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The 69th annual Rock Creek and Boundary Fall Fair was special because it was also the 100th birthday celebration of 4-H in British Columbia. Tim Hus came on Saturday night with his Canadian Cowboy Concert and Charlotte Diamond was there with Four Hugs a Day on Sunday. There were horse rides for the kids by Sunshine Riding, mutton busting and children’s farm games. And of course there were the 17th annual lawnmower races, this year expanded to include a remote control car race too. Boundary Minor Hockey stepped up to run bingo. The Marron Valley Drill Team was there, eight riders from 12 to 16 years old providing a great highspeed show in the arena. According to mother Linda Brooks, the Rock Creek Fair is considered the highlight of their season. At the opening ceremony, all the local 4-H members and their leaders gathered in front of the dais to recite the 4-H pledge and lead the singing of Oh Canada. Guests welcoming the Saturday crowd were MLA Linda Larson, RDKB Area E Director Bill Baird, Art Harfman (who was recently made a 4-H life member) and fair association president Lincoln Blaine Blaine called this the biggest and best little fair in B.C. “My family has been involved with this organization since it’s inception after the Second World War,” Blaine said. “I have per-
sonally only missed one event and that was in 1945 because I wasn’t born yet.” “The success of this fair for the past 69 years is largely due to the tremendous foresight and dedication of our forefathers. These grounds for example have been leased from the government since the 1950s and we just renewed for another 30 Mutton busting turned out to be a great way for the kids to get a close-up look at the fair years,” Blaine said. grounds. See pages A8-A9 for photos and results. PHOTO: PAT KELLY Art Harfman officially opened the 2014 fair with a pioneer rancher of the Oliver area, as well as many other trophies. speech that focused on the centenni- approached Boundary 4-H leaders “Once the Boundary club had its al of 4-H in B.C. and the role of 4-H Fraser Carmichael, Neil Smith and second year of PWF behind them, in the Boundary since 1946. Jack Harfman with a proposal. He they became a powerful group of “4-H continues to teach the young told them they needed to take the youngsters among all the competitors people to successfully meet the chal- 4-H members of the Boundary to and have been every since,” Harfman lenges, not only of their futures, but the Provincial Winter Fair (PWF) in explained. Indeed Boundary 4-H also the futures of their community Kamloops for some real competition Beef club members won the trip to and their country,” said Harfman. in the show ring and fantastic learn- the Toronto Royal Winter Fair four “The Rock Creek fair has been the ing experiences. Haynes offered years running beginning in 1955. proud sponsor of the 4-H clubs in them $10 for every steer they took to Boundary 4-H has expanded tothe Boundary since Fraser Carmi- Kamloops to go towards the freight. day. There is the Borderline 4-H chael, district agrologist from Grand That was the start of the Bound- Sheep Club and the Boundary C Forks, organized the 4-H movement ary clubs attending the provincial 4-H Club now runs sewing, horse in the Boundary area in 1946.” fair and in 1952, 12 steers went to and photography project clubs too. Harfman, who showed his first Kamloops and they came home with “I believe our children are learning steer at the Rock Creek fair in 1950, one 5th place ribbon. values that will last a lifetime and can said that in the early years the fiThat was soon to change though. be learned in no other way,” he said, nal achievement of the project year In the next six years the Boundary adding that 4-H and farming nurfor local 4-H clubs was held at the club had the top five steers in the tures the close family ties that make Southern Interior Stockyards in show and brought home the cham- life rich in ways that money cannot OK Falls. In 1952, Val Haynes, a pion and reserve champion ribbon buy.
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