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Weenjoyedseeing "Hello Dolly" at the his- toric Woodland Opera House with 40 fellow pas- sengers on Mt. Lassen Motor Transit last Sun- day. The Opera House was built in 1885, and has re- cently been remodeled. We were in prime seats in the orchestra. The cast were pro- fessional, and we loved the 8th grade thru high school boys and girls in the ensemble and cast from Woodland and Da- vis Schools. They could dance and sing like the older members of the company. The ten piece orchestra has me wanting to sing along with the cast when they burst into " Well, Hello Dolly". The cos- tumes were colorful, and dancers were great. My mother and I saw Carol Channing in "Hello Dolly" in San Francisco on a Mt. Lassen Motor Transit tour years ago. My next musical outing will be "Pillion" at Golden Gate Theatre, then on Oct. 19, we will be leav- ing at 7:15 a.m. for Ash- land and the Oregon Cab- aret Theatre to see "Back- wards in High Heels" during a brunch. Ginger Rogers was an Oscar winning star who claimed her place in movie history as Fred Astaire's partner. She did everything he did, "for half the money, backwards and in high heels." For reservations con- tact Mt. Lassen Motor Transit, 529-2722, since it hasn't been advertised and there is room for you. Beef'nBrew quantities staggering It didn't rain, and it was humid, in the low 90s for the 5th annual Beef 'n Brew. The amount of beef provided in the beef ap- petizers was staggering. And, oh so delicious with the craft beers. The Judges Choice tall perpetual trophy to Rancher's Meat & Deli, of Corning with barbecued short ribs and tri tip us- ing 400 pounds of short ribs, 80 pounds of tri tip in three different appe- tizers. They were on the side- walk by US Bank. 2nd place to Rolling Hills Casino Sauerbra- ten with pureed pars- nips & fried capers using 100 pounds of beef round. They were inside the State Theatre. 3rd place to Scotty's Landing from Chico with Big Kahuna, using 200 pounds prime rib in a sandwich smothered in unique sauce & Muenster cheese. They were inside Dale's Carpet & Design. Peoples Choice Award for the 5th year to A&R Butchering with hand- made beef & bacon burg- ers using 1,500 rolls and 250 pounds ground beef. They were outside of Wink. Bob's Tire Famous meat balls with 21 pounds of Tehama Angus ground beef, plus 300 of their fa- mous mini-beer mugs, a band and a mechanical bull. Gold Exchange had Fi- esta Fresca from Corning serving Tri Tip & Philly Slider using 150 pounds of tri tip and 3 top sirloin roasts, and music on the side walk. Red Bluff Interiors hosted Kent's Meats from Redding with a BBQ Beef Sandwich and coleslaw using 20 pounds Prather's All Natural Beef tri tip. Tips had their famous Italian Meatballs with marina sauce using 35 pounds ground beef. McGlynn & Clark had a beef dip on taco chip us- ing 30 pounds ground beef. Dominick's Civil Engi- neering used Turri Beef for homemade pastrami with homemade pickles using 40 pounds — top, bottom and eye of round. Countryside Café had Beef Kabobs marinated in Amber Ale using 26 pounds of sirloin. Tehama County Cat- tleWomen were at Sub Culture with Chili using 20 pounds Turri Farms ground beef. ReMax Top Properties had Hung-lo Meats Smoky Beef Bacon Chili using 20 pounds ground beef. Sugar Shack made Teri- yaki beef with homemade salsa using 60 pounds round steak. Enjoy the Store had Harry Slater's Tri Tip Sliders using 54 pounds Tri Tip. Heart Strings & Love Knots had Mama D's Southern BBQ featuring beef bacon rolls using 30 pounds sirloin Cook had TX Bar Or- ganic serving Cowboy Caviar using 20 pounds ground beef. Tehama Angus Ranch made 600 Certified Angus Beef appetizer roast beef wraps using 10 pounds CAB deli roast beef and Swiss cheese. CAB was a beef sponsor with prod- uct. Palomino Room Brisket sliders with coleslaw and cheese using 10 pounds brisket. Dolling Insurance made Beef Brisket Burnt Ends & Jalapeno beef sau- sage with coleslaw using 40 pounds brisket and 40 pounds sausage. I missed a couple beef appetizer vendors, and hope to have their infor- mation next week. In the two weeks prior, 150 pounds of tri tip was served at Byrd Cattle Co. bull sale; 155 pounds of Certified Angus Beef rib eyes and 37 pounds of Te- hama Angus Ranch beef at TAR bull sale. Tehama County Jr. Livestock Auc- tion Committee served 220 pounds of New York steaks at their presale dinner. The Tehama County Beef Ambassadors, Ke- agan Richards, Emyli Palmer and Danielle Mueller were busy mak- ing tri tip wraps at Cone Kimball Plaza using 450 pounds of tri tip during the 5th annual Beef 'n Brew. Fourteen kegs of beer from Redding Distribut- ing and Sierra Nevada were poured at the Plaza by the celebrity pourers, and there was dancing to Northern Heat. The city of Red Bluff had a light on the Plaza that was not working. In the dark after 8 p.m. it was needed since it was by the main entrance. Our little lanterns helped, but the Plaza light was defi- nitely needed. People were showing up before 5 p.m. mill- ing about, since they didn't realize the ABC li- quor license was for 5 p.m. and not 4:30, and we couldn't serve before then. More than 1,500 tickets were sold, and the crowds were on the streets, and in the stores sipping craft beers and eating beef ap- petizers 5-8 p.m. Livestock auction today Don't forget, the annual junior livestock auction will start at 10 a.m. today, Sept. 27, in Don Smith Pa- vilion on the Tehama Dis- trict Fairground. JeanBartonhasbeen writing her column in the Daily News since the early 1990s. She can be reached by e-mail at jbar- ton2013@gmail.com. JEANBARTON Meat abundant at Beef n' Brew COURTESYPHOTO The Judges Choice trophy was awarded to Ranchers Meat & Deli of Corning with barbecued short ribs and tri tip using 400pounds of short ribs, 80pounds of tri tip in three different appetizers. They were on the sidewalk by US Bank during the 5th annual Beef ën Brew sponsored by Tehama County CattleWomen and Downtown Red Bluff Business Association. SACRAMENTO Members of the California State Board of Equalization ap- proved the publication of amendments to a regula- tion that will clarify hydro- ponic farmers may qualify for sales and use tax exemp- tions, during its meeting on Tuesday. "Since farmers brought this issue to my attention earlier this year, I have been working to help them find a solution," said Board Mem- ber George Runner. "I'm pleased that my colleagues have joined me in seeking to clarify that tax exemp- tions available to farmers are also available to hydro- ponic farmers." The amendments to Reg- ulation 1588 add carbon di- oxide (CO2) to the definition of fertilizer, thus eliminat- ing sales tax for those who buy carbon dioxide prod- ucts for hydroponic farm- ing uses. If the regulation is ulti- mately adopted and codi- fied, it will clarify that sales of carbon dioxide used in hydroponic farming may qualify for a sales and use tax exemption. In other BOE business, the "bulk sales" tax exemp- tion which applies to sales of gold and silver coins and bullion will remain at $1,500. The annual rate re- view is based upon the Cal- ifornia Consumer Price In- dex. HYDROPONICS Bo ar d cl ar ifi es ta x exemption for farmers By Frederic J. Frommer Associated Press WASHINGTON Thirty-five House Democrats are urg- ing the Obama administra- tion to prohibit children from working on tobacco farms, citing concerns about ill health effects. The lawmakers, led by Reps. David Cicilline, D- R.I., and Matt Cartwright, D-Pa., made their plea in a letter to Labor Secretary Thomas Perez. A copy of the letter was obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday. In 2012, the Labor De- partment withdrew a pro- posed rule that would have banned children under 16 from several kinds of agri- culture work, including to- bacco farms. In their letter, the lawmakers, all Demo- crats, urged a narrower ban that would deal solely with children on tobacco farms. The letter doesn't specify an age limit, but a spokes- man for Cicilline said he and other lawmakers would prefer the ban apply to children under 18. Cicil- line has a bill in Congress that would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to ban kids under 18 from jobs where they have direct contact with tobacco plants or leaves. The lawmakers cited a Human Rights Watch re- port issued in May which said nearly three-quar- ters of the children it in- terviewed reported vomit- ing, nausea and headaches while working on tobacco farms. Those symptoms are consistent with nico- tine poisoning often called green tobacco sick- ness, which occurs when workers absorb nicotine through their skin while handling tobacco plants. The report was based on interviews with more than 140 children working on farms in North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia, where a majority of the country's tobacco is grown. "Children working in tobacco are among the na- tion's most vulnerable and we must do more to pro- tect them," wrote the law- makers, who called the Hu- man Rights Watch report "deeply troubling." The Labor Department declined comment. Some of the large tobacco com- panies, such as Altria Group Inc. and Philip Morris International Inc., also didn't respond to re- quests for comment Tues- day. In May, Philip Morris International CEO Andre Calantzopoulos said the Human Rights Watch re- port had uncovered "seri- ous child labor abuses that should not occur on any farm, anywhere." An Altria spokesman said at the time that re- stricting tobacco work to people 18 and over "is re- ally contrary to a lot of the current practices that are in place in the U.S. and is at odds in these communi- ties where family farming is really a way of life." HEALTH Ban sought on children working on tobacco farms Associated Press LORETTO, PA. Moooove over, Ben Roethlisberger. There's a new No. 7 in west- ern Pennsylvania. The folks at Vale Wood Farms in Loretto have named a calf Baby Ben af- ter the Pittsburgh Steel- ers quarterback because the cow has a marking that looks like a No. 7 on its head. The farm has posted the calf's picture on its Face- book page, and WJAC-TV (http://bit.ly/1ptyWT9 ) vis- ited the farm about 70 miles east of Pittsburgh to see what all the fuss is about. 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