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The20thannualJim Owens Memorial Ranch Rodeo last year saw a new team win the silver buck- les as Top Team. C Cup Livestock, Modesto, with Cash Robinson, Clayton Edsal and Joe Clarot . To- day is the 21st JP Ranch rodeo, at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. for the finals. Previous Top Teams were 1996 — S- Pitchfork Ranch; 1997 — Sparrowk Ranch; 1998 — S-Pitch- fork Ranch; 1999- Spar- rowk Ranch. 2000- RSB Livestock; 2001 — Sprague River Ranches; 2002 — Laird Ranch; 2003 — Rice/ Sparrowk Ranches; 2004 — S-Pitchfork Ranch; 2005 — Triangle V Ranch; 2006 — Hoss Cattle Company; 2007 — Triangle V Ranch; 2008 - Antelope Creek Cattle Co; 2009 — Spring Ranch. 2010 — JH Ranch; 2011-2012-2013 — ENG Ranches; 2014 — Nonella Ranch; 2015 — C Cup Live- stock, Modesto. Familiar names were voted by their peers as Top Hands and several are back this year. A cou- ple are junior members of the Ranch Rodeo com- mittee. 1996 - Pat Cannon; 1997 — Jodi Johnson; 1998 — Travis Bachman; 1999- Snook Smith. 2000 — Rocky Carpenter; 2001 — Jeff Sparrowk; 2002 -Joe Slagowski; 2003 - Rich Rice; 2004 — John Dennis; 2005 — Don Jones; 2006 — Roy Owens; 2007 — Colt shields; 2008 — Roger Nonella; 2009 — Wyatt Bourdet. 2010 Top Hand was Bill Finks; 2011 — Lee Whitney; 2012 — Danny Leslie; 2013 — J C Nie- sen; 2015 — Mark Nonella; 2016 — Robert Staley. The top Ranch Horse has had only one horse Scarlett, ridden by Rich Rice of Rice/Sparrowk Livestock to win this award twice and Rice rode the top horse in 2014 also. However, Wyatt Bourdett has ridden the top horse three times , Snooks Smith and Cole Hook twice. 1996 — Snook Smith on Baby Doll; 1997 — Jim Harri- son on Joe; 1998 — Tra- vis Bachman on Trigger; 1999 — Rich Rice on Scar- lett. 2000 — Bob Stayer on Blizzard; 2001 — Les- ter Leslie on Cowboy; 2002 - Cole Hook on Joker; 2003 — Rich Rice on Scar- lett;2004 — Snooks Smith on Gee Ge; 2005 — Jim Jones on Playboy; 2006 — Wyatt Bourdet on Yel- low Horse; 2007 — Dave Ferguson on Grace; 2008 — Rhett Jacobs on Ladd; 2009 — Wyatt Bourdet on Elvis. 2010 — Wyatt Bour- det on Blondie; 2011 — Darrell Norcutt on Steady Betty; 2012 — Cole Hook on Mucho; 2013 — Craig Boyd on Moose; 2014- Rich Rice; 2015 — Clayton Ed- sal on Sly. 1976Christmasletter Forty years ago, things were about the same ac- cording to the 1976 Christ- mas letter. Highlights of the year has been the drought, low prices for cattle compared to our op- erating expenses, Kendra graduated from 8th grade, Linda was Sr. winner of lo- cal Make It Yourself with Wool contest. January. The cows on the range were bothered by coyotes. Bill Glines was checking his cows in Tus- can Springs, and came upon 4 big coyotes that were circling a cow and new-born calf. He didn't have a gun with him; told us, so we shot at them, but calf was dead. An- other new calf had its hind leg missing to the hock. We put it to sleep. Bill and I notice the cows chase the dogs, if they jump off the pickup on the feeding strip, this win- ter. We saw a couple big coyotes when we put the cows on the flat this fall. We bought a couple Here- ford bulls and went to the horse sale with Wes & Jac- queline Leininger; didn't buy any horses at Red Bluff Bull Sale. Jan. 27th, the Cone ranch and An- dreini's had started their sprinklers and flood irri- gation of crops. February 1976 — It snowed nearly the whole time we were at the Nug- get Bull Sale. The roads were icy, so we used cabs to go places. Enjoyed Rowan & Martin and Le- Roy VanDyke at the Nug- get with Patty & Jerry Ste- phens, Jacqueline & Wes- ley Leininger. Even the bull sale was red-white- blue this year instead of gold. (The Hereford bulls were on the stage of the Nugget at start of sale, and gold dust was sprinkled on their backs.) Got home from the sale, and the creeks in the bull pasture were nearly dry, so we turned the bulls out with the cows. While we were gone Mother put an add in the paper for 3 days: 1st cutting alfalfa and permanent pasture hay, $ 40 a ton. Her phone didn't stop ringing. Had 97 calls about that 'cheap' hay. It had so many fox- tails, it wasn't a bargain. But people were out of feed and glad to get it for their animals. Took the Jr. Cow Pal- ace steers to Judging Expo and got them halter-broke. Allen Maxwell, Jr; was Hi Point, and with Louie & Norman Andreini our 4-H club was top team. Bill helped Tony Lourence and Tony Mendonca cook the beans and meat for 4-H Fun Night, while the girls worked on the booths our club sponsored. March 2nd it started snowing at 6 a.m. and snowed till 4 p.m. We got about 4 inches of snow here, but out west they had about a foot. The schools all closed. It was a welcome storm because it gave us moisture for the cows on the range, and Salt Creek finally ran un- der Hwy 99-E for first time this year. With so much snow on the ground, the trees were alive with rob- ins around our house. Took ten fat cows to Shasta Auction on the 26th, and they averaged 1433 lbs. The price was 2 cents off that day, but we still averaged 27.75 on them. It's been 2 years, and still no word on our missing horses, Okie and Scottie, or Leininger's sad- dles, or Brusa's truck that were stolen. April — Things were getting desperate on the range with only a few pot- holes of water left, when it started to rain as the girls were getting ready for Jr. Cow Palace. It rained 1.65" while they were loading the tack on the truck. They put garbage bags around the bales of saw-dust to keep them dry. Mike Hall of Tehama Angus took the Tehama Co. beef down. Linda's steer Horshack weighed in at 1,115 lbs, stood 3rd in No. 2 Hereford group, sold for 49 cents to Cow Pal- ace Foundation. Kendra's steer Barberino weighed 1,135 lbs, stood 9th in No. 2 X-bred class, sold for 48 cents to CPF. Karen Knight had Res. Ch. An- gus steer, while Aaron Borror also had a gold. Linda's big thrill was when she finally made the expert showmanship class for beef, and placed 6th. Bill was part of Lew Is- abella's beef crew, with Ralph Clark and Ossie Kreps. They paint num- ber and jaw branded 200 steers in 1 hour and 55 min. April — Bill and I didn't take long to gather be- cause the cows were ready to leave for mts. The 40- 50' at night and 60-85' in daytime caused pneumo- nia in the calves. Tried something new and it re- ally works. Corynebacte- rium Pasteurella Antise- rum, Bovine origin. It is produced from the blood of cattle which have re- ceived repeated injec- tions of Pasteurella mul- tocida, Corynebacterium spp, and virus fluids of red nose, BVD and PI-3. This fall when we came out of the mts. we had a 2 year old with quick pneumonia. tongue out and just gasp- ing, flat out. Bill gave her 100 cc of this. We went to lunch, and came back to haul her off. Instead she had got- ten up, moved, and no lon- ger panting. Complete re- covery. Saved the calves too. To prevent pneumo- nia in the calves when we shipped to the mts, Bill gave each one 20 cc, and had only one to doctor up there. We kept Kendra out of school to help when we vaccinated the cows for red-water and dusted for flies, plus all the calves. It was a good crew with Ab- ner McKenzie, Leland Da- vis and Ray Hobbs. Forty years ago we didn't have the vaccines and parasite control that cattle ranchers have now, to keep our animals healthy. High School Rodeo The 257 contestants at the California High School Rodeo Association District 1 Interdistrict Rodeo, held Jan. 15-17 in Red Bluff, re- ceived a welcome to Red Bluff tote bag filled with discount coupons, etc. Sponsors of the Red Bluff Shoot Out were ABBI, Ali Abassi, Amer- ican Hat Co., Apple- bee's, Basin Excavating, Bobby Jones Arena, Bryon Birt, Burger King, Cac- tus Ropes, Cactus Sad- dlery, Cinch, Cody Jones, Comfort Inn, Cooper Tires, Cornerstone Com- munity Bank, Cresco Equipment Rentals, Dan & Kristi Steadman, Di- ane McCarley, Dudley Ex- cavating, Green Waste, Haleakala Ranch, Harry Shaw Jewelry, Lane Trac- tor, JP Ranch Rodeo, John Wheeler Logging, Kramer Ranch, Kystinz Unlim- ited, Lassen Canyon Nurs- ery, Liz Mendenhall, Mike Collins, North State Barrel Racing Association; Out- back Construction, PBR, Red Bluff Bull & Geld- ing Sale, Red Bluff Chysler Dodge Jeep, Red Bluff Round-Up, Redding Ro- deo, Run 2 Win, St. Eliza- beth Hospital Ambulance, Star N Barrel Horses, Taco Bell, Tammie McElroy, Te- hama District Fairground and Walker Printing. JeanBartonhasbeen writing her column in the Daily News since the early 1990s. She can be reached by e-mail at jbarton2013@ gmail.com. JEANBARTON Jim Owens Memorial Ranch Rodeo COURTESYPHOTO Patrice, Pete and Thelma Owens at the 2015Jim Owens Memorial Ranch Rodeo. Today at 10a.m. is the second section of the JP Ranch Rodeo with 26teams entered, and today at 5p.m. will be the Championship Dummy Roping, followed by the top six teams competing for the buckles, spurs, saddle blankets and money in the finals. CHICO John Unruh, chair- man of the Food Science Undergraduate Program at Kansas State University, has been named dean of the College of Agriculture at California State Univer- sity, Chico. Unruh will begin his po- sition Aug. 1, replacing Dave Daley, who has served as in- terim dean of the College of Agriculture since 2014. Unruh holds a doctor- ate degree in animal sci- ences and industry with an emphasis in meat science and beef production from Kansas State University. He grew up on a diversified crop and registered cattle farm near Warden, Wash- ington, and earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees in animal sciences from Washington State University. He has taught in the Department of Ani- mal Sciences and Industry at Kansas State University since 1988, and in 2009 was appointed chair of the Food Science Undergraduate Pro- gram. "I am excited to work with the outstanding fac- ulty and staff at California State University, Chico to serve students and the agri- culture community," Unruh said. "The diversity of agri- culture in Northern Cali- fornia and the high qual- ity hands-on learning op- portunities in the College of Agriculture put Chico at the forefront of agricultural education." Unruh's appointment is the result of an extensive nationwide search for the next dean of the College of Agriculture. Search com- mittee chair and agricul- ture professor Brad Dodson said the college is pleased to have recruited Unruh. "Dr. Unruh has a strong reputation for teaching, re- search and program devel- opment," Dodson said. "He has coached two national champion meat judging teams, led nine agriculture study abroad trips, and won numerous awards for his teaching and service. Hands-on learning and stu- dent success are at the fore- front of everything he has done in his career." With four undergraduate degree programs and an on- line master's degree in ag- ricultural education, the College of Agriculture has more than doubled its en- rollment in the past seven years. Its integrated agri- cultural curriculum, com- bined with the high-qual- ity living laboratory pro- vided by the University Farm, prepares future ag- ricultural leaders for the challenges of feeding the world and nurturing local communities. Learn more about the College of Agri- culture at www.csuchico. edu/ag. CHICO STATE Unruh appointed dean of College of Agriculture Unruh Smog Check (MOST CARS & PICK-UPS) 527-9841 • 195 S. 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