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The94thannualRed Bluff Round-Up is history. The weather didn't rain, to my sorrow as I water the yard, but the North Wind blew hard during the days of slack, and then it was hot with 91 degrees for the daytime performances. The weather Friday night was lovely, and the fireworks in The Flying Cowboyz act added to the excitement. As one mother posted on Facebook, "I'm glad I have ropers," when we saw the stunts they were doing in midair on dirt bikes. Earlier we had excite- ment when one of the horses in the Wild Horse Race went over the fence and was in the grandstand area. Pickup men and the race track out riders with their ropes, roped the horse and got him back on the track with no one get- ting hurt. Three of the 10 riders in the wild horse race were mounted and started their ride around the track, but none of them could get their horse past the fin- ish line. I think they split the purse into three, and called the race. I was hoping saddle bronc rider Wade Sun- dell would win, after rid- ing three horses in one evening, since he had two re-rides. Sundell tied for 4th with Spencer Wright and Jacobs Crawley with an 80. The Jack Owens Cham- pion Saddle Bronc buckle was split three ways when Cort Scheer, Troy Crowser and Chuck Schmidt all scored an 83. The buckle was donated by Jack's grandchildren Lacy Owens Hook, Roy, Nathan, Bryan Owens, and friends Don Kish and Lloyd Faria. Speaking of Lloyd Faria, did you see him, Don Kish and John Growney riding on the Antelope 4-H float in the Round-Up parade? One of the Parade Grand Marshalls was Candy Owens on horse- back leading a horse with an empty old saddle. I was told that it had been her grandfather, Allie Clough's saddle. Wesley Silcox won the bull riding with a score of 89, and his buckle was sponsored by Russ Har- man, Pete Boice and Mark Owens. Bareback Riding buckle was also split three ways when Clint Laye, Joe Gunderson and Jessy Da- vis all scored 82 points. That buckle was donated by Friends of John Mc- Donald. Thank you to Jan Sutherland and Les Shank of Red Bluff's Taco Bell when they bid $31,000 for the Tough Enough to Wear Pink custom made Judd Miller Saddlery chaps au- tographed by the contes- tants, silver buckle and spurs from Skyline Silver- smith, Justin boots, Re- sistol hat, case of Purple Cowboy Wine, $200 gift certificate from Boot Barn and Wrangler jeans. Then Wrangler donated another $2500 to the cause. Funds go toward breast cancer treatment at the St. Eliz- abeth Imaging Center in Red Bluff. Contending bidder was Haleakala Ranch, Gerber. Taco Bell is a great sup- porter for the youth of Te- hama County when they purchase many animals at the Tehama District Fair Jr. Livestock Auction each year. Round-Up director Jolene Kemen had taken the chaps and "Billy Bob" the mannequin that mod- eled the chaps, jeans and hat to many social events before the rodeo. Congratulations to Corky Kramer, Round-Up director for 128 pages in color and to Walker Print- ing for the official souve- nir program book. I ap- preciated having the daily schedule included in the program. Thank you, Corky. One year the day sheet was a separate fee. I was not a happy rodeo attendee, and let Corky know how I felt. The PRCA Barrelman Justin Rumford had a dif- ferent act at each perfor- mance of the Round-Up, which was a delightful surprise. His costumes as well as antics were dif- ferent each time. He was the 2014 Rodeo Clown of the Year, an honor he has won three of the five years he has been a clown. They call him a clown, but he is really an entertainer for the rodeo audience. Cotton Rosser was present on Sunday riding a paint horse and wear- ing a pink shirt with his Wranglers, after being in- ducted into the National Cowboy & Western Her- itage Museum's Hall of Great Westerners on Sat- urday night in Oklahoma City. Kendra Santos wrote at http://wanglernetwork. com/news: "This was in recognition for his life- time of exceptional contri- butions and promotion of Western heritage and tra- ditions, achievements of national significance and historic relevance, and ex- emplifying the traditional ideals of honesty, integrity and self-sufficiency. "In 2006, Rosser was awarded the Ben Johnson Memorial Award, which each year since 1998 has recognized someone who's gone above and beyond to raise the bar on the sport of professional rodeo. It's a prestigious award pre- sented to a special indi- vidual who, like the late Johnson, helps perpetuate a positive image for rodeo and the Western lifestyle. "Rosser followed that feat up with induction into the National Cowboy & western Heritage Muse- um's Rodeo Hall of Fame in 2009. "Rosser also is a Pro- Rodeo Hall of Famer; he was inducted in 1995. As a PRCA stock contractor, he has earned his reputa- tion as the consummate showman. Rosser runs a tight ship at his rodeos from the back of a horse, a place he is comfortable in. He's renowned for run- ning a tightly choreo- graphed performance, and always changing things with colorful, bar- raising twists." Cotton Rosser is cred- ited with starting "The Wild Ride" at the 2000 Red Bluff Round-Up. Pro- fessional and local cow- boys wear any and all kinds of costumes. The winners are judged on their get ups and the way the horses buck. This year the winner was four fel- lows, James Greeson, Ma- son Johnston, JC De- Saveur and Josh Reynolds on four bucking horses as Kiss. I don't know who got the George Growney Mo- tors hand-tooled silver mounted saddle, but the four split the $3,000 in prize money. In 2007, Ellington Peek was inducted in the Na- tional Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum as the recipient of the prestigious Chester A. Reynolds Me- morial Award honoring a living person who perpet- uates the ideals, history and heritage of the Ameri- can West. What an incredible ex- perience for Bill and me to be part of more than 300 people from the West to see our friend honored. I had never seen so many cattlemen in tuxe- dos at one time, and did they look distinguished. I wished I had had a video camera to record the men and women from North- ern California looking so elegant, portraying the western heritage they live daily. EarthDay proclamation Tehama Countt Cattle- Women had the Tehama County Board of Supervi- sors proclaim the follow- ing: "In recognition of Earth day on April 22, 2015, the Tehama County CattleWomen would like to remind everyone of the three Rs: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, and the beef community and the cattle industry are an important part of the care of the en- vironment, and cattle re- duce by being firefight- ers: cattle eat grass that would otherwise be a fire hazard, and cattle reuse foods and byproducts of other crops, because they can digest cellulose and other foods that other an- imals and humans can- not or may not want, and cattle recycle as they are natural recyclers and gar- deners by aerating soil as they walk and their own waste is great fertilizer to also improve the soil, and 99% of every beef animal is used, either as meat or byproducts, such as com- ponents in makeup, vehi- cle tires and diabetics' in- sulin and In the last 30 years, for each pound of beef produced, it takes 30% less land, 14% less water, 9% less fossil fuel, and have seen a decrease of 18% in carbon emis- sions. "Now, therefore, be it proclaimed, that the Te- hama Board of Supervi- sors proclaim April 22, 2015 as 'Earth Day' and recognize that the Te- hama County cattle in- dustry is an important part of Earth Day. "Signed, Burt Bundy, chairman, Tehama County Board of Super- visors JeanBartonhasbeen writing her column in the Daily News since the early 1990s. She can be reached by e-mail at jbarton2013@ gmail.com. JEANBARTON AlookbackattheRedBluffRound-Up PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. COURTESYPHOTO Tehama County CattleWomen, including Dee Hill, Linda Borror, Kelly Mouton, Linda Walker, Jeanne Smith, Charlene Priest and Joyce Bundy, in Wranglers and recycled Wrangler vests presented the Board of Supervisors a gi basket of beef jerky and beef byproducts in recognition of Earth Day. RUNNINGS ROOFING SheetMetalRoofing ResidentialCommercial • Composition • Shingle • Single Ply Membrane Ownerisonsiteoneveryjob ServingTehamaCounty 530-527-5789 530-209-5367 No Money Down! 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