(Third and Final Part in a Series)
By Larry Judkins
Glenn County Observer
Millions of dollars were paid out by the federal government to hundreds of businesses and nonprofits in Glenn County between April of 2020 and the end of January of this year.
Below is a list of Glenn County’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan recipients, not including those of the Willows and Orland areas. The Orland recipients were listed in the first part of this serious, published on the Glenn County Observer’s Facebook page on Feb. 26. Willows recipients were listed on the Observer’s Facebook page on March 3.
No judgments on the part of the Observer, positive or negative, should be inferred regarding the publication of any or all of these payments. That is, by publishing these lists, the Observer is not suggesting that any or all of the businesses and other entities should or should not have applied for and received these loans.
The position of the Observer is simply this: Whether for good or ill, millions of the public’s dollars were paid out in Glenn County, and the public has a right to know where its dollars went.
After the publication of the first part of this series, listing the Orland-area recipients, one reader commented, “Glad to see local businesses getting help.”
On the other hand, another reader wrote, “I’m a little alarmed at how many are ag and construction businesses, who were allowed at all times to continue operating, and at how COVID relief funds were given to some who weren’t following COVID precautions.”
One enterprise that could reasonably be understood to represent this latter concern is Eric Suhre Bees, a sole proprietorship that received $62,175. Back in September, Eric Suhre and a handful of maskless protesters gathered on a number of occasions outside the Glenn County Public Health Department to demand the county discontinue its COVID-19 restrictions and completely reopen for business and other activities.
This data below comes from the Small Business Administration, and includes lender-approved loans under the Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, as of Feb. 1, 2021. The Paycheck Protection Program is a $953 billion business loan program established in 2020 by the federal government’s Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to help certain businesses, self-employed workers, sole proprietors, certain nonprofit organizations, and tribal businesses continue to pay their workers.
The complete list of Hamilton City, Glenn, Artois, Elk Creek and Butte City recipients follows. We begin with Glenn:
Twenty-eight PPP loans for Glenn-area businesses have been approved, for a total of $4,343,889. The individual loans are as follows:
Carriere Family Farms, Inc., a corporation, received $661,900. The loan was approved on April 28, 2020. This roasted nut and peanut butter manufacturer employs 87 workers.
C.F. Koehnen & Sons, Inc., a corporation, received $656,900. Loan approved: April 15, 2020. This company, which engages in postharvest crop activities, employs 47 people.
Knight Farms, a partnership, received $406,493. The loan was approved on April 28, 2020. These oilseed farmers employ 34 workers.
Knight Farms also received a second loan, this one also for $406,493. It was approved on Jan. 21, 2021.
McCorkle Farms, Inc., a “Subchapter S Corporation” (that is, a corporation with less than 100 shareholders that is taxed as a partnership), received $300,200. The loan was approved on April 28, 2020. These cotton farmers provide jobs for 35 employees.
Keyawa Orchards, Inc., a corporation, received $255,577. Loan approval was given on April 16, 2020. This tree nut farming company employs 19 workers.
Riverwest Processing, Inc., a Subchapter S Corporation, received $226,100. Loan approved: April 15, 2020. This roasted nut and peanut butter manufacturer has 12 employees.
Dixon Seed, Inc., a corporation, received $192,183. Loan approval: April 28, 2020. This farm supply merchant wholesaler employs 15 people.
Alves Farms, a partnership, received $157,605. Approval: May 1, 2020. These dairy cattle and milk producers provide jobs for 22 workers.
Suhre Enterprises LLC, a limited liability corporation, received $133,288. The loan was approved on May 1, 2020. This company, which constructs new single-family housing, employs 27 people.
Pinheiro & Deniz Partnership, a partnership (obviously), received $111,681. Loan approved: April 27, 2020. These dairy cattle and milk producers provide jobs for 11 workers.
Perez & Perez Family Farms, a partnership, received $97,865. Loan approved: April 27, 2020. These rice farmers employ 13 people.
Omega Seed International, Inc., a corporation, received $86,990. Approved: April 28, 2020. These vegetable and melon farmers have 12 employees.
Knight Ranches, Inc., a corporation, received $74,134. Approved: April 27, 2020. This crop farming company employs five workers.
Knight Ranches, Inc., also received a second loan, this one also for $74,134. This one was approved on Jan. 21, 2021.
Anderson Trust, a sole proprietorship, received $70,000. Loan approved: May 27, 2020. This fruit and tree nut farmer has nine employees.
Eric Suhre Bees, a sole proprietorship, received $62,175. The loan was approved on May 1, 2020. Employees: nine.
Fiack Family Farms, a partnership, received $62,095. Loan approved: April 28, 2020. These grain farmers have two workers.
Priority Farms, a partnership, received $54,300. Approved: May 26, 2020. These bee keepers have four employees.
Mirande Farms, a sole proprietorship, received $45,000. This loan was approved on May 26, 2020. These rice farmers employ 11 workers.
Kurt Cundiff Farming, a sole proprietorship, received $43,100. Loan approved: May 5, 2020. This tree nut farmer has seven workers.
David J. Garcia, a sole proprietorship, received $36,702. Approved: May 20, 2020. This crop farmer has four employees.
Samuel B. Simson, DBA Sam Simson Farms, a sole proprietorship, received $35,005. This loan was approved on April 15, 2020. A rice farmer, he employs one person.
Scott Giesbrecht, a sole proprietorship, received $33,500. Loan approved: April 30, 2020. An oilseed farmer, he provides three jobs.
Black Rock Cattle, LLC, a limited liability corporation, received $25,415. The loan was approved on April 15, 2020. These livestock merchant wholesalers employ four people.
Songbird Landscaping, a sole proprietorship, received $20,751. Loan approved: May 1, 2020. Providing landscape architectural services, this person employs five workers.
DMG Farms, Inc., a corporation, received $7,688. Approved: May 20, 2020. This crop farming company provides jobs for four people.
D & F Orchards, a partnership, received $6,615. Loan approval: April 28, 2020. These crop farmers employ one person.
In the Hamilton City area, 11 businesses received PPP loans, for a total of $738,638.
Brenda Cabral F.L.C., a sole proprietorship, received $379,715. The loan was approved on April 30, 2020. This crop farmer employs 263 people.
North State Hulling Cooperative, a cooperative (obviously), received $145,555. Loan approved: April 27, 2020. This cooperative, which engages in postharvest crop activities, provides jobs for 15 employees.
CDG Farms DBA Massa Organics, a partnership, received $35,700. Approved: June 17, 2020. These rice farmers provide three jobs.
Alejandro Ortiz, a sole proprietorship, received $35,203. The loan was approved on April 14, 2020. This trucking operation employs four people.
HS Petroleum, LLC, a limited liability company, received $30,400. Loan approved: April 29, 2020. This gas station and convenience store company has seven employees.
Juan M. Ledezma, a sole proprietorship, received $28,286. Approved: May 19, 2020. A provider of janitorial services, this business employs six people.
El Patio Restaurant, a partnership, received $27,684. The loan was approved on May 1, 2020. Employees: 16.
Gursewak Singh, a sole proprietorship, received $24,462. Loan approved: May 1, 2020. Mr. Singh, who runs the Double EE Market and other businesses, employs two people.
7 Lucky Food Mart, a sole proprietorship, received $15,573. The loan received approval on May 7, 2020. The Chevron service station operation on Highway 32 provides jobs for four workers.
Alejandro Ortiz also received a second loan, this one for $11,954. This one was approved on June 25, 2020. This restaurant owner has five workers.
James Baker, a sole proprietorship, received $4,106. Approved: April 30, 2020. This coffee and tea provider employs one person.
Only two businesses in Artois received PPP loans, for a total of $317,290. They were:
Artois Feed, Inc., a corporation, received $282,290. The loan was approved on April 28, 2020. This animal food manufacturing company employs 28 workers.
Giesbrecht Construction, a partnership, received $35,000. Loan approval: May 1, 2020. These people, engaging in new single-family housing construction, provides jobs for three people.
No business in Elk Creek or Butte City received a loan.
In conclusion, the Orland-area’s 163 loans totaled $24,769,226; the Willows-area’s 88 loans totaled $16,435,259; Glenn’s 28 loans totaled $4,343,889; Hamilton City’s 11 loans totaled $738,638; and Artois’ two loans totaled $317,290.
Altogether, Glenn County businesses and non-profits received 292 loans for a grand total of $46,604,302.
The Glenn County Observer 
I join whomever was a bit appalled at the number of operations took money but were never closed
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