SALINE COUNTY NEWS & VIEWS March 2021 UNL Extension Youth Development - Saline County | 306 W 3rd Street, P.O. Box 978 | Wilber NE 68465 Phone: (402) 821-2151| Fax (402) 821-3398 | Website: www.saline.unl.edu | Email: [email protected]Dates to Remember March 15 - 4-H Council Scholarship App. Deadline March 23 - Market Premium Auction Meeting. 7pm April 1 - 4-H Enrollments Due Online April 1 - FCE Scholarship App. Deadline April 2 - Instructor Led YQCA Classes April 5 - 4-H Public Speaking Contest June 1 - YQCA Completion Deadline June 15 - Horse, Livestock & Rabbit ID deadline MORE DETAILS IN THIS ISSUE Saline 4-H Events Online Calendar or www.saline.unl.edu Per UNL policy, 6 foot distancing is required at all 4-H meetings and events. Members of the same family may sit together. Masks are highly encouraged at all times and should be worn even while practicing social distancing. Attendance must be 50% or less of the rated occupancy for an indoor space. We suggest as weather gets warmer try meeting outdoors. Let’s continue to work together to keep everyone safe and healthy and get our 4-H year off to a strong start. If you have questions about your plan or ideas please give Eric a call. GUIDELINES FOR 4-H CLUB MEETINGS ~ ATTENTION SENIORS ~ Be sure to check the “Scholarship” page on our county 4-H website oſten as we add scholarships as they become available to us. The website is: hps://go.unl.edu/seniorscholarships Recently added were the Saline County 4-H Council scholarship, Saline County FCE scholarship applicaons and the Merlyn Anderson Scholarship applicaon. Please see the website link for scholarship requirements and deadlines. 4-H Career Porolios & Project Cerficates Are Available for Pick-up Please stop by the Extension Office to pick up your 2020 Porolios & Clover Kid Recordbooks. Check with your leader first to make sure they have not picked them up for all club members.
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SALINE COUNTY
NEWS & VIEWS March 2021
UNL Extension Youth Development - Saline County | 306 W 3rd Street, P.O. Box 978 | Wilber NE 68465
March 15 - 4-H Council Scholarship App. Deadline March 23 - Market Premium Auction Meeting. 7pm
April 1 - 4-H Enrollments Due Online April 1 - FCE Scholarship App. Deadline April 2 - Instructor Led YQCA Classes April 5 - 4-H Public Speaking Contest June 1 - YQCA Completion Deadline
June 15 - Horse, Livestock & Rabbit ID deadline
MORE DETAILS IN THIS ISSUE Saline 4-H Events Online Calendar
or www.saline.unl.edu
Per UNL policy, 6 foot distancing is required at all 4-H meetings and events. Members of
the same family may sit together.
Masks are highly encouraged at all times and
should be worn even while practicing social
distancing.
Attendance must be 50% or less of the rated
occupancy for an indoor space. We suggest as
weather gets warmer try meeting outdoors.
Let’s continue to work together to keep
everyone safe and healthy and get our 4-H year off to a strong start.
If you have questions about your plan or
ideas please give Eric a call.
GUIDELINES FOR 4-H CLUB MEETINGS ~ ATTENTION SENIORS ~
Be sure to check the “Scholarship” page on our county 4-H website often as we add scholarships as they become available to us. The website is: https://go.unl.edu/seniorscholarships
Recently added were the Saline County 4-H Council scholarship, Saline County FCE scholarship applications and the Merlyn Anderson Scholarship application.
Please see the website link for scholarship requirements and deadlines.
4-H Career Portfolios & Project Certificates Are Available for Pick-up
Please stop by the Extension Office to pick up your 2020 Portfolios & Clover Kid
Recordbooks. Check with your leader first to make sure
they have not picked them up for all club members.
4-H enrollment for 2021 is now open using 4HOnline - the website to enroll or re-enroll is: ne.4honline.com (type this address into your browser). Enrollment help tips and project information: https://go.unl.edu/saline4henrollment
RETURNING MEMBERS/FAMILIES ARE NOT TO CREATE A NEW FAMILY PROFILE -PLEASE USE THE PROFILE YOU HAVE USED IN THE PAST!
4-H members, leaders, and Clover Kids (ages 5-7 as of Jan. 1, 2021) should enroll for 2021 and NEW members/leaders to make their enrollments. Clover Kids in the Afterschool programs are already enrolled for 2021.
ENROLLMENT MUST BE COMPLETE BY APRIL 1ST! LATE FEES/RESTRICTIONS
WILL APPLY. !
$6 PER MEMBER - PAID TO THE EXTENSION OFFICE. CHECKS PAYABLE TO
2021 SUMMER CAMPS Nebraska State 4-H Camp in Halsey will feature both
residential and day camping experiences.
Check out the selection of 4 and 5 day overnight camps being offered. The Nebraska State 4-H Camp is located within the Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands.
Chartered bus transportation is available for select camps for an additional $70 fee. Pick-up and drop-off locations for bus transportation will be available from UNL East Campus
Lincoln and Raising Nebraska in Grand Island.
Ask a friend to attend with you. Non 4-H youth are welcome!
State 4-H Camp scholarship recipients, we emailed you a camp scholarship code the last week of January! If you need the code resent,
please let us know. A listing of scholarship recipients can be found in this newsletter.
Nebraska 4-H requires all volunteers who work directly with youth to be screened through the Department of Health and Human Services when they sign up to volunteer and need to re-screen on a five year rotation after that.
As organizational and project leaders complete their 2021 4HOnline enrollment, please watch for an email from Becky with information and a link to complete your screening process. Once you receive the email, please complete your volunteer screening. You will need to re-screen even if you have screened within the past couple of years. This screening is a confidential process.
Volunteers are responsible for covering the screening fees. The fee is $5 and will be paid online.
If you have questions, please give our office a call.
One of the best life skills you can take away from your 4-H experience is the ability to confidently communicate with peers, co-workers, an employer, etc. Consider giving the public speaking contest a try. While it may sound scary, you can overcome your fear of speaking in public with a little practice. What are you waiting for - register today! Youth can present a speech or record a PSA (Public Service Announcement).
The 2021 state contest will be held as part of PASE/Life Challenge in Lincoln in June.
JUNE 1 - Youth for the Quality Care of Animals (YQCA) complete with certificate on file at the Ext. Office. (All 4-H youth ages 8-18 and FFA youth) LATE CERTIFICATES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED; will be ineligible to show at the Saline County Fair.
JUNE 15 - ALL 4-H/FFA HORSE, RABBIT, BEEF, GOAT, SHEEP AND SWINE ID forms due at the Extension Office.
JUNE 15 - DNA due all 4-H/FFA MARKET BEEF, MARKET GOATS, MARKET SHEEP, AND MARKET SWINE due at Extension Office for State Fair and/or Ak-Sar- Ben eligibility.
JUNE 15 - Nomination deadline to enter BREEDING AND MARKET animals in to the www.showstockmgr.com website to nominate 4-H and FFA animals for State Fair eligibility. Nominations are NOT complete until paid online. (Nominations made by families, not Extension staff). NOMINATIONS DO NOT SERVE AS ENTRIES.
JUNE 15 - Premise ID’s must be on file at the Extension Office for all MARKET animals carrying an 840 EID tag.
PROCEDURES FOR OBTAINING EID TAGS AND DNA
Families need to stop at our office to pick up tags and DNA envelopes.
FEES: EID Tags - $3.00 each DNA Envelopes - $7.00 fee per market animal paid online when making nominations. Breeding Nominations - $2.00 per nomination for breeding animals to be paid online.
IDENTIFICATION FORMS, NOMINATION WEBSITE AND PREMISE ID
Identification information and forms: https://go.unl.edu/animalidentificationsaline Animal nomination website: www.showstockmgr.com Obtain a Premise ID: Call 402-471-2351 (NE Dept. of Ag.) See enclosed Identification Guidelines Chart. Change for 2021 - Commercial Breeding Heifer may be identified by either a tattoo or EID tag. Purebred heifers must have a tattoo.
Congrats to our Nebraska 4-H Month Coloring Contest Winners! Everyone is a WINNER!
Please stop by the Extension Office to claim your prize.
Henry Koll, Wilber Alessandro Rodriguez-Phillips, Dorchester Avery Zurcher, Dorchester
Korbin Kunc, Wilber PresLee Rowden, Crete
County Award Medal Winners
2 Year Leaders
Laura Novak, Wilber
Chad Packer, Wilber
Nicole Zurcher, Dorchester
RJ Zurcher, Dorchester
5 Year Leaders
Donna Kraus, Denton
Grant Kraus, Denton
Matthew Scholz, Dorchester
30 Year Leader
Sandy Krivohlavek, Dorchester
4-H Leaders Years of Service Awards Leaders must have turned in yearly leaders completion form to receive credit
Consumer & Family Science
Clothing & Textiles
Brayden Kent, Crete
Genealogy/Heritage
Alivia Ulrich, Crete
Kelsey Zoubek, Western
Monica Zoubek, Western
Consumer & Family Science
Home Environment
Maegan Zak, Wilber
Human Development
Camden Kent, Crete
Diamond Clover Awards
Level 1 - Amethyst
Lacey Novotny, Wilber
Level 2 - Aquamarine
Matilda Koll, Wilber
Phillip Zoubek, Western
Level 5 - Emerald
Maegan Zak, Wilber
Level 3 - Ruby
Preston Ulrich, Crete
Kelsey Zoubek, Western
Monica Zoubek, Western
Level 4 - Sapphire
Alivia Ulrich, Crete
**Camp for 8-15 Year Olds - $225
Gate Champ, Tobias
Camden Kent, Crete
Trinity McMillan, Crete
Addison Woods, Denton
Bryson Woods, Denton
Adysen Ziemann, Pleasant Dale
UNL Big Red Camps - $350
Lauren Zak, Wilber
Maegan Zak, Wilber
** State 4-H Camp scholarship recipients,
we emailed you a camp scholarship code the last week of January! Please let us know if
you need the code resent.
4-H Camp Scholarship Recipients
4-H Club Community Service Awards
* Camp Renegade - $40
Blake Bruntz, Friend
PheeBee Pomajzl, Crete
Camp Venture - $50
Brayden Kent, Crete
Keisyn Kirchhoff, Friend
Kylie McMillan, Crete
Lacey Novotny, Wilber
Brynlee Ziemann, Pleasant Dale
Kelsey Zoubek, Western
Monica Zoubek, Western
Phillip Zoubek, Western
* Registration information & camp flyers
will be mailed soon.
Blue River 4-H Club
Country Club 4-H Club
Czecherettes 4-H Club
Dynamic 4-H Club
Lads & Lassies 4-H Club
Livewires 4-H Club
Wranglers 4-H Club
It was a difficult year but we made it a success because we
all worked together!
All awards and certificates are available for pick up at the
Extension Office along with your 4-H Career Portfolio.
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Extension is a Division of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln cooperating with Counties and U.S. Department of Agriculture. The 4-H Youth Development program abides with the non-discrimination policies of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the United States Department Agriculture.
March 15 - 4-H Council Scholarship App. Deadline March 23 - Market Premium Auction Meeting. 7pm
April 1 - 4-H Enrollments Due Online April 1 - FCE Scholarship App. Deadline April 2 - Instructor Led YQCA Classes April 5 - 4-H Public Speaking Contest June 1 - YQCA Completion Deadline
June 15 - Horse, Livestock & Rabbit ID deadline
MORE DETAILS IN THIS ISSUE Saline 4-H Events Online Calendar
or www.saline.unl.edu
2021 Saline County Fair
July 13-18, 2021
Theme: Let’s Have Fun in 2021
Horse Levels Testing
Now would be a great time to begin working on your first advancement level or your next level by studying for and taking your written exam.
In order to participate in the county fair horse show, 4-H’ers must have completed level 1 by July 1.
District and state horse show participants must pass level 2 or higher for some events prior to submitting entries.
Advancement level information can be found at: http://4h.unl.edu/horse/advancement
Call the office to set up a time to take your written exam.
