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From the State Fair: Teen take her responsibilities with great pride as this year’s Missouri Angus Beef Princess (VIDEO)

August 15, 2014 By Bill Pollock

Andrea Larson, the 2014 Missouri Angus Princess.

Andrea Larson, the 2014 Missouri Angus Princess.

On the Missouri Angus Beef website, it says  the Missouri Angus Queen and Princess program is designed in an effort to create a program that supports the growth and education of young women in Missouri who are involved in the production and/or promotion of Angus cattle.

Andrea Larson, the 2014 Missouri Angus Princess, puts in a lot of hours fulfilling her duties and takes great pride in her position.

The process young girls must go through to apply for their position, shows their dedication.  Andrea was selected in June after a lengthy process that includes answering a questionnaire.  Some of the requirements for the applicants are listed below:

–Listing community activity/service organizations followed by the year(s) they were
involved.

–Listing the MJAA and NJAA activities followed by the year(s) you were involved, including leadership positions, honors and awards.

–Explaining how one of their MJAA or NJAA experiences positively impacted them and/or another person.

–Explaining why they would like to be selected as the Missouri Angus Auxiliary Princess and how you would help promote the Angus breed through this honor.

In addition to the State Fair, Andrea will be present at the Missouri Angus Futurity in February, as well as taking part in option shows around the state such as Ozark Empire Fair, Springfield, MO (August), American Royal Livestock Show, Kansas City, MO (October),
and the National Junior Angus Show (July).

Check Missourinet.com for all of our videos from this year’s State Fair.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Missouri State Fair

From the State Fair: 4-H kids show off their skills proving there is something for everyone (VIDEO)

August 14, 2014 By Bill Pollock

The 4-H building at the State Fair

The 4-H building at the State Fair

4-H exhibits and competitions are part of the fun of the Missouri State Fair. Make sure to visit the 4-H building to see the projects of 4-H youth or catch the judging competitions. Whatever your niche, there is something for everyone.

As the fair winds down you can check out a couple of events that are still on the schedule.

Thursday, August 14
· Missouri Afterschool Network activities for kids. Staff available to answer any questions about finding or funding quality afterschool programs.

Saturday, August 16
· Agri-Missouri Foods Demonstration Contest

Missourinet has been exploring the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia to meet participants and competitors, learn about longtime traditions and to try out some new things. Follow us each day to see what Bill Pollock has discovered next.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Missouri State Fair, news

From the State Fair: Where’s the Beef House? Easy to find…just look for the long line (VIDEO)

August 12, 2014 By Bill Pollock

The lunch hour is a mad rush for these workers inside the Beef House at the Missouri State Fair

The lunch hour is a mad rush for these workers inside the Beef House at the Missouri State Fair

The line, of hungry state fair patrons, was out the door the day we visited the Missouri State Fair.  One of our favorite stops at the fair was the Missouri Cattlemen’s Beef House.

Thanks to Andy Atzenweiler, Managing Editor for Missouri Beef Cattleman, the official magazine of the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association, we got a behind the scenes (or behind the counter) look at what takes place at the Beef House.

The menu includes ribeye dinners cooked as you order, ribeye sandwiches, beef hotdogs, steak salads, and beef hamburgers.  Andy told us beef fans will consume 22,000 pounds of beef.

Patty, the manager of the beef house, has a simple request for you if you’re heading to the Fair.

“Come and see us…the food is ready.  The 10 ounce steaks are great, 1/3 pound burgers and air conditioning.  We’d love to see you!”

Missourinet has been exploring the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia to meet participants and competitors, learn about longtime traditions and to try out some new things. Follow us each day to see what Bill Pollock has discovered next.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Missouri State Fair, Sports

From the State Fair: Trail’s End monument celebrates Sedalia’s mark on American history (VIDEO)

August 11, 2014 By Bill Pollock

Trail

A rendition of what the Trail’s End monument will look like upon completion.

Following the Civil War, large Texas cattle drives herded longhorns north, up the eastern edge of the Indian Territories to reach the Pacific railheads in Missouri for shipment east to the packinghouses. Maverick cattle worth only two dollars in local Texas markets could be sold for twenty, even forty-dollars a head up north at the railheads. Enterprising Texans decided it was worth the risk to round ’em up and head ’em out across 700-to-1,000 miles of wild, often lawless country to the rail heads up north. These cattle drives were the confirmation of America’s entrepreneurship.

“A lot of people, when they think of the original trail towns at the end of the cattle drive, they may think of Dodge or Wichita, Kansas, but Sedalia was the very first.  We are the original cow town,” said Trail’s End committee member, Linda Oehrke Myer.

It may have been short lived for only a year or two, but it’s pretty much why Sedalia exists.  That’s  why a monument is being created at the fairgrounds.  The monument will features full size replicas of a 1870s cattle car, water tower, windmill and locomotive set in a landscape of native prairie grasses and flowers. These elements highlight the role of the railroad in the founding of Sedalia, in the commercial development of the prairies and in the drive to connect our nation as one. It was the building of transcontinental railroads that linked the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans – from sea to shinning sea.

Missourinet has been exploring the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia to meet participants and competitors, learn about longtime traditions and to try out some new things. Follow us each day to see what Bill Pollock has discovered next.

Dale Yelton, Co-Chairman of the Trail’s End board talks with us about the project.

The dates: April 24, 25 & 26, 2015, including the dedication of the Trail’s End Starline Brass Plaza!!

 

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Missouri State Fair, Sedalia, Trail's End monument

From the State Fair: Holliday, Mo. teen works hard, wins big (VIDEO)

August 8, 2014 By Bill Pollock

Kimberlee Gieseker of Holliday shows off one of her many trophies from the

Kimberlee Gieseker of Holliday shows off one of her many trophies from the State Fair.

Kimberlee Gieseker gets up at 3 a.m. everyday to feed, rinse the cattle, tie them in the barn, turn on misters, and clean out the barn at Hillard Cattle Company, in Holliday, Mo.  In addition to her responsibilities on the barn, Kimberlee juggles college, a couple of jobs and a boyfriend.

All in a day’s work for champion heifer showman, but it is easy to understand why Kimberlee was emotional after winning eight awards on the first day of the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia.

“It’s my last year to show in the junior show, so I wanted to go out with a bang,” said Gieseker.

That would be an understatement.

Kimberlee won champion heifer calf, champion senior heifer calf, champion reserve senior heifer calf, champion reserve overall heifer, junior bull champion, champion cow calf,  grand champion bull and champion showman for the FFA show.

Missourinet has been exploring the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia to meet participants and competitors, learn about longtime traditions and to try out some new things. Follow us each day to see what Bill Pollock has discovered next.

Filed Under: Agriculture, News Tagged With: Missouri State Fair, news

Missouri State Fair announces concert lineup

April 2, 2014 By Mike Lear

The concert lineup for this year’s Missouri State Fair has been filled out.

The Fair will feature eight musical performances and three motor sports events in its 112th run, August 7 through 17th in Sedalia.

Concerts will include performances by Scotty McCreery and Kelsey K on the first night of the fair, followed by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and Black Stone Cherry August 8, Missouri native Sara Evans and Joe Nichols August 9, Beatles tribute band Beatlemania Live August 12 and Colt Ford will open for Florida Georgia Line August 13. August 14th is An Evening with MercyMe, then on August 15 is Jake Owen’s Days of Gold Tour and the Eli Young Band with special guest The Cadillac Three. Hard rock band Halestorm will close out the Fair’s concert offerings August 16.

The motor sports offerings include truck and tractor pull events August 10, 11 and 17.

State Fair concert and motor sports tickets go on sale June 16.

Filed Under: Entertainment, Featured, News Tagged With: Missouri State Fair

State Fairgrounds to get $2.2M for storm water system upgrades

October 1, 2013 By Mike Lear

The State Fairgrounds in Sedalia will get $2.2-million dollars in infrastructure upgrades to its storm water management system.

Governor Jay Nixon (at podium) announces $2.2-million for infrastructure improvements at the State Fairgrounds, joined by Agriculture Director Jon Hagler (left), Senator Mike Parson (right) and members of the Missouri National Guard.

Governor Jay Nixon (at podium) announces $2.2-million for infrastructure improvements at the State Fairgrounds, joined by Agriculture Director Jon Hagler (left), Senator Mike Parson (right) and members of the Missouri National Guard.

The money will go to fix leaks in the system and improve drainage. State Fair Director Mark Wolfe says rainwater was getting into the Fair’s sanitary system and that was adding to a greater problem for the City of Sedalia, of water levels exceeding what its treatment system could handle.

“We were certainly a major contributor (to that problem) because of the numbers of campsites and the fact that we have some of our major lines out here that are getting old and decayed and were showing signs of cracking and things like that, that was allowing that (additional water) in there.”

Governor Jay Nixon says the work has to be done before other improvements to the Grounds can be made.

“These infrastructure improvements are vital to ensuring that Missouri families can continue celebrating their traditions and making great members of the State Fair well into the future. If we can get this stuff done underground, they lay the structure for us for enhancing the camping experience here, enhancing other facilities around this area, but you’ve got to start from the ground up.”

State Senator Mike Parson (R-Bolivar) says the Fairgrounds must be made to last.

“I truly believe that this is the heart and soul of Missouri right here, right here in Sedalia, Missouri … agriculture, this is where we came from … and for the people that built all of this 100 years ago, a lot of these buildings, it’s our job to make sure we keep that infrastructure in place so for the future generations, for our kids and our grandkids, to be able to enjoy what we’ve had the opportunity to.”

The money comes from the state Office of Administration. Wolfe expects the upgrade to be completed in time for the 2014 State Fair run, August 7-17, and work will continue while other events take place on the Grounds.

Find out more about the Missouri State Fair at its website.

Filed Under: Agriculture, Featured, News Tagged With: Jay Nixon, Mike Parson, Missouri State Fair, Sedalia

Two state lawmakers assess Fair rodeo incident as clown returns to performing

September 13, 2013 By Mike Lear

A key African-American state legislator says she’s satisfied with the State Fair’s handling of a skit mocking the President at a rodeo.

This picture was taken of the dummy wearing a President Obama mask during a routine at a rodeo at the State Fair.

This picture was taken during the controversial routine at a rodeo at the State Fair.

Clown Tuffy Gessling says he  put a President Barack Obama mask on another clown posing as a dummy and the crowd was asked if they wanted to see a bull run it down.  Gessing has not revealed the name of the second person involved.  

In a statement the day after the rodeo, Assistant Minority Leader Gail McCann Beatty (D-Kansas City) called the routine “blatant racism,” and “distasteful,” and said that she would not support future funding for the Fair.

In the month since the incident, Gessling has been banned from the Fair and Beatty has met with the Fair Director.

“They took swift action and I think at this point that’s probably all that needs to happen.”

Gessling has said the skit is not new and is not meant to be racist. Beatty is asked if she believes that.

“I’m not sure that it was racially motivated, but it can be seen that way, and I think you have to be careful how you do things because it’s how people perceive it. We want to make sure that the Fair is open to everyone in the state.”

Beatty says she has received calls from people who said they would never go back to the State Fair. After its handling of the incident, she is encouraging them to go back.

Others have told another state lawmaker they won’t go back, but for a different reason.

Representative Tim Remole (R-Excello) says some constituents are telling him that they don’t agree with Gessling’s ban.

“They did not go to the Fair because of it … there will be some things that need to be addressed concerning that.”

Remole says some are telling him that they won’t go back to the Fair until it issues an apology to Gessling.

“It was probably made a bigger deal than what it should have been and I just feel there will be a fallout in some degree.”

Gessling will perform for the first time since the Fair, tonight and tomorrow at the Pro Bull Riding Show in Jefferson City.

Monte Schisler at KWIX in Moberly contributed to this report.

Filed Under: Featured, Human Interest, News Tagged With: Barack Obama, Gail McCann Beatty, Missouri State Fair, rodeo, Tim Remole, Tuffy Gessling, Tuffy the Clown

‘Obama’ rodeo clown at State Fair chased down by bull, bi-partisan outrage ensues (AUDIO / VIDEO)

August 11, 2013 By Jessica Machetta

A rodeo clown wearing an Obama mask at the State Fair has spurred political action on the part of Missouri Democrats. A State Fair rodeo announcer told the crowd “tonight’s the night we’re going to smoke Obama,” and then asked the crowd if they wanted to see President Obama get run down by a bull.

Now Democratic leadership — and some Republicans — are decrying the antics as racist, shameful, and crossing the line.

AUDIO: Jessica Machetta reports (1:16)

Minority leader for the House of Representatives Jake Hummel of St. Louis says Missouri taxpayers contribute 400 thousand dollars to the fair, and says the incident is an embarrassment for the entire state.

“Is this what we want to be known for?,” he asks in an interview with Missourinet. He adds that the stunt had racist overtones, but says no matter what race the President is, or what party, it’s inappropriate to insinuate harm would come upon them.

“Poking fun at our president is a time-honored tradition in this country, but the incident Saturday night at the Missouri State Fair rodeo went well beyond the line,” Hummel says. “The concept of an angry bull attempting to trample a black man for the amusement of a crowd is neither entertaining nor funny and is not the type of behavior that our taxpayer-subsidized State Fair should promote.”

And he says regardless of whether the stunt was racist (witnesses say another clown ran up and fiddled with the lips on the Obama mask), the entire act was shameful.

“I don’t think … if there was a white president’s face up there, let’s say it was George bush, and a rodeo clown was out there, and the announcer says ‘Would you like to see a bull trample the president … I don’t care whether the president is white or black, you are trying to convey that you don’t like the president or that you would like to see the president run over by a bull, or in some way hurt,” Hummel says. “I think that’s wrong, and I don’t care who it is.

Hummel and other House Democrats are calling on House Speaker Tim Jones to call an interim committee to investigate the situation and hold someone accountable. Hummel says the fair received $400,000 in taxpayer funds for this year’s events, and asks whether that funding should be withheld if such political stunts are allowed there. He says the Department of Agriculture is the lead agency that oversees the fair, and believes that’s where the questioning should begin.

The Missouri State Fair stated on its Facebook page that, “The performance by one of the rodeo clowns at Saturday’s event was inappropriate and disrespectful, and does not reflect the opinions or standards of the Missouri State Fair. We strive to be a family friendly event and regret that Saturday’s rodeo badly missed that mark.”

Reporter Eli Yokley says he has confirmed the rodeo announcer sas Boonville School Superintendent Mark Ficken, who is also president of the Missouri Cowboy Rodeo Association. (Mark Ficken, the announcer, says it was the clown, not him, making the remarks. See an update to this story HERE.)

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democrat, says in a press release, “If what’s being reported is true, then it’s shameful and it’s unacceptable. The State Fair is funded by taxpayer dollars, and is supposed to be a place where we can all bring our families and celebrate the state that we love.”

“But the young Missourians who witnessed this stunt learned exactly the wrong lesson about political discourse—that somehow it’s ever acceptable to, in a public event, disrespect, taunt, and joke about harming the President of our great nation,” McCaskill says. “Missouri is better than this, and I expect someone to be held accountable.”

Gov. Jay Nixon, also a Democrat, agrees. In a statement sent to Missourinet affiliate KTTS in Springfield, Nixon says, “the performance was disrespectful and offensive, and does not reflect the values of Missourians or the State Fair.”

Some Republicans are also calling the stunt inappropriate.

Missouri Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder’s Twitter feed Sunday says, “The @MoStateFair celebrates Missouri and our people. I condemn the actions disrespectful to POTUS the other night. We are better than this.”

Rep. Caleb Rowden, a Republican from Columbia, is also using his Twitter account to disapprove.

“What the heck happened at the MO State Fair? Hearing some hubbub, but don’t know what the story is? Fill me in!”, Rowden tweeted Sunday afternoon. Soon after, he posted “I don’t agree w/ this Prez on many things. But he is deserving of respect and shouldn’t be the object of political stunts. Out of line!”

Meanwhile, internet memes are circulating the internet using a photo originally published by Progress Missouri, a liberal watchdog group based in Jefferson City.

obama clown meme

Jackson County Democrats have issued a statement that says, “This is not who we are in Missouri.  Folks in this state are decent and caring, they are fair. We would expect that at a state funded event designed to showcase the Show Me State, more care would be exercised when firing up a crowd.  Disrespecting the President is one thing; whipping a crowd into a frenzy is another. Encouraging physical harm to the President, whatever the party, is not acceptable and should not be tolerated.”

A video of the stunt has surfaced on YouTube.

Filed Under: Featured, News, Politics & Govt Tagged With: bull, democrats, Hummel, Kinder, McCaskill, Missouri State Fair, Nixon, Obama, rodeo

State Fair to feature visit from Deputy Agriculture Secretary

August 9, 2013 By Mike Lear

Governor Jay Nixon was not at the opening day of the Missouri State Fair, instead spending time in Michigan touting the state’s automotive industry and in southern Missouri visiting with those impacted by flooding there.

Missouri Director of Agriculture Jon Hagler.

Missouri Director of Agriculture Jon Hagler.

Hagler says the Governor will be at the Fair on Thursday, the day of the Governor’s Ham Breakfast, with a special guest from Washington D.C., Michael Scuse.

“The current, Acting Deputy Secretary of Agriculture is going to be here … he’s also over exports and will talk about the strength of that.”

Hagler says there is good cooperation between the state Agriculture Department and its federal counterpart.

Nixon is also expected to be at the Fair on Wednesday during the Show-Me Bluegrass Festival.

Filed Under: Agriculture, Featured, News Tagged With: Jay Nixon, Jon Hagler, Michael Scuse, Missouri State Fair

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