Page 1 Garden– Morrill County 4-H Newsletter September 2019

Garden County Achievement Celebration

October 13th, 4:00PM Lisco Fire Hall

Awards Presentation, Premium Checks will be distributed. Join us for a hayrack ride to the river and back, a bon fire complete with Smore’s for Dessert.

4-H Council is suppling the meat. Please bring a finger food or side to share.

Bring your own roasting stick!

Thank you to everyone for a wonderful fair season!! We always enjoy seeing the skills and talents of all the youth. Congratulations to all of the youth for taking the time to display all of their hard work at the county fairs!

We also want to thank all of our superintendents, council and livestock members, and club leaders for all of their work to make this year amazing! If you are interested in being a part of this amazing group of volunteers, please con-tact the office for more information!

This year we really changed up the awards and are wondering if you thought it was beneficial. We would love to have your feedback and ideas for next year! You can contact the office or talk to anyone on council about your thoughts. Thank you again for all of your hard work and dedication to the 4-H Programs!

~ Sarah and Shelly

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.

Get Outside at 4-H Summer Camps !! NEW Early Bird Registration Deadline– Dec 31, 2019

Online Registration is NOW OPEN!! Register before December 31, 2019 and receive a LIMITED EDITION Camp Sweatshirt at check-in!

If you have never been to the Nebraska State 4-H Camp in Halsey, you don’t know what you are missing!

The Garden County 4-H Council offers 1/2 Reg Fee scholarships Available!!

Zip Line, Canoeing, tubing, TRUST Course Amazing Bon Fire every night!

Go to https://4h.unl.edu/camps-centers/summer-camp to check out the variety of camps offered!

Go to https://4h.unl.edu/camps-centers/summer-camp/register NOW to SAVE $$$$

Hey Livestock Members…

***Check This Out!!*** The annual Nebraska Youth Beef Leadership Symposium will be held at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Animal Science Com-plex on November 8th– 10th. The symposium is designed to intro-duce youth to careers opportunities and current issues in the beef industry, as well as offer education and practice in the use of leader-ship skills. The symposium is open to 10-12th graders and must sub-mit an application by Friday, Sept 20th Go to http://animalscience.unl.edu/nebraska-youth-beef-leadership-symposium for more information and a link to the application.

Garden County 4-H Clubs Do More: * TBA Blue Creek: * Misty Biel 778-6861 * Kathryn Beberniss 970-402-0470 Blue Creek Mavericks Horse Club: * Teresa McCormick 778-5395 * Maureen Rode 920-379-5452 Zippy Stitchers: * Jenny Moffat 772-3415 S.H.A.R.P.S.(Shooting Sports) * Levi Rauch (Shotgun) 719-491-9562 *Allan Beberniss (Archery & Air Rifle) 970-402-5535 * Moe Moffat 778-6100 * Allison Rauch (coordinator) 719-433-8379

Nebraska 4-H Shooting Sports

Leader Certification Workshop Offered in Chadron

A Nebraska 4-H Shooting Sports Leader Certification Workshop is

scheduled for early October in Chadron. It will be held October 12-13 at the Dawes County Fairgrounds in Chadron. The deadline to register for the Chadron training is October 2nd by 5 pm.

Volunteers have the opportunity to become certified as an adult (21 years and older) or apprentice (14-20 years old) leader. Four project areas will be offered at the Workshop - rifle, shotgun, pistol, and coordi-nator The Coordinator certification being offered in Nebraska 4-H Shooting Sports is for individuals who work with certified shooting sports leaders, 4-H club leaders for shooting sports projects, or 4-H volunteers managing shooting sports events/competitions.

Coordinators will explore and learn more about the different disci-plines in 4-H Shooting Sports, how to support the different types of coaches, structuring a budget, designing a fund-raising plan, building an overall plan focused on Positive Youth Development, practice handling conflict, discover how to manage and recruit volunteers, best practices for managing events and competitions, teaching more than just “shooting” with science and healthy lifestyles, and working within your county’s 4-H structure.

There is a minimum number of participants needed to offer these disciplines at the workshop. Workshop participants will learn under ex-pert instruction from members of the Nebraska State 4-H Shooting Sports Training Team. The registration fee is $110.00 per person for initial certification and those individuals adding an additional discipline except for Apprentice Instructors. The registration fee for Apprentice Instructors is $90 for this workshop. This fee includes meals, supplies and program materials. The registration fee after October 2nd is $160. Participants must make their own lodging arrangements. Registration on Saturday runs from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. For more workshop information and registration link, go to

https://4h.unl.edu/shooting-sports

Or contact your local Nebraska Extension Office or Steve Pritchard at (402)395-2158 or (308)536-2691.

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Congratulations!!!

State Fair Static Exhibit Winners Bailee Leonard -Sun Painted T-shirt Red

Burgen Kruger -Jalepenos White

Chanley Loomis-N150 Stepping Stone

Displayed at Raising Nebraska

Chanley Loomis -Clover String Art Purple

Chanley Loomis- Fairy Garden Red

Gavin Hunt-Shotgun Lights Purple

Gunner Roberson-Mountain Lion Painting Red

Jamie Biel- Lizard Picture Purple

Jamie Biel-Banana Bread Blue

Jasmine Biel– Disc From Tree Blue

Jasmine Biel– Squash Bread Purple

Jasmine Biel- Coffee Cake Blue

Jenason Spady- Cuff with Zipper Purple

Jenason Spady- Airforce Shirt Purple

Jenason Spady- Airforce Shoes Purple

Jenason Spady- Harry Potter Shadow Box Purple

Jenason Spady– Little Girl Picture Purple

Jenason Spady- Sunset Bridge Purple

Jenason Spady– Music Sheets Purple

Jenason Spady- Shotput Purple

Jenason Spady- Churro Toffee Candy Purple

Jenason Spady- Garlic Parmesan Bread Blue

Jenason Spady- Fort Kit Purple

Jenason Spady- Yard Dice Purple

Jenason Spady- Safety Kit Red

Jenason Spady- Scrunchie Bags Purple

Jenason Spady- Shopping in Style Purple

Kaitlyn Hunt- Giraffe Painting Blue

Kelsee Moffat- Girl w/ Flowers Photo Red

Kelsee Moffat- Girl w/ Basket Ball Photo Blue

Kenley Dehning- Sunpainted T-shirt Red

Kenzee Moffat - Arrow Board Purple

Kirstyn Beberniss- Quiver Red

Korryn Beberniss- Scarf Purple

Kyle Rote- Shooting Bench Purple

Nicole Pollard- QOV Purple

Ridglyn Stanczyk- Gargoyle Blue

Taryn - QOV Blue

Tayrn Namuth- Sunpainted T-shirt Blue

Zachary Mason- Rabbits Pinting Red

Zachary Mason- Faces Red

Nebraska Extension Garden/Morrill County http://www.deuel-garden.unl.edu

PO Box 350 Oshkosh, NE 69154 Phone: 308-772-3311

Sarah Paisley Extension Educator

Shelly Altena, Garden Support Staff/4-H Aide

National 4-H Council is looking for 4-H’ers with a great story to tell and a passion for Agriculture, Citizenship, Healthy Living, or STEM to tell their stories through the 2019 4-H Youth in Action Awards.

Through these awards, four confident leaders in our core pillar areas of Agriculture, Cit-izenship, Healthy Living and STEM will receive a $5,000 scholarship for higher educa-tion, along with an all-expenses paid trip to Washington, D.C. for National 4-H Coun-cil’s Legacy Awards and the opportunity to serve as the official spokesperson for their pillar area.

The application will be open August 1 –October 21, 2019. More information is available on our website, www.4-H.org/youthinaction. Click on the "How to Apply" tab to find the application guidelines.

The overall goal of 4-H clubs is to develop enthusiastic young people who boldly take action to demonstrate life skills as capable, caring, confident, competent kids of character thus contributing to the improvement of them-selves, their family, their club, their community, and their world. One way clubs might choose to measure their success in meeting that goal is their ability to gain status as a Nebraska 4-H Club of Excellence. Applications are Due Monday, October 1, 2019 to the Extension office

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We 4-H For-Now to Learn Skills For-Later.

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This October, 4-H will launch the 2019 National Youth Science Day (NYSD) chal-lenge, Game Changers, Designed by Google and West Virginia Exten-sion services, Game Changers teaches kids ages 8-14 how to use computer science (CS) to create games, solve problems, and engage with topics they're passionate about.

Game Changers uses physical activity and puzzles to teach kids important CS concepts and problem-solving skills, creating real-world connections be-tween computer science and civic engagement, healthy living, and agriculture. Although the chal-lenge includes one computer-based and two un-plugged activities to help kids learn CS, all can be completed without internet access.

New to NYSD? Game Changers is easier than ever to facilitate and teachers and fa-cilitators don't need any prior experience with computer science or coding to bring the activities to their students.Game Changers is facilitated with an accompanying kit that includes materials for one computer-based and two offline activities. The kit includes clear instruc-tions for facilitators and offers both low and no-tech op-tions for events with-out internet access.NYSD kids will go on sale in July. Visit the National 4-H NYSD website to order your own kit!

https://4-h.org/parents/national-youth-science-day

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Livestock Sale Participants If you submitted your Livestock Project Record Sheet and Buyer Thank You’s by Sept 3rd, your check has been mailed!! If not, please get your paperwork done ASAP. You will receive your check via mail 10 days after submitting it to the office.

Nebraska Extension Garden County PO Box 350 Oshkosh, NE 69154

4-H Achievement Applications Due September 30th! The Nebraska 4-H Achievement Application, which is replacing the Career Portfolio, is a standard ap-plication form used for the selection of county and state award winners, including Nebraska Dele-gates to National 4-H Congress and National 4-H Conference (if age eligible), as well as Nebraska 4-H Foundation Scholarship award recipients. To be eligible for county awards you must have the application filled out and returned to the office or emailed to saltena2@unl.edu by September 30th. Two versions of the application are available. Note that how you answer the questions are up to you to decide you just need to follow the page limitations!

Junior Achievement Application for ages 8-14 (county only awards) Senior Achievement Application for ages 15-18 (state-eligible if you wish) For application forms and more information go to: https://4h.unl.edu/achievement-application. Form and information tutorial can also be found at https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/deuel-garden/