including 17 years as the California State Veterinarian, and the past five years serving as the director of the California Animal Health and Food Safety Lab at UC Davis, it is no surprise that Breitmeyer was selected by his peers to receive this award. Todd Phelps, Redway, was the lucky winner of the Livestock Memorial Research Fund (LMRF) livestock trailer, which collected over $20,000 to help support the LMRF YCC scholarship fund. To make good use of time while last minute tickets were sold for each raffle, several cattlemen approached the podium to offer a bit of entertainment with cowboy poetry and song. After the banquet concluded everyone departed for their respective corners of the state. CCA thanks those who traveled to the meeting as well as the sponsors who helped make this year’s convention possible and extends an invitation to attend next year’s 100th Annual Convention back at the Nugget Dec. 1-3, 2016!
Pictured (L to R): 2015 CCA Top Hand Award Winner Greg Kuck, Montague; CCA President Billy Flournoy, Likely; and third place Top Hand Winner Tom Talbot, Bishop. Second place Top Hand Winner was Col. Jake Parnell, of Cattlemen's Livestock Market, Galt.
2015 CCA Officers pictured here are (L to R): Treasurer Rob von der Leith, Copperopolis; President Billy Flournoy, Likely; Second Vice Presidents Mark Lacey, Independence; Jack Lavers, Glennville; and Rich Ross, Lincoln; Feeder Council Vice Chair Mike Smith, Selma; Feeder Council Chair Bill Brandenberg, El Centro; and First Vice President David Daley, Ph.D.
Presenting the 2015 Gordon Van Vleck Award to Richard Breitmeyer, DVM (second from left) is (L to R): Gene Harlan, DVM, Penngrove; Tom Talbot, DVM, Bishop; and Jack Hanson, Suanville. The Gordon Van Vleck Awarrd is the highesst honor given by CCA and is given to someone who is a strong supporter of the beef industry but whose main career is not in beef production.
2015 YCC Officers Kellie Mancino and Ashley Budde awarded the 2015 YCC Supporter of the Year Award to the Allied Industry Council, represented by Chair Heston Nunes, left; Tom Polich, second from right; and Bret Davis, far right.
California CattleWomen, Inc., units from across California each nominated an exempliary member from their unit for the 2015 CowBelle of the Year Award. All of the award recipients were honored at the CowBelle of the Year Luncheon. Pictured here are each of the 2015 honorees. December 2015 California Cattleman 19