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6A – Daily News – Saturday, January 29, 2011 BULL & GELDING SALE Offering all things Western By ANDREA WAGNER DN Staff Writer Bedazzled Wrangler jeans, buckles adorned with golden bucking broncos, giant rubber water tanks made from tractor tires and farm fixings from fencing to feed can be found among the dozens of vendor booths open for business at the Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale’s Trade Show. Vendors and guests alike bustle this week amid the Tehama District Fair- ground’s booths that fill most of the space indoors and out that isn’t being used by the sale. “People are happy,” said vendor Barbara Ely. “They enjoy it. The weather is good. You can’t beat it.” Ely, a retailer from Back at the Ranch in Paradise, is set up in a corner of the Bull Sale Arena area. Selling many items at discounted prices for the show, Ely’s top sellers have been purses and jewelry, she said. This is her second year at the show. “I gotta go where the people are,” she said. “This is definitely where the peo- ple are right now.” At the other end of the arena, past booths of cus- tom tack, framed farm- themed art and dog coats of Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Debbie Wilson, of Mountain Man Originals in Ontario, Ore., helps wrap a customer’s item Thursday. The family business sells handcrafted Western-themed home decorations, and is one of dozens of vendors who are involved in the Bull & Gelding Sale’s Trade Show. every size and color, Daniel Stevens of Beds Gone Wild and Lynn Presidio of E-Z Handlyn set up to sell their wares. Stevens, of Red Bluff, has sold custom handcraft- ed, all-wood bed frames and accessories with “wild” themes, such as mountains and horses, at the show for eight years as a hobby. The Trade Show is one of the only places he sells his work, he said. In what he calls a “labor of love,” Stevens usually makes about $5,000 at the show, he said. It is enough to buy supplies and tools to bolster his hobby. He’s worked his day job in Red Bluff for 33 years. Presidio, set up next to Stevens, has been doing the Trade Show for many years. His business, which he operates out of Ander- son, sells trailer attachment gear. Being at the show has accelerated his business, he said. “We have a lot of people Daily News photo by Andrea Wagner Daniel Stevens, of Red Bluff, created Beds Gone Wild as a hobby. from different parts of the states here and we were able to get our product out there,” Presidio said. Contacting marketing professionals from Texas at the show helped as well, he said. Some of the vendors are from out of the area. The Wilson family of Mountain Man Originals in Ontario, Ore., are selling home deco- rations. The best part of the show is the people, said Debbie Wilson. The organizers and the guests are friendly and kind. The family has started doing one show a month, traveling around the West, and the Red Bluff show is one they like, said Mel Wil- son. “We’ve been to a few now, and this is the best run one,” Wilson said. The Trade Show will continue through 6 p.m. today. By JULIE ZEEB DN Staff Writer The number of atten- dees was up this year for the annual Cattle- Women’s Bull Sale Lun- cheon held Friday in the cafeteria at the Tehama District Fairground. “It was a great turnout,” said Danielle Zane, Tehama County CattleWomen president. “We definitely had more than the last couple of years. Years ago this was a hit so it’s nice to see numbers return to what was normal back then.” While the weather ——— Andrea Wagner can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or awagner@redbluffdailynew s.com. may have helped a few more people venture across the fairground for lunch, filling the cafete- ria almost non-stop for at least the first few hours, the Bull Sale Committee was a huge help this year, she said. In the past, the com- mittee has had a differ- ent group that provided lunch for all those work- ing the sale, however, this year the Cattle- 220 Antelope Blvd. (530) 527-6164 Welcome Bullshippers Performance Is In Our SoleTM ARIAT Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale Bull Sale Family Special BRING IN OR MENTION THIS AD & GET.... Workboots Pull-On or Lace-Up Super Comfort with a long wearing sole. Filson Outerwear Wigwam Merino Wool Socks 478 ANTELOPE BLVD. • RED BLUFF • 529-5466 Enjoy our 2 for $ PLUS 2 kids menu for only $ 20 menu 25 4for Expires 3/31/11 Happy Hour & Late Night Specials • Open until Midnight Fri & Sat Just West of the Fairground on Antelope Blvd. Welcome to the 2011 Women were contracted to provide the lunches, she said. “We packed at least a good 60 lunches for them,” Zane said. The tri-tip sandwich- es with salad and beans for side dishes were accompanied by a wide selection of desserts provided mostly by the Tehama County Cattle- Women, she said. “It’s nice that a lot of the locals are aware of this event and come by to support it,” Zane said. “We even had a few local ladies drop of desserts for us. It’s defi- nitely a homemade meal for those who are away from home to enjoy.” Lynn Bellon, a native of the Bend area of Red Bluff, has been coming for 45 years and for her it’s a tradition, she said. Laura Mecham of Redding used Friday’s luncheon as a chance to meet a friend who lives in Magalia. While she had been to the bull sale before, Friday was the first time she came to the luncheon. “I thought it would be a fun thing to do today and to spend some time together,” Mecham said. 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