Dear Lincoln, Logan & McPherson County 4-H Families,

Summer workshop schedules are close to being finalized. If you are interested in teaching and/or helping with a summer workshop (or you just have a great idea for a workshop) please reach out to me. I would love to hear what the 4-H families would like to see for workshops.

As always, feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns,

Miss Amber

amber.willard@unl.edu

Speech/Presentations/Music Contests

2022 County Fair Information

--Fairbooks available in office and online

--McPherson County 4-H Council Meeting

--Beef EID tags not currently available

--2022 4-H Animal Nomination/Identification Requirement

--Animal Affidavits

--4-H Market Animal Production Classes

--Important 4-H Reminders

--Lincoln, Logan, & McPherson County Enrollment Resource Links

--YQCA Training Information and Link

2022 Show Flyers and Registration Forms

Spring Workshop Flyers

Showmanship Clinics - Rabbit and Poultry

Nebraska 4-H Events

--Horse District/State Information

--PASE-Premier Animal Science Event

--Save the Dates

--Nebraska 4-H Summer Camps

4/24: YQCA training; 2p.m.-4p.m. Lincoln County Fairgrounds

5/3: McPherson County 4-H Council Meeting; 6p.m. at 4-H Building

5/23: YQCA training; 10a.m.-12p.m. Lincoln County Fairgrounds

5/23: Lincoln County 4-H Council Meeting; 7 p.m. Extension Office Meeting Room

6/4: Sheep and Goat Weigh in; 9-11a.m. Lincoln County Fairgrounds

6/6-6/10: District 4-H Horse Shows

6/6: Logan County 4-H Council Meeting; 6:45 pm at Fair Building

6/12: Lincoln Co. Youth Livestock Sale Committee; 2p.m. Centennial Hall

6/13: YQCA Training; 6:30p.m.-8:30p.m. Lincoln County Fairgrounds

6/22-6/23: Premier Animal Science Event (PASE)

6/24: State 4-H Public Speaking Contest

7/9-7/13: Fonner Park State 4-H Horse Expo

7/16-7/17: Lincoln County Fair 4-H Horse Show

7/18-7/24: Lincoln County Fair

8/7 -8/13: Logan County Fair

8/11-8/13: McPherson County Fair

8/26-9/5: Nebraska State Fair

9/18: Lincoln Co. Youth Livestock Sale Committee; 2p.m.Centennial Hall

• The 2022 Fairbooks have arrived!!
• Enrolled members may stop in and get their copy today. Please limit 1 fairbook per family.
• Click on the button below to view the online version of the fairbook with a clickable index to take you to a specific section or page.
• Please note: the grey highlighted areas are changes/additions for 2022.

• The next McPherson County 4-H Council meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 3 at 6:00 pm at the fair building with officer elections.
• The 4-H Council is seeking volunteers to serve in this leadership role to work alongside the Extension Office in making decisions for the McPherson County 4-H program.
• If you are interested in joining the 4-H Council please plan to attend the May meeting, or e-mail amber.willard@unl.edu.

• Enrolling in 4-H Online is just the 1st step in your 4-H Journey! June 1st the ShoWorks website specific will open to select each individual class and exhibit for county fair.
• The deadline for pre-fair entries is: July 1st at 5 p.m. for Lincoln County; July 15th at 5 p.m. for Logan and McPherson Counties.

• The Statewide Deadline for 4-H enrollment is June 15th. We encourage early enrollment so important deadlines are not missed.

• 2022 4-H T-shirts will be ordered this year for each 4-H youth enrolled thanks to our wonderful sponsors!! Please ensure youth are selecting the correct size for fair time when enrolling.

• When enrolling in 4-H make sure to stop into the Extension Office and pick up your 4-H Yard Sign!

****To receive credit for YQCA - Quality Assurance, youth must submit their YQCA Certificate to the Extension Office by June 15, 2022. The Extension staff will not have access to view completion of your YQCA training.

If you are planning on competing at district and/or state horse shows this year, all horse ID’s must be received in our office, Online entries for DISTRICT/STATE must be submitted and paid for at nhorse.fairwire.com, and your advancement levels must be completed all by 5:00 pm Friday, May 6th. Hippology and Horse Judging contest entries must be submitted to our office by June 15th.

The Premier Animal Science Event (PASE) will be held on Wednesday, June 22 and Thursday, June 23 on the UNL Campus. Contests available to enter are Meats Judging, Poultry Judging, Livestock Quiz Bowl, Livestock Skill-a-Thon, and Livestock Judging Contest. Youth must be ages 10-18 on January 1st of the current year in order to attend. Please contact Amber at 532-2683 or amber.willard@unl.edu is you are interested in participating in any of these contests before June 1st!

We are spotlighting what some of our Lincoln-Logan-McPherson County 4-H'ers are doing! If you have something that you would like us to add to the Spotlight section in future newsletters please e-mail Amber at amber.willard@unl.edu

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