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FORT SCOTT —
The 2012 Bourbon County Fair is underway and there’s plenty for Four State area families to do.
The fair kicked off Saturday at 9 a.m. at the Bourbon County Fair Grounds in Fort Scott with the 4-H dog show and later at 6 p.m. with the Jordan Snyder Memorial ATV Shodeo. It continues Sunday with the 4-H horse show, and throughout the week with 4-H exhibits and competition judging. The fair features the Eastern Kansas Timed Events Circuit competition on Wednesday, Barnyard Olympics and a garden tractor pull on Friday and the Missouri Tractor Puller on Saturday. There also will be a Country and Western music show this year at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center.
Members of the Goodluck, Northeast Scott, Northwest Scott, Pawnee, Uniontown, Barnstormers and Hiattville 4-H clubs will have entries in the contests.
The dog show was moved from Monday to Saturday to give livestock contestants a chance to breathe, said Pawnee 4-H leader Barbara Brown. The fair grounds don’t have facilities to stall livestock overnight, and with contestants coming and going as they entered their market animals it made sense to just move the event.
“They were just staying here too long,” Brown said.
Bourbon County Extension Agent and 4-H advisor Delta George said most of the events are free to the public, but that night entertainment will have cover charges. And as always, she said, the events will draw large crowds.
“The stands will be full,” George said.
At the dog show, 13-year-old Haley Ruggles competed with her toy Australian Shepherd. Ruggles is in her second year in 4-H and raises lambs, goats and pigs on her family’s spread just outside of Fort Scott. She said one of her teachers told her about 4-H, and because it seemed like a good idea her mom signed her up.
“I just like showing the animals and being out in front of people,” said Ruggles, who was last year’s reserve champion in lamb showmanship.
Haley’s brother, Dylan, 12, also has been competing in 4-H for two years and said he’s having a blast.
“It’s been an awesome year,” Dylan said, adding that he and his two sisters — their 11-year-old sister, Aubry, also participates — compete as Team Ruggles. “It’s been fun and a good experience. I enjoy the pigs a lot, and I’m learning a lot of leadership skills.”
The 2012 Bourbon County Fair is underway and there’s plenty for Four State area families to do.
The fair kicked off Saturday at 9 a.m. at the Bourbon County Fair Grounds in Fort Scott with the 4-H dog show and later at 6 p.m. with the Jordan Snyder Memorial ATV Shodeo. It continues Sunday with the 4-H horse show, and throughout the week with 4-H exhibits and competition judging. The fair features the Eastern Kansas Timed Events Circuit competition on Wednesday, Barnyard Olympics and a garden tractor pull on Friday and the Missouri Tractor Puller on Saturday. There also will be a Country and Western music show this year at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center.
Members of the Goodluck, Northeast Scott, Northwest Scott, Pawnee, Uniontown, Barnstormers and Hiattville 4-H clubs will have entries in the contests.
The dog show was moved from Monday to Saturday to give livestock contestants a chance to breathe, said Pawnee 4-H leader Barbara Brown. The fair grounds don’t have facilities to stall livestock overnight, and with contestants coming and going as they entered their market animals it made sense to just move the event.
“They were just staying here too long,” Brown said.
Bourbon County Extension Agent and 4-H advisor Delta George said most of the events are free to the public, but that night entertainment will have cover charges. And as always, she said, the events will draw large crowds.
“The stands will be full,” George said.
At the dog show, 13-year-old Haley Ruggles competed with her toy Australian Shepherd. Ruggles is in her second year in 4-H and raises lambs, goats and pigs on her family’s spread just outside of Fort Scott. She said one of her teachers told her about 4-H, and because it seemed like a good idea her mom signed her up.
“I just like showing the animals and being out in front of people,” said Ruggles, who was last year’s reserve champion in lamb showmanship.
Haley’s brother, Dylan, 12, also has been competing in 4-H for two years and said he’s having a blast.
“It’s been an awesome year,” Dylan said, adding that he and his two sisters — their 11-year-old sister, Aubry, also participates — compete as Team Ruggles. “It’s been fun and a good experience. I enjoy the pigs a lot, and I’m learning a lot of leadership skills.”
Abby Humble competed with her Dachshund, Tank, who is the two-time champion of the Fort Scott Good Ol’ Days wiener dog race. He also won a blue ribbon at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson last year. She said she likes to compete with Tank because it gives them a chance to bond.
“It gets me and Tank closer, and when I go home I have something to do and a reason to work with him...not that I wouldn’t anyway,” she said with a smile.
Sunday, July 15
5 p.m. — Horse show
Monday, July 16
4 - 8 p.m. — Enter 4-H and open exhibitions
4 p.m. — 4-H photography conference judging
5 p.m. — All market animals to be entered
5 - 8 p.m. — Weigh market animals (5 p.m. beef, 6 p.m. goats, 6:30 p.m. lambs, 7 p.m. hogs)
Tuesday, July 17
8 a.m. — Judge 4-H open rabbits
8 a.m. — Judging in 4-H building and Myers building
8:30 a.m. — 4-H foods conference judging
8:45 a.m. — 4-H arts and crafts conference judging
10:30 a.m. — 4-H open poultry judging
Noon — 4-H open class foods bake sale
5 p.m. — Judge sheep and meat goats
6:30 p.m. — Going Green with cleaning products, Myers building
Noon to 10 p.m. — History of Bourbon County Fair, Myers building
Wednesday, July 18
8 a.m. — 4-H bucket calf judging
9 a.m. — Dairy cattle judging
9 - 11 a.m. — Family and consumer sciences judging, 4-H building
10 a.m. — 4-H goats and open class dairy judging
10 a.m. - 10 p.m. — History of Bourbon County Fair, Myers building
1:30 p.m. — Horticulture judging, 4-H building
2 p.m. — Creative uses of flowers and herbs, Myers building
5 p.m. — Beef and open class bucket calf judging
6 - 7 p.m. — Free health screenings, Yeager building
6:30 p.m. — Creative uses of flowers and herbs, Myers building
7:30 p.m. — EKTEC, entries close at 7 p.m. No late entries
Thursday, July 19
8 a.m. — Swine judging
8 a.m. — Chamber coffee, Myers building
10 a.m. - 10 p.m. — History of Bourbon County Fair, Myers building
2 p.m. — 4-H fashion review practice
3 p.m. — Round robin showmanship
5:30 p.m. — 4-H fashion review
8 p.m. — Country and western show - Redhead Express at the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center, FSCC campus
Friday, July 20
9 a.m. — Livestock judging contest
10 a.m. - 10 p.m. — History of Bourbon County Fair, Myers building
1 p.m. — Barnyard Olympics
5:30 p.m. — Buyer’s Appreciation Supper
7 p.m. — Junior livestock sale
7 p.m. — Garden tractor pull
Saturday, July 21
8 - 9 a.m. — Check out 4-H exhibits and clean up
8 - 10 a.m. — Check out open class exhibits
7 p.m. — Missouri Tractor Puller Association
