“SPONSOR LIST: FINAL FOR 2020 ANNUAL MEETING OF ASSOCIATED CALIFIORNIA LOGGERS”

DIAMOND
C and H Motor Parts
CTL Forest Management
Northern California CAT/WEILER Forestry Dealers (Holt of California and Peterson Cat)
Pape Machinery
R. Dalton, Inc.
Victor Insurance Services
Zane Peterson, Peterson Timber

PLATINUM
American AgCredit
Les Schwab Tires
Mountain F Enterprises
Sierra Pacific Industries
Ward Insurance

GOLD
Acme Manufacturing, Inc.
Acme Rigging & Supply
Bejac Corporation
Bordges Timber
Cal-Line Equipment Inc.
Crawford Bros., Inc.
Dan Arens and Sons
Dennis Elliott and Daughters
DC Equipment
Everest National Insurance
Green Diamond Resource Company
Hunt and Sons
InterWest Insurance Services
Laura MacGregor and John Forno: “In Memory of ACL President Bob MacGregor (1992-93)”
LBX Company
Martin Fischer Logging Co., Inc
Mendocino Redwood Company/Humboldt Redwood Company
NorCal Kenworth
Peterbilt Motors Company
Propel Insurance
Seiad Cardlock, Inc.
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Susanville Ford/Susanville Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram
Tigercat
Tri-Counties Bank
Trinity River Lumber Company
Tubit Enterprises, Inc.
Western Star Trucks

SILVER
Crown Motors
Diamond Mowers
Doug Veerkamp General Engineering, Inc.
Eslinger Logging
Flyers Energy
“In Memory Of Don Jacomella”
LandVest
Markit! Forestry Management
Merchants Bank of Commerce
Quadco Group
RDO Equipment/Vermeer Equipment
RGW Equipment, Inc.
Sierra Cascade Logging Conference
Sierra Resource Management
Summit Attachments & Machinery
Technical Forest Solutions
TimberPro, Inc.
Waratah Forestry Attachments
W.M. Beaty & Associates

BRONZE
Bailey’s Inc
BBI Insurance
Craig Hansen Insurance, “Empowered by Vantreao” (NEW)
Danielle Bradfield, RPF
David Niderost, Ward Insurance
Fruit Growers Supply Company
Geoff Stathos, Ward Insurance
Global Machinery
Guy’s Saw Center
Heffernan Insurance Brokers
Jackson Tire Service
Jefferson Resource Company
Landmark Environmental, Incorporated
Lyme Redwood Forest Company
MacMullin Forestry and Logging
OilQuick USA
Redwood Region Logging Conference
Ritchie Brothers
Roberson and Sons Insurance Services, Inc.
Rotobec
Shasta College Heavy Equipment Logging Operations
Snider Leasing Corporation
Soper-Wheeler Company, LLC
State Senator Brian Dahle
Tatum Tree Management
Wilderness Forestry, Inc.
Wood-Land Expansion

By sponsoring the ACL 2020 Annual Meeting, these sponsors are showing their support for every member of ACL. We urge you to support these sponsors in return with your business and participation in their events. Many of these sponsors had attendees at the Annual Meeting and told us that they enjoyed meeting our membership. Some had display tables in the Main Hall near the business meeting rooms.

Sponsors were listed in the ACL 2020 Annual Meeting program, on signage, and on a large PowerPoint projected during the Annual Meeting Receptions and Banquet. A list of sponsors will be placed in the ACL website for the duration of 2020, and the list will be published in a future issue of the ACL newsletter.

ASSOCIATED CALIFORNIA LOGGERS THANKS THE SPONSORS OF THE 2020 ANNUAL MEETING!

There will be a ”Celebration of Life” service for Ed , with the information as follows:

Tuesday, August 6

11:30 am

East Lawn Memorial Park

4300 Folsom Boulevard

Sacramento, CA

FROM THE OFFICIAL OBITUARY FOR ED EHLERS:

BEGIN:

Edward Delaney Ehlers passed peacefully in his sleep on July 30^th a few days into his 86^th year. He was born to a pioneer ranching family in Merced, CA to Charles Henry Ehlers and Mary (Delaney) Ehlers.

After graduating from Fresno State College in 1955, he served in the Navy as a rated journalist on land and aboard the USS Worcester and the USS Columbus from 1955 to 1957.

While working as a Regional Planner in Merced, he met his wife of 57 years, Nancy Greenfield, who was working for the City of Fresno. After their marriage in 1961, Edward worked as a Regional Planner for the University of Oregon.

In 1965 he returned to California to work for the State and designed and arranged the construction of the new flood-free town of Klamath, Del Norte County, CA after it was destroyed by the Klamath River Flood of December 1964. The corner of US 101 and Ehlers Way in Klamath is named in his honor.

He was the Deputy Director of the Department of Navigation & Ocean Development under Governor Reagan and was a member of the Governor’s Select Committee on Law Enforcement Problems. As Chief Deputy Director of the Department of Conservation, he oversaw the Division of Forestry and initiated the efforts to convert S-2 military airplanes for use in the fight against forest fires.

He retired in 2007 after over 20 years as the Executive Director of Associated California Loggers. He was the past President of the California Forest Center at Cal Expo which educated State Fair attendees through a living forest exhibit and for many years served as a member of the Cal Expo Agricultural Advisory Committee. He also served as President of the National Council of Forestry Association Executives.

Throughout his life he enjoyed camping at Lake Tahoe and Yosemite and cars of all eras – from his father’s 1926 Model T Ford pick-up truck to keeping up with the latest models. He was an avid student of military history and enjoyed his time as a volunteer at the Aerospace Museum of California.

He will be greatly missed by his wife, Nancy; his daughter, Julie Ehlers of New York City; his son, Kirk Ehlers (Stacey) and granddaughter Ava Ehlers of San Diego and his many friends.

In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to ACL’s Log a Load for Kids program in Ed’s name.  Donations can be sent to:

Log-a-Load for Kids

c/o Lisa Medici

PO Box 969

Westwood, CA 96137

“Our planet’s future climate is inextricably tied to the future of its forests.”
(Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2018 Report)

Healthy forests = Healthy climate

America’s investment in sound forest management has been replaced with escalating expenditures on wildfire and tree mortality.

America is covered with 750 million acres of forests (1/3 of our land base), which are now burning and rotting at an unprecedented rate. Our forest products industry, our logging infrastructure, and our professional forester ranks are rapidly diminishing. California alone has shuttered over 150 sawmills and biomass power plants in the past 25 years, with only 35 remaining.

• Instead of restoring and maintaining our “carbon-capture systems,” under our watch, our forests are becoming places where towns burn down, ecosystems are destroyed,
  and people die.
• America is now the second leading IMPORTER of lumber in the world. Considering our abundant natural resources, coupled with the best foresters, loggers, and sawmilling infrastructure in the world, this is disgraceful!

OBJECTIVES of a REAL “Green Deal”

1. Increase our forests’ carbon-capture capabilities by 10% by 2030. Promote sound forest management with projects that produce healthy, resilient forests. Healthy
   forests capture carbon and are America’s best and most impactful contribution to slow global warming.
2. As we did with America’s energy sector, target a goal of America becoming the world’s leading exporter of timber products and technology by 2030.
3. Build on the President’s Executive Order 13855 promoting better forest management. Double expenditures on forest management projects in the 2021 budget. Double them again by 2024. Sound forest management will reduce wildfires, their greenhouse gas emissions and associated costs.

Resilient forests = Increased carbon capture = Slowed global warming

The tradition of the Jubilee helps instill the education of the logging industry in kids, adults, and those who attend. This year we want to have a piece of logging equipment (felller buncher, loader, etc.) at the show for the public to see and learn about. We want everyone to have the enjoyment and fun of the Jubilee itself, while learning about our Forestry management practices.

We are hoping to add more logging events this year, including having a big truck and classic car show following the parade. We want to have our parade filled with trucks and cars again. The sponsorship/donations will go directly to our costs for the Jubilee, which have increased tremendously and have threatened this time-honored tradition to fade away.

Some of our events include:
Axe Throwing Competitions
Hot Power Saw
Stock Power Saw
Choker Setting
Crosscut Sawing
“Jack & Jill Events” (Man and Woman)
Kids events
AND not to be forgotten, the most exciting events of the show…
The “Bull of the Woods”
This rarely seen event features two
competitors standing toe to toe, duking it out until one of them is knocked off the log on which they are standing.
The “Tug O’ War”
This test of a man’s will, endurance and power require intense training. The “Tug of War” is a traditional team contest and this Jubilee’s main event since its inception. Ours is one of two logging shows that still carry out this ultimate feat of strength.

The Jubilee dates are June 20-23, 2019
Located at Tuolumne Memorial Park,
18301 Bay Ave. Tuolumne, Ca 95379

Donations can be sent to:
Tuolumne Lumber Jubilee
P.O Box 645 Tuolumne, Ca 95379

Website – https://tuolumnerecreation.com/tuolumne_lumber_jubilee.html

Members of ACL from all regions are welcome to attend, and you can bring your friends.

Come celebrate 21 years of good shooting to raise money for a good cause: hospital equipment and care for children and babies.

The event will take place on Sunday April 28 at 10:00 a.m., rain or shine, at the Seven Lakes Gun Club, east of Redding.

Please note: This trapshoot is being held on a Sunday as opposed to a Saturday as in some previous years. This is to hold down costs of renting the Gun Club.

Co-chairs are Stan and Bunky Leach; and Jaime and Jamie Wagenfuhr. (Jaime Wagenfuhr is the Chair of the Redding Chapter.)

The shoot is open to everyone, from beginners to experts. There will be buddy shoots, team competitions, individual shoots, and Annie Oakley shoot-outs.

There will be prizes for top shooters, and, as always, proceeds will go through Log-a-Load-for-Kids to benefit the medical care of children via the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, which is a great reason to have a good time.

There will also be a special raffle for a $500 Gift Certificate for a Jones Fort “Pick Out Your Own Gun” , Donated by Jones Fort and Wagenfuhr Timber Falling;

There will also be a raffle for a Ruger American Predator 6.5 Creedmore CA.

Donated by Olde West Gun& Loan.

Tickets $5 each and the drawing will be held the day of the trap shoot.

Refreshments will be available at the clubhouse. No alcohol please.

Grab your gun, round up a team of Hot Shots, or just bring your family, friends and crew for a day of fun!!!

For more information contact:

Stan or Bunky Leach (530) 524-8034 or

Jamie Wagenfuhr (530) 526-3701

NOTE: TWO (2) UNITS OF PRO LOGGER CREDIT (BUSINESS PRACTICES) WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THIS CLASS.

A MESSAGE FROM ASSOCIATED CALIFORNIA LOGGERS, LOGGERS ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND THE SIERRA CASCADE LOGGING CONFERENCE:

On March 21-22 in Redding, CA, our three logging associations and Tri Counties Bank will sponsor a unique two-day session entitled: “Profit Mastery: Uniquely Effective Financial Tools and Resources to Improve both Cash Flow and Profitability.”

DATE/TIME:

March 21-22, 2019
8:00 am – 5:00 pm

LOCATION:

Best Western Hilltop Inn
C.R. Gibbs Banquet Room
2300 Hilltop Drive
Redding, CA 96002

REGISTER NOW AT: www.brs-seattle.com/tccl

Click here to download cover memo

Click here to view promotional flyer

COST: $495 (discounted by the four co-sponsors from the regular price of $895)

The program will be presented by Steve LeFever, internationally-acclaimed financial presenter, analyst, and advisor. Steve’s uniquely effective presentation style combining information, motivation, and humor (yes, humor — this guy could excel in stand-up comedy if his message and financial tools were not so darn important) will leave you laughing all the way to the bank!

Just so you know we’re not “blowing smoke,” here’s what Monet Allen, President, CLT Logging , and a member of all three associations had to say after completing this two-day session last year: “Excellent presenter who kept us engaged both days, Steve made the information come alive. Every business owner should attend this program!”

Steve utilizes a unique case-study approach – so, along with your peers, you’ll take a “plain-English, application-driven journey to unlock the amazing amount of financial intelligence inside two simple documents – the P&L…and the Balance Sheet. Just like an ESPN analyst, you’ll learn a bevy of powerful techniques to go “inside the numbers.”

You will leave with specific strategies and tools to apply immediately in your own business.

As you know, the three sponsoring organizations do not collaborate on “just any program.” This one is special, and the sponsoring associations have combined to offer Profit Mastery at just $495 – the regular price is $895.

The links on this page lead to complete registration information, so don’t delay. Register today – and bring along your partners, key managers, and outside advisors. We promise this will be the best investment you make in yourself and your business this year.

So don’t delay, register today – online with a credit card – or by mail with a check. Either way, we’ll look forward to seeing you there on March 21-22 in Redding.

Sincerely,
Eric Carleson
Executive Director, Associated California Loggers

Mark Lathrop
Executive Director, Loggers Association of Northern California

Dale Orchard
President, Sierra Cascade Logging Conference

CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD(CARB) WORKSHOP

WHEN:

MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 2019
1:00 PM TO 3:00 PM

WHERE:
TEHAMA COUNTY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT OFFICE
1834 WALNUT STREET
RED BLUFF, CALIFORNIA 96080

Associated California Loggers board members and staff have been working with the California Air Resources Board(CARB) for years, and we have argued for more meetings and hearings in the more rural parts of the state. The one we had in Redding a few years ago sent a clear message to the board and was instrumental in getting us relief from mandatory off road emission reductions. The one that is coming up on Monday, January 7 in Red Bluff will be an important one to attend. The topic is “agricultural equipment” but that includes logging equipment. The workshop is designed to discuss possible money being made available towards the purchase of logging equipment in 2019 and beyond, but the financial and wildfire dangers of any regulation that would force loggers to replace their equipment prematurely with dangerous retrofits, may be on the agenda.

ACL believes that the message that CARB needs to hear is: provide incentive money for emission reductions and allow us to update our equipment on our schedule, not theirs. We need to stress the very real potential of starting fires with any attempt to retrofit existing equipment and the fact that, for many of us, a mandate to update our logging equipment on top of the truck component will simply put us out of business.

ACL believes that with incentive money (as hoped for from CARB’s “FARMER” Program for the Replacement of Agriculture Equipment) and no mandatory time line we can become compliant over time without the increased potential of more fires in the forest and the loss of many living wage jobs.

ACL also believes that if we do not get a good turn out when these opportunities avail themselves CARB will not travel up to rural California where they hear the unfiltered truth about the impacts of these regulations. The more people that show interest, the more likely staff are to hold additional workshops in r rural areas.

As of right now, ACL President Hardie Tatum, Executive Director Eric Carleson, and numerous ACL Board Members (including Past Presidents) are intending to travel to Red Bluff on Monday January 7, to attend and likely testify at this workshop.

You are urged to attend. You do not have to speak, but you can if you want to.

INFORMATION BELOW:

A Public Workshop on the “FUNDING AGRICULTURAL REPLACEMENT MEASURES FOR EMISSION REDUCTIONS (FARMER) PROGRAM)” is scheduled at the Tehama Air Pollution Control District on Jan 7, 2019 from 1pm -3pm. Here is the link: https://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/mailouts/msc1821/msc1821.pdf.

The Tehama County Air Pollution District office is in Red Bluff. Again, here is further information on the day,date and time of the workshop on January 7:

WHEN:

Monday, January 7, 2019
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

WHERE:
TEHAMA COUNTY AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT OFFICE
1834 WALNUT STREET
RED BLUFF, CALIFORNIA 96080

Joyce was born December 24, 1933 to Shirley and Laura Hutchins. Joyce’s grandfather, William Hutchins, was one of the first settlers of what is now called Tamarack in Calaveras County and one of the founding members of the local Seventh Day Adventist Church. Her father, Shirley, was a mason and rancher, residing in the valley below Twain Harte Lake along South Fork Road, where Joyce grew up.

Joyce attended Soulsbyville Elementary and graduated from Sonora High School.

Joyce married Joe Martin, Jr. in 1953. Together Joyce and Joe operated Joe Martin Logging and Trucking (T-5) and Ranches for nearly 50 years, until their retirement in 2000. The couple belonged to several industry-related organizations, such as the Associated California Loggers, Sierra Cascade Logging Conference, and the Tuolumne County Farm Bureau. Joyce was a member of the Tuolumne County Cowbells, Omega Nu, and the Mother Lode Fair Board. Joyce and Joe loved this local community and realized the importance of giving back through philanthropic endeavors.

Her family remembers her as a very loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. One distinctive quality most remember about Joyce was her ability and willingness to listen. After spending time with her, people came away feeling uplifted and in better spirits. Her non-judgmental acceptance of others was also valued and was a beautiful trait.

Joyce led a rich life with a close, loving family, along with several lifelong friends. Joe and Joyce traveled thousands of miles across the United States and the world taking well-deserved vacations, often in the family airplane or motorhome. One of Joyce’s favorite places, however, was Eagle Meadows, where she enjoyed the family cabin.

Joyce was preceded in death by her husband, Joe, in 2013. She is survived by her three children, Guy Martin (Jelane), Jodie Rodriguez (Ron), and Stacey Dodge (Rick); grandchildren Jacey Rodriguez-Serva (Jim), Nicki Holt (Jared), Rori Wylie (Jordan), Kyle Dodge, Grant Dodge, and Paige Martin; great-grandchildren Kylie and Katie Serva, Miles and Jay Holt, Cort and Levi Wylie, and foster daughter Debbie Penrose.

Joyce’s family is holding a Celebration of Life at 11:30 AM on Friday, December 21st at Calvary Chapel Sonora, located at 19889 Soulsbyville Road. Remembrances can be sent to your favorite charity.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: ACL Vice President Mike Albrecht of Sierra Resource Management will offer a eulogy.)

Thursday December 6: North Coast Chapter Christmas Party
North Coast Chapter Christmas Dinner
The Sea Grill
316 E Street
Eureka
707- 443-7187

Social Hour: 6:00 pm
Dinner: 7:00 pm

What’s for dinner?
($60 per person, payable to “ACL North Coast Chapter”)
Choices of dinner include:
Chicken
Salmon
Scampi
Prime Rib
Vegetarian Pasta

“Please bring a gift item and we will have a Dutch Auction, with proceeds going to LOG-A-LOAD FOR KIDS.” Please RSVP to Chapter Chair Tim Renner by Monday, December 3 at 707-498-5643 or tim9300@aol.com.

Tuesday December 11: Gold Country Chapter Xmas Party
The Willo Steakhouse
Highway 49, Nevada City

Event begins: 6:00 pm (Special Chapter Meeting Start Time)

WHAT’S FOR DINNER:
Order from menu at The Willo

GIFT EXCHANGE
Gift Exchange: Male bring male present; Female bring female present; under $20

RSVP: Please RSVP to Jan Sciacca, Robinson Enterprises at 530-265-5844 or rei@robinsonenterprises.com

Friday December 14: Plumas-Sierra Chapter Xmas Party
Grizzly Grill 250 Bonta Street
Blairsden, California
1-530-836-1300

No Host Cocktail Hour: 5:30 pm
Dinner: 6:30 pm

What’s for dinner?
($39 includes tax and gratuity)

Main Courses:
New York Steak
Salmon
Pasta Primavera
Chicken Parmesan

And: Soup or Salad, Rolls, Apple Crisp, Beverage

Please call Rose Comstock with Dinner of Choice by Tuesday, December 12, at 530-283-9098 or e-mail rose.dlstoylogging@gmail.com

Friday December 14: El Dorado-Mother Lode Xmas Party

6:00 PM Social Hour
6:45 PM Dinner
Mel and Faye’s Diner
31 North Highway 49, Jackson, California
$25 per person (30 person minimum)

Guests will be served a buffet multi-course meal which will include:
Prime Rib
Ham
Caesar Salad
Broccoli Salad
Chinese Chicken Salad
Scalloped Potatoes
Warm Rolls
Dessert: Cobbler with Ice Cream

“Please bring items for a raffle”

Please RSVP to acleldoradomlode@yahoo.com or Amy Rudloff at 1-209-304-9828