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8A – Daily News – Saturday, December 4, 2010 Agriculture & farm Pesticide training offered The Tehama County Department of Agriculture will be conducting continuing education training for certified applicators 9-11 a.m. Dec. 16 at the Curtis Wetter Hall, 1740 Walnut St. in Red Bluff. Certified private applicators are required to obtain two hours per year continuing education in order to renew their certification or they are required to retake the private applicator examination. A private applicator certificate is required for persons that use restricted pesticides or if they train employees in pesticide use safety. Two hours of laws and regulations credit for state qualified applicators has been approved. There is no charge to attend the class, however space is limited, so pre-registration is required. To register or for additional information, call 527-4504. Holiday Wreath making class with fresh greens DEC. 4 @ 1PM Supply fee $10 Please call to reserve a seat, hope to see you!!! Garden Center Red Bluff 766 Antelope Blvd. (Next to the Fairground) 527-0886 Last week’s column left out: “Not to mention the number of calves we lost to Foothill Abortion. Out of 48 2-year-old heifers, we had 18 abort this fall (in 1990).” Tehama County was well represented at the recent California Cattle- men/CattleWomen annual convention in Sparks, Nev. The Natural Resources Committee drew over 50 CCA members attending the meeting, including TCCA president Chris Marenco, state directors Arlo Stroing and Tony Turri, plus members Dick and Chris O‚Sullivan, Billie Roney, Bill Borror, Josh Davy, Jean Barton, Danielle Zane , Rich Ross, Shalleen Swanson. The TCCA reso- lution was passed by the membership. Public Lands Committee was attended by Wally Roney. The Tehama County CattleWomen were repre- sented by president-elect Danielle Zane and Jean Barton at the CCW Awards Breakfast and Board of Directors meeting. TCCW with Beef ŒN Brew placed 2nd in the Walt Rodman Beef Promotion contest sponsored by the California Beef Council, 1st in their membership category in the Bayer Animal Health Scrapbook contest and 1st in the Mini-Scrapbook con- test. TCCW placed 1st in the Beef for Fathers Day pro- motion using the father or grandfather with child pic- ranch Cattle convention, National Finals Courtesy photo Tehama Co. Cattlemen directors Tony Turri, Chris Marenco and Arlo Stroing attended the CCA/CCW convention in Sparks, Nev. tures and beef recipes that were printed in the Daily News. They placed 5th in the Christmas cards for the troops project, with Plumas/Sierra Cattle- Women sending more than 1,000 cards. Una Jordan was present- ed a silver bracelet as Tehama County CowBelle of Year at the elegant lun- cheon at the Poolside Ter- race of John Ascuaga’s Nugget. Twenty-three Cat- tleWomen were recognized for their contributions to their local unit. Jordan has lended a hand with her many talents and inspira- tional ideas to the local unit, and contributed to many committee projects within the organization. Jordan is active in the Christmas Sale BUNKBED $ 1299 OTHER BUNKBEDS FROM $199 FORT Red Bluff Rotary, the Sacra- mento River Discovery Center, Blues for the Pool, helped with the Internation- al Chili Cook-Off, and is on the board of Salvation Army, Red Bluff. As Area Director, Una Jordan helped start the Spe- cial Olympics in 1976, and for many years volunteered at the UCLA State Special Olympics in Los Angeles. She became a close friend with Eunice Kennedy Shriver and was a special guest at her funeral, spend- ing several days with the family. Joan and Jerry Hemsted were recognized by the Cal- ifornia Cattlemens Young Cattlemen Committee for their contributions to the YCC at Chico and through- out the state, when Joan Hemsted was asked to step forward during the Cow- Belle of the Year luncheon. Jerry was shipping cattle home before the snowstorm the next day and missed the convention. They have served as role models for countless youth on how to be proactive in the industry. Jerry is past president of CCA and Joan has been president of CCW and regional director for American National Cattle- Women. In terms of the YCCA, the Hemsted’s have hosted field trips for beef produc- tion courses, as well as have spoken at YCA meetings. They have been active sup- porters of the annual Beef Day at CSU, Chico, not only attending but have par- ticipated in the auctions and raffles that YCA use as fundraisers for the organization. Their names will be engraved on the perpetual plaque in the CCA office in Sacramento. At the CCA/CCW Edu- cational Forum Erin Daley of U. S. Meat Export Federation spoke about beef trade around the world. The USMEF goal is to increase the value and profitability of U.S. beef, pork and lamb. She gave a global beef overview with the top four producing countries being the U.S., Brazil, EU and China. The U.S. is the third largest beef exporter, behind Brazil and Australia. Aus- tralia sent more beef to Rus- sia than the U.S. in October. Selling U.S. beef short ribs to Korea adds $15 to $25 to the value per animal. Bill Borror and I were especially interested in her talk because Erin is our grandson Bryce’s fiancée. *** The next big project for the Tehama County Cattle- men and CattleWomen will be the Winter Dinner and Scholarship Auction, Sat- urday, Jan. 8 at the Tehama District Fairground. The public is invited. A lucky couple will be Jean Barton enjoying the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas in 2011, when they are the top bidder for the package John Growney and Michael Gaughan’s South Point Hotel & Casino with 2,160 rooms and suites, have put together. Tickets for Sunday and Monday rodeos plus two nights at South Point Hotel. We will be cheering for Nellie Williams, Cottonwood in Barrel Racing this year. She is going into the finals in 7th place. Her grand- father Bill Williams is a member of the Andy Giambroni breakfast club and the 12 men are all cheering for her. She was a District 1 Cali- fornia High School Rodeo barrel racer. Had to sign up for ESPN Classic in order to watch the finals at 7 p.m. starting Thursday and Friday, Dec. 2--3. ESPN Classic on the 4th at 6 p.m. then Sunday the 5th it will be ESPN2 at 6 p.m. Monday the 6th, ESPN2 at 7 p.m. Dec. 7 ESPN Classic at 8 p.m., while Dec. 8-10 it will be ESPN Classic at 7 p.m. with the finals on Saturday the 11th at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN2. You have to be a fan, remembering the different channels and starting times for the ten days of rodeo. So glad it starts earlier than pre- vious years when it was 9 p.m. to long past my bed- time. 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