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Agricultureranch farm Busy spring for area ranchers & Courtesy photo Gathering the Henry and Debbie Heitman cattle for branding the calves, at a three family branding with friends and family. busy branding their spring calves in prepara- tion for the moving of the cattle to summer range or irrigated pas- tures. Cattle ranchers are A day without rain is a day for gathering the cattle and getting the work done. Bill and I were privileged to be invited to a three family ranch branding last weekend, and the weather was perfect for a branding with friends. The day started when we arrived at Jim and Debbie Moore's pas- ture west of town where a corral is locat- ed. The horse trailers came up the hill to the corral and the riders unloaded their horses since it was a large pasture. With steep slopes to the area below the riders scattered Heitman brand is T Rake on left rib, with heifers having a crop left ear and underslope in right ear and the steers have only an underslope in right ear. This iron was the brand his great uncle Bill Heitman used. We had a row of chairs for watching the action in the corral as the young family mem- bers continued to rope. Enjoying the action with Debbie Moore and Deb- bie Heitman were Fred & Linda Sayre of Chester, Dawn & Kaleigh Aby, Alexis Ryant, Ale xandra Scampini, Bill and me. Jean Barton out and gathered the cows and calves. The Moore brand is a J R slash on left rib, with underslope in right ear. Roping were Jessica and Casey Moore, Chad and Caleb Heitman and Wyatt Spencer. Brand- ing and vaccinating were Jim Moore and Henry Heitman. Ground crew were right hip, and a crop in right ear with an unders- lope in left ear. The fathers had com- mented on their children roping, so the final pen was roped by Randy Aby, Jim Moore and Jason Spencer, to many comments from the ground crew. I was getting sun- Angie had brought the Ralph Heit- man Charolais calves from their place in a trailer to be branded. His brand was the double bar on Eric Twiford, Randy Apy, Jason Wyatt, Ian Jeude and Sam Najera. When those calves were branded and an eartag with brand/Moore applied, we gathered everything up and headed for the Elmore Heitman ranch northwest of Red Bluff. The northwind had been cold and sharp on the bald hills, and it was a pleasant surprise to find no wind in the val- ley off of McCoy Road. Henry told me that the Elmore Heitman ranch was originally his grandfathers land. There were 14 horseback rid- ers that rode out to find the cattle among the oak trees on the hilly pas- ture. Debbie and Henry Community Clip? e-mail: clerk@red- bluffdailynews.com or Fax: 527-9251 burned so we didn‚t stay to enjoy the dinner, but heard they planned to have grilled tri tip and lamb, beans, potato and macaroni salads, plus cookies, cake and bever- ages. *** We hope to see you and your friends at The State Theatre tonight when Tehama County CattleWomen and Sun- rise Rotary present Michael Martin Mur- phey in Concert. "Wildfire," "Carolina in the Pines" and "Geroni- mo's Cadillac." It will be my first time to hear the new State Theatre sound system. He has hit songs like Most important the audience will be seated and not blocking the view of the person in the row behind. and Barbara Secor judged about 130 poems. Our 2nd Annual Kid's Saturday, April 14, 2012 – Daily News 5A Cowboy Poetry contest was sponsored by the Library and TCCW, with the subject about cattle or beef, ranching, or the cowboy way. While tak- ing pictures I heard a few of the poems and they were good. The Grand Prize is a $50 gift card from Barnes & Noble to Daphne Nandino, 8th grade, Sacred Heart School with "Tank the Bull." The beef appetizers at the VIP Meet & Greet will be tasty and deli- cious, upstairs in the historic IOOF hall. I am looking forward to sam- pling the new release with the great name of Red Rock Red from Tehama Oaks Winery. Local cattleman Jerry Hemsted will be Master of Ceremonies. CattleWomen and Rotary ladies plan to have a table at the Chili Cook-Off on the lawn of the Courthouse where Venita Philbrick, Paula Holden, Joyce Bundy will be selling tickets for those who wait till the last minute and tick- ets will be available at door. Earlier in the day the The opening act will be local children from the Kid's Cowboy Poetry event held at the Red Bluff branch of the Tehama County Library presenting their original poems. A fun day with friends and their fami- lies. A $20 gift card from Barnes & Noble for 1st place in each group was donated by TCCW. First in K-3 class to Dominickus Weigel, 1st grade, Lincoln St. School with "My Invisible Horse." was Kayla Moore, Bend Elementary with "The Cowboy Way." The 4-6 grade winner West" was the winning poem for Theo Zang, 8th grade, Sacred Heart School. "The Spirit of the receive rodeo tickets for Friday night donated by the Red Bluff Round-Up Committee. Each winner will also All entries are on dis- play at the Library for viewing by the public through April 30th. Winners will also be TCRCD announces weed control equipment available The Tehama County Resource Conservation Dis- trict (TCRCD) would like to announce the availablity of a new rotary wiper herbi- cide applicator. The equipment was pur- chased by the TCRCD to assist landowners and land managers with controlling weeds in and around Tehama County. asked to read their poetry live at the Tehama Coun- ty Library's 21st Annual Cowboy Poetry Reading on April 18, 7 p.m. Cat- tleWomen will be bring- ing cookies for that event. 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