The 2024 Salute to Ranching

Dinner-Dance & Auction 

Thank you for Your Support of the Gila County Cattle Growers’ Association’s Salute to Ranching Dinner-Dance & Auction

The Gila County Cattle Growers’ Association expresses our deepest gratitude for your attendance at our Salute to Ranching Dinner-Dance and Auction on Friday, November 22, 2024, at the Gila County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall. We hope you had a great time and enjoyed the music of Bob Bigando and the Tumbleweeds and the Cowboy Poetry of Duke Vance and Mike Dunn. Your support means the world to us.

Following dinner, GCCGA President, Peter Oddonetto, honored the members selected as the 2024 Rancher of the Year, James Rasmussen and Wrangler of the Year, Rick Lehman.  Haskin Lyman of Payson and Colter DalMolin of Globe were also honored as the Gila County Bred and Fed Winners of the 2024 Payson and Globe Gila County Fairs. 

The GCCGA thanks our sponsors; Earth Mover Tires, First Choice Lumber, Jill Wilson Agency, Maid Rite Feeds, Marana Stockyards & Livestock Market, Haystack Ranch, M Bar K Ranch, Southwest Ranch Supplies, Western Reprographics and Topo Joes, and Wilcox Livestock Auction. We are grateful for your commitment and dedication to our cause.

A special thanks to our local businesses, members and friends for your significant contributions to our live and silent auctions:  5D Construction, Ace Hardware–Globe, Animal Health Express,  Arbonne and NoVaturient Wellness (Janet Cline), Arizona Mule Deer Organization, Bales Hay Farm & Ranch Feed Store, Bar 11 Ranch (Ryan & Cassie Waggoner), Bar T Bar Ranch, Big O Tires, Bird Seismic Services, Bloom Restaurant, Bob’s Western Wear, Bravo Americano Moderno Restaurant, Daria Sparling Custom Furniture, Earth Mover Tires, Ellison Farm Bureau Financial Services (Aimee Ellison), First Choice Lumber, Flying H Ranch, Haystack Ranch, Hollis Cinemas, Johnson Ranch, Lee Ann Powers, M Bar K Ranch, Matlock Gas & Equipment, Mid State Diesel, Pickle Barrel Trading Post, RanchBot Monitoring Solutions, Rasmussen Ranches, Simply Sarah’s, SM Outdoors, Sunshine Pump LLC, Southwest Ranch Supply Company, Tim Humphrey, Tractor Supply-Globe, Tractor Supply-Payson, Tucker Ranch, and United Jewelry & Sporting Goods. Your contribution helped make it a great success.

The GCCGA Officers and Board of Directors also thank the Globe FFA Chapter, DJ’s Casa (Darlene Jonovich, caterer), VFW Post 1704-Globe, and our many member-volunteers whose hard work and time made this year’s event a success. It is the generous support of people like you that allows GCCGA to continue representing the best interests of our ranchers and communities within Gila County. 

The GCCGA 2024 Salute to Ranching Dinner-Dance & Auction was well attended and enjoyed by all.  We sincerely appreciate your support and are looking forward to seeing you at our 2025 event!