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

Summer is upon us! Many camps, animal progress shows, and workshops are being planned for this summer. Pay close attention to the flyers and details listed within this newsletter, as well as promoted on our 4-H Facebook page.

As we were getting ready to send this newsletter, I received an e-mail stating that the Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) announced that the controlled movement order cancelling all poultry events due to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) that was issued on March 26, 2022, and extended on April 27, 2022, has been allowed to expire! Poultry owners are still asked to practice biosecurity measures for poultry events, but events are allowed to resume.

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

Miss Amber

amber.willard@unl.edu

2022 County Fair Information

--Upcoming 4-H Dates

--2022 Special Garden Project - Rubenza Cosmos

--Fairbooks available in office and online

--Beef EID tags are now available

--2022 4-H Animal Nomination/Identification Requirement

--Animal Affidavits

--4-H Market Animal Production Class Information

--Important 4-H Reminders

--Lincoln, Logan, & McPherson County Enrollment Resources

--YQCA Training Information and Link

--Range Judging Clinic and Contest

--Best in the West Livestock Judging

2022 Show Flyers and Registration Forms

--Platte Valley 4 Paws Dog Show

--4-H Horse Show

--Summer Workshops

--6th Annual Agronomy Youth Field Day

Nebraska 4-H Events

--State Fair Animal Nomination

--PASE-Premier Animal Science Event

--Save the Dates

--Youth Leadership Conference

--Nebraska 4-H Summer Camps

4-H Member Spotlight

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

6/29: McPherson County 4-H Council; Fair Building

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

For youth participating in the Special Garden Project, the seeds were mailed out to those who were enrolled in the project by the deadline. We are at the time frame where youth should be planting (or preparing to plant) the Special Garden Project seeds.

Resources like the growing newsletter and evaluation can be found at: https://4h.unl.edu/special-gardening-project. Please have youth complete the Special Garden Project evaluation. This should be filled out on how the experience went for the youth (both good and bad) and what they learned as a result of the project

• 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.

• Enrolling in 4-H Online is just the 1st step in your 4-H Journey! June 1st the ShoWorks website specific to each County will open for youth 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!

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!

High School students (ages 14-18)! We are inviting you to join us for the Youth Leadership Conference, June 24026, 2021, at the Nebraska State 4-H Camp in Halsey, NE. Learn more and register at 4h.unl.edu/leadership-conference by June 1st to claim your spot in this amazing experience. The cost for YLC will be $200. We’ll be taking advantage of some traditional camp activities while integrating leadership workshops, speakers, and an overall topic of mental wellness in leadership to bring together and develop the leaders of Nebraska 4-H!

We are spotlighting what some of our Lincoln-Logan-McPherson County 4-H'ers and volunteers 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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