Jesse James Festival Guide

42nd ANNUAL

JESSE JAMES FESTIVAL September 2012

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INDEX Festival Overview.......................................................................... 4 Directions....................................................................................... 7 PUBLISHER Matt Daugherty

Red, White and Blue Rally .......................................................... 8

SALES MANGER Tracey Mummaw

5K & 10K Runs ............................................................................ 10

MANAGING EDITOR Amy Neal

Demolition Derby....................................................................... 10

CIRCULATION MANAGER Stephanie Cates

Little Mr. & Miss Pageant........................................................... 11 Schedule of Events.............................................................12 & 13

EDITORIAL CONTENT EDITOR Kevin M. Smith • kevin.m.smith@kearneycourier.com PHOTOGRAPHY The Kearney Courier Archives and Contributed Photos

Form Requirements .................................................................... 14 Mud Volleyball ............................................................................ 14 Kruisin’ Kearney Car Show ....................................................... 14 Kid’s Fishing Tournament ......................................................... 16

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Feature: Youth Rodeo Participants ........................................... 18 Map of Jesse James Country ...................................................... 20 Map of festival grounds ............................................................. 22

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Festival fun begins early

By Kevin M. Smith The 42nd annual Jesse James Festival starts with a fun run Saturday, Sept. 8, and a demolition derby Sunday, Sept. 9. It continues with a senior citizens dinner Tuesday, Sept. 11, and carnival Thursday, Sept. 13, before the big weekend of activities including the youth rodeo, Jesse James Territorial Shoot quick-draw competition and Jesse James Festival dance Saturday, Sept. 14.

More activities, including the parade and Little Mr. & Miss competitions, are downtown Saturday, Sept. 15, followed by activities at Jesse James Park including the barbecue contest, mud volleyball tournament, entertainment and vendors.

There is a $5-per-vehicle parking cost at Jesse James Park.

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Continued from Page 6 The senior citizens dinner will be at 5 p.m. Sept. 11 at Annunciation Community Center, 701 N. Jefferson St. The menu includes pulled pork, cowboy beans, slaw and cherry dump cake.

Julie Hedges of the festival committee said the weeklong event has a mix of new features and old favorites. The festival committee has hired a new carnival company.

“We’re really excited about it — new everything,” Hedges said.

She also noted scheduling changes such as the fun run being a week earlier than usual.

Some new events at the festival will include a martial arts demonstration and pony rides. She said some returning favorites include Bohm’s Family Entertainment show, Dusty & Rawhide at the rodeo and Haskell Indian dancers.

Local dancers from Studio 320 will also perform at the festival.

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Navigating the festival While most events take place at Jesse James Park, most everything else can be found along or near Missouri Highway 33 (Jefferson Street). Jesse James Park is located at the north edge of town on Highway 33.

The fun run starts one block to the east of Highway 33.

The parade ends downtown at Washington Street and Highway 33. The Little Mr. and Miss pageant is one block west of Highway 33 on Washington Street.

Events being held in conjunction with the Jesse James Festival include the Red, White and Blue Rally at Lions Park and the black powder shoot at the James Farm Museum.

Lions Park is on Highway 33 in the downtown area. The James Farm is three miles east of Highway 33, via Missouri Highway 92 to Jesse James Farm Road (turn north) and follow the road as it curves to the east. The James Farm will be on the north side of the road.

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Local political group wants festivalgoers to stop by for some Americana after parade

By Kevin M. Smith A local political group is promising no partisan politics — just patriotism — for an event it is holding in conjunction with the Jesse James Festival.

Following the parade Sept. 15, Common Sense for Common People will hold a Red, White and Blue Rally at Lions Park. Common Sense for Common People has had several Tea Party rallies in Lions Park in the past, but event organizers said this is an event for everyone.

“It’s about the country,” Karen Mize said.

Mize, co-founder of the group, said after attending election debates, conventions and events she’s tired of hearing the rhetoric from both sides.

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Continued from Page 8 been invited to set up tables to provide campaign information at the event, but they will not be speaking. Steve Phipps, president of the Common Sense group, said while rallies at Lions Park in the past have invited people to the microphone, that won’t be the case this time.

J.D. & The Chasers will provide live music and Northern Hills Christian Academy will bring its choir to sing patriotic songs.

State Rep. Paul Curtman, R-Pacific, will be the featured speaker for the event. The former Marine authored a book titled “Don’t Tread on Me.” Mize said Curtman would be talking about the U.S. Constitution.

“He knows it left and right and can answer any question,” Mize said.

Mize said she hopes people come to the event to celebrate America and educate themselves going into the November election because this year’s vote will “set the pace for the future.”

With a crowd already downtown for the parade, Mize said she hopes many stick around for the rally.

“We’re looking forward to a big turnout,” Mize said.

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Starting, finish lines move The Jesse James Festival race will be a week earlier than usual. In the past it has been the same day as the parade, but this year will be a week before the parade.

Awards will go to the top three runners in each five-year age group for the 5K and 10K runs.

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The fifth annual demolition derby will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, at Jesse James Park.

Admission to the public is $10 per person. Children younger than 6 will be admitted for free.

The entry fee is $40 for competitors, $30 for riders and $20 for a pit pass.

Trophies are awarded to the top five. Heat winners receive $50 each. For compacts, first place receives $600, second place receive $350 and third place receives $150 plus trophies.

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Little Mr. & Miss Pre-registration required by Sept. 8 for youth competitions

All Little Mr. & Miss competitors must pre-register by Sept. 8. Walk-ups will not be accepted.

Check-in begins at 8:15 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, at Kearney Feed Store, 300 W. Washington St. Judging begins at 8:30 a.m. First place in each category receives a $50 savings bond plus a gift, second place receives a gift.

Categories are: • Mini Mr. & Miss, ages 2 to 3.

• Little Mr. & Miss, ages 4 to 6.

• Junior Mr. & Miss, ages 7 to 10.

All entrants are welcome to ride on the parade trailer after the contest, but must have an adult accompany them at all times and ready to ride at 9:45 a.m.

For more information on the competition, contact Grace Harriger at 806-4433 or emery_ grace@yahoo.com.

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42nd Annual

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SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES - 2012 Notice: All visitors to the festival grounds will be subject to the $5 per vehicle parking fee. Also, no carry-in coolers or beverages are allowed!

6:30 PM 8 - 12 PM

Saturday, Sept. 8th

7:30 AM

Jesse James 5K/10K Classic Run 5K Walk Registration: Online or Race Day 6-7 am Downtown Kearney

2 PM

Saturday, Sept 15th

7 - 9 AM

Sunday, Sept. 9th

Demolition Derby Tickets - $10, 6 & under free

Tuesday, Sept. 11th

5 - 6:30 PM Senior Citizens Dinner - Live entertainment Carnival opens - NEW CARNIVAL

Friday, Sept 14th Jesse James Territorial Shoot - Hosted by Big Iron Shooting Club. Contacts: Gary or Carol Adrain 785562-6930 or Joe Cassidy 816-898-7474 9 AM Opening ceremonies and Shooter’s Meeting 9:30 AM Category matches begin - BOTH ranges 12 PM Lunch break 1 PM Category matches continue 12 PM

BBQ Check In

12 - 7 PM

25th Annual Jesse James and 23rd Annual State Championship BBQ Cookoff

5:30 - 7 PM Kids Q On the Hill BBQ Cookoff Check in at Contest Trailer 6 PM Carnival opens to the public

Last minute check in for BBQ Cookoff at Contest Trailer

7:30-10 AM VFW Hall - Country Breakfast $7 adults - $4 kids - under 6 free 7:30 AM

Parade lineup - NO LATE ENTRIES must be pre-registered by Friday, Aug. 31, 2012 contact: Karen Markley 816-635-4195

8 - 10 AM

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11 AM - ?

Pony Rides by Kings Miniatures

8:30 AM

Judging of Mini Mr. & Miss James Festival at Kearney Feed Store (ages 2 -3) Little Mr. & Miss Jesse James Festival (ages 4-6) Junior Mr. & Miss Festival (ages 7-10) must be pre-registered by Sept. 8th, 2012 contact Grace Harriger 816-806-4433

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Jesse James Festival Dance Must be 21 and NO carry in coolers or beverages.

Free entry (Friday Night) Hosted by Kearney Knights of Columbus

Jesse James Territorial Shoot hosted by Big Iron Shooting Club Location: Jesse James Park 8:45 AM Opening ceremonies and shooter’s meeting 9 AM Main Match begins - Both ranges (at least 7 rounds of Men and Women)

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9 AM

Judging of the parade starts

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25th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cookout and 23rd Annual Missouri State Championship Sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbeque Society

Sunday, Sept. 16th 9 AM

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Park opens to the Public

9 - 11 AM

Fishing Tournament at Lake (Jesse James Park) For ages 10 and under.

Free event, no pre-registration required.

11 AM

Cowboy Worship Service at Tent Presented by Highpoint Arena Cowboy Church Officiated by Preacher Joe Brandt

10 AM

Jesse James Festival Parade starts downtown Kearney

11 AM

Carnival Opens to public - armbands $20

12 PM

Cowboy Fast Draw demo

12 PM

Bohm’s Family Stage Show - Check their onsite stage for performance times

12 PM

David Hagerman - Magician wandering the grounds throughout the day

12 PM

Team Rock martial art demo Check at performers location for show times.

11 AM - 5 PM

12:30 PM

Barbeque Cookoff judging begins

12 PM

CoEd Mud Volleyball Team Captain’s Meeting at the pits

12 PM to ? Pony Rides by Kings Miniatures 12 PM

Carnival - Armbands $20

1 PM

Coed Mud Volleyball Tournament begins

12 PM

2:30 PM

URA/MRCA Rodeo Ages 13 and up $6 Ages 6 - 12 $4 Ages 5 and under is free During the rodeo - Enjoy the Dusty and Rawhide show - Trick Horse and Roping show!

Team Rock martial art demo - Check at performers location for show times.

1 PM

Junior Mud Volleyball Tournament

2:30 PM

URA/MRCA Rodeo Ages 13 & up $6 Ages 6 - 12 $4 5 and under free During the rodeo - Enjoy the Dusty and Rawhide Show - Trick Horse and roping show!

12:30 PM

4 PM

Barbeque Cookoff winners announced and Kid Q on Hill awards

5:30 PM-dusk

Tethered Balloon rides by ReMax Advantage

8 PM - 1 AM

Jesse James Festival Dance Must be 21 and NO carry in coolers or beverages. $6.00 per person Hosted by Kearney Knights of Columbus

Arts & Crafts Alley open to the public

Cowboy Fast Draw demo

Amphitheatre Stage Entertainment throughout the afternoon Check schedule on site.

Sunday, Sept. 16th

Jesse James Territorial Shoot Championship Hosted by Big Iron Shooting Club

Location: Jesse James Park 8 AM Shooter’s meeting 8:30 AM Main Match continues (two rounds) 9:30 AM Second Chance Match - begins on Range 2 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Overall Champion Awards

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There’s a form for that Many of the activities — from the mud volleyball tournament to the Little Mr. & Miss Pageant — require entry forms and waivers. Forms for such activities, along with other information about the Jesse James Festival, can be downloaded at www.jessejamesfestival.com.

Play in the mud Volleyball tournament begins Sept. 15 Mud is the name of the game. Registration is due by Sept. 12 for the co-ed mud volleyball tournament that begins at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15. Forms are available at Kearney Trust Bank. Contact Marva and Brian Keeth at 699-4553 for more information. The registration fee is $70. There must be two women per team and a minimum of six total members per team. The Junior Mud Volleyball Tournament will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16. For more information, contact Alexis or David Katzer at 589-2884.

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Kids, cast a line Children’s fishing contest is Sept. 16 Children are invited to bring their fishing poles to the Jesse James Festival Kid’s Fishing Tournament. There is no cost to enter, and the bait is free — just bring an adult and a pole.

The tournament will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, at the Jesse James Park lake.

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Check-in for the cook-off will be from noon to 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14, at the contest trailer. Last-minute check in is from 7 to 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 15. The cookout, sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbecue Society, is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15.

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Ready, aim, fire Revolver shootout at James Farm Sept. 15

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Saturday, Sept. 15

The Friends of the James Farm and Clay County Historic Sites will host a frontier revolver shootout Saturday, Sept. 15.

Registration starts at 8 a.m. and the shoot starts at 9 a.m. at the shooting range to the west of the museum at the Jesse James Farm Museum, 21216 Jesse James Farm Road, just east of Kearney.

The entry fee is $15, which includes a one year membership in the Friends of the James Farm organization. There is a $5 charge to shoot the additional target, Gov. Crittenden.

Jesse James Medallion prizes will be awarded for first, second and third place. Additional prizes will be awarded for the Gov. Crittenden target.

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Kearney youth saddle up for rodeo

Rachel Lay, 14, rides Skid through pole-bending practice Aug. 29 on her farm just west of Kearney.

Ride on Anna Brisbane, 9, practices goat tying.

Story and photos by Kevin M. Smith

Kelsey Barrick, 15, practices her lasso technique on a hay bale Aug. 29.

Jesse James Festival goers can get a double dose of the rodeo this year as a youth rodeo, featuring several local competitors, will precede the regular rodeo.

The Missouri-Kansas Youth Rodeo Association will host a youth rodeo at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14, in the rodeo arena at Jesse James Park. Admission to the rodeo is $5 per person.

This is the first time in several years that the festival will include a youth rodeo, which will bring back mutton busting.

The rodeo will be hosted by High Stakes Rodeo Co. for the Missouri-Kansas Youth Rodeo Association, which includes several students who attend schools in Kearney.

The local youth said they’re excited to compete in front of a hometown crowd.

“It’s actually in town, so my school friends can come,” Kelsey Barrick, 15, said.

They travel to nearly two dozen rodeos each year, the closest being in Cameron, but many require driving at least two hours.

“All our friends are going to be there … and our teachers,” Anna Brisbane, 9, said.

And friends and teachers will have an opportunity to participate.

There will be open mutton busting, so children interested can try their hand at it. A belt buckle donated by local leather shop K-Bar-H will go to the winner as well as the best dressed fan of the night. Another belt buckle will be awarded based on a raffle.

Teachers from three Kearney schools will also compete.

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Continued from Page 18 Kate Brisbane, 7, of Kearney makes an attempt at goat tying. Her age division typically unties ribbons from the goat’s tail, but as she gets older she is preparing for other events.

They’ll be in teams dressing goats. The fastest team will win $100 from Brisbane Veterinary to go to their school.

The youth from Kearney in the rodeo participate in goat tying, barrel racing, pole bending and break-away roping. Participants in the youth rodeo will also participate in bull riding, calf and steer riding, and mutton busting.

The youth compete in three divisions: Pewee for ages 8 and younger, Junior for ages 9 to 13, and Senior for ages 14 and older.

For the Kearney youth, they like to ride. Kate Brisbane, 7, said she likes mutton busting the best.

“It’s something I win,” Kate said.

Her sister, Anna, prefers barrel racing on a horse. She said it’s fun because she and the horse move fast.

Rachel Lay, 14, likes pole bending.

“Because it’s fun,” she said.

Barrick echoed that.

“I just like it,” she said about pole bending.

This as much a sport to these Kearney students as football or basketball is to other students in their school.

“Nobody believes how hard it is and you have to practice … spend hours and hours,” Lay said.

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The house where Jesse was shot and killed Gallatin was the scene of a bank robbery on Dec. 7, 1869.

April 3, 1882, by Robert Ford is in St. Joseph. Ford was a GALLATIN ST. JOSEPH member of the gang and went to Jesse’s house under the guise of discussing one final robbery. Instead, Ford shot Jesse in the CAMERON The sit were key locations in the life back of the head Cameron was the scene Jesse and while Jesse was of Je Jam, o lived from 1847 of a train robbery on his family unarmed and July 15, 1881.

The gang until 1882, en he was fatally shot. are buried clearing dust made off with $10,000. in Mt. Olivet off a picture Cemetery. on the wall.

JAMES The historic James Farm is the birthplace and MT. OLIVET FARM childhood home of Jesse. The site is available for CEMETERY tours 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Sunday.

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The first daylight bank robbery in peacetime LIBERTY was on Feb. 14, 1866, at Clay County Savings Association, 104 E. Franklin St. in Liberty. While history is unclear whether Jesse was at the robbery, evidence indicates he helped plot this crime, which was the first of many. Nearly $60,000 was taken.

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Richmond residents fought the James Gang after a bank holdup RICHMOND on May 23, 1867.

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Jesse was shot in the lung by Federal troops on April 15, 1865, in Lexington. His first cousin and future wife, Zerelda “Zee” Mimms, nursed Jesse back to health at a site west of Liberty.

Frank James was held at the Old Jackson County Jail. Located at 217 N. Main St. in Independence, the museum is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday through Saturday and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Adult admission is $6.

Continued from Page 19 She got interested in the rodeo as an activity for her horses.

“It was their fault,” Rachel said, noting her parents. “They bought me horses.”

For the Brisbanes, it’s an activity they can share with their father, Aaron. He’s a former bull rider.

They all said they form camaraderie with their fellow competitors as they spend the weekend together at events. The parents said they grow a bond with them, too.

“You’re rooting for every kid to do well,” Randy Lay, Rachel’s father, said.

The rodeo will also feature the Double Trouble trick riders.

“They’re real fun to watch,” Kim Brisbane said.

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