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The Community Alliance with Family Farm- ers (CAFF) is proud to announce the appointment of a new Board Chairman, Rich Collins, effective Feb. 22. Founded in 1978, the group has been recognized nationally and international- ly for its pioneering Biologi- cal Agriculture, Farm to School, Buy Fresh Buy Local, Public Policy and Technical Assistance pro- grams. The organization's mission is to advocate for California family farmers and sustainable agriculture. Collins is a farmer who owns and operates Califor- nia Endive Farms, the largest American producer of endive, and a leading worldwide innovator in improving the complex process of growing high quality endives. Collins suc- ceeds Carol Presley. "I am thankful for the opportunity to have served as the Chair of the Board for these last five years and have greatly enjoyed working alongside my dedicated fel- low Board members," stated Presley. "As a successful farmer of a specialty crop, he deeply understands CAFF's constituency and the con- cerns of its members. Rich is constantly looking to further CAFF's alliances with farm- ing interests, the food seon- sibility of heading up the CAFF board of directors." 5A Saturday, March 1, 2014 – Daily News RUNNINGS ROOFING Sheet Metal Roofing Residential Commercial • Composition • Shingle • Single Ply Membrane Owner is on site on every job Serving Tehama County 530-527-5789 530-209-5367 No Money Down! "No Job Too Steep" " No Job Too Flat" FREE ESTIMATES CA. LIC#829089 Smog Check (MOST CARS & PICK-UPS) 527-9841 • 195 S. Main St. starting at $ 29 95 + $ 8 25 certificate SERVICES AT LOWER PRICES All makes and models. 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She sang it at the opening ceremony in Opry- land, and at The Grand Ole Opry. It was as it should be sung. *** January 1980. A quiet new years with the parade and games. Over the 1st someone at Forest Ranch had their 4 wheel pickup stolen, and they went joy riding over the rocks at 7 Mile Creek. Took out 310 feet of fence, and left pickup hung up on a rock when they could no longer winch their way over the rocks. Bill was elected a local director of our cat- tlemen's association. Bill Borror is president. We went to Dale Bor- ror's 80th birthday reception on the 11th, later in the year he and Inez would celebrate their 50th. We had 2 inches of rain over the weekend of the high school rodeo. We enjoyed the covered arena, Pauline Davis Pavillion, but with all the water outside no one damp- ened the sawdust, and when the day was over we looked like we were on an Aug.-Oct. cattle drive. Bill worked the gate with Bill Wilbanks. This year we vacc. the yearling heifers for vibrio in Jan. as well as Feb. Gino Pedretti had champion bull, 3rd year in a row. The halter bulls av. $2318, and range ready were $1723. They even sold dogs this year, at very handsome prices. Bill's diary doesn't mention what it was. I helped with the CowBelles beef stew luncheon. Janice Knight was chairman & really had it orga- nized. Once again we enjoyed Norm and Connie Elston after- sale buffet and party. Kendra's Jr Cow Palace Merit Award steer sponsor, Mrs. Edith McDonald came by to see the steers. Two months later she and husband Bill couldn't belied the change Kendra had achieved with the steer, by lots of walking and very lit- tle hay. I never men- tioned feeding hay to the cows because the winter of 1979- 80, we didn't feed the cows on the range. There was green grass every direction. While now in Dec. 1980 we are busy feeding hay, and if you squint your eyes just right, you might see a haze of green. Once again we are way below normal. Feb. We took Kendra with us when we went to the Nugget Bull Sale with Patty and Jerry Stephens. She dined at Trader Dicks, saw Debby Reynolds at Harrahs, and after the Nugget Bull Sale on the stage, we went to MGM for the dinner show of "Hello Hollywood Hello." I final- ly got to see the show. The music, sets, costumes were great. Kendra was so pleased to be able to watch the lounge shows without being carded, we stayed till the last act. On the 25th Uncle Hillman, my Father's brother passed away. He hadn't been feeling good in the fall, and finally in November they diagnosed cancer. They put him in the hospital at Christmas. A True Willard, he wasn't going to stay there! So, he came out of inten- sive care and danced at Linda- Kevins wedding reception on 29th. We all had a big lump in our throats when we saw him on the dance floor with his daughter-in- law Marianne. When he left the hospital the doctor told him he had three days. Instead he was helping cut wood with his sons, visiting Dad several days a week, and ordering the new apricot and peach trees. He still had his sense of humor. We gave him one of the large wedding arrangements; he cracked something about getting his flowers before he died. He also had a comment about all the desserts and casseroles that friends brought by. Bill repaired the puppy pen, and we got 2 pup- pies.Molly and Jeffery. Most hard- headed dogs I have ever seen. Molly tried to stop a car in the summer, so we only have Jeffrey now. May, I finally got my squash and tomatoes planted. The flowers were beautiful until the 9th. Between 5 and 6 p.m. we had 2 inches of large hail here plus a half inch of rain. 1-5 nine miles north of RB was closed because of a foot of hail. It just knocked down the grass on the range, thinned all the fruit, and stripped the flowers. Naturally the Arabian Horse show was just starting its 10 day run. On the 16th we still had water and green grass on the highway side of the range, and the cows weren't as eager to head for the mountains. Linda and Abner McKenzie helped us move the cows over to the corral and vaccinate the calves to prevent pneumonia. We didn't have our good help this year, so it was just Bill and me to receive the cattle and take them to water. We had to dodge the detours because the county was extending the pavement on the west side of Eagle Lake. June We used the Rabon ear tags for the cows and bulls we left on permanent pasture. Really great.no pink eye, and no spraying to control the flies. We were really impressed with the results. Dave Peterson preg. checked the year- ling heifers and things were look- ing up. 49 pregnant and 6 open. August. Bill and I bought 22 cows from Tehama Angus, but wouldn't move them till they were calved. I wanted heifers, and wouldn't you guess what happened. 15 bull calves and 7 heifers. Bill and young Jim Jones tore the siding off the south and west walls of the Susanville house. It was the 100 year old original wood, with no knots. Above a window sill Bill found a cute little corked flask bottle. The house was built with inside walls, 6 inch studs and the outside siding, not even newspa- per insulation. Sept. Linda was driving to Chico four days a week, taking 16 units and got a B+ average. Tehama Angus had a presale bar- becue at the ranch and she was one of the hostesses, plus record- ing the buyers names and price, on the block sale day. Bill took his horse and helped get the bulls from the pens. The bulls av. $2200. Nov.Big excitement in RB on Nov. 6th when a big 2 story old building now called "The Victori- an" restaurant was moved from Washington to Rio Street. Nearly everyone was there to watch the event. Kendra was home from Cal Poly for Thanksgiving before a week at National 4-H Congress in Chicago. She was the State Win- ner in Food Conservation & Safe- ty sponsored by Reynolds Alu- minum. RA made them feel like champions with a tour of a 73 acre al. plant, get acquainted party, hos- pitality suite at the Conrad Hilton, plus a filet mignon awards dinner, and lots of al. souvenirs. They toured the Merchandise Mart, Museum of Science & Industry, Art Institute of Chicago, the Water Tower, had pizza at Gino's, traded souvenirs with 2,000 kids from 50 states in one hotel. Bill bought a truck and trailer load of alfalfa hay, $97 a ton delivered. Dec. Back to feeding cattle after cattlemen's convention in Sacramento and Bill discovered the pump at the north field was- n't lifting water. Who had a water truck? Why John Wheel- er does. So he saw John, and he made a phone call to Swede his foreman. Bill soon had water thanks to a man who welded a pump on the truck to get water in our water tank, and a truck driver. All on a Sunday after- noon. The push rod had broken. We had over a half inch of rain the 21st, and the range looks like it is starting to show a little green grass. A look back at the year 1980 Courtesy photo Jean Barton and Bev Rowe of Iowa had their picture taken at The Open Air Photo Booth for the Digital Era, www.tapsnap.net at the Bayer Animal Health Booth in the Cattle Industry Trade Show while in Nashville. Jean Barton Farmers group announces new chairman Tractor and Engine Club Branch 114 of the Nor-Cal Antique Tractor and Engine Club meets at 7 p.m. the first Monday of each month at Round Table Pizza, 2808 McMurry Drive in Anderson. Prospective members and interested parties are encouraged to attend. For more information, call President John Aspesi at 530 529-0265 or visit edgeta.org/branch114.htm. Club members are dedicated to the collection, restoration and display of antique farm tractors, gas engines and related equipment and implements.