Adams County 4-H Newsletter

• Note from the Extension Office
• Leaders & Parents Corner
• 4-H Council
• Youth Information
• Project Information
  
• 4-H Calendar

Fall is in the air, with football games, harvest starting and leaves turning. We hope you will enjoy the season ahead and take time to reflect on 4-H during National 4-H Week.

Premium Checks for 4-H members exhibiting at the Adams County Fair or participated in a county event were mailed out in September and need to be cashed by 12/15/23. If corrections need to be made please let us know by Nov 1st. If you were expecting one and did not receive it, please contact the Extension Office.

4-H Online is being updated and changing its format so it is not available at this time. We will let you know when 4-H enrollment is open for the upcoming year.

Achievement Celebration!

Be sure to mark your calendar for Sunday, November 12th at the Adams County Fairgrounds Activities building. The Achievement Celebration beginning at 5:30 p.m. with a potluck supper. Leaders and Volunteers will be recognized followed by the 4-H Youth Recognition. Plan on joining us for this special event!

Extension Office Closed

• October 9th - Columbus Day
• November 10th - Veterans Day
• November 23rd & 24th Thanksgiving

Communication Tool: Remind App

Adams County 4-H would like to improve our communication and outreach with our 4-H families, volunteers, and partners. Therefore, we invite you to join Adams County 4-H in the Remind App! https://www.remind.com/join/adamsco4h Join today and be caught up on everything happening. Already have the Remind App? Look up for the Class Code: @adamsco4h

Checkout the Facebook Page

Follow our 4-H Facebook Page that allows us to focus on 4-H content focused for our 4-H families. You may review it at: https://www.facebook.com/AdamsCo4H

We still have the UNL Extension in Adams County Facebook page for all the Adams County Extension information.

The Adams County 4-H Junior Leaders re-organizational meeting will be at 5:00 p.m. on October 1, 2023. The meeting will be held at the Adams County Extension Office. Anyone is welcome to join the Junior Leader’s Club that is 12 by January 1, 2024, or older. You must be an active member of the Adams County 4-H program by being a member of an organized 4-H club or an independent member. Junior Leaders do a lot of fun, learning and leadership activities, this year the focus will be on the “new” pilot program for Wish of a Lifetime partnering with elderly adults. Some of the Jr. Leader activities are: pancake feed and food booth at the county fair, along with helping members and younger 4-H’ers with 4-H projects and being positive role model for younger 4-H’ers. Bring a friend and make new friends. Also, you are eligible to earn a scholarship. If you have any questions, please contact Julie at the Adams County Extension Office (402-461-7209).

Nebraska 4-H is excited to bring the 4-H Volunteer Road Show to volunteers statewide this November! The 4-H Volunteer Road Show will rotate host locations each year, get registered today at the location near you OR attend the virtual session! Please see the attached flyer for details regarding the dates, locations and times. The Volunteer Road Show is a great opportunity to experience project training and new ideas to bring back to your 4-H community.

Visit https://4h.unl.edu/volunteer-road-show for more specific information and registration link. Registration closes one week prior to each Road Show session. Registration is $15 per person and includes a meal and all supplies for in-person attendees. Virtual attendees will receive a packet of supplies to use during the program. Join us!

Agenda & Happenings

In October the meeting will focus on committee meetings.

The November meeting will focus on the committee recommendations.

Consider a volunteer role on 4-H Council

The Adams County 4-H Council is an essential group of adults and youth volunteers who meet, on the first Monday of most months in the evening, to evaluate and plan 4-H programs, events and fundraisers, set policies, and decide upon other 4-H management issues. We will be looking for new members to fulfil positions on council if you are interested, please let Beth, Julie or Michele know.

ANNUAL SOUP SUPPER FUNDRAISER

Mark Your Calendars!

The 4-H Council will be holding their annual fundraiser on January 14, 2024 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Please mark your calendars now and plan on attending.

Results from Adams County Fair are posted on the Adams County Extension Website!

It is time to start filling our bus (or plan) for the 2025 CWF Experience! Youth can sign up now with their intent to attend the 2025, 2028, and 2031 CWF Experience. Register today by completing the ‘CWF Participant Form’ and get the correspondence and information regarding fundraising, decision making (bus or plane), and more! While exact dates for 2025 and beyond cannot be finalized, we would be gone about 10 to 14 days with 5 of that at the National 4-H Center. I would encourage families to save from after Memorial Day to the first two full weeks of June open. A final ‘Commitment MoU” CWF Form will be completed leading up to the year trip.

Start the conversation now with your family to attend as a 15 – 18 year old:

• CWF 2025 = Current Age is 13 to 16
• CWF 2028 = Current Age is 10 to 13
• CWF 2031 = Current Age is 7 to 10

Contact Twila for the ‘CWF Participant Form’ to show your intent today! Fundraising plans are in movement and will be announced soon!

Contact Beth or Twila for questions or learning more about the experience.

Apply to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for FREE through November 1!

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is waiving the $45 undergraduate admission application fee for Nebraskans through November 1. You can apply for FREE at go.unl.edu/apply—enter the code “HUSKER” when prompted for a fee waiver code. We’re here to help! Contact us at admissions@unl.edu or 402-472-2023.

What is Engler? Engler is an entrepreneurship program at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Our mission is to embolden our people on the courageous pursuit of their purpose through the art and practice of entrepreneurship. Rather than sit in lecture halls all day, Engler students engage in entrepreneurship the time-tested, tried-and-true way: learning by doing. Scholarships are available to graduating seniors who are 4-H or FFA members. Visit englerjourney.com

The Nebraska 4-H Foundation offers 4-H members the opportunity to apply for scholarships. The Nebraska 4-H Foundation awards up to $22,000 worth of scholarships each year to 4-H’ers from across the state. All scholarship applications must be submitted via the Annual Achievement Application and are due January 5, 2024. For guidelines and more information, go to the Nebraska 4-H Foundation website: www.ne4hfoundation.org/scholarships.

Keep current with statewide opportunities posted on Facebook at https://facebook.com/Nebraska4H

Keep current with local opportunities posted on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AdamsCo4H

There are project manuals available for almost every 4-H project. These written manuals provide hands on lessons & ideas to help youth acquire new skills and knowledge. The manuals are not required, but can be very helpful. Manuals may be purchased at the Extension office or directly through UNL Marketplace or National Shop 4-H

Adams County Shooting Sports Program is in need of Instructors for next year! If you are interested please contact Julie at the Adams County Extension Office.

In order to run a club, county, or multi-county 4-H shootings sports program, leaders and instructors must be certified by Nebraska 4-H. Volunteers must attend a Leader Certification Workshop designed to cover the needed knowledge and guidelines to become a Certified 4-H Shooting Sports Leader/Instructor.

There will be an Instructor Certification Workshop & Instructor Update Session in Kearney on October 28, 2023. Go to 4h.unl.edu/shooting-sports/instructor for information regarding upcoming leader certification workshops & updates. If you are interested in becoming a certified shooting sports instructor for Adams County 4-H, please contact Julie at the Adams County Extension Office.

Adams County 4-H Shooting Sports Participants - you also received premiums, please cash your check by December 15, 2023.

When: Nov 19 @ 6:30 p.m.

Where: Adams County Extension Office, Commons Room

Why: To plan the 2024 Shooting Sports season

Agronomy Projects

As crop harvest continues, don't forget now is the time to consider creating an agronomy exhibit that you may show at next year’s fair. These projects provide an excellent opportunity to learn the requirements in producing a crop. If you or someone in your family raised a field crop this year, simply sit down and create a two-page report about the procedures required to grow the crop. Then fill a gallon container of the grain or select ten grain ears, (corn or milo), for display and you are done. Stop by or call the Adams County Extension Office if you would like more information on these projects.

Largest Ear of Corn Contest

We plan to continue this contest, with sponsorship of a cash prize to the winners. If a 4-H’er grew a corn crop or helped a member of their immediate family grow a corn crop this year, then you can exhibit a collection of ten corn ears at the 2024 Adams County Fair. The contest will have two classes, one for yellow corn and one for white corn. Call the Extension Office if you would like more information about this contest.

The object of the MIWW Contest is to promote the beauty and versatility of wool fabrics and yarns; to encourage personal creativity in sewing, knitting, crocheting, spinning and weaving of wool fabrics and yarns; and to recognize creative skills. The state contest will be held Saturday, November 18th, at 9:00 AM with public Fashion Show at 1:00 PM at the Adams County Extension Office. For more information or entry forms contact Julie at 402-461-7209.

To: DIY Party

Youth will explore & create 4 Pinterest crafting projects that can be exhibited at the fair. It will

be a BLAST, bring your friends (they do not have to be in 4-H). Register early, it will be limited to

the 1st 12 youth.

When: November 3rd from 5:30 p.m. till 9:30 p.m.

Where: Extension Office

Wear old clothes & bring a paint shirt.

Bring: $15.00 to cover the cost of your supplies, please bring a sack supper and drink.

If you have any questions please give Julie a call. RSVP by Friday, October 27th at 402-461-

7209

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The 4-H Clover Kid program is designed to provide 5 to 7 year old's with a variety of educational and recreational experiences in a non-competitive environment. The program fosters the development of life skills that are essential for the cognitive, social, emotional and physical maturation of young children. Clover Kids may participate in activities led by an adult that will help them:

· Explore different interests

· Build self-confidence

· Practice communication skills

· Get along and share with others

· Be a part of a group

· Explore science with simple experiments

· Strengthen motor skills through arts and crafts

· Make friends

Announcing Clover Kid Saturday Fun!

Join Julie on Saturday morning from 9:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. for some fun while learning! You must pre-register a week prior to each session by calling the Extension Office at 402-461-7209. Each workshop session is $5.00 to attend. Workshops are as follows and will feature:

• Nov 4th – Holidaze Craze
• Jan 6th – Making Foods for me
• Feb 3rd – Needle & Thread
• Mar 2nd – A Space for Me
• April 6th – Just Outside my Door
• May 4th – Bicycle Adventures 1

Oct 1 - Jr. Leader Meeting, Extension Office @ 5:00 PM

Oct 2 - Record Books/Award Application etc. Due, Extension Office by 5:00 PM

Oct 2 - 4-H Council, Extension Office @ 7:00 PM

Oct 5 - Extension Board, Extension Office @ 6:00 PM

Oct 9 - Extension Office Closed – Columbus Day observed

Oct 10 - Ag Society, Fairgrounds @ 7:30 PM

Oct 16 - BInterested (FCE) (Adults), Extension Office @ 7:00 PM

Michele Burnham – Pres.

Heather Mohling – V.Pres.

Jamee Bockerman – Sec.

Kiley McCoy – Tres.

Paul Bankson

Tamara Cecrle

John Copple

Terry DeVries

Jenny Hartman

Dan Klammer

Andrea Marker

Will Rathje

John Scheideler

Jr. Leader Rep – Mikeyla Samuelson

Youth Reps – Kassie Kimle & Abigail Klatt

Chamber of Commerce Rep – Bekah Martin

Ag Society Rep – Patrick Niles

Please take time to THANK these above individuals for their

hard work and dedication to the Adams County 4-H Program!!!

Ronald C. “Ron” Seymour, Ph.D. ron.seymour@unl.edu

Lynn DeVries – lynn.devries@unl.edu

Elizabeth “Beth” Janning – elizabeth.janning@unl.edu

Julie Ochsner – julie.ochsner@unl.edu

Gwen Rodocker – gwen.rodocker@unl.edu

Twila Bankson – twila.bankson@unl.edu

Alise Verhage – alise.verhage@unl.edu

Angie Katzberg – akatzberg8@unl.edu

Pat Evans – pat.evans@unl.edu

Email: adams-county@unl.edu
Website: adams.unl.edu
Location: 2975 South Baltimore Avenue, Hastings, NE, USA
Phone: 402-461-7209