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MemorialDayweekend used to be when the girls were out of school, and we would head to the moun- tains with the horses to check on the cattle at the various locations they were grazing. Kendra mentioned she remembered one year when it snowed, when I forwarded photos from Cal-Trans with Fredonyer Summit on Hwy 36-E cov- ered in snow, as was Bog- ard Rest Area on Hwy 44 last week. We were cool here in Red Bluff while the moun- tains were getting rain or snow. Now we are remem- bering how hot Red Bluff can be in the summer, and it is only in the high 90s. The heat in Red Bluff is more humid due to all the orchards, while when I was a child it was a very dry heat since the farmers had grain fields that were dry-land farmed. My mother used to take flowers to the Oak Hill Cemetery in Red Bluff to place on the family plot. This year my cousin Jac- queline Leininger and I continued the tradition by placing flowers by our hus- band's headstones, and the parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles graves. It was cool in the early morning and we spent time exploring different areas near the mausoleum and noting the number of young children who died at early age in the 1800s. We never found Pe- ter French's gravesite, al- though he was buried in Red Bluff. We had read his biography, since he was a large landowner and cat- tleman in Harney County, Oregon. He died from a shot in the back, and no one was ever charged. It sounded like he deserved it, after he ran off the homesteaders and took their land, among other bad deeds. We remembered Miss Norvell, our English teacher when we saw her grave. After she re- tired from Red Bluff High, you would see her wear- ing white gloves, and a hat when she went shopping in Red Bluff. There was the mystery of why our Uncle Cyrus Willard was not buried in the Willard plot, when he died two years after our great-grandmother Ju- lia Augusta. He had died 90 years ago. Or why Aunt Abbie was not buried near her husband. The McKenzies, Stovers, Willards, Steffans are near Joseph Cone's stone mau- soleum. We drove to the Vina Cemetary, and placed flow- ers on Wesley Leiningers grave site and remembered the friends buried there. Our next stop was the Northern California Vet- erans Cemetery in Igo, where Bill is buried. There were about 500 peo- ple who had come to the event, with prayers, song, a rifle salute, wreath laying ceremony and a flyover. It was so peaceful, with an American flag beside each headstone. I was re- minded of visiting Ar- lington National Ceme- tery, and the rows of head- stones. It wasn't as humid and warm as that day at Arlington. Our 2010 Christmas let- ter: Linda, Rochelle, Ken- dra, Shay, Jenny and I flew to Washington, DC. during a record shattering heat- wave there and VA. Cal- lie was working and didn't accompany us. We were there for a cousin's wed- ding, and the day of the wedding it was 102 with a heat index of 110. Next day, Sunday on the National Mall was men- tioned in USA Today on front page. "Scouts am- bushed by heat, storm." "Scorching heat Sunday challenged the Boy Scouts motto to "be prepared" as dozens collapsed during a parade to celebrate 100 years of Scouting, an event that took place during one of the hottest weeks in the nation's capital. A cold front that battered the re- gion Sunday evening with rain and winds may bring relief." Lots of Boy Scouts, since 45,000 were at Jam- boree in VA. Linda, Kendra and I would have liked to own stock in the water sold that week at $ 2 or more a 20 ounce bottle. We were con- stantly hearing "be sure to drink water" or "stay hy- drated." Our teenagers, Rochelle, Shay and Jenny were asked by a group of Boy Scouts if they could have their pic- ture taken with the girls at one of the monuments on the Mall. They looked like California girls with their golden tans, large dark glasses, hair piled on top of head, dangling earrings, halter tops and shorts try- ing to keep cool. We had walked the pathways to the top of the hill in Arlington after viewing the eternal flame at President Kennedy's grave. Visited the Tomb of the Unknowns watching the Changing of the Guard. Were waiting for the shut- tle, when a family from Nebraska commented on the rapidly darkening clouds coming from the West. "At home it might be a tornado." A wind suddenly came up breaking branches on the trees, knocking over some barriers, and it was cooler. Then a few sprinkles and before we could dash to the shelter of the pillars of the monument, we were wet from the skin out. The water that rushed down the streets and collected in low places was warm from the accumulated heat of the street and buildings. The thunderstorm had trees falling and thou- sands without power, but our hotel was lucky and we had air-conditioning. Speaking of rain, the May rains in Tehama County ruined everyone's hay. Some was cut, and some still standing but before it dried and could be baled the rains came again. College rodeo The National Intercolle- giate Rodeo Finals will be held in Casper, Wyoming starting June 11- 18. Several District 1 High School Rodeo alumni were competing in the West Coast Region this past year placing in the top 15 for their events. Saddle Bronc — Quincy Crum 2nd. Bareback Rid- ing — Casey Meroshnekoff 6th. Bull Riding — Bobby Vaughan 8th. Tie Down Roping — Wyatt Brown 6th; Colton Campbell 10, Sterling Humphry 11. Steer Wrestling — Wyatt Brown and Colton Camp- bell tied for 1st, Sterling Humphry was 6th. Team Roping Header — Brody Gill 6th, Quincy Crum 14th. Team Roping Heeler — Colton Campbell 5th, Ster- ling Humphry 7th, Wyatt Brown 10th, Chase Alver- naz 11th. Barrel Racing — Kayla Nichol 1st; Caitlin Camp- bell 13th. Breakaway Roping — Kattie wemple 5th, Chelsey Bushnell 6th. Goat Tying — Kattie Wemple 2nd, Courtney Wood 10th. JeanBartonhasbeen writing her column in the Daily News since the early 1990s. She can be reached by e-mail at jbarton2013@ gmail.com. JEANBARTON Sharing remembrances of Memorial Days over the years CONTRIBUTEDPHOTO Northern California Veterans Cemetery, Igo, on Memorial Day. CHICO Agriculture's contribution to North- eastern California's econ- omy grew in 2014 over the previous year, according to the latest in a series of annual reports from the Agribusiness Institute at California State Univer- sity, Chico. One in five jobs and 21 percent of all economic activity in the region was connected to agri- culture, up from 17 per- cent in 2013. Higher commodity prices contributed to the increase in economic ac- tivity and even offset a significant decrease in rice production in 2014, according to the report's author, agricultural busi- ness professor Eric Houk. The report covers eco- nomic activity in Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sut- ter, Tehama, Trinity and Yuba counties. The Contribution of Agriculture to Northeast- ern California's Economy in 2014 is supported by a three-year grant from the Agricultural Research In- stitute to quantify the significance of agricul- tural production, pro- cessing and related in- dustries to the overall economy of northeast- ern California. The full report is available online at www. csuchico.edu/ag. For more information, con- tact Eric Houk at 530- 898-4146 or ehouk@ csuchico.edu. CHICO STATE Annual report details agriculture's economic contribution MCARTHUR Staff from the State Water Resources Control Board will be in McArthur on Friday, June 17 to discuss new water measurement require- ments associated with Senate Bill 88. Many irrigators in Northern California have been overwhelmed by the water measurement stan- dards required by this bill. Subsequent to the bill passing the As directed by SB-88, the board de- veloped emergency regu- lations, which will have grave financial and re- porting consequences to irrigators across the state. Many of these measure- ment and reporting stan- dards will be almost phys- ically impossible for some diverters to comply with. These regulations af- fect any diverter that di- verts, stores or appropri- ates 10 acre feet per year (afy). This will particu- larly affect folks that di- vert 1,000 afy or more — this is about 250 acres of irrigated ground. 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