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COMMUNITY NEWS
PAGE 4—May 7, 2015
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UPCOMING EVENTS
ACAWL to hold jewelry,
plant sale on Saturday
may 9
Another Chance Animal
Welfare League will hold
its semi-annual jewelry sale
and annual plant sale at the
Thrift Store from 10:00 a.m.
to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday,
May 9, 2015. They have
been accepting donations of
jewelry throughout the year
and always have a good selection. Volunteers have also
been raising vegetable plants
and flowers for months. The
Thrift Store in located at
9384 Deschutes Road in the
north end of the Palo Cedro
Village Shopping center.
May Concerts Showcase
Conductor & Pianist: Climax
of a Symphony’s Quest
may 9 & 10
The
North
State Symphony’s
year-long journey
in search of a
new
Conductor/
Music
Director
approaches
its
final destination.
The Symphony’s
final concert of
the season, called
ARRIVE!,
will
be played on May
9th in Redding
at the Cascade
Theatre, and on
May 10th in Laxson
Auditorium, CSU
Chico.
Peter
Jaffe, Music Director of
the Stockton and Auburn
Symphonies,
takes
the
NSS podium as the last
of four finalists who hope
to permanently lead the
only professional classical
orchestra in the region.
Jaffe has led the Stockton
Symphony for many years
and has extensive national
and international experience
as conductor and violinist.
He is especially known for
the imaginative concerts he
has designed.
Peter Jaffe’s program
with North State Symphony
covers a broad spectrum
of orchestral music. In
both Redding and Chico,
involves sewing tiny beads together.
Other craft items for sale will
include candles, soap, woven
goods, crystal and stone jewelry.
The Beadman is located
at 2619 Park Marina Drive in
Redding.
Foothill High School Choir
to perform Fourth Annual
“ Warp Time” Show
may 27
Volunteers paint doors and move landscape rock at Junction
school on Saturday May 25, 2015 May 31
Peter Jaffe
Beethoven’s Piano Concerto
#3 will be played by Natalya
Shkoda. She is currently
on the faculty at California
State University, Chico.
The Redding concert on
Saturday, May 9th begins
at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are
available
the
Cascade
Theatre Box Office 2438877. The Chico concert
on Sunday, May 10th begins
at 2:00 p.m. Tickets may
be purchased through the
University
Box
Office
at 898-6333. Audience
members may hear Peter
Jaffe speak an hour prior to
the concerts.
For more information, go
to www.northstatesymphony.
org or call 898-5984
to the four-concert series at $70
(adults), $35 (students), and
$175 (family package: which
includes two adults and two or
more children) through April
30, 2015.
For more information:
call 530-247-7355 or visit
the association online at
www.shastalive.com,
SCCA
Shasta Live P.O. Box 493979,
Redding, CA 96049-3979. As
an added bonus new members
will receive free tickets to the
last show “Steve Lippia: In
Simply Sinatra”.
Shasta Live! will also
continue their sponsorship
of the Fine Arts Enrichment
program, a student outreach
performance series in support
of arts education in the Redding
community. Established in
2000, 53 artists have performed
for over 30,000 area students
from 58 schools. Since their
move to the Cascade Theatre
in 2012, every outreach
performance presented by
Shasta Live! has filled the 900
seat venue to capacity.
The Redding “Floating of
the Lanterns,” fashioned after
the Buddhist Peace Practice
of Hawaii held each Memorial
Day weekend in Honolulu, will
take place on Sunday, May 31,
2015, commencing at 7:00 p.m.
with a traditional Sikh buffet
provided by The Sikh Centre
of Anderson. The lantern float
begins at 8:30 p.m. on Park
Marina Pond. The event will
include food, music, silence,
reading of the interfaith peace
prayers by members of the
Shasta County Interfaith Forum
and observance of the floating
of the lanterns. The event is
open to the public but minors
must be accompanied by an
adult. Anyone wishing to participate by sponsoring a peace
lantern may do so for $20.
This mindfulness practice
focuses attention and energies
on connecting inner wisdom
with daily living and creating
a nonviolent, peaceful world.
The Center for Spiritual Living and the Shasta County Interfaith Forum are co-sponsors,
encouraging all to enjoy the
candle lit peace lanterns as they
are floated onto Park Marina
Pond at dusk in a ceremony of
reverence for peace. Each lantern carries a prayer of peace
from one of eight different faith
traditions or one inspirational
quote from Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr., along with a Japanese
calligraphy peace symbol.
Those in attendance should
park along Park Marina Drive
and walk across the street to
2001 Park Marina Drive or
the picnic area behind Budget
River Inn. Participants should
bring their own lawn chairs,
water bottles, sun screen, and
bug spray; a $5 per person donation is suggested. For more
information or to sponsor a
peace lantern, please call 2438862 or visit www.lynnfritz.
com.
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“Just Serve” - Service
Project at Junction School
By Kimberley
Christofferson
Members
of
the
Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints Palo
Cedro Ward participated
in a “Just Serve” volunteer day on Saturday,
April 25, 2015. In addition to 10 school volunteers, approximately
30 members of the Palo
Cedro Ward congrega-
tion worked at Junction
School painting classroom doors, cleaning out
planters, putting down
weed barrier and placing
rock into the planter beds. “Just Serve” is an annual church service day
where members of the
Church of Jesus Christ
of
Latter-day
Saints
throughout the world participate in service projects in their community. fm
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The Board of Trustees for Bella Vista
Elementary School District on April 14,
2015 recognized three employees for their
work on the Healthy School Initiative.
They are PE teacher Julie Reuter, cafeteria manager Kim Morris, and teacher Jamie Brown who has taken charge of the
school’s garden. Superintendent Charlie
Hoffman also recognized all the main office staff for their work on the District’s
CALPADS (student information data) for
which Bella Vista had received a certificate of excellence from the state.
Principal Renae Burson gave the
Board a detailed update on the implementation of the LCAP and plans for revisions
to next year’s plans. She said that since
fourth and fifth graders had not been as
successful as the rest of the students in
response to the academic intervention
program, the District had purchased Read
Naturally, a highly recommended new
reading program to use with them for the
rest of this year and next. Burson also
reported that the school was working to
counter chronic low attendance through
monthly, rather than yearly, perfect attendance rewards.
The Board approved changes to the
District’s Core Values as recommended
by a Board committee and the school
staff. The changes involve three additions (in bold):
1. “We will continually pursue excellence
in our students and in our staff through
professional development.”
2. “We will continuously self-evaluate
and improve through the use of data.”
3. We will support our teachers through
an administrative structure that prioritizes
our principal’s focus upon instructional
leadership.
Burson reported that she had gone
to an AVID leadership training that had
proved very valuable in terms of networking and gaining new ideas. She said a site
visit to a school in Napa Valley that has
been doing AVID for years proved very
valuable. “It was very powerful to see
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State fails to provide more bandwidth
to rural schools for testing
The Board of Trustees
for Whitmore Union Elementary School District on
April 14, 2015 recognized
first grader Parker Reed
and sixth grader Herndon
Robert as students of the
month for March. Ms. Gonzales, the K-3 teacher, told
the Board that Parker had
worked hard to improve his
grades last month, and Mrs.
German said that Herndon
could be counted on at any
time to follow through with
instructions and help out in
her classroom. Each student
received a certificate and a
medal.
Superintendent
Larry
Robins reported that it did
not appear that the school
will have any increased
bandwidth to facilitate the
computerized state testing
on the horizon this month.
Earlier in the school year,
the state had informed small
outlying districts they were
going to try to make increased bandwidth available to them by spring, but
apparently the officials in
charge of the program had
From left to right: Mrs. Jessica German, Herndon Roberts,
Parker Reed, Ms. Cindy Gonzalez
underestimated the number
of rural districts and the cost
of providing the promised
service. Robins had said at
a previous meeting that he
believed the school could
provide enough bandwidth
to accommodate the test by
suspending all other computer use during the testing
periods.
Robins also presented the
school calendar for 2015-16
and updated salary schedules
for the staff. The Board will
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Superintendent
Frank
Adelman reported to the
Oak
Run
Elementary
School District Board of
Trustees on April 15, 2015
that enrollment for their
Public Montessori School
set to open next fall currently stands at 60 students,
with 13 in kindergarten, 29
in first through third grade,
and 18 in fourth through
eighth grade, with most of
those in fourth grade. He
said the additional funding
for the increased number of
students would allow them
vote on both at their meeting
in May.
The Board discussed and
approved the Authorized Reserve for Economic Uncertainties and the updated policy for the use of Epi-Pens.
Robins reminded the
Board that the Parents’ Club
will be holding its Taco Dinner on May 1st and the students will be participating
the
Whitmore Mountain
Music Faire Parade on May
9th.
NCCS 4-21-15
Board hears presentation on Eagle Scout project
Principla Renae Burson presents a certificate of
recognition to Kim Morris.
Principal Renae Burson (right) presents a certificate of recognition to Julie Reuter.
students working at such a high level,” she said.
Hoffman said that he had attended a statewide legislative action day and felt that legislators had wanted to hear what they had to say.
Trustee Greg Covington reported that he had
been very impressed by the talent and learning of the young musicians who performed at
the Spring Concert on Mar. 26. Trustee Lisha
Stockton reported that the recent Book Fair had
earned over $1000 in Scholastic dollars that
will be used to purchase new books for the library.
On April 21, 2015 the
Governing Board for North
Cow Creek Elementary
School District heard a presentation from Noah Parham
who recently completed refurbishing the long jump
track at the school for his Eagle Scout project. Helped by
29 other Scouts and friends,
Parham removed weeds, put
down new landscaping fabric and dirt, and built a new
frame to contain the sand
at the landing site. Board
members took a field trip out
to inspect the work and were
very pleased with the results.
Superintendent/principal Jeff Harris reported that
he had signed an agreement
with the Shasta County
YMCA to operate a collaborative preschool on the NCCS
campus next year. The preschool will be open each day
that school is in session, from
7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Families can choose to have their
children attend five days per
week (for $550 per month)
or three days per week ($353
per month). Enrollment will
be limited to 30 students on a
first come, first served basis
and registration packets are
now available in the NCCS
office and at the YMCA.
Noah Parham (left) explains his Eagle Scout project to the
North Cow Creek School District Board of Trustees as Allen
Toney holds up his display board for him.
Harris also reported that
the California Energy Commission had ruled that NCCS
cannot use the $250,000
Proposition 39 money it is
entitled to because, with its
solar system operating, it
cannot show any reduction
in its power bill. Harris said
he contacted “all sorts of
people with power” to advocate for them and get the
rules changed so that schools
like NCCS which are ahead
of the curve in reducing their
energy costs won’t be penalized for doing so.
The Board voted to enter
Board plans for public Montessori school opening in fall
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Village Shopping center to
the school on May 6, and that
evening they will exhibit their
Science Fair projects. Fourth,
sixth, seventh and eighth
graders will also have their
projects on display. The Safe
Routes to School letter writing campaign will kick off
that night as well.
May 8th is the Education
Foundations major fundraiser, “Taste for the Future” at
the Ponderosa Ridge Ranch
in Anderson. Tickets are $40
at the door. Call 378-4366 for
directions.
Teachers reported that
they are excited about the
new electives planned for all
grades next year, and Superintendent/principal Rich Gifford reported that enrollment
keeps creeping up which will
bring more funding to the
District next year.
May 7, 2015—PAGE 5
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Williams. In open session,
his representatives said they
would be filing a racial discrimination law suit against
the District.
Junction has a busy calendar this spring, so full, in
fact, that the Palo Cedro Lions are postponing their “Parents’ Night Out” fundraiser
until next fall. The Lions had
planned to raise money to
purchase two robotics kits and
accompanying curriculum for
the District, but the kits and
curriculum will be purchased
by the Junction Education
Foundation instead. A Shasta
High School student will assist in the robotics program,
and the school is also planning to offer a robotics element in its new summer program as well.
Students will ride their
bikes from the Palo Cedro
Board recognizes staff for exceptional work
Interfaith Event for “The
Floating of the Lanterns”
Shasta Live! announces
2015-2016 concert season
Shasta Live! is an allvolunteer concert organization,
presenting
an
annual
performance series in Redding,
California. Their 2015-2016
series features world-class
performers Cotton Wine
on Friday, October 9, 2015;
Kevin Johnson on Wednesday,
November 4, 2015; Caravan of
Thieves on Friday, January 29,
2016; and the season closer,
Stringfever on Wednesday,
May 4, 2016. Shasta Live! is
also proud to sponsor student
programs in support of arts
education.
Organization
president
Jane Wittmann said, “We are
committed to bringing highquality family entertainment
to the community. This
new roster of artists is an
exceptional example of our
own unique contribution to
the entertainment landscape in
Redding.”
Shasta Live! is making a
special offer to celebrate their
2015-2016 campaign kick-off
with early-bird season tickets
At the April 15, 2015
meeting of the Board of
Trustees for Junction School
District, third grade students
led the pledge and reported
that they are doing art projects based on Shasta County
history and are taking a field
trip to Shasta Caverns. In science they are working with
prisms, and in math they are
doing geometry. They also
have a recycling program underway.
The board approved hiring Susannah Sbragia as
the District’s new business
manager. The Board also approved a two percent salary
schedule pay increase for the
teachers and other staff, plus
an additional one-time, two
percent pay raise.
The Board voted in closed
session to uphold the termination of custodian Kenny
MAY 9
This amazing, one-night
performance will take place
at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday,
May 27, 2015 at The David
Marr Auditorium. Tickets may
be purchased in advance for
$5 by calling the high school
at 547-1700 (between 8:00 10:00 daily) and asking for the
band room Tickets may also be
purchased at the door for $7.
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Board gives staff raises, hires
new business manager
Bead artist to benefit ACAWL
The Foothill High School
Choir will perform a musical journey through seven
decades; they will be accompanied by The Foothill High
School Jazz Combo as the
house band for the evening.
The young musicians will
be performing songs from the
decades between 1955 and
2015.
SCHOOL BOARD HIGHLIGHTS
Junction
REPORT CARD
The Beadman will hold its
Eleventh Annual Craft Faire
from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
on May 9, 2015. Bead artist
Michaela will host a booth to
benefit Another Chance Animal
Welfare League. She specializes in “seed beading” which
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to hire three teachers and either three full time instructional aides or six if they
were all half time.
Adelman also reported
that the District had one
operational bus and one
that could be repaired for
$21,000. He said he would
like to be able to run a bus
down to Palo Cedro to pick
up students from the valley
who wanted to attend Oak
Run, so he was recommending that the second bus be
repaired. The District has a
bus driver for the local route
and will be advertising for
a second one to do the Palo
Cedro run. They are also advertising for a 3.8 hour custodian, so he is hopeful one
person could do both jobs.
Montessori
Director
Cristan Norman asked if
the District would consider
adopting a trimester report
card schedule rather than a
two-semester system. She
said in her experience the
trimester schedule offered
teachers more opportunities to inform parents about
their children’s progress.
Adelman said it would be
fairly easy to change over
to a trimester system when
the Board adopted its 201516 calendar. Norman also
said she planned to develop
a new report card for the
school that is based on Montessori and Common Core
Standards.
Adelman gave the Board
an update on the school’s
progress in implementing the LCAP goals for this
year. He said that teachers
had not been able to do as
much project-based learning
as they had planned because
testing showed that fifty percent of the students were
performing below grade
level in reading and math.
As a result teachers spent a
lot of time working to bring
up students level of achievement. He also noted that 41
percent of the school’s current students were absent
more than 10 days per year,
which qualifies as chronic
absenteeism. He said that
was something the school
needed to address with parents from day one next year.
into a contract with Junction School District to provide music services so the
two schools could share a
music teacher starting next
year. Harris said together
they could afford to offer an
80 percent position. Foothill
High School Band Director Mitch Barr and retired
NCCS music teacher Jaci
Voelz have both offered to
help with the interview process.
The Board discussed
new athletic policy rules and
regulations written by the
superintendent. They liked
the guidelines for the fourth/
fifth grade and sixth/seventh
grade teams which stressed
inclusion and learning skills
over competition and winning, but some members
disagreed with the guidelines for the seventh/eighth
A Team, which stated it is
“the most competitive atmosphere middle school has
to offer” and playtime is at
the discretion of the coach.
“Even with the seven/eight
teams, we want to convey to
the coaches that it’s not all
about winning,” said Board
member Cindy Butler. Harris asked Board members
to email him their ideas for
a coaches packet as that is
what he will be working on
next.
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Caring for critical foals an emotional rollercoaster
April 24
mind. He does not know that he
is 99 percent hairless and looks
It is 4:42 a.m. and I am sitting at the ancient computer in
a bit odd; he does not know that
our kitchen. Our rescue laptop
he is at death’s door and touch
just crashed again, and it seems
and go, hour to hour if not minto be needing either a bullet or a
ute to minute. As he continued
graveyard. I mean really, on top
to walk around and explore the
of the broken washing machine
entire equine vet area at Crossroads, he made it clear that he
(I need it to wash the babies’
is just a little horse looking to
soiled blankets and I think that
eat, play and sleep, and there is
is what killed it - oops), now the
no way we can quit on a baby
rescue lap top?? This computer
like that!
is okay for emails, but cannot
May 1
support the financial files and
I can’t believe it has been
programs, and last I heard the
23 days since we started takIRS likes your files to be readily
ing care of these babies. All of
available
I have to say that it is over- Maverick gets an oxygen treatment from the machine on loan them are still having breathing
whelming on top of what is to Chilly Pepper Miracle Mustang.
issues and three of them have
full on pneumonia. They are
happening with these four little
Matt Armstrong and Robert Bradshaw lift Maverick on a blanfoals. All of them are really sick. We had thought Flash was fighting scours and poor Maverick has pretty much lost all of his ket to move him.
healthy, but he is apparently dealing with the same thing the oth- hair. Never before have I had a bald baby to care for. It is amazers are. ing to me that this far into their care I am still literally, and I mean TO HAPPEN! Of course if we lived in a decent and humane
As I sit here I have the biggest lump in my throat. I feel like that with a vengeance, having to care for them 24/7. I have been world these babies would not have been torn from their mothers
sobbing and I am afraid if I start I will never stop. The emotional up since April 7th with only a cat nap here and there. Reminds in the first place. But if Matt and I had arrived on April 7 and
started caring for them in a temperature-controlled environment,
roller coaster is somewhat devastating, especially with the lack of me of Honey Bandit.
sleep, but you cannot share that negative energy with these babies. Maverick’s fevers have spiked at 105 at their highest, and his none of them would be nearly as sick as they are. These babies
Maverick crashed and came close to dying the night before temperature has dropped to 95 degrees. a normal foal tempera- cannot regulate their body temperatures and need to be treated in
last and yesterday. I was up till 3:00 a.m. without even stopping ture should be about 101, and these changes are serious. There a warm room if its cold outdoors. The four or five days that these
to close my eyes and when daylight finally arrived we thought he is no rhyme or reason for the changes; they are not connected to guys were freezing may have been the deciding factor. was stable. He and Shanny were messing around in the stall when where he is or what he is doing. We have been checking his tem- So I am asking anyone and everyone to try and donate $5 tosuddenly his legs buckled. He started swaying side to side like a perature about every hour. He is still struggling to breathe times, wards the trailer we need to care for these babies. We do not
very drunk person and it was obvious there was no communication and he needs the breathing treatment at any and all hours of the mind driving thousands of miles and spending all of our time and
between his brain and his extremities. At one point he fell to the night. We are now also using a hot air vaporizer and our friend a great deal of our resources to try and help a dying foal when we
ground. My heart was pounding and it felt like I had been hit with just showed up with an oxygen machine. We just may have a are called. I truly believe that this is what God wants us to do and
He continues to put these babies in front of us. However, we do
a sledge hammer. I wanted to scream because my brain knew what chance. was happening, but I couldn’t accept it. Matt quietly said “He is The vets seem as mystified as we are as to why the fevers keep mind not having the right equipment.
dying - he is shutting down.” My mind was screaming “NO!” occurring. The massive array of blood work and tests that were We have found a used trailer with living quarters and a closed
We called the vet and while waiting for a return call I realized done all came back negative for Mav. All 3 babies (not Flash) in stall area that can be heated for the foals. Its price has been
that his breathing was the worst I had ever heard. We gave him a have been on a strong antibiotic for the last 10 days, and let me reduced to $13,500 for Chilly Pepper - Miracle Mustang. This is
treatment with the Vibra VM ( a machine donated when we had tell you, giving poor Maverick two shots a day into that tiny body an amazing price for a trailer with living quarters; most of them
Ikey and Mikey that helps open up airways and break up the con- through that delicate pink baby skin is really stressful if you think are upwards of $20 thousand. If we are able to buy it, we will
gestion in the lungs). A few minutes later he wanted to go outside. about it. It is ironic though, of all three, he minds his shots the be able to provide the same quality of care on the road that we
provide when we are safe at home in our nursery. I figured if he was going to die it would be on his terms and so out least.
we went. Tears of joy rolled down my face as I watched him in On a very bright note, the washing machine is fixed and I People are always asking us to save this baby or that baby,
astonishment. The legs that moments before were buckling and didn’t break it after all. And an even happier note than that is once and we always try to answer as many calls as we can, but we need
giving out were supporting a bucking and bouncing little mess. again God showed us He as His own plans. One of the repairmen your help with this part. You can go to our website at ChillypepMaverick was playing, and it was obvious that once again he had is interested in adopting Flash. This is definitely worth going per.org or go to Paypal at Palominodancer@yahoo.com or U.S.
brain function. After talking to the vet, we realized he simply without a washing machine for a week. What makes this so spe- Mail to Chilly Pepper - Miracle Mustang, 34694 Sidebottom Rd.
was not getting any oxygen due to his congestion. Moments after cial is that Flash is going to need a very special home, as he is off Shingletown, CA 96088, and remember, all donations are tax dehe went outside a huge amount of mucous came out of that cute the charts full of himself. It won’t matter how good his manners ductible. little nose. He had been suffocating and his brain started shutting are when he leaves here if he does not have the right home where We have been enjoying visitors nearly every day. If you want
down due to lack of oxygen, but PTL the machine had saved him. someone will stay on top of what he knows and make him mind to come and see these babies please call at 530 474 5197.
Thank you as always for your prayers and support for our
We spent the rest of the day with our friends Les Stedronsky each and every day. and her amazing husband driving us to Crossroads for, yes, even My computer needs to go away unfortunately. In typical American Heritage, our Wild Horses! Let’s keep them out of
more blood work, and then they took x rays of his chest. He has fashion it does not crash for the repairman. However it is losing slaughter and the cruel and inhumane practices used on the horses
Broncho Pneumonia and Pharyingitis. Sharyn Cornelius met us files in a completely random fashion and is definitely not reliable. that are sent to slaughter. These babies deserve a chance at a
there and rushed his blood down to Fed Ex so we could get the So that is another issue we will have to get taken care of. Defi- happy life, and together we can make a difference.
results back quickly. So now between all of the vet bills, paper- nitely not boring around here.
work etc. from Washington State and the two different vet bills I think the most difficult part of all this is not the endless days Thank you from all of us!
down here we have spent about $1800 for the four babies and with no sleep, the tear filled hours watching Maverick struggle to Matt, Palomino & the Gang
their medications. As usual, we are always wishing these babies breathe and knowing you are doing everything and it still might
Sad news to report. Despite Palomino’s round-the-clock
came with a checkbook, but alas that is not the case. As Sharyn not be enough, the frustrations as you watch him struggle to do care, Maverick continued to decline and was euthanized at
pointed out, Maverick definitely is not a dying baby in his little the smallest thing, but the fact that this suffering DID NOT HAVE Crossroads Veterinary Clinic on Sunday night. Ed.
Food and Farm News — A service of the California Farm Bureau Federation
April 29, 2015
Water shortages to be on the agenda
At two different venues next Tuesday, California farmers will describe the impact of water
shortages. In Fresno, the State Board of Food
and Agriculture will host a “drought forum,” to
hear from farmers, ranchers and farm employees. In Sacramento, the State Water Resources
Control Board will discuss emergency urban
water regulations, and the San Diego County
Farm Bureau will describe potential effects on
farmers who buy water from urban agencies
and could face severe cutbacks.
Recycled water to be studied
A two-year project will look at how to make
recycled water more useful on farms. The University of California, Riverside, will work with
water districts in the region to see if wastewater
can be treated in ways that provide the nutrients needed by specific crops. The researchers
will cooperate with colleagues in Israel, where
farmers have used recycled water extensively,
and where some production losses have started
to occur as a result.
Conservation award accepts nominations
Nominations have opened for an annual
award recognizing voluntary conservation by
California landowners. The Leopold Conservation Award provides $10,000 in recognition
of stewardship work by farmers and ranchers.
The award will be presented at the California Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting
in December. The 2014 recipient, Full Belly
Farm in Yolo County, stresses environmentally
sound practices and conducts extensive outreach work. More schools feature California-grown food
What started as a pilot project in Oakland last year has now spread to 42 school
districts around California: School lunch
menus feature “California Thursdays,”
emphasizing foods made with ingredients
grown in the state. Participating school districts include both large, urban districts and
smaller suburban or rural schools. Sponsors
of the project say schoolchildren prefer the
locally grown, fresh food, and that the project also benefits local economies.
April 22, 2015
Farm groups track water legislation
As Californians struggle with drought
and water shortages, legislators have offered
dozens of bills aimed at addressing various aspects of the state’s water problems.
Many of the measures focus on groundwater, which has become more important as
surface-water supplies have dwindled. The
California Farm Bureau Federation says it
supports several of the bills, including one
that would make adjudication of groundwater rights more efficient. Ranchers help conserve sagebrush habitat
Conservation work by ranchers along
the California-Nevada border has helped
keep a bird off of the federal endangeredspecies list. Federal officials said Tuesday
they have decided that the bi-state population of the greater sage grouse does not
require protection. In announcing the decision, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell credited work by government and private partners
to conserve sagebrush habitat needed by the
grouse.
Closures of biomass plants
slow tree disposal
When farmers remove orchards because
of water shortages or other reasons, they can
find themselves unable to dispose of the dead
trees as quickly as they’d like. In recent years,
farmers have provided trees to biomass power plants that burn wood chips to create energy. But biomass plants have been closing.
The energy they generate proves relatively
expensive, and utilities have chosen not to
renew contracts for biomass power--leaving
farmers looking for alternatives. Farmers’ actions enhance air quality
Technical experts have met a scientific
threshold for showing that voluntary actions
by farmers are improving air quality in the
San Joaquin Valley. The U.S. Department of
Agriculture says specialists from its Natural
Resources Conservation Service successfully
made the case to federal environmental regulators. Programs to replace diesel engines on
farms with lower-emission engines have offset the emissions from one million cars, the
department says.
April 15, 2015
Water shortages hit Klamath Basin
Farmers in the far north of California have
been added to the list of those facing water
shortages. In the Klamath Basin along the
California-Oregon border, farmers have been
told to expect shortages of 35 percent to more
than 50 percent. In some cases, farmers will
receive no water from the federal irrigation
project serving the region. The Klamath Basin has had four straight dry years.
Field day looks at efficient irrigation
Drought also affects desert growing areas in the Imperial Valley, and a University
of California “field day” recently focused
on water-saving irrigation methods. Presentations discussed irrigation techniques that
reduce evaporation and that withhold water
at specific times to reduce loss of yield during water cutbacks. The event also discussed
production of Imperial Valley crops including
bell peppers, alfalfa, and sugar beets.
Rural areas prepare for wildfire
With drought comes added fire risk, and
state fire-safety officials fear an active season
for wildfires. To help rural communities prepare, University of California forestry specialists promote the concept of “fire-adapted
communities.” Such communities can survive a wildfire with little or no assistance
from firefighters. A UC forestry advisor says
a number of Sierra Nevada communities are
working to reduce wildfire hazards. Grape acreage declines slightly
Chardonnay and cabernet sauvignon varieties remain the most-widely planted wine
grapes in California, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The top table-grape variety is Flame seedless, while Thompson seedless leads among
raisin grapes. The amount of land planted in
grapes declined statewide by 5,000 acres, to
928,000.
Food and Farm News is a service of the California Farm Bureau Federation. For more information
about any story, contact the Communications/News Division at 916.561.5550, or email news@cfbf.
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Dressage riders come from far and wide to compete in Palo Cedro show
Savanna Whisler shows her Haflinger mare Lovely Lady RP in Third Level, Test
1 at the Shasta Chapter CDS Spring Dressage Show at Two Bar Training Center
in Palo Cedro on May 2, 2015. The horse/rider pair earned a score of 64.394% on
the test and first place in the class.
Marilyn Girt of Anderson shows her Hanoverian gelding De Stephano in Third
Level, Test 1 at the Shasta Chapter CDS Spring Dressage Show on May 2-3 at
Two Bar Training Center in Palo Cedro. The horse/rider pair earned a 63.939%
for their performance and second place in the class.
The Shasta Chapter CDS Spring Show
took place last weekend at the Two Bar
Trail Training Center in Palo Cedro. The
two-day show drew 21 riders, including
nine from Oregon, who rode 69 individual
tests in front of judge Sue Curry-Shaffer
of California.
The high score for the show belongs to
Taj Peterson of Arcata riding Armani who
earned a 71.136% in Training Level, Test
3, but the rider with the highest cumulative scores for the weekend was Cassandra Soule of Jacksonville, Oregon riding
Splendid in Black, who earned three 70%
scores in First Level and a 74.3% in the
Materiale class for 4/5 year old mares.
Local riders who earned good scores
at the show were: Jan Malik of Palo
Cedro, who rode Lanciano to a 60.676%
in Fourth Level, Test 1; Marilyn Girt of
Anderson, who rode DeStephano to a
63.939% in Third Level, Test 1; Melinda
Van Sweden of Cottonwood, who rode
Lan Fertil to a 67.308% in Second Level,
Test 2 and a 66.951% in Second Level,
Test 3; Meghan Walker of Palo Cedro,
who rode Zinedine to a 67.121% in Second level, Test 1 and a 66.923% in Second Level, Test 2; Mindy Nagel of Palo
Cedro, who rode Custom to the Max to a
64.783% in Training Level, Test 1 (Opportunity) and a 66.154% in Training
Level, Test 2 (Opportunity); Carol Wilson of Palo Cedro, who rode Finnigan SF
to a 62.692% in Training Level, Test 2
(Opportunity); and Junior Rider Booklyn
Aspling of Redding who rode One Karat
Princess to a 66.750% in Introductory
Test A and a 68.760% in Introductory Test
B.
The Shasta Chapter gives out five special/memorial awards each year. This
year’s winners are: 1) Melinda Van Sweden riding Lan Fertil won the J. Vic Beckett Award for the highest percentage by a
rider over 50 years of age; 2) Brooklyn
Aspling riding One Karat princess won the
Dorothy Walgamuth award for the highest
percentage by a Shasta Chapter member;
3) Cassandra Soule riding Splendid in
Black won the Two Bar Training Center
for the highest percentage First Level or
above; 4) Taj Petersen riding Armani won the Shasta
Chapter Junior Dressage
Award for the highest percentage by a junior rider;
5) Cassandra Soule riding
Splendid in Black won the
Lyn Read Award for the
highest percentage by a
Warmblood.
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