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The63nd annualTe- hama County Cattlemen- CattleWomen winter din- ner and scholarship auc- tion was a success, with $23,844 raised in the auc- tions and donations. There was 400 pounds of delicious prime rib, wine and olive oil tast- ing, with much visiting with old friends, enjoyed by about 400 attendees in- cluding the kitchen crew. After John Owens and Mike Collins carved the prime ribs, there was only 18 pounds left over. There was rare beef and well done beef, and they cut thick slices or, if re- quested, there were thin slices. Vic Woolery's crew prepared Caesar salad, baked potatoes, string beans, roll and ice cream to go with the beef. Justin Niesen of West- ern Video Market and Shasta Livestock called the bids with assistance from the bid takers who moved the auction along. Congratulations to the committee co-chairmen and chairwomen Cathy To- bin and Andy Cox, Steve McCarthy and Linda Bor- ror, cattlemen and cattle- women presidents, and members of the committee Renee Ewing, Josh Davy, Cindy Brown, Chad Amen, Jeanne Smith, Charlene Priest, Steve Zane, and Kelly Mouton. Richard Buchner, chair- man of TCCA Scholarship Committee announced that $126,000 has been given since the scholar- ships were started 11 years ago. 2014 TCCA Scholarship recipients Emily Andreini, Corey Carpenter, Stacey Stroing, Bailey Brown- field, Jase Northup, Me- gan Didio, Taylor Collins were presented a total of $14,000. TCCW Scholarship re- cipients were announced by Vicky Dawley, chair- woman of the scholar- ship committee, and they were Emily Andreini, Bai- ley Brownfield, Corey Car- penter, Margo Dawley, Wy- att Houghtby, Jessica Mac- donald, Zakry Stroing. A total of $10,000 was given. Fred Hamilton, Dave Stroing, Steve Zane, Monte Shultz, Josh Davy were discussing during set up that morning someone should tally the total dol- lars given in scholarships in the county. In Wednes- day's RBDN Antelope School boosters have of- fered $ 3,000, the nurses, social and fraternal orga- nizations, Dairyville Or- chard Festival gives thou- sands of dollars each year, naming just a cou- ple. TCCA and TCCW gave $24,000 in 2014. The com- munity and county are in- credibly generous. California Cattlemen President Billy Flournoy, cattle rancher from Likely; Vice President Rich Ross, Lincoln, and CCA staff Billy Gatlin, executive vice president, Lisa Pherigo, director of finance, Jus- tin Oldfield, vice president government relations were present at the dinner. Also present was As- semblyman James Galla- gher. The 2014 Tehama County Cattlemen Man of the Year Chris Marenco was recognized for his livestock industry con- tributions on both local and state levels. Marenco was presented a placque and the CattleWomen pre- sented a silver pocket watch. Marenco is no stranger in lending a hand to the association, both locally and on the state level. He is a past TCCA Presi- dent, past state director and served on several CCA committees. He champi- oned the fight for private property rights and helped stop the safe harbor pilot program in Northern Cal- ifornia. Marenco has a family cow and calf ranch and they also have feeder cat- tle. Their summer ranch is in Chiloquin, Ore. He received a business de- gree from Simpson College while ranching. For many years Chris chaired the Chamber of Commerce Mixer during rodeo week at Reynolds Ranch & Farm Supply. He and his family has hosted the 1990, 1997 and 2007 TCCA Field Days. The Marenco family has been a tremendous sup- porter of the TCCA. His fa- ther, Al Marenco is a past president and was recog- nized as Tehama County Cattlemen's Man of the Year in 1998. The 2014 CowBelle of the Year Kelly Mouton was presented a silver bell necklace by the cattlemen. She was previously recog- nized at the annual TCCW fashion show luncheon and the California Cattle- Women's CowBelle of the Year Luncheon in Sparks, Nev. A ertheflooding I was at the University of California-Davis and don't remember this, but my sister Marilyn was still in high school, living at home. Marilyn said that our parents, Lyman and Anne Willard showed the Board of Supervisors pictures of the floods when McHie Subdivision was proposed back in the early '50s. They strongly suggested that the subdivision be de- nied, but as you can tell, they lost. There is a slough that drains off the fields, or- chards and pastures east of Hwy 99-E, going through McHie Subdivi- sion, crossing under the bridge on Lyman Lane, curving to the south un- der Hwy 99-E, through the walnut and prune or- chards and eventually to the river. Now we need rain to fill the reservoirs, and creeks. I noticed that Salt Creek, and Salt Creek Overflow have stopped running with water this week. A month ago we had two floods in the same area from the Pineapple Express that hit Eastern Tehama County. It is good to see smoke rising from the fires along Salt Creek, as the land owners burn the debris from the floods. Jim Owens Memorial Ranch Rodeo The 20th annual Jim Owens Memorial Ranch Rodeo will be in Pauline Davis Pavilion on the Te- hama District Fairground Jan. 23 and 24. Tickets are available at The Loft and Hawes Ranch and Farm Supply, or at the door. At 4 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 23 the rodeo starts with all teams competing in the ranch counting of a hundred head of cattle, plus or minus a few. Fast- est, correct time wins. The Calcutta bidding on the teams is at 5:30 p.m. fol- lowed by half of the teams competing in each event. Admission is $10. At 10 a.m. on Saturday the teams will compete in the events they didn't work on Friday night. Ad- mission is $10. At 5:30 p.m. will be the Jr. Dummy Roping fi- nals, followed by the finals at 6 p.m. for the six top teams competing in all the events. Admission for fi- nals is $20, or all perfor- mances for $30. Each night there will be music and party after the rodeo. JEANBARTON Mouton, Marenco honored at annual dinner COURTESYPHOTO The 2014CowBelle of the Year Kelly Mouton is pictured with Tehama County CattleWomen President Linda Borror. COURTESY PHOTO Jerry Hemsted, past president of Tehama County Cattlemen, announced local rancher Chris Marenco as 2014Man of the Year, and Assemblyman James Gallagher presented a certificate. FRESNO The California Olive Committee (COC) is seeking nominees to serve as producer members and alternate members for the term of office beginning June 1 and ending May 31, 2017. The COC was established in 1965, and administers marketing order programs under the Federal Market- ing Order 932, overseen by the U.S. Department of Ag- riculture. The COC is a forum where producers and han- dlers collaborate to de- velop programs benefit- ting the California Ripe Olive industry. "I encour- age all industry members to server on the COC. We need you in continuing to make an impactful differ- ence" said Chairman Mi- chael Silveira. A goal of the U.S. Department of Agricul- ture (USDA) is to encour- age all marketing orders to enhance the diversity of Committee membership to include women, minor- ities and people with dis- abilities. The COC encour- ages women, minorities, and people with disabilities who are part of the ripe ol- ive growing community to consider serving the indus- try by becoming member or alternate member. Nomination meetings will be held in both the northern and southern dis- tricts for California Ripe Ol- ive growers. The northern district nomination meet- ing will be held 1-3 p.m. Feb. 12 at the Corning Veteran's Hall, 1620 Solano St., Corn- ing. 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