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2B Daily News – Saturday, January 28, 2012 Agriculture & farm Tehama County Prune Day set for Feb. 3 in RB Friday, Tehama Prune Day will be 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 3, at the Red Bluff Elks Lodge, 355 Gimore Rd. The $15 Registration includes a buffet lunch served by the Elks Lodge. Sponsored by UC Cooperative Extension, Tehama County Ag Commissioner Office, and Sunsweet Dryers, the event is designed to provide orchard information to local prune growers, PCA's and related agri-business people. The topics being presented are: Irrigating to pro- duce large high quality prunes, Crop load effect on prune size and quality, Marketing value of growing large high quality prunes, Zinc nutrition for prune production, Maximizing grower profit in tough times, Prune marketing and Regulatory Updates. There will be time to ask questions and interact with other local growers. To register go online to the Cooperative Exten- sion website: cetehama.ucdavis.edu or for more information contact Richard Buchner or Cindy McClain at the UC Farm Advisors Office (530) 527-3101. Nearly every year the Jim Owens Memorial Ranch Rodeo teams and their friends drive through snow and rain to come to Red Bluff. This year I emptied 1.1 inches of rain water Friday morning, 2.3 inches Satur- day morning and 1.8 inches Monday morning. The creeks are finally flowing, and ranchers are checking that their water gap fences are still in place and not washed out. finals winners: 10-12 years were 1st Casey Moore, 2nd Ryan Tatman, 3rd Mason Paseal. 7-9 years were 1st Caleb Carpenter, 2nd Shel- by Dunning, 3rd Alison Norcutt. 6 and under was 1st Trigger James Har- grove, 2nd Colton Suther, 3rd Ethan Turner. Brandon Minch Con- struction, Brendon & Christie Flynn, Crossroads Feed, Dave's Human Bean Coffee, West- ern Real Estate Center and Minch Property Manage- ment donated the prizes for dummy roping. Top Hand was 26 year old Danny Leslie from the ENG Ranches, San Miguel who received a hand tooled saddle from Judd Miller Saddlery, Animal Health International, Merck, and the Ranch Rodeo Committee. He and his team- mates Darrell Norcutt and Philip Selby received silver buckles as 1st place team. Top Ranch Horse was Mucho, a 13 year old sorrel geld- ing that is an all Boots, The Dummy Roping ranch Jim Owens Memorial Ranch Rodeo help her. We'd take our little gang over and we'd have a drink or two, eat and be able to relax for a little while. "Those little gals really put on a good meal. It real- ly worked well for the crew. Later we took our Airstream in and parked it right by the door — then the girls had an icebox, stove and hot water to wash the dishes with. Courtesy photo Thelma Owens presented the Top Horse bridle to Cole Hook and "Mucho" at the Jim Owens Memorial Ranch rodeo. Duarte and Troy Brooks. They received silver spurs. 3rd place to TNT Cattle Co, Chiloquin, OR with Billy Ward, Mark Nonella and Casey Ladner. They received stirrups. Red Bluff with Cole Green, Brian Darst and Roy Owens. 4th place to UI Ranches, 5th place to Lazy KO Ranch, Red Bluff with Tay- lor Shelby, Cole Hook and Brian Humphry. *** 6th place to Elk Creek Ranch, Livermore with Chris Berkmeyer, David Lackey and Gene Roberts. 7th place to Gill Ranch, Millville with Craig Giacmeli, Scotty Gill and David Johnson. 4th to 7th places received saddle blankets. Jean Barton Oh Snap! The Daily News wants your photos: Cute kids, Adorable pets, Inspirational sights, Any shot you think readers would enjoy You might just see it in the Daily News Send pictures to editor@redbluffdailynews.com or drop off at 545 Diamond Ave. in Red Bluff. Include a caption. J. E. C. 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Cole said they use him for head and heel ropings, and Lacey rides Mucho at breakaway ropings. Mucho received a silver bit from Ragan Excavating, handmade headstall from Judd Miller and new reins from Cunningham Fences. In 2002, Joker and Cole Hook received the Top Ranch Horse award. 2nd place to Sprague River Ranches, Beatty, Ore. with Victor Madrigal mak- ing a 91 bronc ride for 2nd in long go, and tied for 1st with Phillip Selby of ENG Ranch in finals with a 92. His team mates were Eric Antelope Creek Cattle Co. got off to a good start winning the herd counting with Dusty deBraga count- ing 97 head in 44.31 sec- onds, but it came to a shat- tering stop in bronc riding when Lance Root had a compound fracture of his left leg Friday night. I heard the surgeon inserted 16 screws and several plates to stabilize the leg. They have a rule, no substitutions and Walt Brown‚s son Danny could not substitute for Lance. The North State's premier supplier of stoves STOVE JUNCTION The Over 25 years of experience events, and rodeos. These two youngsters sound pro- fessional, and have sung at the Reno Rodeo. I hope I hear them at more events in the future. The National Anthem was sung by 11 year old Ashtin Lope- man, and 12- year-old Jennifer Payton, and they were awesome. Usually I cringe and shudder when I hear it sung at sports the Tehama County Cattle- Women will not be serving a Bull Sale luncheon. When they started, the only food available was the Lions Club trailer that sold hot dogs and hamburgers. Now there are lots of food ven- dors; there is no parking available near the cafeteria building; horses to watch, followed by the final work- ing of the stock dogs at noon. In 1977-78 Waynette deBraga was CowBelle president and we made beef stew. We peeled hundreds of potatoes and carrots in her kitchen at Dye Creek Ranch. I don't remember who peeled the onions but it was a delicious beef lun- cheon. After many, many years "Then those little ladies really fed us well. That sure beat the heck out of having to go get in cars, go eat and get everybody gathered up and back to work. Waynette and I camped in our trailer, which was nice — then we didn't have to drive back and forth. "A Brief Glimpse of the Last 44 Years with the Red Bluff Bull Sale." I hope we can get it published, so the history isn't lost. "Early years we'd take the judges and Ken Ellis and later Ron Knight down to the Green Barn to eat at noon. It was always so crowded and noisy and everybody wanted to visit. It was a struggle. "Then we went to the Elks for a couple of years and it wasn't as crowded as the Green Barn but it was tough getting the gang there and back in a timely man- ner because we always had a lot to do in the afternoon. "Then the CowBelles started a lunch over at the cafeteria on Friday. They'd set up a table in the back room, which worked out good for that day. "Waynette came up with the idea that the wives of the committee could us feed us over in the old bunkhouse where B.S.A. building is now. She got Elaine Owens, Maxine Owens and Betty Alford to CUSTOM WE HAVE MOVED TO 333 S. Main St. Suite H Refurbished HP Dual Core Laptop $ 3600n Color Laser Printer $ 225 200 We carry Copy & Printer Supplies 20% off with this ad Labor, Parts & Accessories 530-690-3331 Best of Tehama County 2009 * 2010 * 2011 Mon.- Fri. 11am-6pm Sat. 11am-3pm 22825 Antelope Blvd. Red Bluff 528-0799 Bob deBraga has written n't need to be sifted because they were foundered or couldn't travel we'd put a big F on them. It took a couple of years but eventu- ally we thinned the over fat bulls out. "We never completely remedied the problem. We had certain breeders with a big grain bucket that thought fat was a pretty thing. They tried to make an average bull better by cov- ering him up with fat. "In any business you "Speaking of getting fed too well — we sent a letter out to the consigners telling them we were going to sift any bull that was too fat. Boy, that was a tough one to be dealt with. We were get- ting lots of show bulls con- signed and they were really fat — not just fleshy, but really fat. "We decided if they did- have competition so you have to be better at what you do than the next guy and you have to come up with new ideas or gim- micks, if you will. "More bull sales were starting up and the bigger consigners started having production sales, which took bulls away from us. We still had our buyers we felt we couldn't ease up on our sifting or grading or we'll lose them also. "You need the buyers first, then you need good bulls. Quite a few of the bull sales failed thru the years and the consigners learned they had to get their bulls out where the buyers could see what they had before they drove hundreds of miles to their sales. So, Red Bluff has kept alive." 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