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Agricultureranch farm Annual Hot Cajun dinner The Family Water Alliance cordially invites all to join for the Annual "Hot Cajun Night" fundraiser dinner to be held Saturday, Nov. 17 at the Maxwell Veterans Hall, 250 Oak St. in Maxwell. This event is held in an effort to raise funds to support FWA's efforts to continue to protect private property rights and rural agricultural communities. This annual event is a night of good spirits, food and fun, featuring a cocktail reception, dinner, raffle, door prizes and an auction. No host cocktails begin at 5:30 p.m. The dinner menu is & National Beef Ambassador Competition served at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 per person. Everyone attending is eligi- ble for the Grand Prize, a Sonoma Mission Inn and Spa Get- away, and the First Prize, an "King of the Grill" barbecue and accessories, donated by Intake Screens, Inc. Tickets purchased prior to Nov. 2 are eligible for the Early Bird Prize, a Berretta semi-automatic shotgun donat- ed by Kittle's Outdoor & Sport Company. Must be present to win all door prizes. Tickets can be purchased by calling 438-2026 or sending an email to fwa@frontiernet.net. Drought-stricken farmers WASHINGTON — Farmers and ranchers who previ- ously were forced to sell livestock due to drought, like the drought currently affecting much of the nation, have an extended period of time in which to replace the livestock and defer tax on any gains from the forced sales, the Inter- nal Revenue Service announced today. Farmers and ranchers who, due to drought, sell more livestock than they normally would may defer tax on the extra gains from those sales. To qualify, the livestock gener- ally must be replaced within a four-year period. The IRS is authorized to extend this period if the drought continues. The one-year extension of the replacement period announced today generally applies to capital gains realized by eligible farmers and ranchers on sales of livestock held for draft, dairy or breeding purposes due to drought. Sales of other livestock, such as those raised for slaughter or held for sporting purposes, and poultry are not eligible. The IRS is providing this relief to any farm located in a During the 2012 National Beef Ambas- sador Competition in California, I had the opportunity to take a historic tour of Old Sacramento with 40 adults and youth that came from across the nation. Our guide was a professional and she showed me many new things during our day of touring. Sacramento is known as City of Trees, stand- ing 25 feet above sea level with a population of 400,000 but with sur- rounding cities, it has a population of 1.8 mil- lion. county, parish, city or district, listed as suffering exception- al, extreme or severe drought conditions by the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC), during any weekly period between Sept. 1, 2011, and Aug. 31, 2012. All or part of 43 states are listed. Any county contiguous to a county listed by the NDMC also qualifies for this relief. As a result, farmers and ranchers in these areas whose drought sale replacement period was scheduled to expire at the end of this tax year, Dec. 31, 2012, in most cases, will now have until the end of their next tax year. Details on this relief, including a list of NDMC-desig- nated counties, are available in Notice 2012-62, posted today on IRS.gov. Details on reporting drought sales and other farm-related tax issues can be found in Publication 225, Farmer's Tax Guide, also available on the IRS web site. Enroute to the State Capitol our bus stopped, and we could view the Crocker Art Museum in the Italianate mansion completed in 1872. Next was the beauti- ful Leland Stanford Mansion originally built in 1856 by Sheldon Fogus. Later purchased and remodeled by Leland Stanford. He used a rowboat from the 2nd floor because Sacramento was flood- ing when he was inau- gurated as Governor of California in 1862-63. After he died his wife made it a children's home, and now it is the state's official reception center for the governor. If you look closely at the molding at the top around the windows you will see the head of Leland Stanford. The Great Seal of California in the con- crete near the west steps of the capitol was our first stop at the capitol. Our guide explained the significance of the fea- tures: Roman goddess Min- erva, a grizzly bear, grapes, sheaf of grain, a miner, sailing ships, moun- tains, water and Eureka, meaning "I have found it". In the Rotunda the large statue grouping enti- tled Columbus last appeal to Queen Isabel- la, a gift in 1883. Then we climbed the stairs to view the por- traits of Governors Rea- gan, Brown, Davis and Wilson and the balcony overlooking the Senate Chamber with desks built in the 1860's. Back on the bus and we paused to view the Governor's Mansion that Albert Gallatin built. 13 governors have lived there, and the last was Reagan in 1969. I was pleasantly sur- was restored in 1982, it became a working museum. There is a 1906 era Governor's office suite, the Treasur- er's Office circa 1906 and 1933; and the 1902 office of the Secretary of State. These rooms are in the wings to the right and left of the Rotunda. When the building Community Clip? e-mail: clerk@red- bluffdailynews.com or Fax: 527-9251 Saturday, October 13, 2012 – Daily News 5A Courtesy photo National Beef Ambassador Tour observing the Seal of California. prised when we visited Sutter's Fort. It had been over 20 years when I took grand-daughter Callie and it was so dull and boring after visiting Disneyland. Now when you look into a room, the audio tells you about life in 1840-49, and the pur- pose of that room. The Delta King on the Sacramento River was our destination for lunch. Jean Barton sandwiches. Most left their sandwich uneaten because of the gristle, fat, or flavor. Our group was split after lunch because only 20 at a time could see Old Sacramento Under- ground. We put on headsets so we could hear the guide as we walked under the buildings in old town, leaving from the Sacra- mento History Museum, 101 "I" Street. was elegant aboard the river boat, but we were disap- pointed in the roast beef Sacramento would The setting flood each winter, so the buildings were raised like they did in Tehama. We saw the exposed brick retaining walls, the excavated building foundations, and arti- facts that had been recovered. given fans before we entered the under- ground, and they were useful in the musty atmosphere. Our final stop was the railroad museum. New to me this time was the display of dishes the various railroad lines used in their dining cars. began adding dining cars – restaurants on wheels – saving valu- able travel time. Many railroads made In the 1860s railroads remembered experience. A sharp crew on a We were elegant dining cars their showpiece, with elabo- rate menus and pressed white linen, fresh flow- ers, the finest china, sil- ver and crystal. Passengers dined in unhurried luxury aboard the moving train, and dinner in the diner became a special long- busy run might serve over 300 meals out of the small kitchen. Cooking aboard a din- ing car had its chal- lenges. The space was cramped, the kitchen hot, the work hard, the hours long. Yet the output of the kitchen was incredible. Each railroad had "sig- nature" selections: Southern Pacific's bot- tomless salad bowl, Northern Pacific's big baked potato, and Fred Harvey service on the Santa Fe featuring fresh mountain trout caught the same day. Provisions such as fresh produce and fish were picked up daily along the route. We concluded our tour at the golden spike that was used at Promontory Point, Utah when the two sections of the train track came together. Jean Barton can be reached at jbarton2013@gmail.co m. 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