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Thanks to the Daily News staff, people read about the Red Bluff Bull and Gelding Sale last week. I was in San Anto- nio, Texas for the Cattle Industry Annual Conven- tion and missed everything except for the bull sale. As Adam Owens, sale manager said "Glad to have the first one under my belt." The 69th annual sale saw 269 bulls average $2,646.64 with no excep- tionally high prices, but having a good average considering the current price for feeder cattle. John Owens, Red Bluff and Oregon rancher, was the volume buyer with 23 bulls and received the $1,000 award from Wells Fargo Bank. His sons Bryan Owens purchased two bulls and Nathan Owens purchased one. Kenneth Owens, Red Bluff and Oregon rancher, purchased 14 bulls and his son Roy Owens purchased four. Our neighbor Nathan Bunting purchased six bulls. Past president of Tehama County Cattlemen Bob Kerstiens purchased a Charolais bull. Pasatiempo Ranch, Hal Hays of Red Bluff bought two bulls, as did Judd Miller and Tom Miller. Bob Stayer bought one. Bidwell Livestock of C o t t o n w o o d purchased two bulls. Bob Flournoy of Paskenta bought one, as did 7 Bar L of Vina. Several buyers came from Corning area, with Steve Richard- son of Richardson Dairy buying two bulls. Richard Smith of Squaw Hill Angus bought one bull, as did Frank Endres and Oak Park Ranch. The Jack Owens Ideal Range Bull was an Angus from England Ranch, Prineville, Oregon and they received a jacket from California Cattleman mag- azine. The buyer was Clarke Brown of Sacra- mento, and Premier West Bank presented him with a western hat. Local bull consignors were Angus: Avila Cattle Co; Cottonwood; CB Ranch, Gerber; CUHSD Rogers Ranch, Corning; Sunbright Angus Ranch, Red Bluff; Tehama Angus Ranch, Gerber; Westwind Angus Ranch, Red Bluff. Hereford: Diamond Live- stock, Cottonwood. Red Angus: CB Ranch. The Jack Alford Memo- rial buckle was presented by the sale committee to Vic Woolery, Vic's Brand- ing Iron Restaurant. He and his crew cook for the work day when the pens and panels are set up for the event. They also cooked the buyer/consign- er New York steak dinner for over 600 on W e d n e s d a y night. They tell me that tables were set up on the stage and in the bar area for the overflow crowd. During the week they kept the staff and crew fed during the sifting, grading, and selling of all the animals. Jack Alford was a sale committee member who died in 1989. Since then long time con- signors of 50 years and special hard working workers have been recog- nized with this award. There were 44 appli- cants for the Andy Peek Livestock Scholarship Fund that had been set up in memory of Andy Peek by the Red Bluff Bull Sale Committee. This year 12 applicants were named as winners. Sorry, don't have the list but they were from the western states. Water for Life, Inc is an organization to protect and promote agricultural water rights while advocating responsible stewardship of the land. During the week several animals were sold to benefit this organization. At the 22nd annual replacement female sale local consignors were Hop and Hazel Brown, Red Bluff; Tyler and Patti Mar- tinez, Red Bluff; Tehama Angus Ranch; Holiday Ranch, Cottonwood. The Water for Life bull came from Bar KD Ranch, Culver, Oregon and sold the first time for $3,700 and donated back, when John Owens paid $4,000. At the 32nd annual Stock Dog Sale the dog was owned and trained by Bill Boyd, Boyd's Dock Dogs, Chiloquin, Oregon. Two times Carrs Tex was sold and donated back by Duane Martin at $5,100 and $4,400, then Atwood Quarter Horses, Red Bluff bought and donated $5,000. Final buyer at $3,000 was Gene Pastori- no, of California. The Bull Mart, Larry Imbach and Louie Molt, Burns, Oregon donated the final bull, when Northern California Farm Credit donated $7,500 and Gary Silva, Herald gave $3,100. The 14 dogs averaged $4,483, but Eric Wanman, of Buhl, Idaho had cham- pion Border Collie Blue, a female who sold for $10,500 by phone/internet to Jamie Passmore, Okla- homa. This year real time bid- ding was available via the internet. Live audio and live video allow buyers to bid on lots just as if they were present at the sale. A buyer account is created prior to the sale, and if you cannot attend the sale because of weather, dis- tance or business conflicts you can still bid on the ani- mal you want. I was told that the buyer from New York used the internet also. A tri colored female Border Collie from Mason Winebarger, Crowheart, Wyoming also sold for $10,500 to Pem Meyer, California. Ambrose McAuliffe, Fort Klamath sold his male Border Col- lie for $10,000 to Pride & Joy Dairy in Washington. The 48th annual Geld- ing Sale saw 108 geldings average $5,150.46 and the 4 mules averaged $5,075. Lot 130 was a buckskin from Tom/Carmen Buck- ingham, Bruneau, Idaho that sold for $20,000 to Glenn Wallace, Weiser, Idaho. The champion cut- ting horse, a gray sold for $16,500 from Shawn Jones, Comanche, Texas to Ryan Arcuri, Springfield, Oregon. $15,700 for the champi- on heel horse, a gray from Casey Minton, Witter Springs, to Bill Reeds, Solvang. The 2nd place cutting horse sold for $15,000. Consignor was Gene and Michele Morris, Florence, Montana to Den- nis Kirwan, Sebastopol. Another cutting horse sold by Kay Williams, Arroyo Grande to Mitchell Hovey, Rainer, Washington for $ 12,800. The Craig Owens Ideal Ranch Horse was shown by Aspen Meadows Ranch, LLC, Park City, Utah and was bred by Kelly Pritchett, Red Bluff. The chestnut gelding sold for $10,500 to Cindy Homann, Tenino, Wash- ington. Local buyers from Red Bluff were Amanda Dewart, Dusty deBraga, John Owens, Nathan Owens. Cottonwood: Leon Landis with two, Richard Wright. Gerber: Evelyn Bell. Los Molinos: Jerry Oliver. Local gelding con- signors in the sale were Wilson Pate with two, Cot- tonwood; Richard Wright, Cottonwood; Greta Kohler with three, Red Bluff; Rebecca Lengtat, Red Bluff; Bruce and Barbara Cannon, Cottonwood; Carol Hays, Corning with two; Craig Wright, Corn- ing; I.W. "Bill" Williams, Cottonwood. The parking lots were muddy, but the sun came out on Saturday afternoon during the bull sale. We had 10.15 inches of rain during January. Nice to see the creeks running, and the reservoirs filling. Jean Barton can be reached at jbarton@theskybeam.co m. 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Ferreira milks Holsteins with his family at the Ferreria & Son Dairy in Red Bluff, a family business since 1978. California is the nation's lead- ing milk producer and produces more butter, ice cream, yogurt and nonfat dry milk than any other state. The state is the second-largest producer of cheese, which is available nationally under the Real California Cheese seal. Grape growing, fish clash HEALDSBURG (AP) — Grape growers in Northern California's cool, fertile Sonoma County wine region are stomping mad at a new plan to limit the water that vineyards can pump from local rivers and streams to protect crops from frost. The proposed regulation is meant to safeguard coho salmon, a species on the brink of local extinction. Vineyard acreage in Sonoma County has increased 30 to 40 percent during the past decade. And when overnight temperatures drop below freezing in the spring, grape growers spray river water onto the vines to create a protective shell that encases young grapes. But environmentalists and fisheries officials say vine- yard pumping has dropped creek levels on more than one occasion, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of coho and other fish. Ferreira