Kimball Banner  and Cheyenne Counties 4-H Newsletters

Kimball-Banner Counties Newsletters

January 2012 4-H Newsletter

April 2012 4-H Newsletter

Cheyenne County Newsletters

January 2012 4-H Newsletter

February 2012 4-H Newsletter

March 2012 4-H Newsletter

April 2012 4-H Newsletter

Cheyenne County Fair: July 22- July 29

Kimball Banner County Fair: August 6 - August 13

4-H Camp Information

Please visit the the State 4-H Camp Website for information on the Camps that will be happening this summer.

4-H Horse Affidavit Forms

If you are planning to bring any horse to the County, District or State Contests, you must fill out a Horse Affidavit and return it to your local Extension Office by May 1st.  Please visit this website to download the form.  It is located down towards the bottom of the page under Livestock References and forms. 

4-H Presentations Contest - Procedures and Guidelines

The 4-H Presentations Contest for Cheyenne, Kimball and Banner Counties will be held on Thursday, June 7th at the NRD , 551 Parkland Drive, in Sidney.  Please see the flyer for Procedures and Guidelines and also for the Registration Form.

4-H Tablesetting Procedures and Guidelines

Please see this information on the Tablesetting Procedures and Guidelines.

Child Develpment Project Changes

Child Development Ideas for New 4-H Exhibits
As Nebraska 4-H continues to expand programming needs for youth and focus on the new strategic outcome areas in 4-H, one of the changes will be child development exhibits focusing on these outcomes. These include career development, agricultural literacy, science, leadership/citizenship, and healthy lifestyles.

As you consider your exhibit for the fair (toy, game, or activity), remember that you must be trying to teach a child about one or more the outcome areas. This could be a game that teaches them about healthy eating (healthy lifestyles); an activity where children role play being a farmer (careers/agricultural literacy); or a toy bug that relates to science. Be creative!

4-H Science Information

Premier 4-H Science Award Description
Find the complete description of the Premier 4-H Science Award, including objective, entry information, recognition, and the OPTIONAL information sheet.

Premier 4-H Science Short Answer Form
If a special technique was used, or youth would like to tell us more about how 4-H Science is used in their project, fill out the Optional Short Answer Form and attach it to the project.

Premier 4-H Science Scoresheet
The score sheet contains judging criteria that will be used when judging entries at the State Fair. Not all criteria will be judged, specifically only one area of 4-H Science (science, engineering, technology, or applied math) may be judged, depending on the exhibit. Youth will not be judged down if a project does not contain all areas of 4-H Science.

State Fairbook
Check out information for 4-H at the Nebraska State Fair, including the 2012 Fairbook. A description of the Premier 4-H Science Award can be found under General Rules

2012 Cheyenne County Fairbook (88 pages, 546.9K)

2012 Kimball-Banner Counties Fairbook (80 pages, 642K)

Cheyenne County 4-H Invitational Horse Show - Sidney

Please see the 4-H Invitational Horse Show Flyer hosted by the Sidney Wrangler 4-H Club.

Nebraska 4-H Career Portfolio and Recordbooks

The Nebraska 4-H Career Portfolio is the annual record-keeping system used by Nebraska 4-H youth; it is a composite of all 4-H and non 4-H projects/activities throughout the individual's 4-H career. The 4-H Career Portfolio is required for Nebraska 4-H youth to be eligible for many county and state awards.  To download the Career Portfolio and/or the Recordbooks please visit the State 4-H Website.

Cheyenne County Swine Carcass Contest

The Swine Carcass Contest is tentatively scheduled the week of July 16th.  D & L Meats of Ovid, CO has agreed to provide facilities for harvest and data collection.  If you have any questions, please contact your 4-H leader or the Extension Office.