Saunders County 4-H Smore
February 7, 2020
In this week's Smore...
** Did you know that new items added are BOLDED?!?
- 2020 Saunders County 4-H Events Calendar
- Nebraska 4-H Month
- Governors Ag Excellence Awards
- Catch-A-Critter Info
- SC Shooting Sports
- Market Beef Update - Beef Weigh in
- Scholarship
- Friends of 4-H & Extension Seeking ideas
- Shotgun Shooting Sports
- 4-H Enrollment Open for 2020
- Innovative Youth Corn Challenge
- Volunteer Screening Changes
- OXBOW Vet Clinics
- Great Plains Livestock Judging Circuit
- 4-H Cat Club
- Livestock Judging Camp
- NCC Judging Contest
- Fremont 4-H Expo
- Spring Rabbit Show
- Omaha International Horse Field Trip
- Teen Tractor Safety Training
- Online Horticulture Judging Contest
- 2020 District Horse Show Dates
- Horse Stampede
- Ag Innovators Experience
- Companion Animal Challenge
- Skilled Trade Students Sponsorship
- Computer Science Summer Camp
- Beekeeping Essay Competition
- 4-H Chick Days Entry Deadline
- Jarvis Scholarship
- Animal Clinics, Progress Shows, & Events
Share your Adventure for Nebraska 4-H Month
February is Nebraska 4-H Month! We want to see what 4-H is like from your perspective! Whether you're a volunteer, member, parent, or alumni – if you have a 4-H adventure to share, we want to see it! Share your story on social media with a photo or video, and be sure to tag @Nebraska 4-H and #NE4H Consider hosting a Nebraska 4-H Instagram Takeover! The goal of our Instagram Takeovers is to help tell the stories of 4-H. Ideas include: · A day in the life of a 4-H volunteer, parent, club leader, etc. · Behind the scenes of a 4-H project, contest, event, etc. · 4-H community service projects
Governor's Ag Excellence Applications Due March 1st
You can find applications here: https://www.ne4hfoundation.org/governers-ag-excellence-award/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
Saunders County Shooting Sports
Open practice for all shooters will begin March 2.
Friends of Saunders County 4-H & Extension Foundation seeking ideas
the Friends of Saunders County 4-H and Extension Foundation would like to ask the clubs of Saunders County to help find a theme for this year’s auction. Please go to our Facebook page to put your suggestion into our poll. Last year’s theme was “Keep Saunders County Rolling”. With the use of items like tires and wheelbarrows, clubs made items for the auction in the past. Please submit suggestions to https://www.facebook.com/4hextensionfoundationofsaunderscounty/
4H Shotgun Shooting Sports
Are you interested in learning and competing in the sport of Trapshooting?
Female and male youth, grades 6 – 12, interested in participating in club trapshooting are encouraged to contact Ashland Gun Club 4H.
Fall practice is beginning. Season runs January to May. No experience necessary. Hunter Safety Education Required.
Visit www.ashland4htrap.com. Contact us at: ashlandtrap@yahoo.com
Volunteer Screening Changes
Volunteers are screened in order to ensure a safe, positive and nurturing environment for all youth involved with Nebraska 4-H programs and provide protection for the child, volunteer, educator, 4-H Council, Extension Board, and Nebraska Extension.
In order to complete the volunteer screening, please click or copy and paste the following link and follow all instructions: https://ecmp.nebraska.gov/DHHS-CR/CheckRequest/BeginOrgCheck/81102416. Please note that only applications started through this link will be verified as part of Nebraska 4-H.
You will be asked to create a PIN number before beginning the application. This PIN is used to access the application if you need to re-enter the site at any point during the application process. All minors (under the age of 19 in Nebraska) will need to have a notarized ID form that will need to be submitted.
After the screening is complete, you will receive an email from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) with the results of your screening. Please keep this file for your records. (You do NOT need to send this document to Nebraska 4-H.)
If you have any questions about the volunteer screening process, or encounter problems accessing the screening, please contact your local county office.
OXBOW Vet Camps
For more information, please visit: https://www.oxbowanimalhealth.com/the-oxbow-way/education/summer-veterinarian-camps
4-H Cat Club - REVAMPED
Do you like cats? What about learning how to care for or show them? Maybe you have heard about the 4-H Cat Club in the past and wanted to join, but couldn't make the monthly meetings.
Do we have good news for you, or what? We are pleased to introduce this year's self-paced Cat Club! No more being bummed that you missed the hour long meeting every second Thursday. You will now have access to monthly lessons and activities that you can complete on your own time.
Check out more information here: http://4h.unl.edu/companion-animal/cat-club
If you are interested, please stay tuned and register today!
NCC Judging Contes
Free Field Trip to Omaha International Horse Show
The Omaha Equestrian Foundation is excited to offer free field trips to the 2020 International Omaha Horse Show and thanks to generous donors, Omaha Equestrian will cover up to $140 of your transportation expenses to the event!
Introduce your classroom or group to the vast world of horses at the 2020 Burlington Capital International Omaha on April 9, 10, or 11. At the International Omaha your students will get the unique opportunity of witnessing these magnificent animals and expert riders in action as well as participate in an extensive offering of unique educational exhibits.
Your students will:
- Visit the “Horse Discovery Zone”, a specially designed interactive exhibit for elementary and middle-school aged children that will teach about horse health, biology, history and care.
- See live demonstrations from horse trainers and educators
- Visit the “Gallery of Breeds” and get up close and personal with eight different breeds of horses
- Watch competitions in two Olympic sports: Jumping and Dressage
- Learn about careers in the horse industry
- So much more!
Please take a look your schedule and the attached information and sign up today or forward to those who may be interested. Please note, Thursday is almost full due to many schools being out of school on Friday. If you are available Friday (or Saturday for groups) please consider signing up on Friday. Thank you in advance for your assistance with this!
To sign up online: https://forms.gle/6cS3retCFBKEesag9
Or download attachment, fill out and send to sweiss@omahaequestrian.com.
2020 Online Horticulture Judging Contest
Ag Innovators Experience
This year the topic is water! The “Valuable Water Challenge,” is an educational activity focusing on the importance of ecosystem services and how they produce many life-sustaining benefits. These services are
important to environmental and human health and well-being, yet they are limited and often taken for granted. The 2020 AIE challenge will specifically focus on the ecosystem services as related to clean water and its role
in securing a sustainable food supply. Youth will be challenged to better understand and contribute toward conservation practices to improve water quality.
Teens will be expected to attend training on Saturday, March 21st in Columbus .
The deadline for to participate is February 14th. More information on training will be sent once I have all the names.
For more information: https://4-h.org/ways-to-give/corporate-foundation-support/bayer-ag-innovators/
Skilled Trade Students Sponsorship
The deadline for the Lozier Sponsorship for the Trades deadline is approaching fast. If you know of a graduating senior who is interested in a “high skilled, high demand, and high wage” career, then please pass on the link below. The Lozier Sponsorship for the Trades program will pay for their tuition, books, tools, and provide a part time job so the student can “earn while they learn” for two years at Metropolitan Community College. 4 Sponsorships are being offered. Today, we employee 13 Sponsorship students and graduates. If you have any questions regarding the “Sponsorship for the Trades” program, please contact Allison.Lasley@Lozier.biz or Ralph.Kleinsmit@Lozier.biz. Application Deadline is February 15, 2020
Computer Science Summer Camp
Students will participate in a two-week, project-based, on-campus camp, where they will learn basic programming skills, receive instruction from Nebraska faculty members, experience what classes can be like in the Raikes School, visit local businesses and research labs, and interact with Raikes School students and staff, all of whom play a key role in the competitive selection process to our program each year.
What: “Innovate: The Raikes School Way” & “Girls Who Innovate: The Raikes School Way”
For: High School Students (primarily the graduating class of 2021)
Where: University of Nebraska–Lincoln
When: July 12-25, 2020
Cost: $950 (limited need-based scholarship opportunities are available)
Programming Experience: None needed (in fact, no experience is preferred)
Application Deadline: March 27, 2020
Please consider sharing this invitation with your math, science, business, and career education teachers and counselors to share with their students who might be interested.
Interested participants are able to find more details and application materials at http://raikes.unl.edu/summercamps. A promotional flyer is also linked here. This video below gives you a glimpse of what students can expect to experience.
If you have any questions about the camp, please email Anna Pressler, Director of Recruitment & Student Success, at anna.pressler@unl.edu.
Beekeeping Essay Competition
Please have interested students submit state entries to the UNL Bee Lab (unlbeelab@unl.edu) with the subject header “4H Essay Contest” by March 1, 2020. This year’s topic is a bit challenging, especially if they are new to beekeeping, so if there are students who would like to interview or get in contact with a local beekeeper, they can reach out to the Nebraska Beekeepers Association (https://nebraskabeekeepers.org).
Questions? Contact Judy Wu-Smart, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in the Department of Entomology at UNL, at jwu-smart@unl.edu or at 402-472-8696.
4-H Chick Days Entry Deadline March 1st
The 4-H Chick Days event will be held at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln East Campus on Saturday, March 14th. The event offers a variety of 4-H poultry and food science contests that don't require live animals, including:
· Egg Decorating Contest
· Poultry Quiz Bowl
· Photography Contest
· Omelet Cookery
· Speech Contests
Cash prizes and scholarships will be awarded to the Champion Seniors in each contest. Registrations must be submitted by March 1st.
More information here: https://4h.unl.edu/chick-days?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
Midwest Messenger, 4-H Club or FFA Chapter of the Week
The nomination form can be found on our website at https://www.agupdate.com/midwestmessenger/forms/f4h_club_ffa_chapter_of_the_week/.
For any questions about this program or submitting a nomination, please contact Katy Moore at (402) 374-2225 ext. 122, katy.moore@lee.net.
Saunders County Extension
Extension is a Division of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln cooperating with the Counties and the United States Department of Agriculture.
University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension educational programs abide with the nondiscrimination policies of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the United States Department of Agriculture.
Email: Saunders-county@unl.edu
Website: http://extension.unl.edu/statewide/saunders/4h/
Location: 1071 County Road G, Ithaca, NE, United States
Phone: (402) 624-8030
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/272483941458/