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Haveyounoticedas you cross Salt Creek Overflow on 99-E, and look to the north, that someone has cut the young trees, the brush and removed them from the creek bed? The logs, branches and debris are also gone on the north. Hopefully more creeks in Tehama County will be cleared of debris and growing plants that are barriers to the flow of wa- ter. Although I never ex- pect to see the power- ful stream of water in the creeks and flood areas again, as we did on Dec. 3 and 11. That was truly a heavy rainstorm. WinterDinner Tonight is our 63rd an- nual Winter Dinner and 63 years ago the organi- zation was organized by Darrell Conard in Novem- ber 1952. The first five years, the president held office for one year start- ing with Conard, Jim Ow- ens, Abner McKenzie, Robert Crowder, Loren Miller, Jr. Starting in 1958, with my father Lyman Willard, the office of president was for two years followed by John McNabb, O.B. Parker, Jack Alford, and Jack Owens was presi- dent for three years. Returning to two years with Andy Giam- broni, Arthur Williams, Bob deBraga, Arlo Stro- ing, Pete Owens, Bill Bor- ror, Pat Jenkins, Jerry Stephens, Jerry Hemsted, and Bob Kerstiens for three years. Two year terms for Bill Jackson, Dick O'Sullivan, Curtis Knox, Al Marenco, Bill Barton, Hank Pritchard, Fred Hamil- ton, Wally Roney, Matt Pritchard, Tony Turri, Chris Marenco, Steve Zane and our current president Steve McCar- thy. Following the wine tasting of Burnsini Vine- yards and Cline Cellars, plus olive oil sampling of Lucero and Corning Olive Oil, and a delicious prime rib dinner by Vic Wool- ery and crew, will be the program when the 2014 scholarship winners are recognized and the auc- tion will start. The winter dinner used to feature speeches, en- tertainment by Andy Giambroni telling his Italian jokes after the cat- tlemen and guests ate An- gelo Mendonca's Kitchen Crew prime rib. Then the tables and chairs were moved aside, some wax or something slippery was put on the floor and there was dancing until the bar closed. John Deming of the Crystal was recognized as the Man of the Year in 1990, since he pro- vided the bar at all the cattlemen events in Te- hama County and the Tri- County Field Day during those years. When Deming retired, Doug Reed and the Palo- mino Room handled the beverages. I remember the delicious luncheon we cattlemen and cowbelles enjoyed after decorating, setting the tables, etc. for each Winter Dinner. Now the men meet for break- fast before arranging the tables, chairs and setting the silverware, napkins on the tables. Red Bluff Elks Lodge #1250 will be providing the beverages tonight. The coffee is by The Hu- man Bean, and bottles of water on the table are courtesy of Josh Davy. Richard Buchner, TCCA Scholarship Com- mittee chair will present the Cattlemen's 2014 win- ners Emily Andreini, Co- rey Carpenter, Stacy Stro- ing, Bailey Brownfield, Jase Northup, Megan Di- dio and Taylor Collins. Vicky Dawley, TCCW Scholarship Commit- tee chair will present the CattleWomen's 2014 win- ners Emily Andreini, Bai- ley Brownfield, Corey Carpenter, Margo Daw- ley, Wyatt Houghtby, Jes- sica Macdonald and Za- kry Stroing. Helping where ever needed are the Tehama County Beef Ambas- sadors Danielle Muel- ler, Emyli Palmer, Kegan Richards and Kayla Mc- Giffen. More auction items have been donated for the scholarship fundraiser. Barbed wire, sterling sil- ver, turquoise artwork was donated by TCCW Winter Dinner Scholar- ship Fundraiser Commit- tee. Cathy Tobin, chair- man, Renee Ewing, Linda Borror, Jeanne Smith, Charlene Priest, Kelly Mouton and Joyce Bundy. Shasta Farm & Equip- ment and Boehringer In- gelheim have donated three identical lots, one 500 ml Cydectin Inject- able Wormer and a $20 Shasta Farm gift card. Shasta Farm and Zo- etis Animal Health have given two identical lots of one 2.5 Liter Dectomax Pour On Wormer and a $ 20 Shasta Farm gift card. Penny Wrapped Jew- elry has donated two bracelet and earring set, as lot #79 and 80. A bur- lap wreath donated by Spring Groteguth. Ranch- er's Deli and Meats gave a gift certificate. Sunglasses were do- nated by Gumm's Op- tical. Sugar Shack gave lunch for two. McCoys Hardware gave an oval tub, egglicious hot/cold set, rooster wine bottle holder, cork place mats and coaster set. Golden State Farm Credit gave a gift basket. Let's Talk About Hair do- nated a gift basket of hair products and gift certif- icate. A gift basket from Plum Crazy. New Claireveaux Win- ery donated a wine gift basket. Hair products and gift card from Prime Cut Hair Design. Red Truck Rock Yard Walberg Inc. gave a gift basket. Dinner for two plus a $25 gift certificate from Scotty's Landing in Chico. Red Bluff Bull and Gelding Sale, January 27 thru 31st donated a bas- ket and tickets to the horse sale. The Red Bluff FFA has donated 4 hours labor by 7 FFA members. During the evening TCCW CowBelle of the Year Kelly Mouton will receive a silver cowbell necklace from the Cattle- men, and Jerry Hemsted will announce the Man of the Year. Everyone looks forward to the door prizes that have been donated by Ra- bobank, Golden State Farm Cred, Umpqua Bank and Cornerstone Bank. Scholarship cash do- nations have been given by Mount Lassen Trout Farms, Inc; George Growney Motors, Nor Cal Antique Tractor & Engine, In Memory of Joe Gully, Straight Up Auto Transport, Rob- ert C. Jones Insurance of Corning, Farmer's Insurance of Corning, Mill Creek Veterinary Hospital, Corning Ford, and El Rancho Capay Arena. The program and sale catalog was designed by Terri Buchner Design Graphics and printed by Impressive Print. Master of Ceremonies and sound system by John Gentry. Guest auctioneer is Jus- tin Niesen of Shasta Live- stock and Western Video Market. 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 Creekbeingclearedofdebris,vegetation DAVIS National Bean Day was Tuesday and the Golden State leads the na- tion in many things, but did you know that Califor- nia farmers supply virtually all of our country's dry lima beans? California farmers grew about 23,000 acres of baby and large limas with a value of about $30 million in 2012, according to the Na- tional Agricultural Statis- tics Service. "While that's not a lot compared to some crops in our state, it's significant because California grow- ers produce 60 to 80 per- cent of the world's market of dry limas," said Rachael Long, UC Cooperative Ex- tension advisor. The primary export mar- ket for California baby lima beans is Japan, where they are used to make Japanese confections, such as sweet bean filling for manju. Dry lima beans, which are canned or packaged for domestic or export markets, are grown in California. Thick green lima beans for freezing are grown on the East Coast. Among California lima beans, there are baby limas and large limas, and bush and vine types of both. Baby limas are grown primarily in the Sacramento Valley, while the large limas are grown south of Tracy and on the Central Coast. Large limas grown on the Cen- tral Coast are mostly dry farmed and used for can- ning. "Lima beans are primar- ily grown as a single sum- mer crop in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys," said Long, who serves the Capitol Corridor counties of Yolo, Solano and Sacra- mento. "Baby limas are pro- duced in the warmer areas north and south of the Bay Delta and large limas in the south Delta area, which has a slightly longer and drier harvest season and cooler night temperatures favor- ing flowering and pod fill- ing," she said. "So there's lots of baby limas in the Knights Landing area and large limas in the Patter- son area." Farmers like to grow lima beans because they fix nitrogen, improve soil health, use relatively few pesticides and help con- trol weeds in field crop ro- tations with crops includ- ing wheat, corn, tomatoes, alfalfa and sunflowers. Be- cause lima beans are not a widely planted crop that would attract research in- vestment by private compa- nies, growers depend on UC research for improved vari- eties. "Dr. Paul Gepts, along with Rachael Long and other researchers, plant ex- tensive bean variety trials to select favorable genetics such as high yield, insect re- sistance and drought toler- ance," said lima grower Ste- phen Perez, who farms in Stanislaus County. "Their work is incredibly valuable to the California bean in- dustry as well as to other bean growers around the world." "For years, we've been working on developing va- rieties of lima beans that are resistant to lygus bugs as well as nematodes, two significant pests of beans and limas in particular," said Long. "These studies are mostly conducted by UC Davis professor Paul Ge- pts, UC Riverside professor Phil Roberts and UC Coop- erative Extension farm ad- visors, continuing the re- search by now-retired UC Cooperative Extension spe- cialist Steve Temple." "The lima breeding re- search has proven very valuable to the industry," said Nathan Sano, manager of the California Dry Bean Advisory Board. "The two most recent baby lima vari- eties, UC Haskell (vine type) and UC Bejia Flor (bush type), have given growers new high-yielding varieties with some lygus resistance." Lygus bugs, which feed on buds and flowers, are very destructive to lima fields. "With these new vari- eties, the use of pesticides has been decreased, saving growers unnecessary ex- penses and, just as impor- tant, reducing the use of these pesticides," said Sano. "By using these lygus-resis- tant baby lima lines, Paul Gepts is now working on breeding that resistance into large lima varieties. This would provide those growers the same advan- tage." "We hope to identify the genetics of partial resis- tance, then we can select for resistance in crosses," explained Gepts, professor in the Department of Plant Sciences at UC Davis. "We use a mix of basic and ap- plied research in breeding, with a focus on developing new varieties." The UC scientists are also trying to breed lima bean plants that use less water. "We are trying to find how much we can reduce wa- ter and still get sufficient yields," said Gepts. "Eventu- ally we hope to test to iden- tify markers for drought tol- erance to lower the number of irrigations." Long and her colleagues recently published a lima bean production manual, which includes a list of large and baby lima vari- eties available in Califor- nia and their pest-resis- tance levels. To help pro- tect groundwater quality as required under new farm plans, the manual also fea- tures a table of nitrogen rates for lima production based on nitrogen levels in the soil and water. "Lima Bean Production in Califor- nia" can be downloaded for free at http://anrcatalog.uc- davis.edu. UC also has published cost of production studies for dry beans, including baby vine and bush types: "Sample Costs to Produce Beans-Common Dry Va- rieties-Double Cropped in the Sacramento Valley" and "Sample Costs to Produce Beans-Common Dry Vari- eties-Single Cropped in the Sacramento Valley." UC DAVIS Variety research keeps California in lead for lima beans The 2015 Tehama County Walnut Day is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6 at the Red Bluff Elks Lodge, 355 Gilmore Road. Registra- tions due Jan. 29. To register, visit http:// ucanr.edu/survey/survey. cfm?surveynumber=14072. If you have any questions, call the Tehama Extension Office at 527-3101. The 2015 Prune Day is set for 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20 at the Elks Lodge. EDUCATION Walnut, prune days scheduled Thankyou! PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. COURTESYPHOTO Part of the crew that set up the auditorium for the 60th annual Winter Dinner included Steve Zane, Fred Hamilton, Chris Marenco, Joyce Bundy and Jerry Hemsted. By Lindsay Whitehurst The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY Four an- imal activists who took pictures of a large south- western Utah hog farm have pleaded not guilty to charges filed under a con- troversial law that crimi- nalizes undercover investi- gations of slaughterhouses and factory farms. The four from Cali- fornia and Maryland en- tered the pleas Wednes- day and Thursday to charges of trespass and agricultural operation interference. The activists from the Farm Animal Rights Move- ment are accused of driv- ing onto private property at Circle Four Farms in Milford and taking pic- tures Sept. 24, said Iron County sheriff's Lt. Del Schlosser. A lawyer for the group says they were on a public road and took images of buildings, not animals or workers. "Everyone has a legal right to use the road," said attorney T. Matthew Phillips. He said the four were retracing the jour- ney of pigs from the farm to a California slaughter- house. "What they wanted to do is document the trail of tears, if you will," said Phillips, who added that the four were questioned for five hours on the side of the road after they were pulled over. Police dispute that claim. Phillips said his clients weren't trying to provoke an arrest. They are Sarah Jane Gage, 43, of Los An- geles; Robert Penney, 64, of Laguna Beach; Harold Weiss, 34, of Pasadena; and Bryan Monell, 50, of Mount Rainier, Maryland, according to court records. The second count against them comes under a law that makes it a crime to conduct undercover in- vestigations of slaughter- houses and factory farms. It's being challenged by activists who say it's de- signed to prevent exposure of unsafe practices. Six other states have similar measures, but the only person to be charged was also from Utah, said Matthew Liebman, a law- yer from the Animal Legal Defense Fund challenging the law. 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