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Thiswaswrittenby Anne Willard McNabb, for her Salvation Army Writ- ing Class in 2000. Her great-grand-son Bryce Borror has donated an hour ride in a 1947 J-3 Cub for the Tehama County Cattlemen and Cattle- Women Scholarship Auc- tion on Jan. 9, 2016. "Late last year son-in- law Bob Avrit told Bryce, the next time he flew the Aeronca, model Champ, to Red Bluff he would take him for a ride. "Then Mother's Day Weekend Bob and Mari- lyn flew up to Red Bluff. Bryce had been invited to spend the weekend at Lake Tahoe, but he stayed home for the proposed plane ride. "A fine weekend and we were all excited and gath- ered at the local airport. Marilyn asked if I would like to go for a ride. I said, 'Of course, if I am invited.' She thought perhaps the problem of my arthritic knees, could I climb into the plane? "I got the first ride, Bryce, Jean, Bill came later. In the plane I watched and listened to Bob about all the things to familiarize myself to the tandem seat, the head phones. "Taxied down the run- way to the extreme north end waiting at the line; communication with the officer. "Off the ground, head- ing south, looking to left and right to the ground below; so many roads; so many homes. Cattle graz- ing; Walmart's Distribu- tion Center; brush lined, crooked winding creeks; Sydney's Fish Ditch (ca- nal); stock ponds; Gerber School campus; Las Flores off to the left; Elder Creek; the orchards, rice fields, Tehama Angus Ranch, Los Molinos. "Then to my right spread over the flat land, cars on 99-E, orchards, open fields, Dairyville, so scattered in many or- chards. "The Hogsback curve, so prominent to my left as we flew over Cone Ranch; Salt Creek, over my home, the pastures so dry. (Hay had been cut, baled and hauled to the barn.) My home hid- den in the black walnuts, elm trees and tall oak. "We fly north over the subdivision where Betsy lives, the river, the oak studded hills to the north. So many big homes; new homes line the river bank; then the homes north-west of Red Bluff, a little fur- ther west to my right, the sparse dry grass, almost flat rolling grass land with few homes there. "I spot the Methodist and Baptist Churches on David Avenue to my left. Then the airport traveling south. A great ride. Inter- esting to pick out so many land marks I could recog- nize. Thank you Bob. "I remember little of the plane ride in November 1929 on my Sunday after- noon date with Lyman. We climbed into an open air- plane. A fellow was in Red Bluff for the week (or a few days), called barn storm- ing for a fee. Don't forget to bid on Bryce's one hour sight see- ing plane ride on Jan. 9 at the TCCA and TCCW Win- ter Dinner and Scholar- ship Auction. Sept.17,2001 History in the Making, for Salvation Army Writ- ing Class "Between 6 and 6:30 a.m. I am about to make breakfast, planning a cool morning flower garden- ing. Entering the kitchen I turn the radio dial to terri- ble screams, blaring sirens, the fast talking excited news commentator tells of the crowds running on the streets, following the explo- sion, debris falling. "I thought, 'My heavens, why start the early morn- ing news advertising a crime filled movie? Like so much on television.' Then the announcer mentioned the World Trade Center on Manhattan Island. " Steadying myself, I went to the living room turning on the television. I stood frozen, as I watched the billowing smoke above the tower. Another fast moving plane appears from the right to the left, striking the second tower. Now two towers are burst- ing with smoke, and debris is falling. I keep thinking it is real. I was just in hor- ror, watching the televi- sion. It's war — undeclared war. It's real. "News says our Pres- ident is in Florida on a tour at some schools; he leaves immediately on Air Force One, to return to the White House. "About 8 a.m. Grand- daughter Cindy phones her parents (Marilyn and Bob.) the Pentagon has been bombed. My grand- son-in-law, Ric a USAF Major, works in the South- east section of Pentagon. The bomb struck the west side. "About 8:20, Cindy phones again, her hus- band is safe. Grandson Lt. Colonel Jim is working at an office in a small sub- urb in Virginia; safe. A few moments later, Delta Pi- lot Grandson Carl phones, his plane and passengers safely grounded in Ra- leigh, S.C. "As the terrible news unfolds, I wonder about nephew Sam, about to be retired, a USAF plane maintenance. Another nephew Walter (USAF Mil- itary Police); he and his bride have moved their possessions to Germany for a three year tour of duty. "I cry and am numbed when I think of many, many people, men, women and children, killed, wounded, separated, miss- ing in this terrifying ter- rorist attack on our coun- try." March 4, 2002 "Tomorrow is Primary Election Day. Many of us have chosen to vote by Ab- sentee ballot; although most voters will go to their registered Precinct to cast their thoughtful ballot, be- hind the Strongest Curtain in the United States. What a privilege we do have. "Reminds me of the sev- eral years, during the late 1940s and early '50s I was on the Election Board in Antelope. We brought our food and snacks for the busy day at the Tehama County Fairgrounds. The polling place by then had been moved from the two — story Antelope School building (1898 — 1940). "Those days the Board (members) worked all day, and then after the polls closed, proceeded to count the ballots; before they were sacked and carried to the Court House. By then it was near sunrise. "Now-a-days the bal- lot is simply punched, and counted by machine, at the Court House. Much, much faster, and does eliminate the human error." JeanBartonhasbeen writing her column in the Daily News since the early 1990s. She can be reached by e-mail at jbarton2013@ gmail.com. JEANBARTON An aerial tour of Tehama County OROVILLE The Butte County Farm Bureau is ex- cited to once again partner with the Butte County Agri- culture Department to host the 2nd annual Grower Day on Wednesday, Dec. 2 at the Silver Dollar Fair Grounds in Chico. Grower Day was ap- proved by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation to provide four hours of continuing education credit for farm- ers with Private Applica- tor Licenses. Farmers with a PAC are required to at- tend certain amount of CE courses to renew their li- cense. This year, Grower Day will feature an exciting line up of speakers, including Bill Graves, Green Planet Plastics, Dr. Elizabeth Boyd, California State University, Chico College of Agricul- ture and Brian Leahy, di- rector of DPR. Farm Bureau agricul- ture business members will be showcasing their products and services at Grower Day as part of the very successful trade show. The trade show offers growers the opportunity for one on one conversa- tion with local Ag service providers and provides a break from the educa- tional program. The trade show has a full line up of great businesses you won't want to miss the chance to meet with. Grower Day is open to ev- eryone. Doors will open at 7:30 a.m. and the CE pro- gram will begin at 9 a.m. For more information, call Colleen Cecil or Kayla Zilch in the Butte County Farm Bureau office at 533- 1473. BUTTE COUNTY Grower Day to feature training, trade show CONTRIBUTED Bryce Borror and his aunt, Marilyn Avrit, waited 15years ago for Anne McNabb and pilot Bob Avrit to emerge from the Aeronca Champ at Red Bluff Airport a er a sight- seeing flight. By Stephen Singer The Associated Press MIDDLEFIELD, CONN. Through wars, financial panics and a freeze that de- stroyed its peach crop a cen- tury ago, eight generations of the Lyman family have sustained its farm in the hills of central Connecticut. The family behind Ly- man Orchards is now look- ing to cultivate the next generation of owner-oper- ators, concerned that not enough younger members will step up to keep the farm run by the family, as it has been since it was estab- lished nearly 275 years ago. "I think it's a little of 'to be determined,'" said John Lyman, executive vice pres- ident of Lyman Orchards. "Nothing lasts forever." Last summer, a two-day family conference drew 16 ninth-generation family members from around the U.S. to expose them to the business and help identify future leaders for the farm. Two members of that gen- eration are committed to Lyman Orchards, and John Lyman said his son, a Uni- versity of Connecticut en- gineering graduate, might also seek employment with the business. Lyman said the hope is the family will find enough members to sustain the business for the next decade and beyond. Lyman, 58, has been the only family member of his generation to work at the business since a brother became an insurance agent and a sister went to journal- ism school. Five other fam- ily members hold seats on the 10-member board, and the farm's president and chief executive, Steve Cis- kowski, is not a relative. Ira Bryck, director of the University of Massachu- setts Family Business Cen- ter, said there are many family businesses that ex- tend through a fourth gen- eration. A business making it to the ninth generation, he said, "is off the charts." He said family members have a powerful incentive to AGRICULTURE Co nn ec ti cu t fa mi ly -o wn ed f ar m to c el eb ra te 2 75 y ea rs ensure such an enterprise succeeds: "'Iwill not be re- sponsible for the failure of a centuries-old enterprise.' That person will be a good steward," he said. The initial 32-acre farm was founded in 1741 but has since grown to 1,100 acres, with 300 acres used for the orchard and a 450-acre golf course. Until a destructive freeze in the winter of 1917-18, its 500 acres of peaches, with other peach farms in the state, made Connecticut the second largest peach- producing state after Geor- gia, Lyman said. Lyman Or- chards has since switched to apples as its primary crop, but it still grows peaches, blueberries, rasp- berries and pumpkins. The farm, which plans a celebration next year of its 275th anniversary, also fea- tures a wholesale pie busi- ness, corn maze and a retail store selling pies, fruits, ap- ple cider and other products. Lyman initially avoided agriculture as an occupa- tion after working summers on the farm as a youth. He changed direction, however, after working in an orchard in Holland 35 years ago. "What I didn't antici- pate was how much I loved about the industry. There's so much more to learn, to bring back. Simple things like pruning." The prospects in the ninth generation include Luke Patterson, whose fa- ther is a cousin of John Ly- man's. Patterson has been working at the family busi- ness since 2012, starting with general labor in the orchard, the pick-your-own business and now a systems administrator. "I've always had a fond- ness for the company," he said. And Jack Bascom, John Lyman's nephew, worked while in high school, grad- ing and sizing fruit. "Going forward, I can see myself staying long-term," he said. Paul Sessions, director of the Center for Family Busi- ness at the University of New Haven and an occa- sional adviser to Lyman Or- chards, said its board of di- rectors deserves part of the credit for the success of the business. It's helped it avoid an inward-looking perspec- tive common among other family businesses, he said. A key reason for its suc- cess over nearly three cen- turies, Sessions said, is its core farming business. "The fact that they're in a pretty basic industry and able to continue to supply the things that people need says a lot about why they're still around," he said. Follow Stephen Singer on Twitter at https://twitter. com/SteveSinger10. CLOE POISSON — THE HARTFORD COURANT Rachel Johnson-DeRycke heads back to her car a er picking raspberries in one of Lyman Orchard's pick-your-own fields in Middlefield, Conn. CLOE POISSON — THE HARTFORD COURANT Simon Wallace, center, picks Granny Smith apples from atop a ladder while coworkers Everal Edwards, le , and Victor Spence, right, pick from lower branches at Lyman Orchards in Middlefield, Conn., where more than 20 varieties of apples are grown. JOHN WOIKE — THE HARTFORD COURANT Sophie Kulas carries a container of raspberries she picked at Lyman Orchards in Middlefield, Conn. STOVEJUNCTION The TheNorthState'spremiersupplierofstoves 22825 Antelope Blvd., Red Bluff 530-528-2221 • Fax 530-528-2229 www.thestovejunction.com Over 25 years of experience Tues-Sat9am-5pm• ClosedSun&Mon Now Carrying! 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