Congratulations Graduates!

Skye Miller Emerson-Hubbard

Kylee Marr

Emerson-Hubbard

Shannon Johnston Bancroft-Rosalie

Livestock Affidavits/ID’s are due in our office by June 15th. Make sure you have the needed ear tags in the animals ear and the paperwork turned in. http://extension.unl.edu/statewide/dakota/livestock-affidavits-1/ Late ID Policy: 4-H members are to turn in affidavits/ID”s by the deadline of June 15th of the current 4-H year. Except for horse affidavits which are due May 11th, of the current 4-H year. Affidavits that are submitted past the deadline will be accessed a $10 fee per individual. Affidavits will be accepted up to one week past the deadline, as long as the late fee has been paid. Any addition or changes will only be effective for county fair. Market Beef and Market Sheep are required to attend a official county weigh-in, affidavits are to be turned in at that time.

Quality Assurance—Youth for the Quality Care of Animals needs to be completed by June 15th. All youth exhibiting meat animals, (beef, sheep, swine, goat and rabbit) are required to complete this training. https://yqca.learngrow.io/Account/Login

Packets for fair entry information will be mailed out to all families early July. Entries are due back to our office by July 19th!

4-H IN FOCUS - DAKOTA COUNTY

June 2017

Movie Night At the Fair

DON’T FORGET!!!!

We invite each 4-H youth to place their vote for the movie that will be shown at the Dakota-Thurston County Fair Family Movie Night. This will take place on August 5th during the fair. The movie options are 1) The LEGO Batman Movie, 2) Beauty and the Beast, 3) Sing, and 4) Moana. To place your vote go to: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QLM9LF7

The 4-H State Fair Schedule has now been posted online for 2017. The schedule can be found online on the public pages and in the State Fair Book under General. http://unl.edu/state-fair It’s not too early to think about attending the Nebraska State Fair. Discount tickets will be available through the Extension office. Make plans for a trip to Grand Island for the Nebraska State Fair!

4-H King & Queen Contest

If you are between the ages of 14 & 19, you are eligible to compete for the crown! A 4-H King & Queen are needed to rein over this year’s county fair. For more information, rules and entry information please visit: http://extension.unl.edu/statewide/dakota/king-queen/

Applications are DUE June 20th, with interviews taking place in July. If you have any questions contact Sandy Ahlers at tsahlers@abbnebraska.com

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Awards & recognition are a part of the 4-H program. Help support our youth by providing a trophy.

Dakota~Thurston County Fair 2017 July 30th—August 6th

This years’ theme is:

50 Years of Family Fun! Be thinking how you can make your exhibits reflect the theme. Be creative! Be inventive! stretch your

boundaries!

If you are interested in sponsoring a trophy for the 2017 Dakota~Thurston County Fair contact the Extension Office. Trophy sponsorships are $15 each. You can designate the area you would like to support, if that area is taken, we will fill in as needed. Buckle sponsors are needed for the Round Robin Contest. Buckles are usually around $35 to $40 dollars each.

Trophy Donors Needed

Need something to do this summer? Check out the plethora of camps and workshops available in your own backyard and across the state!

Junior Robotics for students going into 1st, 2nd & 3rd grades http://extension.unl.edu/statewide/dakota/logo-robotics June 21st, 22nd, & 23rd, Dixon County Extension Office, Concord July 18th, 19 & 20th, South Sioux City High School Library, South Sioux City EV3 Robotics for students going into grade 4 and up http://extension.unl.edu/statewide/dakota/logo-robotics June 21st, 22nd, & 23rd—Dixon County Extension Office, Concord July 11th, 12th & 13th—South Sioux City High School Library, South Sioux City

STEM Daycamp

June 27th South Sioux City High School Library - STEM Daycamp is geared to connect youth to science, technology, engineering, and math with hands-on problem solving strategies. Solar Cars * Circuits * Coding

Ponca Daycamp Come get a taste of camp in your own backyard at this year's 4-H Ponca Day Camp. It will be held at Ponca State Park on Tuesday, June 20th. All 4-H members and their friends ages 8-11 in Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, Thurston, and Wayne counties are invited to attend this hands-on camp. For complete registration/health statement please contact the Nebraska Extension Office in Dakota County. Registrations are due by Friday, June 9th. More information is available at extension.unl.edu/statewide/Dakota/education-programs/Dakota-county-4-h/ Come on! Camp can't get any closer

Big Red Summer Academic Camps Big Red Summer Academic Camps are residential career exploration camps held at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. By participating in a camp youth get the opportunity to explore the UNL campus, meet people from across the country, spend time investigating an interest or potential career, and have a lot of fun! During the week-long camps, participants will work with UNL faculty to explore the topic of their particular camp, like filmmaking or crop science. After spending several fun-filled days on campus, participants' families are invited to attend a special capstone event where youth showcase their achievements. Big Red Summer Academic Camps are open to all youth grades 10th-12th including recent high school graduates. All housing and food is provided for participants throughout the duration of the camp. Space is limited and camps will fill on a first-come, first-serve basis. Each camp offered has a specific number of openings, please see Big Red Summer Academic Camp Sessions for a list of camps offered this year, descriptions, participant limits, costs, and scholarship opportunities. Camps are hosted by Nebraska 4-H and UNL faculty members in various academic areas across campus.

Summer Workshops

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And More Summer Fun Stuff Photography-DSLR Cameras June 3rd & 10th, 2017 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Dixon County Extension Office Cost: $10 Supplies Needed: Must have a DSLR Camera Project Focused on Photography Class Description: Participants will learn how to use a DSLR camera in manual mode; understand ISO, aperture, and shutter speed; learn tips and tricks with lenses and composition; and much more! Maximum: 10 participants Deadline: May 31st Food Preservation Thursday, June 8, 2017 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Dixon County Extension Office Cost: $5 Supplies Needed: None Project Focused on Food Preservation Class Description: Do you want to learn how to can and preserve your own food? Then come and discover the techniques to preserve food making a jar of jam. Maximum: 7 participants Deadline: June 5th Tractor Safety Training

The 2017 Tractor Safety Training is scheduled for June 19-20 at the Wayne County Fairgrounds. Any youth 14-15 years of age who work on a farm or ranch other than his/her parents’ is required to be certified through a tractor safety course. Extension Educators and field specialists will teach the 2-day course. Cost is $60, which includes materials, lunch both days, and snacks at breaks. Registration is due June 9. For details or to register, contact the Nebraska Extension Office in Dixon County at (402-584-2234).

4-H Summer Camps & Trips Eastern Nebraska 4-H Center/Nebraska State 4-H Camp. Try overnight camps, weeklong camps Great outdoors Day Camps and more at one of the 2 Nebraska 4-H camp sites. For more information visit 4h.unl.edu/summer-camp

For a wide variety of experiences visit the http://extension.unl.statewide/dakota/4-Hcamps/ Camps, clinics workshops, progress shows, horse shows and more are posted here as shared by other counties across the state.

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Join in on the fun

at 4-H Saturdays!

Nebraska 4-H Email Newsletter

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Looking for a fun crops project? Want to unite your members? Running out of ideas for crop projects? If you answered, “yes” to any of these questions, help is on the way! Nebraska Extension is pleased to present the 4th annual Crop Scouting Competition for Nebraska youth. Youth interested in crops have the opportunity to learn about crop growth & development and basic crop scouting principles.

Don’t know a lot about crops? Ask a local agronomist to assist by providing a short lesson on crop production. You can have the agronomist meet with youth a little during each meeting or outside of the meeting. This is one way to engage those youth interested in crops.

This contest will be held at the ARDC near Mead, Nebraska on August 1, 2017. The event will include both indoor and outdoor events. Teams of junior high and high school students (those completing 7-12th grades) from across Nebraska are invited to participate.

FFA Chapters or 4-H Clubs may enter a team composed of three or four participants. An adult team leader must accompany each team of students. Team leaders could be FFA advisors, crop consultants, extension staff, coop employees, etc.

Top-scoring teams win prizes: $500 for first, $250 for second, $100 for third place. Top two teams will be eligible for regional competition in August at Indiana. Teams will be expected to know the basics of scouting corn and soybean fields. This includes crop staging; looking for patterns of crop injury; disease, insect and weed seedling identification; etc. Other topics many include but are not limited to, pesticide safety, nutrient disorders, and herbicide injury.

More information about the crop scouting competition and instructions on how to register a team are available online at cropwatch.unl.edu/youth. Click on the link that says, “Crop Scouting Competition”. The program is limited to ten teams so be sure to register soon!

Teams must be registered by July 20, 2017. This program is sponsored by DuPont Pioneer, Nebraska Independent Crop Consultant Association and Nebraska Extension.

Nebraska Crop Scouting Competition

Nebraska 4-H Youth Development and the Nebraska 4-H Foundation are excited to announce the launch of a monthly Nebraska 4-H email newsletter that will be distributed to 4-H families, volunteers, donors, alumni, and those interested in learning more about Nebraska 4-H. Distribution of the digital newsletter will begin in June and will include featured programs, news, social media highlights, and other timely information. The creation of a statewide email newsletter will provide an opportunity for Nebraska 4-H to stay connected to 4-H alumni who are sharing their contact information through the Raise Your Hand campaign. Others interested in receive the monthly newsletter may subscribe using the signup form available at http://4h.unl.edu/newsletter.

Between March 1 – June 30, 2017, National 4-H will kick off the “Raise Your Hand” promotion that will focus more upon attracting 4-H alumni back to the program as parents, volunteers, and donors. During this promotion, alumni will be asked to complete the following steps: 1) Raise Your Hand – Complete the form at http://4-h.org/raise-your-hand to show your pride as a 4‑H alum. 2) Compete for your state – Raising your hand is a vote towards a $20,000, $10,000 or $5,000 award for the states with the most alumni hands raised. 3) Pay it Forward – Tweet, post and share your #4HGrown experience or support and tag fellow alumni asking them to raise their hands for their state at http://4‑H.org/RaiseYourHand.

Nebraska 4-H, in partnership with the Nebraska 4-H Foundation, is celebrating the Nebraska Statehood 150 with the 4-H Clover Chase!

Between March 1 - August 15, 2017, Nebraska 4-H will be hosting a photo scavenger hunt for all 4-H members. Using an app, participants will complete challenges and submit photo entries on social media using #NE4HChase. After submitting photos and earning 150 points, participants will be eligible to receive a commemorative water bottle from their local Nebraska Extension Office and will be entered into a drawing to win a drone with video capability. The Nebraska Extension Office with the highest percentage of participation wins a free National Youth Science Day kit!

Complete details about the 4-H Clover Chase can be found at http://4h.unl.edu/clover-chase. Celebrate Nebraska’s Statehood, and Nebraska 4-H, by participating in this fun-filled opportunity with your friends, club, or family!

4-H Clover Chase

Online Horticulture Contest

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“Raise Your Hand” Promotion

The 2017 Nebraska 4-H Online Horticulture Judging contest is just around the corner. This year the contest will be available from June 9 at 8am until June 19 at 8:00am. It is composed of three parts; general knowledge questions, plant part and seed identification, as well as a judging portion. It is open to all 4-H youth, as well as adults, and even Extension individuals. No password needed, the link listed below will take you directly to the contest. http://go.unl.edu/2017onlinehortcontest Please have the youth fill in all of their information completely. The online contest should only be taken once by each participant, if it is taken multiple times the first score entered will be the one used. No study materials are to be used while taking the test. The contest will allow an opportunity for the participant to review the answers prior to submitting. Once submitted, the participants will see their score, but they will not be able to see which questions they missed. After the contest has ended, the participants can request to see their scores and their answers. .

Study Materials for the Online Horticulture Judging Contest and the State 4-H Horticulture Judging Contest held during State Fair are the same and they can be found at: http://4h.unl.edu/fairbook/plant-science/horticulture-id http://njha.org/contests-projects-activities/horticulture-identification-judging-contest/

Nebraska Extension - Dakota County 1505 Broadway P.O. Box 129 Dakota City, NE 68731 Phone: (402)987-2140 Fax: (402)987-2160 Email: dakota-county@unl.edu

Extension is a Division of the Ins tute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln coopera ng with the Coun es and the United States Department of Agriculture. Univer-sity of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension educa onal programs abide with the nondiscrimina on policies of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the United State Department of Agriculture. ©2016

DAKOTA COUNTY OFFICE STAFF Carol Larvick - Extension Educator Angela Abts- Extension Educator Brenda Sale - Extension Associate Felisha Ibarria - Outreach Coordinator Jill Sokness—Latino Outreach Tammy Peterson - Office Manager

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📫 6/5 Dakota County extension Board meeting

📫 6/5 Dakota County 4-H Council meeting

📫 6/5-6/7 Robot Camp –Laurel

📫 6/9 Ponca Day Camp registration deadline

📫 6/9 4-H Shooting Sports Archery Trailer

📫 6/12 District Horse—Lexington

📫 6/13 Rabbit Tattoo party—Thurston County Extension Office

📫 6/13 District Horse—Taylor

📫 6/13 Mad Scientist Day

📫 6/14 District Horse—Wayne

📫 6/15 All livestock affidavits/IDs are due.

📫 6/15 QUALITY ASSURANCE DUE

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📫 6/19 Ponca Day Camp Counselor Training

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📫 6/28 Cloverkid Camp—Concord, NE

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