Livestock Quality Assurance Training
The Livestock Quality Assurance Training is being offered Thursday, April 17, at 7:30 p.m. in
Curtis and Thursday, May 1, at 7:30 p.m. in Eustis.
Attention: Tagging Date for Sheep, Goats & Swine is April 19th!
If you have a pigmy or miniature goat and would like to use it as a 4-H Project, you need to
enroll in the Small Animals project. The goat will also have to be tagged with a 4-H tag April 19, when
swine, sheep and goats are tagged. It will also need a scrapie tag unless it is a wether.
At fair you need to register it in the Small Animal Division, Class 901. Guinea Pigs, Gerbils,
Hamsters, & Other Mammals. See page 33 of the fair book.
New Photography Manuals and Fairbook Classes
If you have old Photography Manuals, please throw away as they have been replaced.
Also, the Photograpy section in the fairbook has been changed and the classes are different from past
years.
Clover Challenge Contests Offers New Opportunities for 4-H Youth
Imagine head-to-head competition with 4-H’ers from all across your area! Only this time, it’s
over the computer! The University of Nebraska-Lincoln 4-H Youth Development is offering more
regional opportunities for 4-H youth. Clover Challenge is a competitive technology event for young
people who are interested in learning more about Family and Consumer Sciences subject matter.
Similar to quiz bowl, the Clover Challenge consists of a series of multiple choice and true/false
questions based on family finance, health, foods, clothing, and home environment. Clover Challenge
participants compete in teams of two, three, or four youth; these teams compete against each other in
randomly chosen tournament-like brackets. Together, the team reviews the randomly selected question
that appears on their computer screen and selects the answer they believe is correct. If the answer is
correct, the team wins that question and takes control over a leaf of the Clover. If incorrect, the opposing
team has a chance to “steal” the question and gain that leaf. The first team that can successfully gain
control over all leaves of the clover wins that round and goes on to compete against another team.
Competition continues until there is only one team left.
The goal of the program is to increase youth understanding and knowledge of Family and
Consumer Sciences subject matter using technology through county and district level participation in the
Clover Challenge Contest. West Central District Clover Challenge Contest will be held this spring, May
20th. The top two teams from each district will have the opportunity to compete at the State Clover
Challenge Contest held during the PASE / Life Challenge Events, June 30 - July 2, 2008 at the University
of Nebraska-Lincoln. As a 4-H member, youth will have the opportunity to register to be a part of their
county’s Clover Challenge team. Past participants of the contest have gained valuable knowledge,
understanding and fun!
To learn more about the Clover Challenge Contest or Nebraska 4-H visit http://4h.unl.edu. For
registration information regarding the Clover Challenge contest please contact the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Office in Frontier County.
Quilters – Check out Enclosed Brochure
If you want to learn to quilt or are an experienced quilter, this is a great opportunity. Please note
that the deadline to register for these workshops is April 30.
Regional Speech Contest Participants
The following Frontier County 4-H’ers qualified to participate in the Regional Speech Contest
held in North Platte on April 26.
Junior Division – Jessica Deterding and Dannyl Bromander
Intermediate Division – Darren Nutt and Andrew Brennemann
Senior Division – Jacob Brennemann
4-H Leader's Creed
I BELIEVE:
...The 4-H member is more important than the 4-H project.
...Learning how to do the project is more important then the project itself.
...4-H'ers should be their own best exhibits.
...No award is worth sacrificing the reputation of a member or a leader.
...Competition should be given no more emphasis than other fundamentals of 4-H work.
...Enthusiasm is caught, not taught.
...To learn by doing is fundamental in any sound educational program and is characteristic of the 4-H
program.
...Generally speaking, there is more than one good way to do most things.
...Every 4-H member needs to be noticed, to feel important, to win and be praised (leaders, too).
...Our job as leader is to teach 4-H members How to think, not What to think.
Source: anonymous
Volunteer's 4-H Pledge
I pledge my head to give children the information I can, to help
them see things clearly and to make wise decisions.
I pledge my heart to encourage and support children no matter
whether they have success or disappointments.
I pledge my hands to help children's groups; if I cannot be a leader,
I can help in many equally important ways.
I pledge my health to keep children strong and well for a better world
through 4-H, for children's groups, our community, our country and
our world.
4-H Livestock Contacts
The extension office receives flyers on sales and shows for livestock species. If you are
interested in any of these sales and shows, contact the extension office.
Lambs for Sale
Call Lee or Katie Jones in the evening at 367-4595.
Rabbits for Sale
Have purebred Satin and Dwarf Hotots for great 4-H project.
Call Cindy Melvin at 366-8638
Upcoming Events
April
11 - Due North Platte Regional Speech Contest Registrations
15 - Due Final 4-H Enrollment & Club Goals
17 - Livestock Quality Assurance Training - Curtis 7:30 p.m
18 - Due - Scottsbluff Regional Speech Contests Registrations
19 - Sheep Weigh-in, Goat & Swine Tagging Day - NCTA – Curtis @ 8:00-9:30 am; Eustis @ 11:00 am - Noon
26 - North Platte Regional Speech Contest
May
1 - Due - Registration for Youth Unicameral Conference
1 - Livestock Quality Assurance Training - Eustis 7:30 p.m
2 - Due - Registration for Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Contest
2 - Due - Registration for District Clover Challenge Event
3 - Scottsbluff Regional Speech Contest
9 - Due Norfolk Regional Speech Contest Registrations
15 - Due - 4-H Horse ID's, District & State Show Entries
16-18 - Quilt Spring Fling
17 - Due Lincoln Regional Speech Contest Registrations
19 - 4-H Council Meeting
20 - West Central Clover Challenge Event – NCTA
23 - Norfolk Regional Speech Contest
27-30 - Camp Counselor Training - Halsey (Ages 15-19)
27 - Due - Registration for Photography Day Camp
29 - Lincoln Regional Speech Contest
Club Notes
• Frontier Riders will meet every Friday in April at Mill Park @ 5:30 p.m. weather permitting.
• Happy Helpers 4-H Club will meet April 25 at 2:45 p.m. on the NCTA Campus.
Please use this newsletter as a way to get information out to your members. You need to submit
any news to the extension office by the end of the month in order to have it appear in the next newsletter.
