Pawnee County 4-H Summer News Blast
July 2018
Camper Spots: July 6
Help Needed: July 6-7
- Ag Society is looking for individuals or families who are able to help work the admission gates on either July 6 or July 7. Time slots are two hours and begin at 5pm and last until 11pm. Contact Holly Siske at 416-7272 to sign up!
- Ag society is looking to borrow shop lights which have a tripod base and extend upward for July 5-7.
Clover Kids Show: July 20
Clover Kids Entry Form
Clean Up Day: July 21
4-H Fair Entertainment: July 27
Check Out & Clean Up: July 28
State Fair Discount Tickets: August 2
State Fair Livestock Entries: August 10
To enter livestock projects, please visit https://www.statefair.org/p.aspx?pID=getinvolved/4h-ffa&
Swine Exhibitors
Dress Code
- All exhibitors in the 4-H Animal Shows and 4-H Premium Sale are required to wear a white shirt 4-H T-shirt or long sleeve white blouse with a 4-H armband for horse events. 4-H Club/County, State Fair and Ak-Sar-Ben shirts are not considered appropriate. FFA shirts will be allowed for those exhibitors participating as a FFA member.
- Dark blue jeans are preferred. Dark blue jeans or white pants are allowed for dairy and dairy goat exhibitors.
- Shoes or boots providing adequate protection and comfort for the exhibitor are preferred. Hard soled shoes or boots are required in the beef division.
- No hats, caps or other types of headgear are to be worn in the show ring.
- There is no dress code for Clover Kids.
Show shirts and arm bands are available for purchase from the Extension Office. We have a few donated, gently used white button down blouses which families can pick up at no cost.
Record Books
- Broiler record books are judged based on completeness and are turned in at check in.
- Bucket calf record books are handed to the judge during the bucket calf show and the judge will ask the youth questions based on their record book.
Both record books can be found online (HERE) or picked up in the office.
Double Entry of Static Exhibits
Static Check In: July 23
Static Challenge
As you are planning your yard game, make sure to identify a class within the fair book.
Upcoming Deadlines
6 Shotgun Contest, Falls City Jaycee's Field, 6pm
8 Archery Contest, Humboldt Fairgrounds, 1pm
9 Computer Coding Workshop, PC School, 10am-Noon
9 Decorate Your Duds Clover Kid Workshop, Fairgrounds, 4:30-5:30 pm
10 Food Revue Contest Deadline
16 Food Revue, Union Bank, 6:30pm
18 Preparing your Photographs Workshop, PC Library, 5-6pm
20 Clover Kids Show Deadline
21 Fairgrounds Clean Up, 8-11 am
23 Static Project Check In, Fairgrounds, 5-7pm
24 Static Project Judging & Display, 8am-2pm
25 Animal Check In, 8-Noon
28 Animal & Static Project Check Out and Fairgrounds Clean Up, following Premium SaleAugust
2 State Fair Discount Tickets Deadline6 4-H Foundation Meeting, 7:30pm
10 State Fair Livestock Entry Deadline
Nebraska Extension - Pawnee County
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 States Department of Agriculture. The 4-H Youth Development program abides with the nondiscrimination policies of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the United States Department of Agriculture.
Email: Pawnee-County@unl.edu
Website: http://extension.unl.edu/statewide/pawnee
Phone: (402)852-2970
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNLPawneeCounty/?ref=bookmarks
Twitter: @PawneeExtension