Bloomfield, Missouri - The annual JAKES Event will be held on June 2, 2018 at the Holly Ridge Conservation Area.

This year they have a special guest, British Labrador, who will demonstrate the art of retrieving.

Also Brad Watkins will discuss fur trapping.

Registration is at 7:30 a.m. and the fun begins at 8:00 a.m.  The kids will wrap up around 11:30 a.m. for lunch and a special speaker.  The event should be over around noon.

The Missouri Department of Conservation will be in attendance again this year with trap shooting, archery, and turkeyology 101.

The Crowley's Ridge Blackpowder Club will also demonstrate the art of making fire with flint, axe throwing, and will have the candy cannon.