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

Many counties are planning progress shows for this summer. We have included the local shows in the newsletter, but also have a notebook in the office of all show flyers that we receive. Feel free to stop in anytime and check out the flyers!

Our 2022 fair book is currently at the printer!! You may view a PDF on our website. https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/lincolnmcpherson/2022-fair-book/ Please note: the grey highlighted areas are changes/additions for 2022.

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

Miss Amber

amber.willard@unl.edu

April Birthdays

2022 Lincoln, Logan, McPherson County Fairbooks

Spring Workshop Flyers

McPherson County 4-H Council Meeting

Beef EID tags not currently available

Tom Hansen Memorial Scholarship

4-H Market Animal Production Classes

2022 County T-shirts sizes

4-H Enrollment-Yard sign

Lincoln, Logan, & McPherson County Enrollment Resources and Deadline

2021 Lincoln County Fair T-Shirts

Speech/Presentations/Music Contests

YQCA Training

2022 4-H Animal Nomination/Identification Requirements

2022 Show Flyers and Registration Forms

Showmanship Clinics - Rabbit and Poultry

Nebraska 4-H Events

Horse District/State Information

PASE-Premier Animal Science Event

Nebraska Equine Webinar Series-April

Livestock & Meats Judging Coaches Clinic

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.

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

6/12: 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 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.

• 2022 County Fair 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 that's available for new and returning members.

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!

Join us APRIL 11TH! 6-7pm CT at our Equine webinar series.

To register in advance for the webinar please go to: https://4h.unl.edu/horse/webinar-series

The webinar will also be recorded if you cannot attend in person and you will be able to find it along with all the previous webinars at: https://4h.unl.edu/horse/webinar-series.

If you have participated and/or watched previous webinars please fill out a short survey so that we can better meet your needs in the future and provide a better experience.

https://goo.gl/forms/INFcpHyaupMh7xNS2Join

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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