Support the block grant for the JC Ag Association & continue the Family Rodeo

Support youth FFA and youth rodeos

Rodeo and 4h are for all! So many things city and farm kids can do

Absolute bs! Regardless of race, age, ethnicity the sport of rodeo is open to any and all with the intestinal fortitude to sit atop a bovine willing to munch your lunch. The fact that this city or county official would cite “not many Sudanese participating” shows the ignorance of the city official. A state that has made its gdp based off agriculture and the sports surrounding such economic wealth is ludacrous and is truly “biting the hand that feeds you”

Keep the rodeo. Tradition and history is important

I was a National 4-H member. I earned my way to National 4-H Congress with several other kids from across the country who were from several different ethnic groups including African American, Hispanic, Asian, Native American..... One of the first things we did at that event was a multicultural event celebrating every ethnic group. It was one of the highlights of National 4-H Congress. To insinuate that 4-H is racist and doesn't allow multicultural activity is one of the most asinine things I have ever heard. This isn't about culture, this issue is about money.

Let’s not take funding away from such a vital program to keep alive. There are so many valuable life lessons to be learned from 4-H, things that schools just can’t teach. This is unfounded and bogus, I really hope we can all come together to make this wrong a right.

The rodeo families are the best!!!

4-H and FFA are excellent programs for kids wanting to continue working in the AG field, they also support good sportsmanship, work ethic, community and morals and values

I love in Oregon, but 4-H was a huge and very important part of my life as a kid. Don't let them take away this fantastic program.

County fairs are the culmination of great youth development programs like 4-H and FFA that teach kids valuable skills such as teamwork, responsibility, accountability, fiscal responsibility, public speaking, how to care for animals, etc. I strongly encourage the Johnson County Board of Supervisors to continue funding these activities.

4-H is a wonderful youth based program designed to get kids out of the house and interacting with the world. It teaches values and structure and needs to be continued.

All are welcome in 4h, FFA, etc...there are plenty of different kinds of people involved in rodeo. Thinking otherwise just makes for small minds and closed hearts... When we stop lumping everyone into certain groups, we will start loving each other no matter what regardless of what we look like.

I may be from Montana but I happen to know thanks to Rodeo and thanks to the 4-H club of Montana that I do not do drugs and I have stayed in a safe stable environment. Taking things away from the children to give them something to do, your only adding to the low life lifestyle that most people are over.

This are good programs and should be supported

Rodeo animals are loved and so are all the kids/people who participate. We are a family.

People are cracra!

As a 4-H alumni myself, and current barrel racing competitor who loves the sport of rodeo, I can attest that the animals involved are extremely well taken care of. As for the youth involved, there is no better lesson for kids to learn from a young age than animal husbandry, which is the backbone of this sport. Whether or not those kids go in to be involved in Ag later in life, they will have learned valuable life skills, but more importantly they understand the value of life. With regards to claims that rodeo is a dwindling sport, the opposite is actually true. We are seeing more interest and involvement in rodeo than perhaps ever before. From spectators, contestants, and sponsors alike. We are also seeing huge growth in rodeo related industries that share the western lifestyle roots, and are benefiting from the increased interest in western heritage rodeo has garnered. Many of the companies involved are small business owned by artisans and craftsman who handmade the bulk of the goods. Rodeo is a sport, true. But deeper than that it is a culture, one which has open arms to any who wish to learn about and enjoy the heritage of the west.

My Daughter gain so many life experiences from 4-H.

If you think the rodeo is animal abuse and that 4H is promoting you are a fool. 4H teaches children how to take good care of animals. Rodeos take good care of their animals, they are not beating them, starving them, etc. 4H and the rodeo accept and encourage participation of children from all backgrounds. 4H even has many options for children that want to participate but do not have the money or facilities for animal projects. My children have shown others animals that they went to their place every day and worked with them and showed them at fair.

Please support these activities that set great examples to our future adults and set them on the right path of leadership, caring, kindness, community service and love of agriculture.