Jefferson County 4-H
July 2016
Career Portfolio Books Pick-up
Career Portfolios are available to be picked up at the Extension Office at any time.
4-H & FFA State Fair Livestock Entries & In-Person Contest Entries due August 10
FFA and 4-H are sharing an online entry system and are allowing exhibitors/parents to make the entries for the State Fair again this year. The link to create your entries is: http://www.statefair.org/p/getinvolved/4h-ffa.
4-H and FFA exhibitors and their families are responsible for submitting all livestock entries online this year. This includes:
- 4H and FFA Livestock entries
- 4H Companion Animal entries
- 4H Dog entries
- 4H Dog Skillathon entries
- 4H and FFA Premier Exhibitor entries
Registration opens on July 1. All livestock entries must be submitted no later than 5:00 pm Central Time on August 10, 2016. A credit or debit card is required to submit entries. If you would like help with your entries, please come to the Extension Office and we are happy to help you complete them! Make sure to ask questions if you aren’t sure about something.
2016 County Fair Information
2016 Jefferson County Fair
Theme is: "Sow It, Grow It, Show It"
4-H Foodstand Schedule
Photography Themes for 2016
UNIT II: NEBRASKA PHOTOGRAPHY CAREER EXHIBIT PRINT: Help us celebrate the national “4-H Grows Here” campaign! Capture photos of people and places that illustrate 4-H growing and thriving in Nebraska! Your photos should tell a story about how “4-H Grows Here” in your local community. Please print and include the 4-H Grows Here! logo in your photos. The logo can be accessed at http://go.unl.edu/4hgrowsheregraphic. Photos may be used to promote the UNL Extension 4-H Youth Development Program.
UNIT III: NEBRASKA PHOTOGRAPHY CAREER EXHIBIT PRINT: Help us celebrate the national “4-H Grows Here” campaign! Capture photos of people and places that illustrate 4-H growing and thriving in Nebraska! Your photos should tell a story about how “4-H Grows Here” in your local community. Please print and include the 4-H Grows Here! logo in your photos. The logo can be accessed at http://go.unl.edu/4hgrowsheregraphic. Photos may be used to promote the UNL Extension 4-H Youth Development Program.
Favorite Foods Contest - Friday, July 8th
What to bring:
Menu - menu for a full meal. May be any meal of the day, but not just party refreshments or snack. Use proper form for writing menu. Consider variety, color and nutrition when planning menu. Here is a publication about writing the menu.
Food – one food item from the menu. Baked items work best.
Place setting for one person - table cover (placemat or table cloth), tableware, napkin, glassware and dishes
as needed for the meal. You must set your own place setting with no assistance.
Centerpiece - appropriate for the meal planned.
Judging:
Participants will interview with the judge. The following points will be considered.
- Knowledge of nutrition – know the food pyramid and what food groups the foods you are serving belong in.
- Meal preparation – how will you prepare your meal? Which foods do you prepare first, second, etc. It is a good idea to have actually prepared the entire meal before the contest.
- Menu - suitable for the occasion, pleasing combination of flavors, textures and color
- Place setting - appropriate for the occasion, table properly set
- Creativity
- Quality of food prepared
- Contestant – neatly groomed, appropriately dressed, speaks up and answers questions
Presentations Contest - Friday, July 8th
All presentations by youth 10 years and older should be related to how the 4-H youth is learning about agricultural literacy, career development, citizenship and leadership, healthy living, or science/animal science, through their 4-H experiences or 4-H project.
General Information: Presentations should be related to the member’s 4-H experiences, or 4-H projects. Presentations must include an introduction (the “why” portion of the topic), a body (the “show and tell” portion of the topic), and a conclusion/summary (the “what” portion of the topic). A team presentation, consisting of two individuals, may be given. There is no separate class for team presentations. Live animals of any kind may be used in the presentation. Health papers are required to bring the animal on the grounds. Presenters are responsible for all care and handling of animals. Animals can only remain in the presentation area while the owner is present. For all classes; the age groups, as of January 1 of the current year, are as follows: Junior 8-9, Intermediate 10-11, and Senior 12 and up. Presentations in the Intermediate and Senior age group are eligible for State Fair. One presentation for the senior group will be selected at the county level to compete in the Premier Presenter Contest at the Nebraska State Fair.
112. Illustrated Presentation – An Illustrated Presentation is a live presentation with a formal talk where youth will use visual aids (such as props, posters, computer-based visuals, handouts, video, etc.) to show and tell others how to do something. Time limit is 6-8 minutes for individual, or 8-10 minutes per team.
114. Teaching Presentation – A Teaching Presentation is a live, interactive, trade show style presentation where youth will continuously engage a constantly-changing/moving audience for 30 minutes by showing and telling them how to do something while answering questions.
115. 4-H FilmFest (Digital Video) – Digital videos are films that display the recording, reproducing, and broadcasting of moving visual images. During 4-H FilmFest, youth will provide a 1-minute oral introduction (name, background/goal of presentation, intended audience, where presentation could be shared, etc.) followed by the showing of their Digital Video. The following Digital Videos may be entered in 4-H FilmFest:
- Video Public Service Announcement: A short video that communicates an educational message focused on a cause, activity, or event (Length: 60 seconds)
- Narrative: A video that tells a fact or fiction story (Length: 3-5 minutes)
- Documentary: A video that presents factual information about a person, event or process (Length: 3-5 minutes)
- Animation: A video created by techniques that simulate movement from individual images (Length: 3-5 minutes)
4-H Achievement Program
Trailer Parking at County Fair
Other Opportunties
Farm Safety Day Camp - August 4th!!!
The Progressive Agriculture Safety Day is for students who will be entering Kindergarten through seventh grades. It will be held on Thursday, Aug. 4, from 8:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. Registration will be open from 7:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. Please do not bring children earlier than 7:45 a.m.
This fun-filled day will include demonstrations/discussions of 10 safety topics, including 8 sessions, a lunch program and a closing program.
Applications will be available at the Nebraska Extension office along with other area businesses. Applications must be submitted by July 28 to receive the early registration discount.
A non-refundable fee of $5 per child or $10 per family includes lunch, snacks, speakers, t-shirt, and freebies. The fee must accompany the application. After the early registration deadline the fee will be $7 per child with no family discount available. Lunch will be provided. Checks should be made to Jefferson County Farm Safety 4 Just Kids.
Calendar of Events
July
8 - Favorite Foods Contest
8 - Presentations Contest
14 - 17 Jefferson County Fair
August
4 - Farm Safety Day Camp, Fairgrounds
10 - State Fair Entries Due
23 - State Fair Static Exhibits Due at Extension Office
25 - Sept 5 - Nebraska State Fair, Grand Island
Nebraska Extension - Jefferson County
Email: darci.pesek@unl.edu
Website: jefferson.unl.edu
Location: 517 F Street, Fairbury, NE, United States
Phone: 402-729-3487
Facebook: www.facebook.com/jeffersoncountyext
Nebraska 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 Sates Department of Agriculture.
Nebraska Extension educational programs abide with the nondiscrimination policies of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the United States Department of Agriculture.
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