CENTRAL SANDHILLS AREA 4-H NEWS
May 2021 Newsletter
Contact Information
Mailing Address: PO Box 148 - Thedford, NE 69166
Email: mandersen16@unl.edu
Website: https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/centralsandhills/
Location: 503 Main Street, Thedford, NE, USA
Phone: (308)645-2267
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/centralsandhillsarea/
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ENROLLMENT DEADLINE: JUNE 15
4-H youth must be enrolled and membership paid by June 15 to be eligible to exhibit at any NE county fair or the Nebraska State Fair, per new State 4-H rules.
Membership fees are $10 per youth for the entire membership year, regardless of how many project disciplines a 4-H member may decide to participate in.
***4-H youth wanting to participate in any horse-related activities should also be ENROLLED online PRIOR to any practices due to safety and legal liabilities.
When (re)enrolling online at ne.4honline.com be sure to use FIREFOX or GOOGLE CHROME web browsers. Internet Explorer (e) or Edge is NOT compatible and may cause issues when processing the enrollment.
If you have any questions, please contact us:
Marcy Andersen, Office Manager: email at mandersen16@unl.edu or phone the Extension Office at 308-645-2267
Adult members and volunteers
IMPORTANT COUNTY FAIR UPDATE
YQCA certification, horse Id’s, and livestock Id’s are due on June 15.
Nebraska 4-H requires all youth enrolled in livestock projects to complete annual quality assurance certification through Youth for the Quality Care of Animals (YQCA). YQCA is a national multi-species quality assurance program focused on three core pillars: food safety, animal well-being, and character development. The cost of the certification is $12. We do have coupons available through our office, please call the office for the coupon code. The information to log in is available on the Central Sandhills Extension www.centralsandhills.unl.edu, or by calling our office at 308-645-2267
Horsemanship Advancement Levels
Central Sandhills Summer 4-H Programs
For all workshops except camps at Halsey, minimum registration number will be 5 youth.
May 18
8:00 am – 11:00 am MT Hyannis Clover Kid College Location: Winters Building
12:00 pm – 3:00 pm MT Mullen Clover Kid College Location: 4-H Office
Calling all youth ages 5-7!! Even if you are NOT yet in 4-H, come and see what we have to offer. You can enroll until June 15. We will explore most of the Clover Kid project areas in our time together and walk away with some Fair exhibits. Please send a snack with your child. Cost is $10/youth. Pre-register by May 14 by contacting the Extension Office.
May 21
9:00 am – 12:00 pm CT Halsey Clover Kid College Location: Community Center
See May 18 description.
May 25-26
All Day Halsey LOG-N Leadership Camp Location: State 4-H Camp
“Leadership Opportunities for Grown in Nebraska 4-H” or LOG-N Camp is coming up soon. Cost is $85. To register, go to go.unl.edu/LOGN2021 by April 30. Michelle will be teaching at this camp and encourages everyone to register and would love to tell you more about it!
June 1
10:00 am – 2:00 pm CT Thedford STEM Day Camp Location: Thomas County fair building.
For youth ages 8 and up. There will be a sampling of activities including a Robotics program overview, horticulture and wildlife science, engineering, and more. Bring your lunch! Cost is $10/youth. Please register by May 14 by contacting the Extension Office. Cost is $10 per youth.
June 4
9:00 am – 12:00 pm CT Thedford Clover Kid College Location: Thomas County fair building.
See May 18 description.
June 10-11
All Day Halsey Design Camp (clothing) Location: State 4-H Camp
Are you ready for the next step in Clothing and Design? Challenge yourself to design and sew your own garment at this year's Design Camp. Youth will have the opportunity to Dip Dye and sew a sun dress or shorts, create leather accessories, develop a multimedia art piece, and build your clothing portfolio. Besides clothing design activities, youth will also get to zipline, tube, and eat smores around a campfire. This is for youth who are at least ten years old and at STEAM 2 level in sewing. The fee is $125. You can consider applying for a project grant from the Cherry Co. 4-H Council to help with the cost! This camp is limited to 20 youth. Registrations are due May 21st to the Nebraska Extension Box Butte Office at 415 Black Hills Alliance, NE 69301. Registrations can be found at the Central Sandhills Co. Extension Office. Michelle is on the planning team for this camp and she would love to tell you more!
June 16-17
Healthy Habits & Home Environment Camp
8:30 am – 12:30 am each day will be Healthy Habits
1:00 pm – 3:30 pm each day will be Home Environment
YOU WILL WANT TO SIGN UP FOR BOTH DAYS!!!
June 16 will be in Hyannis at Winters building
June 17 will be in Mullen at the 4-H Office
Come and learn the basics of nutrition and learn how to make quick, simple recipes. We will balance our nutrition with physical activity! Choose just to do Healthy Habits OR stick around and do Home Environment in the afternoons. We will do an intro to glass art, barn quilts, and will get creative with alcohol ink. CLOVER KIDS AGES 5-7 ARE WELCOME FOR THE HOME ENVIRONMENT WORKSHOP IF ACCOMPANIED BY A TEEN OR ADULT HELPER. HEALTHY HABITS IS FOR YOUTH COMPLETING GRADES 3-12. No cost for Healthy Habits (grant from Walmart through UNL Extension). $20 per youth for Home Environment. Pre-register by June 1 by contacting the Extension Office.
Week of June 21 Possible Healthy Habits/Home Environment Camp for Blaine & Thomas counties STAY TUNED! (Coordinating with Summer Library Program.)
June 28-29
All Day Lincoln, NE State Life Challenge/PASE Location: Will vary
Life Challenge is a two-day event designed to help youth learn about issues related to family and consumer sciences, explore career opportunities that are available, compete with other youth from across the state, and have FUN! Life Challenge will be held June 28-29, 2021 at University of Nebraska–Lincoln East Campus. Opportunities for youth include a foods and nutrition challenge, design challenge, entrepreneurship investigation (ESI) challenge, and human development challenge. Youth may participate in any or all of these activities. 4-H members may also participate in the Premier Animal Science Events (PASE) that will be taking place on campus at the same time. In addition, youth will have chances to explore the East Campus, meet with faculty members, and have time for fun with friends! For youth ages 10 and up (4-H age), please sign up by MAY 7 at the Central Sandhills office. Families will likely need to be in charge of their own transportation to Lincoln due to COVID guidelines. Many of our practices will be held virtually. Teams members can be from all counties, depending on interest.
July 1-3
All Day Halsey, NE NEW State Youth Leadership Conference Location: State 4-H Camp
High School students! We are inviting you to join us for the Youth Leadership Conference, July 1-3, 2021, at the Nebraska State 4-H Camp in Halsey, NE. Register here: https://go.unl.edu/ylc2021 by June 1st to claim your spot in this amazing experience. The cost for YLC will be $200. Michelle is on the planning team for this event and would love to tell you more!
July 7
Cooking workshops with Brenda Aufdenkamp in Grant/Hooker counties, see flyer below. Pre-Register by July 6 by calling the Central Sandhills Extension Office.
July 14
Cooking workshops with Brenda Aufdenkamp in Blaine/Thomas counties, see flyer below. Pre-register by July 13 by calling the Central Sandhills Extension Office.
Dog/Small Animal Show Prep Workshop, and Goat Workshop TBD depending on enrollment.
Please contact Michelle ASAP if interested by calling 402-376-1850.
State and Regional 4-H Events
Date, Event, Contact Information
May 15-16 Showmanship Clinic - Bridgeport, Justin Niccoli 970-520-1343
May-21 Great Plains Livestock Judging Contest - Nelson, https://go.unl.edu/splivestockjudgingregistration
May-21 Hayes County 4-H & FFA Livestock Judging Contest, Hayes Center, Hayes County Extension 308-286-3312
May-21 Midwest Jackpot Swine Show - Seward, Sabryn Phillips 402-643-5888
May-21 Dawes County Livestock Judging Contest - Chadron, Clint Phillips 308-430-5343
May-21 Frontier County Small Animal Workshop - Farnam, Elisa Rose 308-320-8721
May-21 Animal Science Discovery Days NCTA Campus - Curtis, Elena Stout, https://cvent.me/WY8dxL
May-21 Beef-A-Rama/Swine-A-Rama - Albion, Kevin Wagner 308-750-1462
May-21 Goat-A-Rama/Sheep-A- Rama - Albion, Kevin Wagner 308-750-1462
June 5-6 Stierwalt Cattle Clinic - Sidney, Sara Dana 308-279-0055
June 9-11 UNL Livestock Judging Camp Lincoln, Blaine French 402-472-8834, https:/go.unl.edu/judgingcamp
June 10-12 4-H Horse Camp - Crawford, Dawes County Extension 308-432-3373
Jun-21 South Central Livestock Judging Contest - Bladen, Webster County Extension 402-746-3417, elizabeth.jannin@unl.edu
Jun-21 Spring Fling Fun Dog Show - Mitchell, https://go.unl.edu/springfling
Jun-21 Tractor Safety Training - North Platte, Randy Saner 308-532-2683, randy.saner@unl.edu
Jun-21 Animal Science Discovery Days - Albion, Elena Stout, https://cvent.me/WY8dxL
Jun-21 Great Plains Livestock Judging Contest - North Platte, Randy Saner 308-532-2683, randy.saner@unl.edu
Jun-21 Open Horse Show - Hayes Center, Chelsey Deaver 308-539-4175, www.giddyupgang4hclub.com
Jun-21 Prospect Show - Grant, Elliott Peterson 308-289-6545
Jun-21 4-H District Horse Show - Scottsbluff, Jana Schwartz 308-632-1480, jschwartz2@unl.edu
Jun-21 Dawes County 4-h Progress Show - Chadron, Jessica Stec 308-379-5320
Jun-21 Keith County Beef Progress Show - Ogallala, Keith County Extension 308-284-6051
Jun-21 4-H Invitational Horse Show - Kearney, Kerry Elsen 308-236-1235
Jun-21 Platte County Swine Progress Show - Columbus, Ella Meyer 402-270-9678, meyerella03@gmail.com
Jun-21 Platte Valley 4 Paws Open Dog Show - North Platte, Amber Willard 308-660-4323, plattevalley4paws@gmail.com
Jun-21 Silver Spurs 4-H Horse Show - Imperial, Tracy Heathers 308-883-3925
Jun-21 Haskell Ag La Science & Ag Family Field Day - Concord, Mary Jarvi 402-584-3828
July 12-16 Nebraska Agricultural Youth Institute UNL East Campus www.nda.nebraska.gov/nayi
August 13-14 Western Dressage Clinic UNL Animal Science Complex Kathy Anderson kianderson1@unl.edu, https://go.unl.edu/fdca
Register for the *NEW* 2021 4-H Youth Leadership Conference (YLC)
High School students (ages 14-18)! We are inviting you to join us for the Youth Leadership Conference, July 1-3, 2021, at the Nebraska State 4-H Camp in Halsey, NE. Register here: https://go.unl.edu/ylc2021 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 and speakers to bring together and develop the leaders of Nebraska 4-H!
4-H Livestock Achievement Program
We are excited to announce a new opportunity for 4-H youth participating in livestock projects! The Nebraska 4-H Livestock Achievement Program is designed to promote all educational aspects of 4-H livestock projects including selection, production, leadership, and exhibition by recognizing youth striving to improve in their livestock project knowledge and leadership.
The program recognizes Members of Excellence across all 4-H livestock project areas, including: beef, sheep, meat goat, swine, dairy cattle, dairy goat, rabbit, and poultry.
The program consists of two levels that require 4-H members to plan and report a broad range of age-appropriate and project-related accomplishments. For each level, the Livestock Achievement Program provides a list of accomplishments from which 4-H members choose their goals. Each accomplishment is worth a specific number of points. Intermediates, ages 10-13, must complete 100 points worth of activities to receive the distinction of Intermediate Member of Excellence. Seniors, ages 14-18, must complete 150 points worth of activities to receive the distinction of Senior Member of Excellence. The Plan and Reports, linked on the webpage, show examples of the project related accomplishments they can choose or they can identify their own with approval of their local educator.
Youth completing the achievement program and receiving member of excellence recognition in the various species will be recognized during the Parade of Champions, 4-H weekend at the Nebraska State Fair.
For more information, go to: Livestock Achievement Program | Nebraska 4-H (unl.edu)
Ashley Benes ashley.benes@unl.edu
Cole Meador cmeador2@unl.edu
Brett Kreifels brett.kreifels@unl.edu
Fort Robinson 4-H Horse Camp
The annual Fort Robinson Horse Camp will be held on June 10-12, 2021 at Fort Robinson State Park. Participants enhance their horse skills through training sessions such as reining, trick trail map, horse massage, training for speed events, jeopardy, horse packing demonstration, and a water bottle holder craft. The fee for youth participants is $50 and $40 for an adult accompanying them. This fee includes a stall for Thursday night, meal for Friday night, Saturday breakfast, and a craft. Scholarship application, camp program, and registration can be found online at www.northernpanhandle.unl.edu. Registration is due May 14th. Call (308)432-3373 if you have questions.
2021 Nebraska State 4-H Summer Camp Registration Open NOW
STEM CARES program for Summer 2021
Tractor Safety Course
All youth aged 14 and 15 who work on a farm or ranch other than their own MUST be certified through a Hazardous Occupations Course to obtain a Farm Husbandry Permit or “farm permit” without further testing.
Successful completion of this training in Nebraska will allow youth to operate a tractor over 20 horsepower, and connect or disconnect an implement or any of its parts to or from a tractor. Students of any age over 13 may complete the driving course in any of the following locations after successful online class completion:
June 7 – Akrs Equipment, 49110 US Hwy 20 in O’Neill
Contact Debra Walnofer, 402.336.2760, dwalnofer2@unl.edu
June 8 – Legacy of the Plains Museum, 2930 Old Oregon Trail #8500 in Gering
Contact Stacy Brown, 308.632.1480, sbrown7@unl.edu
June 9 – West Central Research & Education Center, 402 West State Farm Rd., North Platte
Contact Randy Saner or Vicki Neidhardt 308.532.2683, randy.saner@unl.edu
June 10 – Hall County Extension, 3180 Hwy 34, Grand Island
Contact Crystal Beissenherz, 308.385.5088, crystal.beissenherz@unl.edu
June 11 - Cass County Fairgrounds, 8420 144th St, Weeping Water
Contact Sandy Prall, 402-267-2205, sprall2@unl.edu
Please register now to receive a textbook and login information for the online course. This must be followed by in-person driving at one of the locations above. Contact the appropriate staff member above for instructions on registration and payment.
Cost of instruction and materials: $40, payable to UNL