep- tive Congress come January when Republicans take con- trol of the Senate. Democrats on the panel stopped short of endorsing Pompeo's bill, but many ap- peared concerned about the unintended effects of re- quiring a GMO labeling on food packages. Rep. Henry Waxman of California, the top Dem- ocrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee, said he is concerned that labeling could be "inher- ently misleading." Rep. G.K Butterfield of North Carolina, a Democrat who represents a heavily agri- cultural district, said he is worried the costs of la- beling would be passed on to consumers. Butterfield has co-sponsored the vol- untary labeling bill with Pompeo. Rep. Frank Pallone of New Jersey, the top Demo- crat on the health subcom- mittee that held the hear- ing, said he was weighing both sides of the issue. "If the labeling could re- sult in higher food costs, then maybe that's not a risk we want to take," he said. Consumer advocates pushing for the labeling say shoppers have a right to know what is in their food, arguing not enough is known about the effects of the technology. They have pushed sev- eral state efforts to require labeling, with the eventual goal of having a federal standard. Vermont became the first state to require the labels this year, passing a law in May that will take effect mid-2016 if it survives legal challenges. Maine and Connecti- cut passed laws before Ver- mont, but those measures don't take effect unless neighboring states follow suit. Ballot initiatives that would have required label- ing were narrowly defeated in California and Washing- ton in the past two years, and an Oregon initiative on the ballot this year is in the midst of a recount. Currently, the FDA doesn't require labeling for genetically modified foods. Michael Landa, head of the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nu- trition, testified that the agency believes that engi- neered foods on the market now are safe. The agency has a safety review process for GMO crops but it isn't required. Landa said the agency doesn't require labeling be- cause it has so far found no basis to conclude that foods that are genetically modi- fied "differ from other foods in any meaningful or uni- form way or pose any dif- ferent or greater safety con- cern than foods developed by traditional plant breed- ing." Genetically modified seeds are engineered to have certain traits, like resistance to herbicides or certain plant diseases. The majority of the coun- try's corn and soybean crop is now genetically modified, with much of that going to animal feed. Modified corn and soy- beans are also made into popular processed food ingredients like corn oil, corn starch, high-fruc- tose corn syrup and soy- bean oil. Scott Faber, head of the national Just Label It cam- paign, testified that con- sumers want to know what they are buying and how the food was produced. He said advocates are not seek- ing a warning label, but a "factual, non-judgemental disclosure" on the back of all food packages that con- tain GMO ingredients. "Because our food choices dramatically shape our lives, unprecedented consumer interest in food is a trend that should be wel- comed, not frustrated," Fa- ber said. The food industry has faced pressure from re- tailers as consumer aware- ness of GMOs has increased and the conversation about modified ingredients has grown louder. The retailer Whole Foods announced last year that it planned to label GMO products in all its U.S. and Canadian stores within five years. And some companies have decided to remove the ingredients altogether, so no labels will be neces- sary. Still, mandatory labels would disrupt the sup- ply chain, said Thomas W. Dempsey Jr., president and CEO of the Snack Food Association. GMO ingredi- ents would have to be sep- arated out from farm to store, creating new bur- dens on manufacturers, he said. He said food companies would have three options to comply with a state la- beling law like Vermont's: order new packaging, re- formulate products or halt sales to the state. "Each option is diffi- cult, costly, time-intensive and, at worst, could elim- inate jobs and consumer choice in the marketplace," Dempsey said. NATION Lawmakerswaryofgeneticallymodifiedfoodlabels THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A grocery store employee wipes down a soup bar with a display informing customers of organic, GMO-free oils in Boulder, Colo., on Oct. 23. PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. Thankyou! RUNNINGS ROOFING SheetMetalRoofing ResidentialCommercial • Composition • Shingle • Single Ply Membrane Ownerisonsiteoneveryjob ServingTehamaCounty 530-527-5789 530-209-5367 NoMoney Down! "NoJobTooSteep" " No Job Too Flat" FREE ESTIMATES CA. 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