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Leadership students help
Fall River food pantry
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Alarmed and Dangerous-
By LEE PITTS
Aiarmed And Dangerous ,
We’ve all received a bull sale catalog in the mail and
drooled over the offering. Usually there is always one bull
that you fall in love with, knowing that you could never af-
ford such a bull because he’ll probably sell for $20,000 to
as much as $100,000 to an Al. stud or another purebred
breeder. Well, it seems one mischievous man has figured
out a way to get a big disCount and buy such a bull for only
$2,750. And he has done this at several bull sales across
cow country.
A secret source has informed me
of these very alarming misdeeds that
could cost purebred breeders dearly. If
you’re a cattleman you know that even
the nicest, most well-behaved bull in
the world has a point that he will blow
up. It seems that‘a creepy slime ball is
going to bull sales bright and early on
sale day and getting in the pen that contains the bull he
desires. Usually it’s the best bull in the sale. When no one
is watching this misbehaving miscreant throws rocks and
chases the gentle bull all over the pen and mistreats him
to the point that he blows up and attacks everyone who
dares enter the bull’s domain.
For the rest of the morning the scoundrel warns anyone
who might enter the pen that he’s endangering his very
existence. It a potential bull buyer enters the pen he might
ask the scam artist who is usually sitting on the top rail of
the sturdy fence, “Is that bull safe?”
“He’s a whole lot safer than you are right now,” the culprit
will say.
Or the rogue will make remarks like, “Too bad, I kinda
liked that bull on paper but he’s a man-killer that belongs
in the Houston rodeo, not on anyone’s ranch.”
If this doesn’t scare all the potential buyers off our wrong-
doer will say, ‘-‘That bull sure doesn’t walk right. Wouldn’t
last a week on my place.” Or, “I really like that bull but
look at its bad left leg.” He says such things even though
the bull is structurally correct in every way, still, potential
buyers will spend hours staring at the bull trying to find the
physical deformity that doesn’t exist.
If that didn’t run off any late-arriving buyers the shyster
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says, “I had a bulljoutof the. same siregand ecdeiupfwitbw
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calves with two heads, five’legs and a backbo'h
more crooked than Nancy Pelosi.” v
The con man will stay in the pen until it’s time to eat the
free lunch and when it comes time to sell the bull, usually
in the first five because that’s the best place in the sale or—
der to put your your best bull, curious cattlemen will watch
the crock to see if he bids. If he does the scam would fail
and that’s why the crooked cowboy travels with a female
accomplice who appears briefly and only to buy the sup-
posed defective bull. The the accomplice pays for the bull
with a driver’s license and one other form of identification
all fake, and a check that is more bouncy than the biki-
ni—clad babes on Baywatch. Then they load up their $2,750
herd sire and escape faster than you can say, “STOP that
trailer with the license plate covered in cow dung.”
The male part of the pair is 5’10” and wears a cowboy
hat pulled down aroundfhis eyes and a COVID mask that
covers everything else. He goes by several aliases in-
cluding Booger Red, Fresno Fred, Torjan Lovely, Lying
Jim, Jorge Reliano, Hunky Dory Bill, Pronto Charley, One
Thumb Frank, Dirty Mike, Stinky Pete, Orpheus Kerr, Fiat-
tlesnake Slim and Chortle Ashbottom. . .
You can see an FBI artist’s rendition of the villain at your
local Post Office. Purebred breeders, if this man shows up
at your bull sale approach with caution as he is considered
alarmed and dangerous. The best way to not get stUng is
to have a representative on sale day in every pen armed
with a shotgun and shells filled with rock salt to discour-
age such behavior. One application should be more than
adequate.
A vigilante committee of purebred breeders who have
been violated by this crook have put up a $50,000 reward
for this culprit WANTED dead or alive.
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By CHRIS DOLMAN
Food Pantry Board Member
Fall River High School
leadership students have
again come to the rescue
of the Fall River Community
Food Pantry.
At the completion of
the 2020 annual canned
food drive the students at
Fall River Elementary had
collected 1,779 pounds
of non-perishable food
By MORGHAN HERRING
Last week we had a vir-
tual FRJUSD Board meet-
ing and a SBCC Site Coun-
cil meeting.
Even though we had
a little bit . .
of snow,
our spring ,
sports were . ‘
still able
to start
prac-
tices. Last
Monday Francie Ferguson
competed at the zone level
Lions Club Speech Contest.
The Teen Center is open
on Thursdays from 2-5 pm.
Anyone who is looking for
extra support, or a place to
hang out with friends is wel-
come!
Students can also ride
the school bus there!
Tomorrow's activity is
“exploring Israel and Juda-
ism, and an apple pie sale.”
The Burney Water Dis-
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items along‘with another'
1,875 pounds of food items
donated at Ray’s Food
Place.
The next task was to
weigh the food, check for
any expired use-by dates,
sort the food into catego-
ries, pack it into boxes and
transport it all to the Fall
River Community Pantry
distribution center.
The leadership students
trict is taking applications
for the 2021 pool season.
If you have any questions,
please contact Stephanie at
(530) 335-3582, or visit the
office at 20222 Hudson St.
Applications must be sub-
mitted by April 16.
The Senior Spotlight this
week is Alycia Vargas.
Throughout high school
Alycia has played softball
and participated in cheer-
leading.
Alycia’s favorite memory
at BHS was playing with
the goats in the agricultural
compound on campus.
After high school Alycia
plans on continuing to work
at Geppeto’s, go to Shasta
College, and then transfer
to a university and study
criminal justice.
Outside of school Alycia
enjoys listening to crime
stories, watching crime
documentaries, and driving
around with her friends.
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The leadership students’
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