45th Annual Jesse James Festival Guide

45th annual jesse james

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A supplement to

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SEPT. 11-13 & 17-20, 2015

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EVENTS

A rundown of all festival action with dates, times

4 WELCOME

6 5/10K RUN

8 DEMO DERBY 12 MAP

14 DOGGIES

17 VOLLEYBALL

Festival organizers keep event from getting stale with fresh ideas

Bill James Classic returns, benefits Heroes Monument Foundation

Who doesn’t want to wreck, smash cars in hopes of winning cash?

Competition celebrates man’s best friend with doggies dock diving

Participants get down, dirty with mud-based sporting competition

5 HISTORY

7 FANCY FEET 9 LIL. MR/MS. 13 LITERACY

15 BUBBLE

18 HARDWOOD

Activity combines people’s love of quasi-contact sports, bubbles wrap

Artist uses chainsaw, wood as implement, medium for work

Kearney, becomes known for outlaw then family fun

This year’s festival offers plenty of chances to showcase dance moves

Kearney’s cuties converge on feed store for bragging rights, trophy

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weekend, culminating with the Rev. Robert Sallee James sermon re-enactment worship service on Sunday, Sept. 13. Events continue with the opening of the carnival at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, and roll through Sunday, Sept. 20. This year’s guide not only provides a rundown of events on page 10, but hen you’ve been hosting festivals for 45 years, as Kearney has with its Jesse James Festival, also a history of the festival as whole (provided by the festival board) on page 5. This year’s guide also it’s easy for things to become stale. However, the festival board and its volunteers have gone out of includes a map for easy navigation around the grounds on page 12.

So, if you’re a local, bring your neighbors and come celebrate all the greatness that is Kearney and their way to make sure festivalgoers have familiar favorites, such as the Little Mr. and Miss competition, demolition derby and the parade; while bringing new attractions like bubble soccer and Jesse James Park in the fall. If you’re an out-of-towner, be sure to bring your friends and family to DockDogs competitions to keep people enticed. In keeping with the tradition of offering something check out the festival, and then take a leisurely drive through our welcoming city. Whether you like new and exciting, instead of simply providing date and time information about events, this year’s good food, scenic parks, historic monuments (Jesse James’ farm and original home are located at festival guide provides detailed looks at what’s new and highlights some of the people and activities 21216 Jesse James Farm Road in Kearney) or family fun, Kearney has plenty to offer. that make the festival so special.

The 2015 festival season kicks off with a teen dance Friday, Sept. 11, and keeps going through the The Kearney Courier Editor

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arney became nationally known in the 1800s for being the birthplace, boyhood home and resting place of infamous outlaw Jesse James. Over his year marks the 45th for the annu- the past several years, a great deal of publicity al Jesse James Festival in Kearney. This special has been created by those debating whether event includes fun for all ages in the form of ro- Jesse was really buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. deos, barbecue contests, fishing tournaments, The issue was finally settled after exhaustive a downtown parade, youth pageants, craft ven- studies of artifacts, as well as DNA testing, dors, and of course, plenty of carnival rides. proved the questioned remains where those of Once a quiet little town called Centreville, Ke- Jesse James. For the citizens of Kearney, there

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was never any doubt.

One might ask why there is so much going on related to an outlaw whose reputation preceded him to many cities during his career as a bank robber and train robber. One answer, debated to this day, is that he was like a local Robin Hood.

Rumor has it that James was noted for taking from rich carpetbaggers and Yankees to give to much more supposedly deserving Missouri farmers.

What we know for sure is that Kearney hosts a festival bringing a large collection of people from all walks of life together. They gather, not to pay tribute to an outlaw, but to be reminded of an historical era that had a great impact on our country and local community.

Each year, during the third weekend of September, the festival kicks off in Jesse James Park, located north of downtown off Missouri Highway 33.

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he Jesse James Festival 5/10K Bill James Classic and Fun and Run will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at the intersection of North Grove and Boude streets in Kearney.

The 5/10K event includes a T-shirt and swag bag giveaway to participants, chip timing with results posted at www.resultskc.com and awards for the top three runners in each of the five-year age groups.

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Fun Run participants will receive a T-shirt, and medals will go to those ages 12 and younger.

Money raised from entry fees will benefit the festival grounds and the Heroes Monument Foundation. The monument, which broke ground in June, will honor heroes from all walks of life and will be located in Jesse James Park. Veterans, first responders, mentors and family members — from Kearney or anywhere else in the world — all have a place on the monument.

The event kicks off the year’s Jesse James Festival activities.

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Participants can register up until race day. The entry fee for the 5/10K are $30 per person. The cost of the fun run is $20.

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for people to exhibit their athleticism and fancy footwork.

The festival will hold a teen dance, sponsored by First Christian Church’s youth group, n addition to getting themselves away from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, in the from charging bulls in the bull rides and Jesse James Park pavilion. Children in sixth getting the lead out by pounding gas pedals grade and older are welcome. Admission is $5.

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mance at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19. Admission to the event is free.

A different group of dancers, those from Haskell University in Lawrence, Kansas, will perform a Native American dances clad in full regalia at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19.

For a full story on the Native American dancers, see page 16.

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the derby),” Hedges said. “If the driver wins the derby, (he or she) keeps the winnings, but the car goes his year’s demolition derby will feature a chance for members of the public to drive in the event back to the owner.” in a donated demolition car.

This year’s derby is at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12. Admission is $10 for people age 6 and older. Chil“We had a gentleman build a car for us. We are raffling off a chance for $20 each for someone in the dren 5 and younger are admitted free. public to drive it,” derby organizer Jay Hedges said. “We are hoping to draw a big crowd.”

If people want to see the car they have a chance to drive, Hedges said it will be located on a trailer at Funds raised from the raffle will be used to buy more bleachers for the venue in Jesse James Park, businesses throughout Kearney until the derby. located off Missouri Highway 33 in Kearney.

“It’s painted John Deere yellow, so they can’t miss it,” he said.

Raffle tickets can be purchased at First Missouri Bank, 455 Sam Barr Drive, up to the day of the For more information, call Hedges at 591-5754. event.

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he Jesse James Festival’s congregation of cuteness culminates with the Little Mr. and Miss pageant judging beginning at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, in front of Kearney Feed Store, located at 300 W. Washington St. Contestants can register in one of three age groups: 2 to 3 years old, 4 to 6 years old and 7 to 10 years old. Registration can be done via an online form found at www.jessejamesfestival.

com. The form must be fi lled out and emailed to contest organizer Ellyce Grassley at e.grassley@ hotmail.com. Registration forms can also be mailed to Grassley at Salon 905, 905 W. Highway 92, Kearney, MO, 64060.

“First place gets a $25 cash prize, which is provided by Kearney Trust, and a trophy,” Grassley said. “Second place gets a medal, and all contestants get goodie bags.”

All entrants must be at the feed store by 8:15 a.m. on the day of judging. No parking will be provided at the feed store.

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All entrants also may ride on a parade trailer after the contest.

Kristen Pogue, whose son Karter Pogue, now 5, won last year’s Little Mr. title in the 4- to 6-year-old group, said the event is fun for children and parents.

“It was really neat. He got to be a cowboy,” she said. “We had always heard about the Little Mr. and Miss contest, and every parent thinks their child is cute and could win, so we entered. He’s always liked to dress up and be silly, so it was really his choice and he wanted to do it. So, we

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The event brings city residents together, Kristen Pogue said.

“It was a good opportunity to meet different people and be a part of the community,” she said.

Bringing home a prize isn’t bad either, the mother added.

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6:30 – 9:30 PM Teen Dance - Grades 6 & up - $5 admission Sponsored by First Christian Youth Group at Pavilion

Saturday, Sept. 12th 8 AM

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Jesse James 5K/10K Classic Run Registration: Online or Race Day 7-8 am Donations to the “Heroes Monument Foundation” Downtown Kearney Demolition Derby – Presented by Grandstand Attractions, Inc. $10 per person; 5 & under FreeConcessions on site

Sunday, Sept. 13th 10 AM

Rev. Robert Sallee James Sermon Re Enactment Worship Service Portrayed by Rev. Joe Brandt at Camp New Hope - Directions at holtnewdirection.org Sponsored by High Point Cowboy Church & New Direction Church

Thursday, Sept. 17th 6 PM

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Last minute check in for BBQ Cookoff at Contest Trailer 7:30 – 10 AM VFW Breakfast 8 AM Parade Lineup – Platte-Clay Way – 8 – 11 AM Arts & Crafts – BOOTH SET UP 8:15 AM Little Mr & Miss Contest Entrants MUST be at Kearney Feed & Supply Mini Mr & Miss (ages 2-3) Little Mr & Miss (ages 4-6) Junior Mr & Miss (ages 7-10) 8:30 AM Judging of Little Mr & Miss Contest Kearney Feed & Supply

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!

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28th Annual Jesse James & 26th Annual State Championship BBQ Cookoff 10 AM Jesse James Festival Parade Downtown Kearney 10 AM Free Carriage Rides **throughout the day** (donations accepted) 11 AM – 6 PM Arts & Crafts Alley – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC The Kearney Mid Continent Public Library is hosting a “Story Book Reading Trail” Along the trail at the Arts & Crafts Alley 11 AM Carnival opens – Armbands $20 11 AM MO-KAN Dock Dogs Competition- Big Air #4 12 – 6 PM Northland Bubble Soccer $10 per person 12 – 8 PM Rod Cannon “Wandering Magician” **Throughout the Park** 12:30 PM Co-Ed Mud Volleyball Team Captain’s Meeting 12:30 PM Mo-KAN Dock Dog Competition - Big Air #5 1 PM Co-Ed Mud Volleyball Tournament 1 PM Studio 320 Dancers perform at the Amphitheater 1:30 PM Gillam Family Show 2 PM Mo-KAN Dock Dog Competition - Big Air #6 2:30 PM Haskell University Native American dancing 3:30 PM Gillam Family Show 4 PM Mo-KAN Dock Dog Competition Extreme Vertical 4 PM BBQ Cookoff And Kids Q on the Hill Winners Awards announcement 5:30 PM Gillam Family Show 6:30 PM Mo-KAN Dock Dog Competition - Big Air #7 7 PM URA/MRCA Rodeo with Dusty & Rawhide performance $10.00 per person, kids 5 & under free Robinson Chainsaw carvings auctioned off during intermission KIDS BOOT SCRAMBLE – age groups 0-6 & 7-12 8:30 PM MO-KAN Dock Dog Competition - Big Air #8 9 PM – 1 AM Jesse James Festival Dance $6 per person – MUST BE 21 or over Live band - Jim Robe NO CARRY IN COOLERS OR BEVERAGES Presented by St. Michaels Knights of Columbus

Sunday, Sept. 20th 9 – 11 AM

Fishing Tournament Jesse James Park Lake Ages 12 & under – Free Event No pre-registration required

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Free Carriage Rides **throughout the day** (donations accepted) 11 AM Rev. Robert Sallee James sermon Re-enactment Worship Service – portrayed by Rev. Joe Brandt – sponsored by High Point Cowboy Church and New Direction Church at the Jesse James Park rodeo grounds 11 AM Carnival opens – Armbands $20 11 AM Mo-KAN Dock Dog Competition Big Air #9 11 AM – 5 PM Arts & Crafts Alley – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC The Kearney Mid Continent Public Library is hosting a “Story Book Reading Trail” along the trail at the Arts & Crafts Alley 12 PM Gillam Family Show Robinson Chainsaw Carving ** demos throughout the day ** Carvings auctioned off during the rodeos 12 – 4 PM Northland Bubble Soccer $10 per person 12:30 PM Mo-KAN Dock Dog Competition Speed Retrieve 1 PM Junior Mud Volleyball Tournament 1:30 PM Gillam Family Show 2:00 PM Mo-KAN Dock Dog Competition - Big Air #10 2:30 PM URA/MRCA Rodeo with Dusty & Rawhide performance $10.00 per person, kids 5 & under free Robinson Chainsaw carvings auctioned off during intermission KIDS BOOT SCRAMBLE – age groups 0-6 & 7-12

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eyond quenching a child’s thirst for fun, this year’s festival will quench parents’ thirst for their children’s education and literacy as well welcoming Mid-Continent Public Library’s Storybook Trail to its list of featured activities.

During the festival, Jesse James Park’s walking trail will be transformed into an interactive cowboy

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and cowgirl reading drive where rompin’, stompin’ youngsters get to ride stick horses, and count and recall colors, letters and numbers — all while parents and caregivers get to facilitate reading.

“We are going to have a storybook laid out along the trail on signs, something like yard sales signs. I have 16 of them, and each has the story on it and it winds through the trail. Each sign has a different interactive activity that allows parents to

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read to their child and for their child to become engaged and follow along,” storybook trail organizer DeAnna Brown-Reith said.

The activity is geared toward early literacy, Brown-Reith said.

“It’s about a boy who gets a saddle for his birthday and then goes out and looks for a horse to ride,” she said. “... It’s geared toward the preschool age to younger elementary and up to age 10.”

The story, “Are You a Horse,” plays

on the festival’s cowboy and Western roots while providing children “a fun story that’s a great picture book,” she said. “It’s just a fun, good book.”

On Saturday, Sept. 19, Brown-Reith said guides from the library will be on site to assist trailblazers and provide lil’ literacy wranglers stick horses to mosey along the trail with.

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Dogs Worldwide. The club was formed to promote the exciting world of Dock Diving here in the Midwest. Members include pet owners and their dogs ot just for people of all ages, this year’s from Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, ArJesse James Festival will offer man’s best friend a kansas, Mississippi and Texas. “It’s become a big deal all over now. It got its chance to showcase canine talent in the MOKAN start though at Cabela’s in Ohio about 12 or so DockDogs competition Friday, Sept. 18.

The event welcomes dogs of all sizes and breeds years ago,� MOKAN DockDogs board member to compete in jumps from 40 feet over a pool Rick Carlyle said. “They were having exhibitions where the canines are judged on distance, speed there and someone pulled out and they needed something to fill the spot. It became a big hit and and height.

MOKAN Dock Dogs is an affiliate club of Dock just grew from there.�

Carlyle said he has been working to bring the competition to the Kearney festival for several years. “I brought up the idea and contacted the fair board with a former member. They finally said they wanted to try it out, so we are doing it,� he said. “We hope to bring it back each year.�

Dogs of any size or breed are welcome to try out for the competition, Carlyle said. “Anybody can come and try out. ... Dogs that tend to do the best and don’t have any problems are usually rescues,� he said. “They tend to do

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To try out, dog owners can pay $15 and see how their four-legged friends fare. To compete, online registration must be completed. The fee to compete in the multiple-jump competition is $30 on the day of the event. Pre-registration before the event can be done online for $27.

For more information, go to www.jessejamesfestival.com or www.mokandockdogs.com.

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equally distributes the body weight throughout the bubble,” he said. “Your feet and legs are out of the bubble and you run and play a game of soccer, or other games, depending on age or selection. It is kind of like having your own bumper car. It’s a cross between a bumper-car ride and a 21st century pillow fight.”

While the most vicious of pillow fights might cause some bodily harm, Dickerson said bubble soccer is one of the safer sporting activities available.

“Once the parents see how safe it is — because there is no body-to-body collisions, no more concussion discussions for outdoor sports — it is doing very well, Dickerson said.

“Parents like it because you can do parents versus the kids. Schools like it because principals invite us he “Beautiful Game” just got a radical face lift.

Bubble soccer is starting to take the nation by storm, giving competitors of any age the chance to have in for incentive,” Dickerson said.

Dickerson, after speaking with the Jesse James Festival Board, knew that his brand of soccer would be fun while exercising.

Mike Dickerson, the senior administrator of Northland Bubble Soccer and a former youth minister, a perfect fit for the event.

“I believe I was talking with Julie Hedges with the Jesse James Committee, a super nice lady, and she had a singular goal in mind when bringing the sport to the metro area: keep children active.

“It was designed to get kids off of tech and outside playing,” Dickerson said. “We kind of tried to take it said, ‘We want the bubble soccer here. We think it would be good.’ It is the hot new item for flash and substance at your festival,” Dickerson said. Soccer is available between the playground and rodeo areas. a step further to where we could get kids outside to interact and get back to simple fellowship.”

Dickerson said currently there are over 90 cities in the United States that have some form of bubble soccer organization.

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istory, culture and tradition will be on display at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, as Haskell University Native American dancers perform at Jesse James Park.

The dancers, all students at the university, will provide an educational and interactive presentation, junior and president of the school’s student senate, Chris Sindone said.

“We used to dance in our regalia and do performances for our elementary school. I’ve also danced for the U.S. Department of Agriculture,” he said. “I really enjoy doing this.”

The performance will begin with a grand entrance, during which each dancer will display their style of dance during a unified song.

“The grand entrance is to show each style in one song,” Sindone said. “We go in there in full regalia, head to toe. We’ll each be dif-

ferent according to our tribe. Each tribe has a different regalia.”

After the grand entrance, each dancer will speak about their regalia and dance before taking the stage as individuals.

“We will explain the type of regalia we have and who made it and the designs. Then we’ll exhibit our own styles,” Sindone said.

Sindone said his dance, the prairie chicken dance, originated in the northern plains.

“It is a traditional mating dance. We go out there and imitate the prairie chicken during their mating season. The male likes to dance and be seen because they’re trying to find their mate,” Sindone said, adding his regalia matches the energy of the dance. “I have a lot of bells, long feathers and bright colors. I like to dance that personally because it’s the most fun. I have a blast dancing that.”

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tacey Robinson did not set out to become an artist. The former construction worker was cutting firewood over 30 years ago when he had an idea: What else can I do with my chainsaw?

“One day I just stood a piece of (wood) up and ended up playing around with it. When I was done, I had a little cowboy,” Robinson said. “I set him on the porch and people would drive by and wave at it.

Then they would pull in and say, ‘Can you do this or can you do that?’”

Robinson, even to this day, said he’s not certain why he created that cowboy all those years ago.

“When I was doing it to start with, I had no idea what I was doing or why,” he said. “Something just drove me to do it, and I have put more into it than anything I have in my life. I can’t explain why.”

Robinson, who currently resides in Montgomery City, established Robinson Chainsaw Carving as his full-time profession 17 years ago, but it was on his father’s land that he first realized he had an artistic touch.

“My dad had bought a place that had a lot of timber on it and had it logged. We had all this wood laying there, so I started cutting the firewood and selling it. There were some beautiful pieces of wood. That is what I think started it all was I couldn’t stand to see the (wood) go to waste,” Robinson said.

Robinson said oak, white oak or cedar make the best carvings due to the character of the logs.

“You can take a piece of pine and carve something, but it has no color or character to it, and it doesn’t last as well as the hard woods,” Robinson said. “I always use something that is dead. I never cut down anything that is green. To me, that defeats the purpose of the whole thing.”

Over his 30 years carving, Robinson said he has gone through as much transformation as the pieces he creates.

“When I first started, I would go to the woods and carve. I couldn’t do it in front of anybody. I didn’t have the confidence, I guess,” Robinson said.

His favorite subjects to fashion are wildlife and western motif.

“One of the pieces I was the most proud of was a logger had a walnut log that was like seven feet and had a fork in it. It was big, but not something he could sell,” Robinson said. “I took it home and carved an Indian with a full headdress on a horse rearing with another Indian underneath on his knees. They both had their tomahawks and knives. That was probably the piece I would say I was most proud of.”

Robinson, a mainstay at the Jesse James Festival, said he can complete most pieces in half an hour, giving bystanders the opportunity to see the entire process.

The carver, who said he’s never been injured with his chainsaw due to his respect for the equipment he uses, continues to come to the festival because of the people of Kearney.

“The people that are running the event, you can’t get any better than that. That just means the world,” he said.

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