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2018 4-H Calendar of Events

1-1-18 New Years Day-Extension Office Closed 1-2-18 Extension Board Meeting 1-11-18 4-H Online Cat Club 1-15-18 Martin Luther King Day—Extension Office Closed 1-20-18 4-H Saturday—Faux Chenille Pillow 1-27-18 Dakota-Thurston Beef Weigh-In 1-30-18 Private Pesticide Training—Dakota City

1-31-18 Private Pesticide Training—Pender

Check out all the great projects and curriculum available in 4-H . There is something for everyone!

Animal Science Communication and Expressive Arts Consumer and Family Sciences Leadership and Citizenship

Environmental Education and Earth Sciences Healthy Lifestyles

Plant Science Science, Engineering and Technology Clover Kids

Nebraska Extension in 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

Web: Dakota.unl.edu @neDakota4HExt

STAFF: ANGELA ABTS—AABTS2@UNL.EDU CAROL LARVICK– CLARVICK1@UNL.EDU BRENDA SALE—BSALE2@UNL.EDU JILL SOKNESS—JSOKNESS@UNL.EDU TAMMY PETERSON—TPETERSON3@UNL.EDU

JANUARY 2018 Dakota County 4-H

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 New Years Day

Extension Office Closed Arywn C

2 Extension Board Meeting

3 4 5 6

7 8 Kacie H

9 10 11 4-H online Cat Club

12 13

14 15 Extension office closed

16 17 18 19 20 4-H Saturday—Faux Chenille PIllow

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 D-T Beef weigh-in

28 29 30 Private Pesticide training - Dakota City

31 Private Pesticide training—Pender

2-1/2-28-18 Nebraska 4-H Month 2-2-18 Groundhog Day 2-3-18 First Lego League Competition 2-3-18 Snow Date Beef weigh-in 2-4-18 Brianna B 2-5-18 Extension Board Meeting 2-7-18 Morgan R 2-8-18 Online Cat Club 2-9-18 Audric C 2-12-18 Joint 4-H Council meeting—Pender 2-14-18 Valentines Day

2-15-18 4-H & volunteer enrollments due 2-16-18 Registration deadline Companion Animal Challenge 2-17-18 State First Lego League Competi-tion 2-19-18 President’s Day—Extension Office closed 2-23-18 Dylan H 2-23-18 Allison K 2-24-18 4-H Saturday—Glass Etching

Paint the town green its Nebraska 4-H month! Invtie a friend to a club meeting Thank a volunteer Sign up for a NEW project! Come to a 4-H Saturday Have an adult help you with a project (Inter-generational learning!)

FEBRUARY 2018 Dakota County 4-H

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 It’s Groundhog Day!

3 First Lego League Competition –SSC Snow date Beef weigh-in

4 Brianna B.

5 Extension Board Meeting

6 7 Morgan R.

8 4-H Online Cat Club

9 Audric C

10

11 12 Joint 4-H Council meeting—Pender

13 14 15 4-H & volunteer enrollments due

16 Registration deadline—Companion Animal

17 State First Lego League Competition

18 19 Extension Office closed

20 21 22 23 Dylan H. Allison K

24 4-H Saturday—Glass Etching

25 26 27 28

CELEBRATE NEBRASKA 4-H MONTH

3-1-18 NIFA Grant Due 3-3-18 Junior First Lego League Showcase, Lin-coln 3-5-18 Extension Board Meeting 3-6-18 Jayda S 3-8-18 Online Cat Club 3-8-18 Benjimen B 3-10-18 4-H Saturday Rag Quilting 3-10-18 Companion Animal Challenge (Lincoln) 3-11-18 Daylight Savings Begins 3-16-18 Contest Day Registration deadline

3-17-18 St. Patrick’s Day 3-20-18 1st Day of Spring 3-24-18 Contest Day, Pender Untied Church 3-26-18/7-9-18 Maker Space coming to SSC Library 3-31-18 Dakota County 4-H Scholarship due VISIT THE MAKER SPACE AT THE SSC LIBRARY

Show off your skills and talents at

Contest Day.

Favorite Foods Presentation

Speech Music

4-H Name & Emblem Guidelines The 4-H Name and Emblem are protected under federal statute Title 18, U.S. Code 707. This provides the 4-H Name and Emblem with the level of protection afforded other Federal marks, such as the Seal of the President of the United States. The 4-H Name and Emblem is intended to represent the ideals of the program with its focus on serving the educational needs and inter-ests of 4-H youth.

Permission to Use 4-H Name and Emblem If you are a 4-H member or volunteer, you are permitted to use the 4-H Name & Emblem once your program is chartered with the official 4-H Charter from 4-H National Headquarters at the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES), within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

If you are a commercial vendor, private organization or any other entity, you need to contact either the local UNL Extension Office or the State 4-H Office to determine what steps you need to take for your use of the 4-H Name & Emblem. Anyone wishing to use the 4-H Name & Em-blem in a way that does not specify a local or state program, should seek authorization to use the 4-H Name & Emblem from National 4-H Headquarters at USDA.

In all private and commercial use of the 4-H Emblem, the statement "18 USC 707" must legibly appear either to the right of the base of the stem or below the lower right leaf of the clover. In use internal to the Cooperative Extension System (all 4-H Youth Development programs and clubs duly given authorization to use the 4-H Name & Emblem) use of the statement is at the discretion of the State 4-H Program Leader, or for those uses that are multi-state, regional, or national in scope, at the discretion of National 4-H Headquarters.

MARCH 2018 Dakota County 4-H

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 NIFA Grant Due

2 3 Jr. First Lego League Showcase—Lincoln

4 5 Extension Board Meeting

6 Jayda S

7 8 Online Cat Club Benjimen B.

9 10 4-H Saturday Rag Quilting Companion Animal Challenge

11 Daylight Saving Begins

12 13 14 15 16 Contest Day Registration deadline

17 Happy St. Patrick's Day

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Contest Day, Speech, Music, Favorite Foods & Presentation

25 26 Maker Space coming to SSC Library through 7-9-18

27 28 29 30 31 Dakota County 4-H Scholarship due

4-1-18 Happy Easter 4-1-18 April Fool’s Day 4-6/4-7-18 Siouxland Garden Show 4-12-18 Online Cat Club 4-14-18 4-H Saturday Photography 4-15-18 Market Beef DNA due 4-15-1 State 4-H Camp Early Bird Deadline 4-15/4-21-18 National Volunteer Week 4-17-18 Tax Day 4-23-18 Next Chapter Celebration, Lincoln 4-25-18 Trent D

4-26-18 Emma U 4-26-18 Brooklyn G 4-27-18 Arbor Day 4-28-18 4-H Saturday - Reading Pillow 4-30-18 Savannah S VISIT THE MAKER SPACE AT THE SSC LIBRARY

April 15th—2st is National Volunteer Week. Take this opportunity to shine a light on the people and causes that inspire us to serve. Find your passion and give your time, it’s one of the best gifts you can give. Recognize someone you know that has taken their passion and turned it into something meaningful. Why do you volunteer? Listen to the stories of those that have lend their time, talent and voice to support causes in their communities. Visit Points of Light and participate in the #ivolunteer Campaign. https://ww2.pointsoflight.org/nvw

DECEMBER 2018 Dakota County 4-H

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 3 Extension Board Meeting

4 5 6 Brycen C

7 8

9 10 11 12 Natalee O.

13 14 Karson R.

15 Sean K.

16 Jackson M.

17 Kadyn H.

18 19 20 21 22

23 Kim A.

24 31 Katie Jo

25 26 27 28 29

Extension Office closed December 24th at noon till January 2nd

12-3-18 Extension Board meeting 12-6-18 Brycen C 12-18-18 Natalee O 12-14-18 Karson R 12-15-18 Sean K 12-16-18 Jackson M 12-17-18 Kadyn H 12-21-18 1st Day of Fall 12-23-18 Kim A 12-24-18 Christmas Even 12-24/1-1-19 Extension Office closed for Holiday break

12-31-18 Katie Jo U

APRIL 2018 Dakota County 4-H

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 Extension Board Meeting

3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 Online Cat Club

13 14 4-H Saturday Photography

15 Market Beef DNA DUE State 4-H Camp Early bird Deadline

16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 Next Chapter Celebration—Lincoln

24 25 Trent D

26 Emma U Brooklyn G.

27 28 4-H Saturday Reading Pillow

29 30 Savannah S.

SIOUXLAND GARDEN SHOW

5-1-18 Add-/Drop project Deadline 5-56-18 4-H Saturday Pencil Bag & Wearable Technology 5-7-18 Extension Board Meeting 5-9-18 Jenna R 5-9-18 Makenna M 5-10-18 Online Cat Club 5-10-18 Donovan f 5-11-18 All horse Id’s and entries for District & State Horse Show Due 5-11-18 Regional Speech Deadline 5-12-18 4-H Saturday Woodworking

5-13-18 Happy Mother’s Day 5-15-18 Kaia C 5-23-18 Nathan F 5-25-18 Regional Speech Contest - Wayne State College 5-28-18 Memorial Day—Extension Office closed 5-30-18 D-t Sheep & Goat Weigh-in, Fairgrounds (6-8 PM) VISIT THE MAKER SPACE AT THE SSC LIBRARY

It’s gardening season; time to sow and turn the earth. Wait for gentle rain and seeds to sprout. Nuture the soil and pull the weeds. Participate in the Special gardening project. Grow an extra row and donate to a food pantry Read the guidelines for fair entry projects. SAVE THE SEED PACKAGES AND PLANT STICKS SO YOU HAVE THE VARIETY OR CULITAR OF THE FLOWER OR VEGETABLE.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Hunter H.

2 Ajran V.

3

4 5 Extension Board meeting

6 7 8 9 10 Nate B.

11 Nick B.

12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22

23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30

NOVEMBER 2018 Dakota County 4-H

Extension Office Closed

11-1-18 Hunter H 11-2-18 Arjan V 11-4-18 Daylight Savings Ends 11-5-18 Extension Board meeting 11-10-18 Nate B 11-11-18 Nick B 11-11-18 Veteran’s Day 11-15-18 Extension Office closed (Veteran’s Day) 11-22-18 Thanksgiving Day 11-22/11-23-18 Extension Office closed

MAY 2018 Dakota County 4-H

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Add-Drop Project Deadline

2 3 4 5 4-H Saturday - Pencil Bag & Wearable Technology

6 7 Extension Board Meeting

8 9 Jenna R. MaKenna M

10 Online Cat Club Donovan F

11 All horse ID’s & entries for District & State Horse Show Due, Reg. Speech deadline

12 4-H Saturday - Woodworking

13 14 15 Kaia C.

16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 Nathan F.

24 25 Regional Speech Contest, Wayne state College

26

27 28 Extension Office Closed

29 30 D-T Sheep/Goat Weigh-in , Fairgrounds

31

6-1-18 Gauge T. 6-1-18 4-H Saturday Leathercraft 6-4-18 Extension Board Meeting 6-4-18 Hunter H 6-9-18 Isabella S 6-13-18 District horse Show Ord 6-14-18 District Horse Show York 6-15-18 ALL LIVESTOCK ID’S DUE 6-15-18 YQCA training Due 6-15-18 All DNA Due 6-17-18 Happy Father’s Day 6-18-18 Ponca Day Camp Counselor Training

6-19-18 Ponca Day Camp 6-19-18 Caedan H 6-20-18 District Horse Show Gordon 6-21-18 District Horse Show Central City 6-21-18 1st Day of summer 6-21-18 District Horse Show Curtis 6-21-18 Landon G 6-25-18 Rylie H. 6-25/6-26/18 PASE/Life Challenge , Lincoln 6-29-18 Joseph S VISIT THE MAKER SPACE AT THE SSC LIBRARY

It’s summertime and the living is good! Good time to work on projects, Good time to work with and train your animals Good time to attend camps. (Our camp schedule was not complete at the time of publishing calendar, watch our website and newsletters for updates.) Good time to visit you friendly neighborhood Extension Office so they can help you with all your 4-H questions.

OCTOBER 2018 Dakota County 4-H

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

First Lego League team sign-up

1 Extension Board meeting

2 3 4 5 Brooke R.

6

7 8 9 Kailey I.

10 Youth Science Day Experiment

11 12 13

14 15 16 Arjanne V. Rachael B.

17 18 19 20 Madelyn F.

21 22 Matthew B.

23 24 25 Nicholas B.

26 27

28 29 30 31

10-1-18 Extension Board meeting 10-5-18 Brooke R 10-9-18 Kailey I 10-7/13-18 National 4-H Week 10-10-18 Youth Science Day 10-16-18 Arjanne V 10-19-18 Rachael B 10-20-18 Madelyn F 10-22-18 Matthew B 10-25-18 Nicholas B 10-31-18 Happy Halloween

Sign up for First Lego League Teams

JUNE 2018 Dakota County 4-H

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 4-H Saturday Leathercraft

2

3 4 Extension Board Meeting

Hunter W.

5 6 7 8 Ponca Day Camp Registration deadline

9 Isabella S

10 11 Joint 4-H Council TBA

12 13 District Horse Show - Ord

14 Districtr Horse Show - York

15 ALL LIVESTOCK ID’S DUE - YQCA due All DNA due

16

17 18 Ponca Day Camp Counselor Training

19 Ponca Day Camp Caedan H

20 District Horse Show - Gordon

21 District Horse Show - Central City Landon G

22 District Horse Show - Curtis

23

24 25 Rylie H

26 27 28 29 Joseph S.

30

PASE/LIFE CHALLENGE

7-2-18 Extension Board Meeting 7-4-18 Independence Day—Extension Office closed 7-8-18 Beau T 7-12-18 Avery O 7-12-18 Payton H 7-15/19-18 State Horse Show & Exposition, Grand Island 7-18-18 FAIR ENTRY DEADLINE 7-24-18 Adreanna D 7-25-18 Mariah S. 7-26-18 Kylie M 7-28-18 Karrena M

7-29-18 Atwood A 7-29-18 Pre-Fair Events See website, fairbook and newsletters for exact fair schedule VISIT THE MAKER SPACE AT THE SSC LIBRARY

Are you ready for fair? Continue to work with your livestock, are they tame, halter trained, groomed and clean. Have you tested those recipes,? Don’t forget the recipe cards Make them nice and neat by typing them on 4x6 cards. What about your vegetable garden, is it weed free? Do you know the cultivars or varieties

SEPTEMBER 2018 Dakota County 4-H

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2 3 Extension Office closed

4 Extension Board Meeting

5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Nathan K

16 17 18 19 20 21 Shannon J.

22

23 30

24 25 26 27 28 Emelia H.

29

Ak-Sar-Ben September 27th - 30th

8-24/9-3-18 Nebraska State Fair 9-3-18 Labor Day Extension Office closed 9-4-18 Extension Board meeting TBA 9-15-18 Nathan K 9-21-18 Shannon J 9-22-18 1st Day of Fall 9-27/9/30-18 Ak-Sar-Ben Stock Show 9-28-18 Emelia H

Visit the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island How’s your Career Portfolio coming? The Extension staff is more than willing to help you out! We are just a phone call away. Has your club applied for a “Club of Excellence Award”? Have you filled out a Diamond Clover Award application

JULY 2018 Dakota County 4-H

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 Extension Board Meeting

3 4 5 6 7

8 Beau T.

9 10 11 12 Avery O. Payton H.

13

14

15 16 17 18 FAIR ENTRY DEADLINE

19 20

21

22

23 24 Adreanna D.

25 4-H Clothing Day Judging and Style Revue Mariah S.

26 Kylie M

27 28 Pre-fair cleanup day

29 Atwood A.

30 31

State Horse Show & Expos i t ion—Grand I s land

Dakota~Thurs ton County Fair Week

8-6-18 Extension Board meeting 8-6-18 Post Fair Cleanup 8-10-18 State fair animal and in-person entries due 8-11-18 ABI R 8-17-18 Brody K 8-20-18 Gabe C 8-21-18 State Fair Exhibits due to Extension Office 8/24-9-3-18 Nebraska State Fair

County Fair week continues. After the fair, help clean up. Thank the Fairboard for their hard work. Thank the volunteers. Get your thank you notes written for trophies and Bonus Auction donors. Make repairs or corrections on exhibits selected for State fair (if needed) Keep working on your Career Portfolio! Get in a last vacation before school starts.

AUGUST 2018 Dakota County 4-H

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4

5 6 Extension Board Meeting Post Fair Cleanup

7 8 9 10 State fair animal and in-person entries DUE

11 Abi R.

12 13 14 15 16 17 Brody K.

18

19 20 Gabe C.

21 State Fair Exhibits due to Extension office

22 23 24

25

26 27 28 29 30 31

Dakota~Thurs ton County Fair Week