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Lassen County was home of the top team and top hand at the 15th annu- al Jim Owens Memorial Ranch Rodeo, Jan. 22- 23rd, in Red Bluff after 26 teams had competed in herd counting, calf brand- ing, ranch horse class, ranch sorting, dally calf roping, ranch doctoring and ranch bronc riding. J H Ranch, Standish was the Top Team with Rob Pyle, Bill Finks and Dan Holland winning the silver championship buckles. Bill Finks was voted the Top Hand by the teams, directors on the Ranch Rodeo committee and the judges and received a buckle as the All Around Ranch Cow- boy, plus a trophy hand- made saddle built by Judd Miller. The saddle was donated by Walco, Inter- national of Red Bluff, the JP Ranch Rodeo commit- tee and Judd Miller. Finks is a horse trainer and farrier, plus being an excellent roper. In the dally calf roping finals, he tied his calf in 27.13 sec- onds to place first. The calf is turned loose on the north end of the arena, while the cowboy is on the south end. The rope has to go over the nose of the calf first, dally and throw the calf down tying three legs, and mark the head with chalk. It is different from Tie Down Roping as seen in rodeos. He is the son of Helen and Jimmy Finks of Janesville, and was a roper while a member of District 1 California High School Rodeo. I was told the team was called J H Ranch, because that was Rob Pyle's brand, ranching with his parents Bob and Vicki Pyle. Bob Pyle is a cattle rancher plus Lassen County Supervisor. Dan Holland now lives in Brooks, California near Williams, but attended Lassen High School and worked for the Dow fami- ly. Top Horse was Blondie, a palomino rid- den by Wyatt Bourdet of Spring Ranch in Shandon. Bourdet had Top Horse last year with Elvis. He received a silver bit donated by Bub Ragan Excavating, a handmade headstall from Judd Miller, and new reins donated by Cunningham Fences. Second place was a tie between ENG Ranches, Carrisa Plains with Philip Selby, Darrell Norcutt, Danny Leslie and the Rice/Sparrowk R a n c h e s , Clements with Rich Rice, Jeff Sparrowk and Lee Whitney. The spurs went to Rice/Spar- rowk and the stirrups went to ENG Ranches. Fourth was Spring Ranch, Shandon with Chance Jack- son, Wyatt Bourdet and Frankie Martinez. Fifth to Double Bar X, Millville with Tom and Reed Mar- tinez and Bill Wilson. Sixth to Elk Creek Ranch, Livermore with David Lackey, Gene Roberts and Kent Hirdes. They each received saddle blankets. The herd counting was the down fall of many teams, when they counted too many or too few. In the long go UI Ranches Roy Owens, Red Bluff counted 93 head in 39.88 seconds, with Clint Hen- dricks and Casey Awbrey holding the herd. Walt Brown of Antelope Creek Cattle Co. counted 96 head in 59.94 seconds, with Lance Root and Randy Brooks holding. Ranch horse had some good horses in the long go, with Darrell Norcutt, ENG Ranches having a 147, J C Niesen riding for TX Bar Ranch, Red Bluff with 145, 144 tied by Casey Awbrey, UI Ranch- es, and Rich Rice of Rice/Sparrowk. Snooks Smith, of S Pitchfork Ranch, Eagleville had 142. Randy Brooks riding for Antelope Creek Cattle Co. had 141 tied with Wyatt Bourdet, who won the Top Horse award with Blondie. Bourdet placed first in the finals with a 145. Tub Blanthorn of N Arrow Livestock, Stan- dish had a wreck in ranch horse class, when he and his horse went down. The horse was alright, but Tub broke his collarbone and the team had to drop out since there are no substi- tutions. Walt Brown was riding a horse with lots of cow sense in the dally calf rop- ing, but has a tendency to buck. It was starting to buck when he caught the calf. He managed to get off and tie his calf in 48 seconds, as the horse con- tinued bucking down the arena. The announcer mentioned he disquali- fied, since he didn't stay eight seconds, as he was teased. The ranch sorting finals had cattle that did- n't want to leave the herd, and the winner J H Ranch, got only 4 head in 1.53.72. ENG Ranch- es had one in 38.51 sec- onds that returned to the herd. In the long go of ranch sorting, ENG Ranches got 7 head in 1 minute 31 sec- onds, Spring Ranch had 7 in 1.49.72, Double Bar X had 7 in 2.00.17, and Laird Ranch had 7. Get- ting only one head were Llano Seco Ranch, Chico, Cross Five Ranch, Rice/Sparrowk, J H Ranch, Antelope Creek, and Loven It Livestock, Red Bluff. That was good enough to qualify for bonus points. Fast time in branding of three head in long go was Rice/Sparrow with 2.43.24, 3.27.02 for Dry Creek Ranch, Snelling; 3.33.02 for S Pitchfork, 3.39.29 for Sprague River Ranches, 3.40.37 for J H Ranch. Seven teams managed to catch and brand only two head when time was called at five minutes. Doctoring was when the team was given an eartag number to find, and then cut out of the herd, getting it through the markers and then catch- ing, without letting it back past the barrels, with a chalk mark on its head after the head rope was on front legs, and both hind legs were caught. ENG got it done in 37.21 sec- onds in long go, but placed third in finals with 1.17.03. River Bend Ranch of Idaho was sec- ond with 53.34 seconds. Eleven teams either missed with their three loops, one from each cowboy, or the calf got back in the herd. In the finals Elk Creek had the wrong number, and trying to be fast both Rice/Spar- row and Double Bar X missed. Bronc Riding, Destry Wolverton of Llano Seco scored 75, 74 was Double Bar X Tom Martinez, Sprague River Ranches Victor Madrigal, Fergu- son Livestock Nick Hay. Joe Slagowski, of Laird Ranch was making a ride when his saddle came off before the eight seconds buzzer. In the finals Lee Whit- ney of Rice/Sparrowk scored a 74, Kent Hirdes of Elk Creek Ranch was 73, Dan Holland of J H Ranch had 70, and Phillip Selby of ENG Ranches was 68. Nice to see Thelma Owens at the JP Ranch Rodeo, handing out the awards. The 15 th annual Jim Owens Memorial Ranch Rodeo was pre- sented by the rodeo com- mittee of Jill Delfs, Henry Heitman, Tyler Martinez, Judd Miller, Jim Moore, Terrill Ostrum, Kenneth Owens and Bub Ragan. Jean Barton can be reached at jbarton@theskybeam.co m. 4B – Daily News – Saturday, January 30, 2010 12600 Hwy 99E, Red Bluff Located 5 Miles from I-5 • 530-527-6483 Hrs: 9am-6pm Monday-Saturday Expires 2-02-10 Pork Shoulder BOSTON BUTT ROAST $ 1 29 lb. Boneless Choice Angus NEW YORK STEAKS $ 7 49 lb. BUFFALO PATTIES $ 4 99 lb. 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The Board of Directors' term of office begins March 1. • Candidates for the independent grower positions are: Position One, Member (One year term): Mike Mason, Wasco (petitioner) Position One, Alternate: Brad Klump, Escalon (incumbent) Position Two, Member (Three-year term): Bill Harp, Bakersfield (petitioner) Position Two, Alternate: Daryll Quaresma, Ripon (petitioner) Brian Wahlbrink, Denair (petitioner) • Candidates for the independent handler positions are: Position Three, Member (One year term): Keith Rigg, Le Grand (incumbent) Position Three, Alternate: Dean Nelson, Kerman (incumbent) Thomas Daniel, Denair (petitioner) Ballots and instructions are being mailed to those inde- pendent growers and handlers whose names are on file with ABC. If an independent grower or handler does not receive a ballot, one may be obtained from the ABC office at 1150 Ninth St., Suite 1500, Modesto, CA 95354. Ballots must be received no later than Feb. 17 in order to be counted. Additional election information may be obtained by call- ing Sue Olson at (209) 343-3224. As a governing body for the industry, the Board of Directors is comprised of five handler and five grower rep- resentatives who set policy and recommend budgets for production research, public relations and advertising, nutri- tion research, statistical reporting, quality control and food safety. For more information on the Almond Board of Califor- nia visit www.AlmondBoard.com. California Cattleman wins national beef award SAN ANTONIO, Texas — California livestock auction- eer and member of the California Cattlemen's Association (CCA) Jim Warren, co-owner of 101 Livestock, in Aromas, was recognized recently as the 2010 National Beef Quality Assurance Award winner at the National Cattlemen's Beef Association's Annual Cattle Industry Convention in San Antonio, Texas. Nominated by the CCA, Warren was selected for the award for his dedication to humane animal handling and for always being ahead of the curve in adapting to the needs of cattle and consumers alike. Tim Sisil, of Madera, president of the California Livestock Auction Markets Association and Clint Peck, Butte, Mont., director of the Montana Beef Quality Assurance Program, have each worked closely with Warren and recommended him for the award. "We are pleased to see one of our own recognized for his efforts in demonstrating and promoting proper animal wel- fare standards and Beef Quality Assurance practices," said CCA President Tom Talbot, DVM, a cattle producer from Bishop. " "It is a privilege just to be considered for something like this," Warren said upon hearing the news of his selection for the award. "We have been trying to provide the best facili- ties and show how well we care for the animals at our mar- ket since we first came into the livestock marketing busi- ness." At 101 Livestock, which Warren operates alongside his partners, Monty Avery and Michael Johnson, Warren used his common sense and the advice of industry experts to become a leader in ensuring the long-term health of cattle.