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4A Daily News – Saturday, January 14, 2012 Agriculture & farm The next Beginning Farmer and Rancher workshop, titled "Civics of Agriculture: What Every Producer Needs to Know", is 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 17, at 831 Fifth St. in Orland. The workshop highlight, Agricultural Commission- ers from Butte, Glenn and Tehama counties will be on a panel giving attendees a rare opportunity to access these extremely knowledgeable and important individ- uals. For more information call Angie at 894-7738. The 60th Annual Winter Dinner of Tehama County Cattlemen and Cattle- Women was a great success with about 500 people, when the community joined with the ranchers for a prime rib dinner last Satur- day night at the fairgrounds. Checkbooks, credit cards and cash combined for $18,163 raised in the TCCA/TCCW Scholarship auctions. Cathy Tobin and Andy Cox were the co- chairmen for the auction part of the evening and TCCA president Chris Marenco was chairman of the dinner. Arrest of animal terrorists must be high priority As authorities continue to investigate the arson attack on Harris Ranch Beef Co. in Coalinga, the California Farm Bureau Federation said the arrest and prosecution of those responsible must be a high priority. "The terrorists who attacked a beef production company in California this week must be arrested and prosecuted to the full extent of the law," Cali- fornia Farm Bureau Presi- dent Paul Wenger said. "We know the local authorities are working hard to find the attackers and we offer our full sup- port." Wenger also said ani- mal-welfare groups should become involved in helping to resolve the case. "We encourage ani- mal-welfare organizations to help authorities find those responsible. If they sit by silently while ani- mal rightists attack law- abiding businesses, they are passively endorsing domestic terrorism," Wenger said. The California Farm Bureau Federation works to protect family farms and ranches on behalf of more than 74,000 mem- bers statewide and as part of a nationwide network of more than 6.2 million Farm Bureau members. Ruth Flory was recog- nized as CowBelle of the Year, and received a silver cowbell necklace from the cattlemen. The Cattle- Women recognized her at the annual fashion show in November and at the state convention. John Growney is the 40th recipient of the Tehama Co. Cattlemen's Man of the Year award. Jerry Hemsted also men- tioned that he is the Ambas- sador of Tehama County as he travels across the west. People know that John is from Red Bluff, Tehama County. In fact, when he approached the raised area where he received his award he men- tioned "Need to act surprised." John had planned to visit some Ore- gon and Washing- ton rodeo com- mittees over the weekend, and his brother and friends tried to get him to stay for the winter dinner without telling him about the award. Final- ly his brother Mike had to tell him to keep him in the area. We cattle producers liked John's acceptance remarks when he men- tioned that the younger men and women in the audience need to get involved in poli- tics. It is a constant battle as families no longer have ties to agriculture and know where their food comes from. They move to the country for its space, and quiet; then want city ser- vices and amenities. More rules are being thought up to confine agriculture, includ- ing the EPA rules about dust from an unpaved road or field. There is a distinction between animal welfare and animal rights. Animal Wel- fare - based on principles of humane care and use. We ranch Civics of Agriculture Winter dinner raises $18,000 Courtesy photo John Growney, 2011 TCCA Man of the Year was paying for the wild gooseberry jelly made by Barbara Frost Kloose, he and Brad Peek had purchased for $600 at the TCCA/TCCW Scholarship Auction. Pic- tured are Beth Chaney, Kendra McCluskey, Joyce Bundy, Jerry Hem- sted and John Growney. ranchers and farmers believe humans have the right to use animals, but along with that right comes the responsibility to provide proper and humane care and treatment. Animal Jean Barton Rights are orga- nizations that support animal rights philoso- phies seeking to end the use and ownership of animals. Animal rights organiza- tions seek to abolish by law: the raising of farm animals for food and cloth- ing, rodeos, cir- cuses, zoos, hunting, trap- ping, fishing, the use of ani- mals in lifesaving biomed- ical research, the use of ani- mals in education and the breeding of pets. Animal Rights believers go to city council and local governments to abolish by law the use and ownership of animals. They also use terrorism. Sunday, Jan. 8, at 3:45 a.m. fire broke out at the Harris Ranch feed lot truck- storage facility at the ranch in Coalinga. Firefighters found 14 trucks fully engulfed and extinguished the blaze within 45 minutes but 14 trucks and parts of their trailers were destroyed. You have seen the Harris Ranch blue and white cattle trucks on I-5. In an email sent to the media Monday the North American Animal Libera- tion Press Office said it had received an anonymous message from someone with specific details about the fire. "Containers of acceler- ant were placed beneath a row of 14 trucks with four digital timers used to light four of the containers and kerosene soaked rope carry- ing the fire to the other 10," the email said. "We were extremely pleased to see all 14 trucks were a total loss. We're not delusional enough to believe that this action will shut down the Harris feed- ing company, let alone have any effect on factory farm- ing as a whole. But we J. E. C. JIM ENGLAND CONCRETE & CONSTRUCTION Residential & Commercial 530-529-4495 945-8295 LIC. #682190 COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR All makes and models. 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John may not own a cow, but he is an advocate for agriculture, the rural culture, customs, and lifestyle of Tehama County. Arlo Stro- ing, Andy Cox and Jerry Hemsted made a good choice when they named John Growney, Tehama County Cattlemen's Associ- ation Man of the Year for his outstanding contribution to the cattle industry in Tehama County, 2011. *** We are looking forward to the Jim Owens Memorial Ranch Rodeo at 4 p.m. Fri- day, Jan. 20 for the ranch counting and 10 a.m. Satur- day for the two perfor- mances, followed by the finals Saturday night at 6 p.m. You are close to the action because it is held in Pauline Davis Pavilion on the fairgrounds. Admission is $10 for Friday and Satur- day morning while finals are $20, or a full pass for $ 35. There are a couple of new teams, and some of our old favorites among the 25 entered. Red Bluff will have the Lazy KO Ranch with Tay- lor Shelby, Cole Hook and Brian Humphry. UI Ranch- es with Cole Green, Brian Darst and Roy Owens. Antelope Creek Cattle Co. with Lance Root, Dusty deBraga and Walt Brown. TX Bar Ranch with Joe Tip- ton, JC Niesen and Wes Vansickle. Nuttal Ranch, Vina with Logan and Jessie Nuttall and Paul Morris. Llano Seco Ranch, Chico with Destry Wolverton, John Baker and Cooper Stum- baugh. Elwood Ranches, Redding with Dean Miller, Justin Niesen and Will Har- rison. Gill Ranch, Millville with Craig Giacomeli, Scot- ty Gill and David Johnson. McDermott Ranch, Orland with Brent Shanahan, Mike McDermott and Drew Hill. Lassen County has: N Arrow Livestock, Standish with Colt Shields, Pat Can- non and Lorenzo Larucea. JH Ranch, Standish with Buddy Blosser, Rob Pyle and Bill Finks. Waltman Ranch, Standish with Thad Waltman, Victor Gragnani and Chris McLaury. Stewart Ranch, Janesville with Elliot Dow, Richie Musthia and Travis Stewart. Sprague River Ranches, Beatty, OR with Victor Madrigal, Eric Duarte and Troy Brooks. Lee Stock Horses, Fallon, NV with Flint, Jimmy and Kenny Lee. TNT Cattle Co, Chilo- quin, OR with Mark Nonel- la, Billy Ward and Casey Ladner. 27 Ranch, Woodruff, Utah with Der- rick Huffaker, Brandon But- tars, and Troy Arbon. Hill Ranches, Merrill, OR with Tucker Hill, Clayton Edsall and Lachie Willoughby. Rice/Sparrowk Ranches, Clements with Lee Whit- ney, Rich Rice and son Daniel. Elk Creek Ranch, Livermore with Chris Berk- meyer, David Lackey, Gene Roberts. Clarot Cattle Co; Modesto with Elliot French, Hec Hurley and Joe Clarot. Spring Ranch, Shandon with Chance Jackson, Wyatt Bourdet, and Frankie Mar- tinez. ENG Ranches, San Miguel with Phillip Selby, Darrell Norcutt, Danny Leslie. Cross Five Ranch, Walnut Grove with Roy Bridges, Mark Brum and Brent Tadman. Holland Ranch, Brooks with Austin Alvernaz, Casey Awbrey and Dan Holland. Jean Barton can be reached at jbarton@thesky- beam.com.