Dakota County 4-H News
SEPTEMBER 2022
Nebraska Extension - Dakota County
DAKOTA COUNTY OFFICE STAFF
Angela Abts—4-H & Youth aabts2@unl.edu
Julie Boyle—4-H and Youth julie.boyle@unl.edu
Tammy Dunn—Office Manager tpeterson3@unl.edu
Carol Larvick—Food & Nutrition clarvick1@unl.edu
Brenda Sale—SNAP-ED bsale@unl.edu
Dakota County 4-H
Email: dakota-county@unl.edu
Website: https://dakota.unl.edu
Location: 1505 Broadway Street, Dakota City, NE, USA
Phone: 402-987-2140
Facebook: facebook.com/UNLDakotaCounty
Twitter: @NEDakota4HExt
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Dates & Deadlines
SEPTEMBER
August 26th - September 5th - Nebraska Sate Fair
2nd - 5th State Fair FFA Livestock Show weekend
5th - Office Closed Labor Day
12th - 4-H Council meeting 7PM Pender Firehall
22nd - 25th - Ak-Sar-Ben Stock Show, Fonner Park Grand Island
MEMBER INFORMATION
FAIR NOTES
Don't forget to send thank yous to the trophy donors.
Please thank a Fairboard member for all the hard work they do putting on the fair. They work all year and many hours the week of fair to make sure that you are able to showcase your projects.
THANK YOU FAIRBAORD!!!!!
Bonus Auction - Certificates have been mailed out for youth that earned Bonus Auction money. If you have mistakes on the certificates please contact Tammy at 402-987-2140.
If you have questions about the donors or where to collect the money, contact a Bonus Auction Committee member. (They are listed in the fairbook)
News Releases - All of the results are posted on our website for the livestock shows and static exhibits. https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/dakota/county-fair-state-fair/
Nebraska State Fair
We had several of our youth representing Dakota County at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island. From static exhibits to beef, poultry, rabbits and goats, Dakota County had a nice variety of exhibits.
Brooke Raymer - Photography - Red
Jenna Raymer - Quick Bread - Blue
Emma Urwiller - Design Decisions 3D accessory - Red, Design Decisions - recycled/upcycled item - Purple, Quilt Quest - Blue
Audric Cavenee - Knitting - Red, Floriculture exhibits - 1 Purple, 1 Blue, Horticulture exhibits - 1 blue, 1 purple
Aiden Estochen - Wildlife Habitat - Blue
Katie Utech - Double Crust Fruit Pie - Red, Foam Cake - Blue, Breeding Meat Goat - Blue, Goat Showmanship - Blue, Poultry/Ducks - Purple, Poultry/Bantam - 3 Blue, 1 Red
Payton Hermelbracht - Food & Nutrition Display - Blue, Breeding Beef - Blue, Beef Showmanship - Blue, 1 dozen brown eggs - Red, Poultry Showmanship - red, Poultry/Bantam - 2 Blue, Rabbits - 1 Purple, 1 Blue, 1 Red, Rabbit Showmanship - Blue
Rylie Hermelbracht- 1 Jar fruit exhibit - Blue, Breeding Beef - Blue, Beef Showmanship - Blue, 1 dozen brown eggs - Blue, Poultry Showmanship - Red, Poultry/Bantam - 1 Blue, 1 Red, Rabbits - 1 Purple, 3 Blue, Rabbit Showmanship - Purple
Benjimen Bousquet - Breeding Meat Goat - Blue, Goat Showmanship - Blue, Market Meat Goat - Blue
Rachael Bousquet - Breeding Meat Goat - Blue, Goat Showmanship - Blue, Market Meat Goat - Purple
Clara Krause - Fairy Garden - White
Avery Kramper - Horticulture exhibits - 1 Blue, 1 red
Isaac Albrecht - Rocket - Blue
Karson Roeber - Market Sheep - 11 Blue, 1 Purple, Sheep Showmanship - Blue
First Lego League Teams
Are you interested in joining a First Lego League Team in Dakota County? Please contact the Dakota County Extension Office by Friday, September 9, 2022.
Youth ages 9-14 will be part of a team as they compete in the following: Robot Games, Robot Design, Core Values, and a Research project.
Please consider being a team coaches. Season runs from October through February.
Cost per participant is $30.
Dakota County 4-H Open House and National 4-H Week
Spread the word! 4-H is awesome! Dakota County 4-H is sponsoring an open house and recruitment for the 2022-2023 4-H year. Tell your friends and neighbors about all the wonderful opportunities 4-H has to offer. We will also be recognizing our State Fair participants. Join us at the Dakota County Extension Office on Saturday, October 8th from 9AM to 11AM.
Learn about the project opportunities and participate in hands on activities.
Help to celebrate National 4-H Week and show your love of the green!
Celebrating 4-H Achievements
You enrolled in 4-H at the beginning of 2022. You chose projects and curriculum areas you wanted to learn more about. County fair is over but the 4-H year isn’t, there is still more to do!
You used 4-H project manuals, parents, grandparents, friends and the Extension Office staff to help you learn more about the projects you picked.
You attended club meetings, did group projects, worked as a group, maybe did a community service project.
You met all the deadlines and paperwork requirements (There are a lot!)
You finalized the projects and checked the fairbook for guidelines.
You entered your projects for the fair and got them delivered safe and sound.
You joined fellow 4-H’ers at the County Fair and competed with all those pillars of character.
You received ribbons and maybe some rosettes and trophies (don’t forget to thank the sponsors!)
NOW……. The Final step.
¨ Keep records of your projects
¨ What was your goal, was it reached?
¨ Tell about your results, what can you do better next year.
¨ Record everything you did. (This is a great resource for keeping track of your activities for future scholarship applications!)
¨ This is the time to toot your own horn, record your accomplishments, both successes and failures.
¨ Complete the Achievement Application. The Nebraska 4-H Achievement Application is a standard application form used for the selection of county and state award winners, including Nebraska delegates to National 4-H Congress and National 4-H Conference, as well as Nebraska 4-H Foundation scholarship award recipients. This will be used at county level also.
¨ Get together with your club and share your successes and your challenges. Begin challenges would you like to try. Club leaders, assign older youth the task of working with younger youth, have them serve as mentors.
¨ Apply for Diamond Clover Awards
¨ Clubs should apply for Club of Excellence status.
Link to Diamond Clover Awards, Achievement Application and other awards https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/dakota/projects-and-resources/
4-H PROJECTS
4-H Shooting Sports
EVENTS
19th Annual Nebraska Youth Beef Leadership Symposium
It’s that time of year again and we’ll be hosting the 18th annual Nebraska Youth Beef Leadership Symposium (NYBLS) here at the Animal Science Complex on December 2 – 4, 2022. More details about the symposium and the application link can be found at go.unl.edu/nybls. Please note the application deadline of October 1st. If an individual is selected to participate, a $75 registration fee will be collected at that time. Please contact araymond2@unl.edu with any questions that you have.