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Scotts Bluff Co. 4-H Fair Preview Newsletter

Scotts Bluff County 4-H Newsletter - July 2019

Fair = Fun!

Remember, Fair is a fun time for members to show off new skills learned through their 4-H

projects, make new friends, and spend time with family. Fair can be a long week and needs to be

viewed as more of a marathon than a sprint! Here are some tips we at the Extension Office try to

follow to help make the week more enjoyable:

Read your fair book and ask questions so there are fewer surprises at fair.

Check class listings for accuracy. We will post classes for the following day on the boards

around the barn. They will also be listed online at https://unl.box.com/v/scottsbcfair19. It is your

responsibility to make sure your animals are listed correctly. Contact the Extension Office ASAP if

you have changes or reply to the remind text.

Take care of yourself and family. Rest when you can, Stay cool, Drink plenty of water, Try to

eat healthy foods.

Don't forget to take extra care of your animals! With all the excitement of fair, our animals will

need a little extra TLC.

If you have a question, ask! Our 4-H families are known for being extra helpful. We have many

superintendents and Extension Staff to help you as well.

Email Us

Scotts Bluff Co 4-H Website

Scotts Bluff Co 4-H

The Scotts Bluff County Fair will be here soon! Check out the Fair Preview Newsletter for reminders and helpful fair hints.

Fair Livestock Exhibitor Meeting with Ice Cream!!

The annual clean up will be from 5:30 to 6:30 pm. Bring brooms, shovels, wheel barrels, and other cleaning supplies. Exhibitor Meeting and Stall assignments reveal will happen on Thursday, July 18 at 6:30pm at the Livestock Pavilion! Hope to see you there!

Do not use any tape on pens! Thank you!

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Scotts Bluff County 4-H Newsletter - July 2019

July 20 Clothing Day

Projects Judged: Steam 1, Steam 2, Beyond the Needle, Steam 3, Attention Shoppers, Shopping in Style,

Knitting/Crochet, and Fashion Show (Although the fashion show is not required, we encourage all clothing

day participants to be a part of the experience.)

Schedule:

7:30AM – Doors open

8:30AM - Registration

8:30AM – Construction Judging begins. Recommended dress is business

casual. (Construction judging will begin for those NOT participating in the

fashion show).

9:00AM – Fashion Show judging begins!

3:00PM- Table Setting

5:30PM - Doors Open

6:00PM- Public Fashion Show

7:30PM - Tear down

Please invite family and friends to watch the Public Fashion Show!!

County Fair Kick-off Party

Join us for a Party to Kick-off County Fair on Sunday, July 28th at 6:00 p.m. in the Livestock Pavilion. We will

have snacks, games, music, AND fun. Each 4-H member will receive in their fair packet a coupon for One Free

Snowie at the Snowie Bus and One Free Bag of Pine Shavings to use that evening!

Meet the superintendents and get valuable information on your projects and fair week events.

We recommend at least one person from each family should attend.

*Breeding Gilt Class* Exhibition class has been added for Breeding Gilts born after January 1 of the current year. These animals must be included in your four swine animals. Gilts cannot show in both Breed and Market. This year only ribbons will be awarded, no trophies.

Cookie Jar Auction and Parade of Champions

Jars will be entered and judged on Static Entry Day. Enter the jar along with a sample of one of each of

the cookies you will put in your auction jar on a paper plate and sealed in a plastic bag. Entries that do not include both the cookie jar and a sample of each of the cookies are incomplete project and will not be judged and will not be eligible to sell in the auction. At the time the project is judged on entry day, each exhibitor will be issued a container for the cookies to bring on Thursday prior to the auction. At the auction, buyers will receive your cookie jar and our container filled with one dozen of each kind of your cookies. Cookies will not be placed in the jars.

Jars will be on display in the static barn until the auction on Thursday. Judging will include appearance and creativity of the jar. Score sheets are available at the Extension Office. Jars count 50% and cookies 50% of the score.

Exhibitor must personally present their jar during the auction on Thursday afternoon. Exhibitors must be

able to carry their jar around the ring in Sandford Hall unassisted. If it is too big or heavy to carry yourself, you will not be able to sell it. Exhibitor will be required to wear dark jeans, white shirt, and closed toe shoes.

Thank you notes will be provided at auction

July 28 Static Entry Day-bring jar and cookies to the Fairgrounds to be judged between 2:00 and 5:30 p.m.

August 1 Static Exhibit Reception and Cookie Jar Auction 4:00p.m. in Sandford Hall-bring your jar and the container provided at entry day with one dozen of each kind of your cookies for auction

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Official Photographers The County Fair is full of fun memories that we would like to hold onto for a lifetime. To help the memories

last, we have hired professional photographers. Make This Social will be taking candid shots all week and

uploading them to the Nebraska Extension 4-H Scotts Bluff County facebook page. (www.facebook.com/

scottsbluffco4h) Shangri La Photography will also be at the livestock shows taking photos for the Livestock

Youth Premium Sale. The 4-H Council and Extension Office want to make sure that 4-H families are

comfortable with these photos being shared online. If you are not comfortable with this, please let the

Nebraska Extension know.

Fair Barn Blast

Fair is an important time to get information to 4-H/ Exhibitors and Families. We will be using Remind to send

important updates, daily barn announcements, and information for SBC 4-H

Livestock. You can also text questions to staff and superintendents through this

system. Please click on the link below to join our group. (For reference, our class

code is @sbc4hani.)

https://www.remind.com/join/sbc4hani

Thanks for joining!

Jana Schwartz

P.S. Remind is a free, safe, and easy way for me to reach you with important

information. You can choose to receive notifications by text, email, or the app.

Having trouble? Go here: https://help.remind.com/hc/en-us/categories/200098255-Troubleshooting.

Fair Reminders

No animals allowed on the fairgrounds prior to 1 day before weigh-in at the county fair (Saturday).

Animals not meeting the minimum market weight are to be removed from the fairgrounds

immediately following weigh-in. No reweighs will be allowed.

Exhibitor with no animal that makes weight will be allowed to keep only 1 animal of any species to show

in the respected showmanship class on the grounds, following the showmanship class the animal must

leave the fairgrounds.

Fire lane between the livestock barn and Event Center will only be open the Friday before fair. It will be closed on Saturday and Sunday. If you have items to unload along this road, please unload on Friday.

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Livestock Alert!!

One Free Bag of Pine Shavings! Available in the Livestock Pavilion during the Fair Kickoff Party on July 28th at 6pm only! Limit of one per exhibitor – must present coupon (located in your fair packet)!

Meet our new 4-H Educator, Nathan Rice! He will be at many of the fair events and is excited to meet our 4-H Families!!

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Youth and Adult Fair Volunteers Needed We are needing willing participants to do the following each day of fair:

Sing the National Anthem (Contact the Extension Office)

Lead the Pledge of Allegiance and the 4-H Pledge.

Announcers for various shows (Adults and Older Youth)

4-H Exhibit Hall Hosts (Youth and Adults) - Sign up for an hour or more time slots to greet the public and explain 4-H.

Care To Share

In each Livestock Exhibitor Packet is a Care to Share Form. This form is used to gather suggestions and ideas for next year's fair. If you have a suggestion to better our fair, please complete this form! Have you filled this out in the past and wonder if it made a difference? Be assured that all forms are looked over closely by Jana and the rest of the staff and passed on to volunteers involved in that area. We may not be able to implement your suggestion right away, but your input is important to us!

4-H Parade Floats 4-H’ers have the opportunity to be a part of the

County Fair Parade. The Parade is a great place

for all 4-H Clubs and Families to show off their

members. You could create a float or just walk

with a club banner. Let’s show the community

that 4-H is a strong program in the area!

Livestock Superintendents

Superintendents are special 4-H experts that volunteer their time to help lead their project areas.

If you have questions or concerns throughout fair week, please contact a Nebraska Extension Staff

member or one of the superintendents in your area. Staff and Superintendents can be identified by

their green lanyards and name tags. Please take time to "Thank" these folks for all their hard work!

Barn Superintendents – Todd Neu, Ty Marker

Head Superintendents: • Sheep – Taylor Russell • Swine – Ashley Shultz • Beef – Skip Jenne • Meat Goat – Troy Jenkins • Sale – Dustin and Kate Schmer • Data Contest – Skip Jenne • Herdsmanship – June Castillo

HERDSMANSHIP

The purpose of Herdsmanship is for 4-H exhibitors to properly care for their livestock, pens & equipment, ensure safety and to keep the animals and surrounding areas clean and attractive at all times. Educational displays and public relations are also an important component of Herdsmanship. Herdsmanship judging begins when animals are entered on entry day and ends when the animal is loaded out on Sunday. Guidelines for selecting a herdsmanship winner include:

1) Animal clean at all times with grooming apparent.

2) Animals adequately cared for with proper feeding, water, clean and proper amount of bedding and adequate equipment and stalls.

3) Tack and feed area clean and neatly arranged. Fork handles and similar equipment hung, or kept in a secure and safe manner.

4) Proper courtesy and conduct shown by exhibitors at all times and at all places. All exhibitors are expected to participate in herdsmanship.

5) Exhibitors share of alley area kept clean. Wheelbarrows and equipment kept from aisle.

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An educational poster may be added (optional for extra points) to the exhibitor's stall area to inform the public about their livestock project. Ideas might be: history of breed of your animal, health issues related to your project, vaccinations, nutrition....anything that might share your knowledge with the public. Due to space requirements, posters should be no larger than 14" x 22".

A volunteer will serve as superintendent for Herdsmanship and they will schedule volunteers to judge the

barns. A score sheet will be provided to each of the volunteer judges.

Winners will be announced at the annual 4‑H Achievement Celebration.

Thank you to June Castillo for volunteering as our herdsmanship superintendents.

Club Herdsmanship

We need help keeping the Livestock Pavilion and common areas of the Livestock Barn looking show ready! Each Livestock Club will need to sign up for a day to pick up trash, wipe down bleachers and empty dumpsters. We have enough clubs to have a few helping each day. Contact the Extension Office to sign up for your day. Thank you for your help!!

Nebraska State Fair 2019 State Fair Livestock information is available at http://4h.unl.edu/state-fair/

exhibitor. Please refer to this site for the general information, general rules, 4-H and

FFA rules, youth dairy rules, and health requirements. The 4-H fairbook can be

found at http://4h.unl.edu/fairbook.

State Fair Volunteer Recruitment Do you want to spend a few hours at the state fair as an important part of the 4-H programming going on during the fair? We need your help! Nebraska 4-H is looking for volunteers to help with exhibit entry day, judging, and serving as 4-H exhibit building hosts. Volunteers will also be needed to serve as the Lil’ Green Mascot and an event photographer. We also need people to assist with all 4-H contests and events throughout the fair. State Fair 4-H volunteers will receive a gate pass for the day(s) they volunteer.

Volunteers can sign-up by completing the 4-H Volunteer Interest Form available online at https://4h.unl.edu/state-fair/volunteer . If you have questions about being a 4-H volunteer at the Nebraska State Fair, please contact: Cathy Johnston, Extension Educator, cjohnston1@unl.edu or (402) 472-1762.

State Fair Reduced Priced Tickets NEW in 2019, our 4-H static exhibitor families will be able to order discount passes directly from the Nebraska State Fair! Orders can be placed using the following link and password. Please remember the opportunity to order these discounted tickets is for static exhibitors and their families only. The misuse of this resource may eliminate this opportunity in the future, so please do not to share this link. Note: We can track who ordered tickets and match with 4-H participation. There is a limit of 10 tickets per exhibitor. Static exhibitor discount ticket link: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/2036182/nebraska-state-fair-exhibitor-admission-lincoln-nebraska-state-fairlivestock Password: Please call the Extension Office 308-632-1480 for this password. Note: All livestock exhibitors and in-person event exhibitors (contests, fashion show, presentations) will still be able to order discounted tickets when they enter in ShoWorks for State Fair. This process has not changed for those exhibitors coming to the fair. Note: The Nebraska State Fair also has several great NEW discount ticket options available to the general public. The following link is for any 4-H families and stakeholders who are planning to go to the fair: https://www.statefair.org/buy-tickets for additional details.

State Fair Entries - Due Online Wednesday, August 10th The State Fair is just around the corner! Beef, sheep, swine, meat goats, poultry, rabbits, dog and in-person events including presentations, fashion show, judging contests, must be entered in ShoWorks on or before Au-gust 10, 2019, by 8 p.m. CST. These are entered by the families, not the county, and must be paid for by their credit card. There are no other options for payment. For more information or to begin the entry process, please visit: https://www.statefair.org/competitions-and-participate/competitions/4-h-ffa-exhibitors. Please contact the Nebraska Extension Office if you need help with your entries. We will do our best to assist you, but please understand that our time is limited during County Fair.

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County Fair Schedule of Events The 4-H & FFA Youth Activities and Schedule of

Events includes dates and times for static exhibit

and animal check ins, weigh-ins, judging, and

shows. You can get the schedule from our website

at http://scottsbluff-morrill.unl.edu/fair.

County Fair Book

Check out the 2018 County Fair Book (and all

other information about the fair!) online at http://

scottsbluff-morrill.unl.edu/fair. The printed fair

books are available at the Panhandle Research

& Extension Center in Scottsbluff as well as at

the fairgrounds .

GREETINGS FROM YOUR SALE COMMITTEE

There are a few important changes this year when it comes to processing your animal at the conclusion of the fair.

This year, all animals will be sold per head instead of per pound as we have done in the past. We hope this

change will help to avoid any confusion during the sale. Each animal will have a resale price listed in the sale book, making buyers calculations easier on the spot.

If you are interested in bidding, but unable to attend or would like to discuss group buying options, we are

excited to announce the formation of the new Friends of Scotts Bluff County Junior Livestock Sale Buyers Group. This non-profit group is dedicated to serving the 4H and FFA Youth of Scotts Bluff County by helping the buyers. Please contact Tony Kaufman for more information 308-633-9005 or 308-641-5826

The Scotts Bluff County Sale and Livestock Committees will not be responsible for the transportation of any

animal to processors, however if you need help to arrange transportation, please contact Shain Shimic 307-575-3333. (make sure this is conveyed to potential buyers)

Many area processors have changed their services, please do not assume because you used them last year,

it will be fine this year.

There are plenty of processors still taking reservations and appointments.

Thanks for your time -please contact Kate Schmer (or any of the other sale committee members) with any questions, 308-672-5971

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2019 AKSARBEN Stock Show

The 2019 AKSARBEN Entry process will be an online entry process. The entry process opens at noon (Central) Thursday August 1. Entries will be accepted through noon (Central) August 30 at the published entry fee rates. Entries from noon September 3 until noon (Central) September 6 will be at 2 times the normal entry fee. NO entries will be accepted after September 6.

The online entry process will require parent contact information and verification of 4-H member information. Payment will be processed via credit or debit card prior to leaving the entry page. Each family will be able to create a unique password to ensure security of information.

Complete login and entry instructions will be posted on the aksarbenstockshow.com website.

Clover Kid Animals at Fair Clover Kids (4-H members 5-7 years old by

January 1 of the current year) are able to

experience showmanship with many different

animals at the County Fair. These include:

Poultry, Rabbits, Cats, Dogs, Misc. Small Animals,

Pigs, Sheep, Goats, and Bucket Calves. These

animals need to weigh less than 350 pounds and

will not go through the sale. Clover Kids can show

another 4-Her's animal or they may bring their

own to the fairgrounds just for the show. We ask

that you let us know by July 24 if your family is

bringing additional animals in for the show so

that we have enough space that day. All Clover

Kid Showmanship will be the first class of the

respective show, before regular 4-H classes.

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4-H Council Members for 2019 President Paul Callenius Vice-President Lucienne Keller Secretary Tanya Lake Treasurer Julie Lane Youth Rep Justin Keller Youth Rep Autumn Pittman

UNL Extension in Scotts Bluff County Extension Educators: Jackie Guzman, Gary Stone, Nathan Rice 4-H Extension Associate: Jana Schwartz Extension Assistant: Leo Sierra 4-H Interns: Hunter Hill, Luis Cordova Office Manager: Stacy Brown Secretary/Receptionist: Jeanne Yeoman

Scotts Bluff County Panhandle Research and Extension Center 4502 Avenue I Scottsbluff, NE 69361 Phone: 308-632-1480 Fax: 308-632-1481 Office Hours: M-F, 8am-5pm http://extension.unl.edu/statewide/scottsbluff-morrill/

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