Otoe County 4-H Wednesday What-Nots
April 6, 2022
The Week of The Young Child
This week we are celebrating “The Week of The Young Child."
Today: Building materials are everywhere! Children can use tree branches for forts on the playground, block cities in the classroom, or even couch pillows at home for a hideaway. Build with your children and share pictures of their creations!
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Thursday: On Artsy Thursday celebrate the joy and learning children experience when engaged in creative art making. Use any materials—from crayons to paint, clay to crafts! Create and share photos of your children’s creations!
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Friday: Fit and Healthy Kids recognizes family members’ role as young children’s first and most important teachers. Share pictures and stories about your family.
Congratulations to Keegan Damme & Gail Walford!
They were both enrolled in V2.4HONLINE before April 1st and their names were drawn at the 4-H Council Meeting this week. Thank you both for being enrolled early!!!!
Special Garden Seeds are here, if you signed up for this project, please pick them up at your convenience!
Good Luck FFA Members!
Good luck to all of our Otoe County 4-H'ers competing at State FFA this week! And Good Luck to Jenna Knake who made it to the final round for State FFA Officer selection!
Pasta-tiveley Delicious Food Truck will be back on April 13th with Philly Sandwiches!! A percentage of all sales goes back to the Otoe County 4-H Council!
Otoe County 4-H Public Speaking & Presentation Contest
4-H Horse Stampede
Congratulations to Daisa and Maci Smidt! Maci took home the Junior Reserve Champion award for her Demonstration "Horse Galore". Daisa brought home the Senior Reserve Champion award for her Demonstration "Preparing to Ride" and the Senior Public Speaking Reserve Champion award for her speech "Genetic Mutations" at last month's 4-H Horse Stampede.
4-H Horse Camp
The 2022 4-H Horse Camp that will take place on June 9 - 11 at Fort Robinson State Park in Crawford, NE. All individuals, ages 8 and older, are welcome to attend with activities for junior, intermediate, and senior/adult. The 4-H code of conduct will be in effect, but membership is not mandatory. All the forms can also be found at; https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/northernpanhandle/fort-robinson-4-h-horse-camp/
Week of the Volunteer - April 17-23
Celebration Ideas for 4-H'ers:
- Without using names, reflect upon how one special volunteer made your 4-H experience memorable…post your story on a social media platform using #OtoeCounty4H
- Send a thank you card to a volunteer who has helped you with your 4-H projects this year or in a past year.
- Call your 4-H club leader and tell them that you appreciate all they do for the 4-Hers in your club.
In-person YQCA Training
The next in-person YQCA training will be held on Monday, April 18th at 10:00 a.m. at the Extension Office. The training will take a full 1.5 hours to complete. To register, log on to yqcaprogram.org.
Online Horticulture Contest 2022
Do you know what it takes to pick the best fruit and vegetables out at the grocery store? Or do you know what judges are looking for when they judge your plants at the county fair? Have you ever wondered, what plant is that!?! We are excited to offer the opportunity to learn these and other important horticulture skills through the Online Horticulture Contest. The contest will be available June 3-20, 2022 at: https://go.unl.edu/online4hhortcontest
Horticulture judging contest consists of three parts. The first is identification of plant material. Participants identify the plants by common name from a plant list. Specimens may be alive or preserved plant parts like stems, twigs, leaves, flowers, seeds, fruits, roots, bulbs, tubers, or plant products.
The second is a knowledge portion, usually in the form of a true/false or multiple choice quiz. Questions will test the contestant's knowledge of cultural practices for horticultural crops, plant science, pesticides, horticultural careers and other topics related to the production, processing and consumption of horticultural crops.
The last portion is judging or placings. This is where four different plants, plates of vegetables, or containers flowers are ranked from best to worst based on a set of criteria. Classes are judged on the basis of condition, quality, uniformity, true-to-type, and size.
More details at: https://4h.unl.edu/online-horticulture-judging-contest
More information about the Nebraska State contest can be found in the Fairbook https://4hfairbook.unl.edu/fairbookview.php/contests/45.
New YQCA Website
Don't forget to upload your YQCA certificates to this new website if you already took YQCA for 2022!!!
Summer Camp
Big Red Camps
Youth Leadership Conference
Great Plains Livestock Judging Circuit
The Great Plains Livestock Judging Circuit is in full swing, but it’s not too late to get involved. Find the contest schedule, participation details, and more at 4h.unl.edu/livestock-judging-circuit.
2022 Otoe County Fair Theme
March 4-H Calendar
- April 11th: Early Bird registration for Big Red Camps due
- April 13th: Pasta-tively Delicious Food Truck at Extension Office
- April 15th: Deadline to sign up for Public Speaking & Presentation Contest
- April 18th - 22nd: Week of the Volunteer
- April 18th: Ag Society Meeting
- April 29th: Extension Office closed for Arbor Day
Nebraska Extension in Otoe County
Deb Weitzenkamp, Unit Leader, Extension Educator, deb.weitzenkamp@unl.edu
Erin Steinhoff, Extension Assistant, erin.steinhoff@unl.edu
Cheryl Goff, Office Manager, cheryl.goff@unl.edu
Email: Otoe-County@unl.edu
Website: www.otoe.unl.edu
Location: 620 1st Street, Syracuse, Neb, USA
Phone: (402)269-2301
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Nebraska-Extension-in-Otoe-County