Sioux County Newsletter

Happy 4-H Month

Feb. 1-4 - SPIRIT WEEK

Feb. 5-11 - VOLUNTEER & SPONSOR APPRECIATION WEEK

Feb. 5 - Panhandle Best in Rushville

Feb. 7- Macramé workshop, Extension Office, 4-6 pm

Feb. 12-18 - 4-H GIVING BACK WEEK

Feb. 12 - Panhandle Best in Kimball

Feb. 17 - Leather Workshop, This Ol' Shoe, 9 am - 3:30 pm

Feb. 18 - Dawes County Beef Weigh-in, Crawford Livestock Market, 9 am-12 pm

Feb. 19-25 - 4-H PROJECT SHOW & TELL WEEK

Feb. 19 - Panhandle Best in Hyannis

Feb. 20 - OFFICE CLOSED - President's Day

Feb. 26-28 - 4-H CONNECT WEEK

Feb. 26 - Panhandle Best in Alliance

Feb. 28 - 4-H Connection Night, Extension Office, 3:30 - 5:30 pm

February is here, and you know what that means, right? Time to celebrate Nebraska 4-H Month! Nebraska 4-H Month, traditionally held during February each year, is an opportunity to celebrate 4-H locally, recruit new members and volunteers, and have fun! There are many ways to celebrate Nebraska 4-H Month either individually or with your club or county!

Sioux County 4-H will be celebrating in these ways:

• Weekly Themes
• Bingo Card all month
• Connect with 4-H event

Throughout 4-H month, youth are welcome to complete activities on our bingo card. We welcome all ages, 4-H members, and non-4-H members to participate!

If youth complete a bingo, they can share the bingo with us at our Connect With 4-H event (see below) or bring it to the office. Prices include 4-H swag and more!

The bingo card link is below or we have copies in the office.

We are holding a different workshop every month in case you are missing summer workshops. The January workshop will be held on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 from 4-6pm at the Extension Office due to the robotics showcase. The fee for this workshop will be $10. We will be creating a macramé rainbow key chain. Please call the office or email Melissa Mracek at mmracek2@unl.edu to RSVP by January 20th! We would like to have three participants attend. Participants do not need to be 4-H members.

Gerald Foerderer is excited to offer another leather workshop making a horn saddle bag. The tentative date would be February 17th from 9 am to 3:30 pm. Youth would need to pack a lunch. Melissa will know on February 13th if that date no longer works for Gerald, then the workshop would be held after school the week of March 20th through the 24th. The cost for this workshop is $15 and will be paid to Gerald on the day of the workshop. Please RSVP by February 10th to make sure Gerald has enough materials. You can RSVP by contacting the office at (308) 668-2428 or Melissa Mracek at mmracek2@unl.edu.

Congrats to everyone who helped and participated at the Panhandle Best Meet in Harrison on January 22nd. Ruger Pelster got 2nd in 9-10 year old BB Gun, Jace Hyer placed 4th, Natalie Turbiville 10th, and Tilton Button 14th. Chisum Pelster placed 2nd in 11-12 year old BB Gun. Victoria Turbiville was awarded 7th in the 13-15 year old BB Gun, and Boone Button 10th. Ruger Pelster received 2nd and Tilton Button 3rd in the 8-10 year old AR Sporter. Chisum Pelster won the 11-12 year old AR Sporter. Boone Button placed 6th in the 13-14 year old AR Sporter. Jaime Turbiville received 4th in the 15-18 year old AR Sporter. Chisum Pelster won the 11 -12 year old AR Precision. Boone Button placed 6th in the 13-14 year old AR Precision. Jaime Turbiville placed 6th in the 15-18 year old AR Precision. Harrison also hosted the first Pistol match at the Panhandle Best. In the 8-10 year olds, Ruger Pelster received 1st and Natalie Turbiville 2nd. In the 11-13 year olds, Chisum Pelster placed 1st. In the 14-18 year olds, Victoria Turbiville received 2nd and Baxter Reece received third place.

Congrats to our 4-H Shooting Sports members who participated in the Scottsbluff Panhandle Best on Sunday, January 29th. Ruger Pelster got second in the 9-10 year old BB Gun and Chisum Pelster won the 11-12 year olds. Ruger was awarded second place in the 8-10 year old AR sporter and Chisum won the 11-12 year old division. Ruger received second in the 8-10 year old AR Precision and Chisum won the 11-12 year old division. This Sunday the competition is in Rushville.

The 2022-2023 4-H year on 4-H Online is now open! Youth wanting participate in Shooting Sports needs to get enrolled today!! Youth must be enrolled before practicing. Deadline for 4-H Enrollment will be June 15, 2023.

Note - 4HOnline has undergone a new update. The parent company behind the 4-H Online website has elected to add a banner ad for Auction Frogs that will appear when families log into 4-H Online. There is no way for Nebraska 4-H to opt out of the banner ad. This banner ad appears at the bottom of the Member List in the Family Profile. If you click "X" button the ad, the ad should not appear again in that browser.

The 4-H Shooting Sports season is in full swing and Panhandle Best Shoots are upon us! Remember you must be a registered 4-H member to compete and practice! Below are the dates for the upcoming Panhandle Best Shoots

Jan. 22 - Harrison

Jan. 29 - Mitchell

Feb. 5 - Rushville

Feb. 19 - Hyannis

Feb. 25 - Alliance (Junior Olympics)

Feb. 26 - Alliance

Mar. 5 - Ogallala

Mar. 12 - Chadron

Mar. 18 - State BB Gun in Beatrice

Mar. 19 - State Air Rifle in Beatrice

All volunteers (teens and adults) and staff who work directly with youth are required to complete the volunteer screening. 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. Initial screening of volunteers will occur when they sign up to volunteer. Re-screening for volunteers will be done every five years by district regardless of when the original screening was completed. Currently, the cost of the screening is $5.00. Sioux County is up this year!

Repeat Screening Rotation

2023 – Panhandle District: Banner, Blaine, Box Butte, Cherry, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Garden, Grant, Hooker, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, Sioux, Thomas

WHEN enrolling as a VOLUNTEER for the 2022-23 year , please select "Program Volunteer - Selected for Required Screening". All new volunteers in these specified counties must also select this volunteer type

If you have any questions or would like to start the process, email mmracek2@unl.edu

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Email: mmracek2@unl.edu
Website: go.unl.edu/siouxcofair
Location: PO Box 277 Harrison, NE 69346
Phone: (308) 668-2428
Facebook: facebook.com/UNLSiouxCounty