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NORFOLK DAILY NEWS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012

Special 4-H edition marks its 38th year

“4-H: Your Game Plan for Life” is the theme of the 2012 Norfolk Daily News’ 4H Edition. The 4-H program is education for life, using a learn-by-doing approach.

Now in its 38th year, this special issue is published annually in conjunction with National 4-H Week now under way through Saturday.

A majority of the articles were written by Northeast and North Central Nebraska 4-H’ers, including Cloverbud and Clover Kid members.

A number of 4-H project National 4-H Week is University’s 4-H Study of areas are covered in these under way through SaturPositive Youth Development articles, including such traday, Oct. 13. indicate that young people ditional projects as animal The annual observance in 4-H are three times more science, clothing and foods.

I pledge celebrates the 4-H youths likely to contribute to their Other articles focus on such my Head to clearer thinking, who have made an impact communities than youths projects as forestry, floriculon their communities and not participating in 4-H. my Heart to greater loyalty, ture, robotics, photography, are stepping up to the chalNotably, the Tufts rewoodworking and welding. my Hands to larger service and lenges of a complex and search discovered that the Also read about camps my Health to better living, changing world. structured learning, encour- and workshops, a new 4-H 4-H is the largest youth agement and adult mentorclub in Pierce County and for my club, my community, development organization ing that 4-H’ers receive play the 4-H Citizenship Washmy country and my world. in Nebraska, the United a vital role in helping them ington Focus trip.

States and the world with actively contribute to their Several 4-H’ers wrote programs in 70 countries. communities. munity in America. about their club’s commuIn Nebraska, more than Learn how you can “Join nity-service projects, their 4-H youths are a living, 143,000 youths, ages 5-19, the Revolution of Responsi- entrepreneurial endeavors breathing, culture-changare served by 4-H. bility” at 4-H.org/revolution and how their 4-H involveing revolution for doing The 2012 National 4-H or contact your local Unithe right thing, breaking ment is influencing their Week theme is “Join the through obstacles and push- versity of Nebraska-Lincoln Revolution of Responsibiling this country forward by Extension office. ity.”

Details also are online at making a measurable differIt’s a movement for posi- ence right where they live. www.4h.org and www.4h. tive change in every comunl.edu.

Findings from Tufts At most 4-H club meetings, a business meeting is conducted.

Either before or after the Projects are learning experiences for 4-H members. There are hundreds of projects to select from. business meeting, youths What is a 4-H leader? are involved in a learning An adult or teen who works voluntarily with a group of 4-H youths. Project leaders teach members how to do things, sharing a special interest or skill, such as photography, animal care, welding or gardenactivity, as well as a fun acing. Leaders who help a group get organized and run their meetings are called organizational leaders. tivity.

How do you join?

Sometimes it is a chalCall your county Extension educator or local 4-H leader to see if you can join an established club near lenge for club leaders to find you. If not, several interested young people, with the help of an adult or two, may start a new club. a fun activity.

National 4-H Week celebrated Oct. 7-13 4-H Pledge

CHARLIE CHAPLIN, a famous silent film actor, starred in the Country Classics 4-H Club’s theme booth at the 2012 Wayne County Fair. future career choices.

Throughout this special edition are articles spotlighting the creative efforts of 4-H youths, including quilting endeavors.

Read about Ina Glaubius of Wisner, a 4-H alum who is celebrating her 50th year as a Cuming County 4-H leader (page 10-A) and a Norfolkan who reflects on how the 4-H program prepared her for leadership roles at Chadron State College (page 22-A).

Page 36-A features several exhibits now on display in the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery in Lincoln.

*** The 4-H Edition was again coordinated by Mary Pat Hoag, agricultural and youth editor with the Daily News, and Lee Sherry, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension educator in Madison County.

Elaine Thelen of the Daily News’ advertising staff assisted six Madison County 4-H’ers in selling a total of 230 ads for this year’s edition.

4-H club meetings mean business, fun

What are 4-H projects?

Tell Me More About Nebraska 4-H I want to know more about becoming a: 4-H member. Any boy or girl who is 8-19 years of age as of Jan. 1 of the current year is eligible to join 4-H. A youth becomes a 4-H’er when he or she completes an application form available from county University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension 4-H offices.

4-H leader.

Please contact me soon with more information.

Name Address Town County ZIP Code Phone Number Email address: Return to the UNL Extension 4-H Office in Madison County, 601 E. Benjamin Ave., Suite 105, Norfolk, NE 68701, or your county UNL Extension office. Visit www.madison.unl.edu.

The Utah 4-H program has a list of several fun activities at: http://utah4h.org/htm/ resource-library/projectsresources/games-file Warp speed is one of the activities listed.

Have the group get into a circle. The purpose of the game is to see how fast the

On the cover Four Northeast Nebraska 4-H members are featured on the cover of the Norfolk Daily News’ 2012 4-H Edition. These youths, who wrote articles for this special issue, are shown with projects they completed for exhibition at their respective county fair. n Grace Heithold (left) of Wayne finds the 4-H Horticulture project “very fun and easy.” Read more on page 26-A. n Evan Meiergerd (middle) of Wisner describes the 4-H Poultry project as “fun, as well as a great adventure for the whole family.” Find out more about his family’s adventure on page 37-A. n Mary Miller (upper right) of Norfolk transforms old blue jeans into one-of-akind bags. Her creative endeavors may lead to a business. Mary’s article is on page 37-A.

group can move the ball so that it goes to everyone’s hands as fast as possible.

One person cannot hold the object, and it must touch everyone’s hand.

After each pass, youths are asked to brainstorm another way to pass the ball until they have the very fastest time they can achieve.

4-H mission

Nebraska 4-H helps youths to reach their fullest potential n Aaron Chleborad, also of Norfolk, is through: one of a growing number of youths nationn Utilizing the knowledge base wide who are delving into the 4-H Robotics of the land-grant university system. project. Aaron said he had “a ton of fun” n Learning by doing and n Developing life skills. assembling his first robot. Learn more

about his robot and what it can do on page 26-A. The 4-H program offers more than 150 different projects; there’s a project for everyone!

Become involved in 4-H and enhance your life’s future direction in such areas as: Hands-on learning; non-formal educational programs; making friends; building connections; engaging in community-service activities; social competency; communication skills; citizenship; healthy living; skill development; setting goals; leadership; career exploration; life skills; public speaking and competitions.

Policies

Extension is a division of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, cooperating with the counties and the United States Department of Agriculture.

The 4-H Youth Development program abides with the nondiscrimination policies of UNL and USDA.

Emblem use

Wherever the 4-H name and/or emblem has been used in this publication, it is protected by federal statute: “Protected Under 18 U.S.C. 707.”

Editor’s note: The following article was written by Kathleen Lodl, new state 4-H program leader (succeeding Beth Birnstihl), and Tracy Pracheil, a University of NebraskaLincoln Extension educator. *** For more than 50 years, the Game of Life board game has been enjoyed by families across the world.

It was a special game — a game that was created in 1960 to honor Milton Bradley Company’s 100th anniversary. Now, the game stands as part of the permanent collection of the National Museum of American History of the Smithsonian Institute.

The “Game of Life” has certainly changed over the Lodl years.

In 1960, the average cost of a car was under $3,000. The U.S. Census data estimated the U.S. population at 179,245,000. And Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy participated in the first televised U.S. presidential debate.

Today, the average cost of a car is between $30,000 and $40,000; the U.S. population is more than 300,000,000 people; and President Barak Obama and Mitt Romney are participating in three televised, as well as live, online-streamed U.S. presidential debates.

However, as the “Game of Life” has changed to remain current with the times, one thing has not changed: The game continues to allow players to make choices that will take them different directions.

The 4-H Youth Development Program was formed 50 years before the Milton Bradley Company’s “The Game of Life” was created.

Yet, just like the “Game of Life,” the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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CITIZENSHIP AND LEADERSHIP Nebraska 4-H fosters young people’s commitment to their communities and grows future leaders.

HEALTHY LIVING Nebraska 4-H educates youths about how to make healthy and safe decisions in their daily lives.

Take a 4-H direction in your game plan of life!

Join the Revolution of Responsibility by contacting your local UNL Extension 4-H Office, or log on to the 4-H website at 4h.unl.edu, to see how you can become a part of this successful youth development program in your community!

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featuring a family activity or individual activity that the youth did as a result of taking this project.

Or the 4-H member could create an activity bag, so he or she is always prepared to be active and make healthy food choices.

The bag can include proper workout attire, a healthy beverage or snack, a notebook or goal sheet.

Another fair project option is to create a healthy snack recipe file. Each recipe should include a complete snack menu in which the recipe is used following the idea that a healthy snack includes foods from at least two food groups.

This recipe file can be used year after year by adding an additional 10 recipes per year, so by the time they leave home, they will have a great file to start cooking healthy foods.

An alternative fair entry would be for the 4-H’ers to interview someone they admire who is physically active or has a healthy lifestyle. Another fair project is creating a non-perishable snack. While there are five very different items a youth might enter at the fair, remember the big picture is not the fair project; it is the youth.

4-H is teaching youths to make healthy decisions early in life so by the time they are ready to be on their own, the healthy decisions will have developed into habits — and what to eat or not eat will not be a challenge for them. Eating healthy will be their game plan for life!

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Just like the theme of this 4-H Edition, “4-H: Your Game Plan for Life,” eating healthy should be each 4-H member’s game plan for life.

The goal of the 4-H program is to create healthy youths who become healthy adults. What you eat or don’t eat can affect your life.

If you don’t eat right, even at an early age, your options may be limited as you age and may result Sherry in poor health, so youths may not reach all of their dreams.

Your game plan may not turn out as planned.

4-H recognizes it is critical to develop healthy eating habits early in life and all of the 4-H food projects promote healthy decision making, too. The 4-H food projects follow the USDA Food Guide Pyramid guidelines.

These projects teach youths how to prepare healthy food, as well as how to make good food choices. One of the more popular 4-H foods projects is Youth in Motion.

For example, the project not only promotes healthy foods, but it adds the muchneeded component of physical activity. In fact, in one of the county fair projects, youths have the opportunity to a create poster, scrapbook or photo display

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Extension 4-H Youth Development Program has changed in order to continue providing opportunities for participants to make choices that will take them different directions in their game plan of life.

Over 143,000 youths, ages 5-19, across Nebraska participate in the 4-H program. These youths in our state are a part of approximately 6.5 million young people across America who are engaging in science and learning leadership, citizenship and life skills, through participation in 4-H clubs, camps, or school-based or after-school 4-H programs.

In 2011, the Nebraska 4-H Program completed a statewide survey of over 2,000 Nebraskans to help create a game plan for educational priorities of 4-H in our state.

Based on your feedback, 4-H Science, Agricultural Literacy, Career Development and College Readiness, Citizenship and Leadership, and Healthy Living, are the current focuses of 4-H programs in Nebraska.

These priorities are intended to allow participants to make choices that will take them different directions in the following ways:

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NORFOLK DAILY NEWS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012

Forestry project delves into trees

Idea on Pinterest transforms shirts into ‘words of art’

Floor lives on

By LEAH RAST

Newman Grove 4-H’er

There isn’t any better way to spend free time than to climb trees and explore.

I love climbing trees except for the time I got my knee wedged in a tree so tightly that my Dad had to use a pruning saw, hand saw, reciprocating saw and chisels, and nearly gave up and called 911 but luckily didn’t have to, when finally after two hours he got me out!

But besides that, I love climbing trees!

The 4-H Forestry project proved a great way to learn about the trees I love. This was my first year to enter something in forestry at the Madison County Fair.

I brought a cross-section of a tree. The disc was LEAH RAST, 9, en- to measure 6 to 12 tered a labeled cross- inches in diameter section of a Chinese and be 1 to 3 inches elm at the Madison thick. The bark was to be firmly atCounty Fair. tached.

I sanded one side of my disc so the grain could be easily seen. I treated it with a clear finish of spray polyurethane.

Then I learned about and labeled the parts of a tree: pith, heartwood, sapwood, cambium and growth ring.

The tree I cut was a Chinese elm tree, the common name. The scientific name is Ulmus Parvifolia. It is classified as a hard wood. The age of my cross-section is 22 years.

My cross-section came from a fallen tree in a tree break at our farm near Newman Grove. I learned that the Chinese elm is considered an invasive weed in Nebraska because it grows so well and so easily.

I love being a part of 4-H. I am a two-year member of the Nex Generation 4-H Club and am 9 years old. I look forward to doing another 4-H Forestry and Wildlife Conservation project like this one next year!

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Sometimes being addicted to Pinterest really pays off!

I found the idea for my batik-style shirt while wasting hours away on my newfound favorite website. I love music and art, so I combined them to make a unique T-shirt for myself.

Adam Kleinschmit of Wausa earned a purple ribbon and best of show in the home environment category at the 2012 Knox County Fair with his bench. He constructed it as a recycled project, using the wooden basketball floor that was removed this summer from the Wausa High School gym.

The free throw line is shown on the backrest and the three-point line is on the seat. Adam also made two cup holders, on each side of the bench, that look like basketball hoops. The project proved a great way to preserve the basketball flooring that had been used by many in the Wausa community.

I let the glue dry completely. (I was impatient and used a blow dryer LYRICS FILL the to make mine dry faster.) I then chose shirt Rachael Chleborad created for a a dye color and 4-H project. dyed my shirt in a cold water bath until it was the color I wanted.

CUPCAKE BUSINESS Cupcakes! 4-H gave Kendra Liska of Wayne the beginning of a cupcake business she has now had for two years.

This past year, Kendra began selling her cupcakes at the Wayne Farmers Market. She learned to love baking when she started 4-H nine years ago. She has taken about every 4-H project, with many entries at the Wayne County Fair each year.

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I took it out of the dye and let it dry completely. Then I washed it in warm, soapy water and dried it in the dryer to set the dye.

I couldn’t wait to wear it. This is the easiest way to batik fabric I’ve ever seen.

I have a pretty busy schedule, so finding something that lets me be creative and yet doesn’t take a lot of time was awesome! I love the two shirts I made and the judges at the Madison County Fair loved the method, too.

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The Wayne High School senior plans to own her own bakery someday, and she will tell everyone that it started with 4-H.

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Many learned about lining up the blocks on a design wall and sewing them together.

This was challenging and some of the blocks were not in the right place.

Seams had to be removed and redone.

We decided to leave one block wrong as a little reminder of how things can go wrong in our life, but we can learn from them and improve at not making the same mistake again.

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The fabric was given to us by the Quilts of Valor Foundation and June Sherrett; some of it was purchased by our club.

The quilt was made between the months of April and May. The 4-H’ers met at June’s Quilt Shop and under the direction of June Sherrett, they learned to make their first quilt. They really enjoyed it and several of them would like to make a quilt of their own someday.

I have been a 4-H’er for five years.

The tie-dye T-shirt I made this year for the Madison County Fair is a really cool shirt. Here’s how to make one: First: Buy a white T-shirt.

Second: Get Sharpie markers, rubbing alcohol, an eye dropper, rubber bands and some disposable cups.

Third: Put one of the cups in the inside of the shirt where you want to make your design and put a rubber band around the top of the cup and the shirt.

Fourth: Draw a design with the markers in the circle.

Fifth: Squeeze rubbing alcohol into the eye dropper and drop the alcohol on the design until it is completely wet. Let it sit until dry.

The more alcohol you put on, the wider the design will spread. Don’t remove the cup until it is dry.

You’ll have created your own tie-dye T-shirt.

Hint: While making the shirt, have FUN!

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NORFOLK DAILY NEWS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012

Horses shaped life of Stanton teenager

By JENNA BROWN

now I just call his name and Jack comes running to me.

As I reflect on my past 10 years Every summer the Madison of participation in the University of County Fair, districts and Fonner Nebraska-Lincoln Extension 4-H Park State 4-H Horse shows were horse program in Madison County, the highlights of the year for my I have to smile at the memory of my family and me. first attempts to halter and saddle We would take our camper to my horse, Jack. the Madison fairgrounds, and my He would see me coming, turn family would cheer me on during his back end to me and act like he the horse show. We’d all have such a was going to kick at me and, as I great time! would inch closer, he would then And the friends I made through take off running! the 4-H horse shows were the best; My trainer, Somer Richards, who you could always count on them. is like family to me, would have to There were challenges with come and help me chase him down. showing horses, like learning new She told me I had to be confident patterns. Preparing them to show and let Jack know that I was the meant braiding manes and tails and boss, which was scary at 8 years of washing and clipping them. age.

But the real challenges came But the years have flown by, and when I had knee surgery two years Stanton 4-H’er

in a row and had to show my horses while wearing a leg brace, plus when my reining horse lost weight and strength and didn’t want to show anymore.

There were times when I thought my horse-showing career might be over, but I learned that if you truly have a passion and a dream for something, you will develop character and strength that you never even knew you had within — and you will persevere!

Jack (Good To Go Solano) and I both came back from injuries and tough times and won the reserve grand championship in senior reining at the Fonner Park State 4-H Horse Exposition in July!

We also took the fourth-place purple ribbon in western pony pleasure. To top it off, my new Palomino,

Hitch (Bueno Tom Starlight), and I won the grand championship in halter, 4- and 5-year-old geldings. It was a dream come true!

My love for my horses and working with them all of these years makes me positive that my future career needs to involve working with animals, especially horses. I am now furthering my education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, majoring in animal science-veterinary medicine.

Horses change lives. They give young people confidence and selfesteem. They provide peace and tranquillity to troubled souls; they give us hope!

I would highly recommend to anyone that the 4-H horse program JENNA BROWN teamed is the greatest learning experience with Jack to claim a July state reserve grande title. you will ever have.

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4-H’er works to perfect her Berry Tarts pastries

By CAYCE CARLSON

4-H is probably one of the most beneficial and fun things that has ever happened to me.

Through membership, I’ve made many new friends, was introduced to public speaking, learned how to sew and bake, and so much more.

I’ve baked many items for the county fair, and some of them have been exhibited at the state fair, but this year those special baked goods were my Berry Tarts.

In my mind, there’s nothing that’s exactly easy to bake; every item presents its own challenge.

That’s one thing I like about baking in 4-H: The recipe presents the challenge, and 4-H teaches you the tools or skills to overcome it. This year my challenge was modifying the recipe.

It suggested that I make four, large tarts on a baking sheet, but I learned the tarts turned out much nicer if I made several, small ones in a tart pan. My tools to overcome the challenge were practice and lots of patience.

People often say that practice makes perfect, and maybe they’re right. My tarts received a purple ribbon and a grand

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CAYCE CARLSON, 10, sews a pillow while brother Clayton stuffs a pillow.

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If someone were to ask me what are two tools or skills that would be important to overcoming a challenge, I would say practice and patience. 4-H has taught me a lot about both — and I wouldn’t trade that for anything.

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I chose to do the 4-H community service project. I think everyone should volunteer and so does my family.

I decided to make pillows for my brother’s preschool class at Norfolk Catholic Elementary to make their Pajama Day more special. The students also helped by coloring their own pillows with fabric crayons, making them even more special.

I was happy to help and was rewarded when they all gave me hugs. Thanks to 4-H, I was encouraged to find a project to help with and will continue to do so.

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By SELENA FINN and JAYD ROBERTS Winside 4-H’ers

This year’s 4-H Citizenship Washington Focus trip was one of a lifetime!

We both had so much fun and a lot will be remembered from this trip. We made so many friends and still keep in touch.

We started off in New York, which was quite an experience, so many people! We went to the Spiderman Broadway show, which was absolutely amazing, and saw the Statue of Liberty.

Next was Philadelphia, a very historical place in our country; sites included the Liberty Bell. While there, you definitely have to try a Philly cheese steak!

After Philly for a day, we headed to Annapolis, Md. We went to the U.S. Naval Academy, which was very neat, and talked to two female students about their plans for the future.

We also walked into a dorm room and saw how all of their clothes and rooms were organized. They’re very strict on organization.

Our last stop was Washington, D.C. Washington was such a neat place; just

By KALEIGH MATTES Wakefield 4-H’er

SELENA FINN (left) and Jayd Roberts take in a Baltimore Orioles game. to know you were at the nation’s capital is pretty cool.

We got a tour of the largest library in the world, the Library of Congress, and also toured the U.S. Capitol and Rep. Jeff Fortenberry’s office there.

We also saw many monuments such as the Jefferson, Lincoln, Vietnam and World War II memorials.

This was an unforgettable trip.

We met new people, learned about our country and saw things we will never forget! We encourage 4-H’ers to go on this wonderful trip!

The goal of the 4-H Citizenship Washington Focus Program is to develop a greater understanding of the democratic process and the responsibility of each youth and to assist them in actively pursuing that role.

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By AUTUMN GUBBELS Norfolk 4-H’er

In her first year of cake decorating, Autumn Gubbels learned frosting techniques.

My first year of cake decorating was fun, and I learned a lot.

Not only did I learn different frosting techniques, but I also learned how to make the cake level.

First, we filled the pan with just the right amount of batter and baked it.

After it cooled a little bit, Mom helped me cut the top off so it was even with the edge of the pan. We then put the cake board on top of the pan and flipped it over to dump the cake onto the board.

After it cooled completely, it was ready for icing. We didn’t even have to flip it back over. We just frosted the bottom of the cake!

HEATHER BURCHAM’S 4-H projects at the 2012 Dixon County Fair included an antique table she refurbished.

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grandmother’s town, there is a glass design store.

I talked with the owners and they said 4-H is my “Game Plan for Life” beI could have all of the little scrap pieces cause it has been a good way for me to to make a design on the table. learn about lots of different things.

During my visit, I started to miss my I have learned about showing horses Dad who stayed home to work on plans and chickens. It has taught me things for an addition to our house, so I chose about life, like baking, and how to use an “N” for Nebraska since he is a big other resources that I never thought I Husker fan. The process included gluing would use, like photography and woodthe pieces to the table in the shape I liked, working. then letting it dry.

I am always looking for new project Grouting was next, then cleaning the ideas to try. This spring, I found a small, round table in the attic at my grandmoth- grout off the glass pieces. The last part was cleaning the wood. er’s house in Traer, Iowa. The top was ruined from water stains and my grandI was very proud to get a purple ribbon mother no longer used it. at the Dixon County Fair and that my table qualified for the state fair. I plan to I asked her if I could use it for a refinishing project for 4-H. I hadn’t done a put the table in my new room or in our project like this before, but it seemed fun. new Husker room after we are done remodeling.

My idea was to use pieces of glass just like my grandmother uses on bowlI really enjoy 4-H and look forward to ing balls she makes for gardens. In my it every year!

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Most of my family was in 4-H. My Dad is a geek and that is why everything in my house is electronic, even our shower!

That’s how I became a geek and got interested in robotics.

When I started to build my robot, I learned how to solder and to cut the blades so that they would shake and not draw in one place, and how to put the markers on.

Then before my eyes, the robot was built. I named it Doodlebot!

I love robotics and learning about electronics.

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Cattle are amazing animals. 4-H has made it possible for them to be part of my life.

I’m the fifth generation of my family to be involved in 4-H. It all started with my Great-Great-Grandfather Fern Huwaldt and Great-Grandfather Gerhardt Carstens being 4-H leaders.

My Great-Grandfather Keith Huwaldt; Great-Grandmother Irelane Carstens; Grandfather Don Huwaldt; Grandmother Nancy Bessmer; mother Kari Buss and I have all been 4-H’ers.

I guess you can say it is in my genes. In the end, I get to show Hereford and crossbred cattle.

4-H and showing cattle is an amazing opportunity and, according to Mom, it teaches me many life lessons. Hard work is a necessity.

story of how he and great-grandma met in the back of a straight truck on the way to a cattle show.

This last summer, I attended the Junior National Hereford Expo in Grand Island.

It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and an amazing scene to see that many Herefords in one place.

I SHOWED my Hereford breeding heifer, Sweet Pea. We didn’t do so well showing against the national competition but did win an award, the chin-up award (bottom of my class).

I actually won something and had a blast. I met amazing people from all over the United States who show Hereford cattle.

I was the champion overall beef exhibitor at the 2012 Pierce County Fair.

My family is amazing.

Without Grandma Audra and Grandpa, I would not be able to show cattle in 4-H. UPS AND DOWNS and lots of hard work are what life is about. Showing cattle They and Aunt Kimberly have taught me has taught me sometimes you win, some- everything I know about cattle, from how to act around them to how to make them times you are at the bottom of the class, but if you are having fun, it is all worth it. look their best.

You also get to meet amazing people There is nothing more important than along the way. If you listen to great-grand- family. 4-H, cattle and family are amazpa talk about his life, he often tells the ing!

What is 4-H? 4-H is an organization for youths ages 5 to 19 in the current calendar year. It is open to everyone, regardless of race, religion, color, sex, economics, disability or place of residence.

Who is in charge of 4-H? Nebraska 4-H is sponsored by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension, a division of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

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Head, Heart, Hands and Health. 4-H members pledge: “My head to clearer thinking” “My heart to greater loyalty” “My hands to larger service” “My health to better living” What is the 4-H emblem?

A green, four-leaf clover with a white “H” on each clover leaf.

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CLAY JOHNSON, 14, is a 4-H beef exhibitor in Pierce County.

By KATE ASMUS Pierce 4-H’er

I live on a small farm near Pierce.

We own three horses: Snickers, an Appaloosa; Buddy, a Quarter Horse; and Rudy, a Mustang.

I show my two horses, Buddy and Snickers, at the Pierce County Fair with the Pierce 4-H Saddle Club, but I also take Buddy to other shows in Nebraska.

Snickers is 25 years old and Buddy is 8 years old.

I have ridden horses since I was 4 years old and have shown horses in 4-H for seven years.

I have gone to the Fonner Park State 4-H Horse Exposition in Grand Island three times in a row.

The first year I received a white ribbon with Snickers in barrel racing. The second year, I qualified in pole bending with Snickers and won a red ribbon.

This year, I qualified in both barrels and poles with Buddy, and earned two blue ribbons.

Riding horses has taught me how to work for the goals I want to achieve.

If you don’t practice, then you will never get where you want to be. It has also taught me to be a kinder person because all a horse wants is someone to love them and care for them.

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By SYDNEY OWEN Norfolk 4-H’er

This was my seventh year in 4-H. I am a member of the Needles and Knives 4-H Club in Madison County.

When deciding what to make for my 4-H project this year, I found a teetertotter idea on Pinterest. I thought it would be a neat thing to make to give to a day care or a preschool, but I knew I would need help.

When I went to stay at my grandparents’ home in Wakefield, I asked my grandpa, Eldon Heinemann, if he had a tire we could use.

He had lots of tires to choose from.

First, we taped the sides of the tire where we were going to cut so we knew it would be even. Then Grandpa got out his tools and we donned safety goggles.

We began cutting the tire with a Sawzall. That didn’t work too well because the tire was steel belted.

So we then used an angle grinder with a small blade to finish cutting the tire. We then let it cool off.

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I have been in 4-H for four years and have showed cattle for three years. I also have taken welding, woodworking, cooking and many other projects.

I began 4-H because my Mom thought it would be a good learning experience and she had been in 4-H for many years.

My Grandpa and Dad have a cow-calf operation that I help with. I started showing cattle because we had a twin calf that I bottle fed and started taking care of. I decided I would try to take him as a stocker-feeder calf to the Pierce County Fair that year.

Last year, I showed him as a market steer and got a purple ribbon and reserve grand champion in rate of gain. I then decided I en-

joyed working with market beef cattle and was going to continue showing market animals.

This year, I purchased a market steer and a heifer calf.

I got grand champion market steer and reserve champion rate of gain with my steer and a blue ribbon on the heifer. I also exhibited my steer at the Norfolk Beef Expo last month.

I am learning how to take care of and raise my cattle from birth to sale.

This learning experience is teaching me how to care for and respect livestock.

I plan to continue showing market cattle and would like to start exhibiting cowcalf pairs.

I am hoping that my 4-H experiences will help me decide what to do in my future.

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NORFOLK DAILY NEWS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012

50-year milestone of volunteer service

By INA GLAUBIUS

I became a grandmother of four 4-H’ers and one Girl Scout. In 1995, I took 4-H judge’s training and since then have been in 16 counties and for the past several years at the state fair.

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his happens to be my 50th year as a leader of the Peppy Peppers.

Once again, it is time for the Cuming County Fair. The Monday before, leaders, parents and older 4-H’ers meet in the 4-H Building.

Carrying decorations, tools and shelves, we begin the annual litany.

“Where is our booth . . . ? It is hot in here . . . Where is the little dash that goes between the 4 and the H . . . ? The theme letters should be a little higher, lower, left, right . . .

Soon, the three white walls of the “room” have been transformed to showcase the exhibits of the Peppy Peppers. And we ask again, “Will there be enough exhibits to fill this booth?”

We all know 4-H isn’t just about the fair, but everyone has already learned to “Make Their Best Better” as they worked on their exhibits.

Then Sunday, the last night of the 2012 fair, my temporary place is beside the sparkling display case that features a piece of Cuming County 4-H history every year.

A white notecard, outlined in gold glitter, reads “50 YEARS!!”

WOW! That’s a Long Time!

INA GLAUBIUS, an avid photographer, teaches photography skills to granddaughter Sophie Glaubius of Wisner after the pair hiked to Palisade Falls south of Bozeman, Mont.

“Don’t Yell at Me, I’m a 4-H Volunteer!”

The words “4-H photography volunteer” appear on several cards. Area workshop/ Clover College presenter and co-superintendent at the Nebraska State Fair from 1995 ELEVEN CARDS have clover pins in bronze, silver or gold. Some also have small to 2000.

Cuming County Fair superintendent (very, very small) gemstones or pearls in since ? That must mean this person is still the center. The cards are numbered two years, five years and then every five years there! A volunteer at the Nebraska State Fair since the 1980s. That explains most of up to 45! the other collector pins.

A collection of pins given to state fair Resting on the lower shelf is a plaque that volunteers (at least in 4-H Photography) says: 1976 State 4-H Alumni Award. There date back to 1997. Did you know there was is a white scarf filled with state trading a commemorative 4-H stamp? (It says 3 pins and the 1992 National 4-H Club Concents!) gress scrapbook opened to a page showing Along with buttons printed with “4-H, are you into it??” and “I (heart) 4-H!,” there the elegant Conrad Hilton Hotel along the lakefront in downtown Chicago. must be a good reason for one that says,

ERIN OSWALD spent her summer promoting tobacco-prevention programs through her role as a UNL Extension intern.

(I remember staying in that same hotel as a 4-H Club Congress delegate in 1956, and meeting a Wisner 4-H’er and marrying him during Cuming County Fair week, 1961. The scarf has leader/chaperone and a name embroidered on it . . . wait a minute, that is my name!)

Of course, there is not enough room in this display case for 50 years of memories as one of the numerous leaders of the Peppy Peppers. Keith also was a leader of Bismark Livestock, and we became parents of three 4-H children, each with different project interests.

They grew up, they graduated and we stayed on as leaders. We volunteered at the state fair and following his untimely death in 1998, I stayed on.

AS PEPPY PEPPERS, we have decorated every booth space in this building several times. When it is our turn, we decorate for the fashion revue.

Long gone are the days when everybody in the club took the same project; that means leaders now have to know a little about a lot. We rely on the Internet more than the telephone. We find community citizenship projects and fill out grant applications.

We plan meetings, give out entry cards, remind everyone to read the fair book and often admit we don’t understand it either.

We share joys and disappointments and talk about next year.

Will we try a new project, take home a trophy or rosette or have something chosen for state fair? We will start on the record books sooner. (In 50 years, that hasn’t happened yet, and even I am pushing the deadline for this article.)

Over the years, lots of families joined Peppy Peppers, were active and then moved on. Some parents have become leaders and, like me, serve as mentors to 4-H’ers outside the club as well.

We recognize our own strengths and weaknesses as we work together. As leaders, we do our best to support each other as a group. Have there been times when I was discouraged and ready to quit. Of course!

Did I tell myself that when 4-H becomes work, I am quitting. Yes! Has 4-H become work? Not yet.

Have I failed to measure up to someone else’s standards as a club leader? I am quite sure I have. Have I made a difference in the life of 4-H members? I certainly hope so.

When I began back in 1963, did I set a goal of 50 years? I don’t remember!

4-H years lead to summer job

By ERIN OSWALD Madison 4-H Alum

Through my entire 4-H career, my parents told me, “Your 4-H experience will equip you to handle many situations and give you many opportunities throughout your life.”

I could never have imagined that I would truly experience so many opportunities, including the greatest so far, an excellent summer job! Within one year of being a Madison County 4H alumna, I found myself on the summer job hunt.

Through an interview with Madison County 4-H Extension, I was offered a position with Stanton County 4-H Extension.

Kim Bearnes, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension educator in Stanton County, said, “I had just found out I would be housing one of two tobacco prevention interns in the state of Nebraska and could not find anyone

to match the 4-H-experienced student I was hoping to hire.”

It was such a blessing to be connected to a position where I was told, “The fit could not have been better!”

My summer work centered on tobacco Oswald prevention with youths but also included a vast amount of work with the 4-H youths of Stanton and surrounding counties, as well as extensively discovering more about Extension.

With my tobacco-prevention program, I have had the opportunity to travel to Ponca, Madison, Lincoln, Wayne, Norfolk, West Point and other surrounding towns. I was encouraged to develop my own curriculum for the students, as well as lesson plans, goals and create a few final projects.

One specific project has been my focus. Youths from Northeast Upward Bound in Madison, Wayne and Stanton counties have contributed their future goals and aspirations for a video that focuses on their dreams as their reason to abstain from tobacco products.

The tag line is “This is Why I Choose to be Tobacco Free.” To create the video, youths used “dream clouds” (colorful paper shaped liked clouds) to write about themselves in the following areas: I am . . . I dream to . . . and I will . . .

I combined the many aspirations into a video that was displayed at the state fair. My hope is that the project will help youths and adults alike to not be distracted or held back by harmful products, such as tobacco.

For you 4-H’ers who think your 4-H experience ends after your last fair, I’m here to tell you it is only the beginning.

NORFOLK DAILY NEWS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012

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Day on Farm fun for Clover Kids

By RUTH VONDEROHE Extension Educator

A Day On The Farm proved an exciting day for 30 Knox County 4-H Clover Kids.

4-H junior leaders, club leaders and superintendents added to the excitement by bringing animals to the morning session.

Mariah Dather of Bloomfield demonstrated how to care for and show a rabbit at the county fair. Julie Dather of Bloomfield shared information on caring for and showing a goat.

Caroline Oltjenbruns of Bloomfield brought three different types of poultry and water fowl. She discussed the care and exhibition of the different birds.

Chase Ruzicka and Evan Ruzicka traveled from Verdigre with their calf, Chocolate Chip.

They demonstrated how to care for and show a calf.

Kelsey Knigge and Kylie Knigge of Verdigre and Katelyn Hanvey of Center demonstrated how to shear, care for and show the bottle lambs they planned to

take to the county fair.

Ty Alexander and Garret Alexander, both of Bloomfield, demonstrated the technique of dummy roping.

Each Clover Kid was given the chance to ask questions, practice showing and roping, and, of course, pet the animals.

After lunch and fun in the park, the Clover Kids had a busy afternoon preparing items to exhibit at the fair. The “A Day On The Farm” theme continued throughout the afternoon.

Barnyard mosaics were made with colored rice and grains.

Animal print tie-dye T-shirts were created and could be modeled at the 4-H fashion show in July. Clay pot creations were designed, with work on a blue jean woven wall hanging concluding the day.

The junior leaders and mothers who assisted made this day a great success. The Clover Kids went home tired but with a smile on their faces.

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KORA POPPE (top photo, from left) and Quinn Schieffer of Crofton listen to Mariah Dather of Bloomfield as she shares information on how to show rabbits.

In the photo at left, Jack Schieffer of Crofton learns roping from Ty Alexander of Bloomfield.

Sharing expertise

Greta Lindberg of Tekamah gave a great gift . . . a great big gift!

The 9-year-old made a queen-size Quilt of Valor as one of her 4-H projects. This quilt will be given to a combat service member or veteran touched by war to help comfort and heal.

Greta learned about this opportunity from University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension educator Carroll Welte. The Quilts of The quilt patValor project is in its tern was second year through the Nebraska 4-H designed by Program.

Greta and her The Burt County mother, and 4-H member decided she titled her she didn’t want to quilt “Born Red, make just any red, white and blue Quilt Enough Said.” of Valor; she wanted to emphasize the red and white with a strong “Go Big Red” message.

The quilt was made of a red, white and black Nebraska football print; red and white abstract print; black, gray and white camouflage; and a black-on-black design used as the center star and throughout the quilt. The trim and binding were of a solid red fabric.

The quilt pattern was designed by Greta and her mother, and she titled her quilt “Born Red, Enough Said.”

Greta was honored at the state fair for her quilt creation and donation during a Quilts of Valor program.

The crowd cheered when her quilt was held up and it was announced who made it and that the title of the quilt was “Born Red, Enough Said!”

ADYSEN BOGGS (left) and Madi Grosserode, both of Neligh, prepare to sell their hand-dyed silk scarves at the Neligh Farmers Market.

4-H members learn entrepreneur skills Nine Antelope County 4H members studied how a business is run this summer by participating in a special 4-H entrepreneur series.

The education, provided

by University of NebraskaLincoln Extension educator Anita Hall, was provided in three sessions conducted two weeks apart.

Each youth created handdyed silk scarves. They figured out how much their

cost of production was to make the scarves and how much they wanted to sell their scarves for based on a certain percentage of markup.

The youths created their own business logo and made business cards.

The 4-H members had the opportunity to sell their scarves at the Neligh Farmers Market on July 14.

Tessa Harms (center) of Dodge assists Araceli Martinez (left) of Meadow Grove and Carson Whitesel of Neligh in building their robots during an Antelope County 4-H Clover Kids workshop in Neligh in June. Harms, a former Dodge County 4-H’er, coordinated the Antelope County 4-H program as this summer’s intern in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension office in Neligh.

GRETA LINDBERG, 9, of Tekamah created this Quilt of Valor.

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Nebraska facts fill notebook

$1 bargain transformed into piece of furniture for family

By CHRISTINA MILLER

By MADELYN LINGENFELTER

I am 10 years old and am home-schooled.

I have been in 4-H for four years. I really like 4-H because it is really fun to make projects and enter them at the fair.

One of the projects I made this year was a Nebraska notebook. I love Nebraska and I am a big fan of the Huskers!

I made it for a school project.

It is a notebook Miller that is all about Nebraska. I drew pictures of things like a buffalo and the state bird, tree and animal.

I made maps of the 93 counties in Nebraska, the rivers and where the American Indians used to live. I colored a picture of the Nebraska state seal.

I learned a lot about Nebraska. When I was done with the notebook, I made a special red cover and glued clear jewels on it in the shape of an “N.” I was so excited that this project got a purple ribbon at the Madison County Fair and won a blue at the state fair!

4-H has been a part of our family for the past four generations.

My Great-Grandma, my Grandma, my Mom and now I am a part of this family involvement in 4-H. My Grandma got me involved in 4-H at the age of 6 as a Cloverbud. When I finally turned the 4-H age of 8, I could take part as a true 4-H’er.

This past year was my first year completing and sending projects to the Madison County Fair in the 4-H division. I completed many different projects that included photography, creating accessories for our home, woodworking, cooking and sewing.

One of my many projects I completed was refinishing a treadle sewing machine table. My family has always enjoyed refinishing antiques for our house, so when I found a treadle sewing machine at a garage sale, I knew it had potential.

I purchased it for $1. I then got started by taking my sewing table apart.

First, I had to take the old, painted particle board that was used as the top off. I tried sandblasting the base but soon found this was too big of a process for me, so I

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had someone sandblast the base.

I then primed the base and spray painted the base black with two coats of paint.

Next, I worked on making a new top.

My Dad helped me cut a piece of oak plywood that I sanded. Then I added oak screen molding around the edges to give it a finished look. I sanded my tabletop some more.

With my Dad’s help, I used a nailing gun to nail the molding onto the wood. I then stained the wood, repeating this process for the top and bottom sides.

I then varnished my tabletop with two coats of varnish. The final step was screwing my new tabletop onto my freshly coated base. I then filled the nail holes with nail putty.

I had a finished, beautiful piece of furniture to send to the Madison County Fair.

I was excited to receive a purple ribbon and discover my table also was selected for the Nebraska State Fair.

I learned a lot about refinishing an antique piece of furniture. I also enjoyed spending time working alongside my Dad. We now have a new piece of furniture to MADELYN Lingenfelter add to our family room. I can’t wait to find tackled an antique restoration project. next year’s Heirloom Treasures project!

By MATTHEW REEVES Meadow Grove 4-H’er

I decided to refurbish my Mom’s porch swing for one of my 4-H projects this year.

The boards were rotting and missing, plus the bolts were rusty. It was easy to take apart.

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It was a more difficult project than I initially thought and took me much longer to complete.

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ALEA REIFENRATH sewed a dress for sister Adeyln.

This project helped me learn how to sew, which is something I’ll be able to do my whole life.

I enjoyed this project so much. I also made a dress for my little sister, Adeyln, which she was able to wear the day after the county fair.

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NORFOLK DAILY NEWS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012

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By SOPHIA HARDER Belden 4-H’er

This is my third year in 4-H and my first year to raise a bucket calf.

I am a member of the Four Clovers of Randolph 4-H Club. On April 7, my Dad did the best thing by surprising me with my calf!

My calf, which I named Black Beauty, was born around April 1. When my calf was about a month old, my Dad helped me halter break it. It was rough at first, but I practiced a lot and it got way better.

The bucket calf show was on the first day of the Cedar County Fair. First, we had to walk our calves around the arena.

Then we had to interview judge. That means the judge asked us questions.

He also talked to us about our record book.

By HANNAH BELT Wayne 4-H’er

BLACK BEAUTY earned a purple ribbon for Sophia Harder.

Then we took our calves into the arena again and got our ribbons. I got a purple; only eight people got that ribbon. I was so happy!

I really liked showing my calf. I think I will show another calf next year or maybe show Black Beauty again next year as a secondyear bucket calf project.

I think everyone should try showing a calf. It’s a great experience!

Every winter my family goes skiing at Terry Peak in South Dakota.

My mom saw an idea for a jewelry Christmas tree in a restaurant there. She took a photo of it because of her love for Christmas trees.

I decided to do this project this year for 4-H. We asked my grandma if she had any jewelry that we could use. She brought out three jars of beads and other old jewelry that was broken or missing one of the earrings.

This jewelry belonged to my grandma, great-grandma and my mom. Together, I had enough jewelry to create a framed

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about working with children and learning why children should learn to write at such a young age.

I wanted the kindergarten class to be excited about writing. I researched reasons why children should learn to write early.

First, without learning to write, people would not be able to communicate.

Second, learning to write at such a young age helps kids become better writers in the future.

My 4-H club, the Hadar Handy Helpers, believes it is our job to give back to the community each year to show our appreciation for everything it does and its support.

The last two years, we have helped the Hadar Park with its beautification efforts.

Last year, we painted all of the posts around the park. This year, we sanded and repainted all of the playground equipment in the park and old school grounds.

Doing community-service projects such as these gives our club members pride and self-confidence in a job well done. It teaches us to think of others, not just ourselves.

Community service can help prepare us for the future as we do different tasks; each may have the potential to show us different options we have in the job market.

Doing community service is not the only thing that helps prepare us for the future.

A club like ours allows us to do all sorts of different things and in different ways — from projects to speeches.

All help ready us for the future and make us feel like we are all one big family.

From my personal experience, I feel like my fellow club members have become like brothers and sisters to me.

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I got the idea for my 4-H Child Development project, “Super Writers,” from a high school project.

My Family, Career and Community Leaders of America adviser told me a Pierce kindergarSindelar ten teacher needed help with her “Writer’s Workshop.” The teacher wanted to encourage the children to “want” to write better.

We brainstormed and decided to make superhero capes the children could wear as a reward for their progress. My project was

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jewelry Christmas tree.

This was a great way to have a piece of my great-grandma, grandma and mom on my own tree. It will be with me forever.

On the tree, I have old watches, St. Christopher and Christian Mother medals and other old pieces. My favorite piece is a metal heart with the words “I love you,” which broke off of one of my grandma’s necklaces.

If it weren’t for 4-H, I would have never made such a special project.

This is my fifth year in 4-H. I always try to make a special project that I will keep forever such as quilts, heritage projects and last, but not least, a jewelry Christmas tree.

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Fair is family affair

OLD HUBCAPS and CDs were transformed into garden art by Kody Roth.

Hubcap flowers thrive in drought

By KODY ROTH Butte 4-H’er

The fun part was spray painting and picking the colors for each flower.

I decided to transform hubcaps into flowers for a 4-H project because I did not have anything for my Mom’s birthday. I told her I would make her something, which always seems to make her happy.

My Mom really likes flowers. We came up with the idea of making flowers for her garden from recycled materials.

I found a hubcap in the road ditch when we were mowing. It was a bit bigger than what my Mom was expecting, but she liked the idea.

I asked a neighbor if I could use some hubcaps

from his collection. I picked one bigger hubcap and two that were regular size.

The fun part was spray painting and picking the colors for each flower. I used zip ties, wire and old CDs for the petals.

The stems were a little harder to figure out. My Dad helped me weld the stems on. Now Mom has flowers that will grow even when it doesn’t rain!

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Thank You for helping make the 2012 Madison County Fair a success!

Ten first cousins — Madison Jenkins (front row, from left), Colton Vovos, Kaden Schmale, Taylor French, Peyton French, Dawson French, Tori French, Brenna Vovos (back row, from left), Alyssa Schmale and Austin Schmale — all exhibited at the 2012 Wayne County Fair in July. Brenna and Colton, children of Mike and Diane Vovos, and Dawson French, son of Doug and Melanie French of Wayne, are members of the Combination Kids 4-H Club. The other cousins are members of the Blue Ribbon Winners 4-H Club. They are Madison, daughter of Todd and Mary Jenkins of Carroll; Kaden, son of Sherri Schmale of Osmond and Ed Schmale of Carroll; Taylor, Peyton and Tori, daughters of David and Mary French of Carroll; and Alyssa and Austin Schmale, children of Len and Kristy Schmale of Carroll.

Stanton fair celebrates Q125 with barn quilt

By ERIN OSWALD

ty 4-H continues to enhance the lives of its youths!

On July 26, 1887, the Stanton This year, as part of the fair’s County Agricultural Society Q125 celebration, 4-H’ers were purchased 39 acres of land at the offered a special project: barn south end of Stanton to establish a quilts. Each featured a 4-foot by permanent fairgrounds.

4-foot board painted with a quilt The land cost $1,100 and a block design of their choice. membership was $10 per share.

Many of the 4-H’ers started The group’s goal was to promote working on their barn quilts at an annual county fair. this summer’s project day. The 4-H club work began in 1917 process involved many hours of with the Stanton Pig Club with painting. Each 4-H’er chose a three members and the Stanton truly unique design! They can be Chick Club, also with three hung on a barn or staked into the members. At one time in history, ground for display.

Stanton 4-H had 22 clubs and 265 The barn quilts were displayed youth members. throughout the fairgrounds durAfter 125 years, Stanton Coun- ing the fair in mid-August.

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Take a Closer Look at 4-H For more than a century, 4-H has been helping build life skills for rural youth. It is the world’s largest youth organization with over 6 million participants.

These youth learn through hands-on projects and serve the community through various programs.

Let’s all take time to acknowledge the hard-working volunteers who make this organization so great!

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4-H’er tracks mountain lions, now an endangered species

By KALA RAST

Newman Grove 4-H’er

THE LATE Jeanette Dusel is featured in this picture done by grandson Jarod Podliska of Madison.

Special picture pays tribute

By JAROD PODLISKA Madison 4-H’er

I drew a special picture as an art project in school. I decided right away it was going to be a Mother’s Day present for my Mom. My Grandma, Jeanette Dusel, died about four years ago from a long fight with cancer and my Mom still misses her a lot. I needed a photo of Grandma, but I wanted to get it without Mom finding out what I was doing.

I got a photo from an aunt. I finished the picture on the last day of school, my senior year, and brought it home and hid it in my room.

I ended up giving it to her without the frame and she helped me frame it.

She was really surprised and loved it!

I spent a great deal of time on my “Remembering Grandma” project and entered it at the Madison County Fair as one of my entries for my last year in 4-H. My family was excited when it also was exhibited at the state fair.

My Grandma was a 4-H leader for lots of years, as well as a member of the Madison County Agricultural Society for many years. Lots of people noticed my picture at the county fair and knew exactly who it was!

Then at the state fair, my picture was selected from more than 3,000 entries in the clothing, home environment and Quilt Quest departments as one of 25 works for the Celebration of Youth Exhibit in Lincoln.

These works are on display at the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln East Campus through Oct. 13.

4-H is more than just cooking and sewing.

There are so many exciting projects to choose from: Rockets, Gardening, Forestry, Wildlife Conservation, GPS, Computers, Shooting Sports, Archery and many more.

I love Wildlife Conservation.

There are so many things you can learn, including making birdhouses, bird feeders and birdbaths; writing an essay on your favorite animal; making your own fishing pole and learning about fishing lures; learning to tan hides and taxidermy; and learning about animals in general.

I love mountain lions and I wanted to learn about them.

I made two plaster of Paris tracks, found seven photos of mountain lions and did research on them. Although they are closer genetically to domestic cats than lions, they are hunted excessively and are now an endangered species.

All animals have unique tracks or hoof MOUNTAIN LION track casts were part of prints. I learned about animal tracks in a Kala Rast’s poster. home-school science class and also at the

Turning ideas into action, 4-H youths are becoming everyday heroes who persevere through challenges to leave lasting, positive impacts on their communities.

Through the work of caring mentors, 4-H is cultivating a growing number of America’s youths to lead us in a Revolution of Responsibility. Their commitment challenges us all to join the movement toward meaningful change.

By participating in the Nebraska 4-H Revolution, youths are preparing for a successful future by focusing on 4-H Science, Agricultural Literacy, Career Development and College

Readiness, Citizenship and Leadership, and Healthy Living.

Participating in the 4-H program provides youths with the opportunity to enroll in their “first class” at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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Little House on the Prairie Museum and Activity Center in De Smet, S.D. I found out that Pa Ingalls used animal tracks to help him when he went hunting.

Today, hunters still use animal tracks to help them locate their prey. I also learned that a mountain lion’s front and rear paw tracks are different.

Knowing animal tracks can help me know what animals are getting into our chicken coop and bothering the chickens.

This project was so interesting and helpful.

I was so excited to earn a purple ribbon on my wildlife tracks at the Madison County Fair.

4-H is a blast! I hope to see you next year at the fair. Call your county 4-H office and join 4-H soon!

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4-H’er raises funds for Haitian orphans

By JOSLYNN ROTH

that whatever I made would I have always had the dream assist orphans of going on a mission trip. I never in Haiti. I had thought that this time it would become no clue that my a reality! community, my One day I was reading through county and my my Christian teen magazine, SUSIE, church family when I found a contest it was conductwould support ing. Girls could participate by raisme so well! ing money for an orphanage in Haiti I found out in through the Global Orphan Project.

January that I had won! I had raised a The girl who raised the most funds total of $2,265. would win a mission trip to Haiti for I then proceeded to raise more supher and her mother. I loved this idea! port for many supplies we would buy I knew other girls would probably to take to the orphanages in Haiti. I JOSLYNN ROTH (left) met have bigger churches and communi- did a fundraiser called Sundaes on ties to support them, but I decided this girl in Haiti.

Sunday at the Short Stop in Butte.

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The Short Stop donated $1 for every sundae I sold and let me put a tip bucket out, too. Once again, the community was so generous!

I made $900, which was used to buy toys, games, crafts, school supplies, food, medicines and other medical supplies.

My Mom and I flew to Haiti on June 21. We visited four orphanages. We returned home on June 25 with changed hearts and many stories.

I made a scrapbook while the memories were still fresh. It will be such a great keepsake to have for the rest of my life. The experience I had in Haiti was a life-changing service opportunity. I am so glad I did it!

JACKIE POTTS and daughter Chelsea compete in lead line.

Cedar Co. horse club revamped This year, Jackie Potts of Laurel and her daughter, Chelsea, shared their love of riding horses with other 4-H’ers.

Chelsea, 6, has loved riding horses, along with many of her friends.

These friends and their families decided to reorganize the Laurel Bit and Bridle 4-H Club, which many of them had belonged to as 4-H’ers.

Since most of the members of the reorganized club are still Clover Kids, 5 to 7 years old, they weren’t able to participate in the 4-H horse show during the Cedar County Fair.

In order to participate, they worked with the county to add a lead line class. In this class, an adult or older 4-H’er leads the horse, while the Clover Kid shows at a walk and a trot, as well as backing up their horse.

This class is an excellent way for beginners to learn about showing.

Jackie set up a series of four clinics as part of Horsemanship 101 in Cedar County, which she and fellow clinician Kerrie Junck taught the 4-H’ers.

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Do you know how to set the table for dinner?

Setting the table with plates, silverware and napkins is one of my daily chores, but once a year, I get to take that everyday chore and make it something really special.

The Cuming County 4-H Favorite Foods Revue contest is one of my favorite county contests. My sister and I start planning our tables months before the contest.

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I tried to use things already in our house and made what I didn’t have. Since I used a doll place setting as my centerpiece, I had to have matching placemats in two sizes.

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When the judge looks at your table, she samples your food. She also asks questions about nutrition. This year, I did really well explaining “meal management,” which is how and when you cook your meal.

Favorite Foods Revue is a chance to show off lots of skills you learn in 4-H, including baking, cooking, money management, decorating and interviewing. I hope you give this fun contest a try next year!

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I also picked out matching outfits for us to wear, including making a mini 4-H chevron to pin on her shirt.

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made my own placemats with wrapping paper and contact paper. It was fun to use my toy doll and her things for my 4-H project.

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came across a bunch of anti-beef videos that were full of misinformation. & EMMA GOOD Ainsworth 4-H’er When we did more research on the Internet, we discovered Everyone knows that doing a lots of incorrect facts, especially 4-H presentation can be a chalabout lean, finely texturized beef lenging experience, but do you treated with ammonium hydroxknow how to make it more fun? ide.

Do it with a friend or, in our We created our presentacase, a cousin! This year we detion, “Beef Up Your Freezer,” to cided to do a team presentation.

The first challenge is deciding spread the word about lean beef on a topic. We knew we wanted to nutrition, how easy it to make time-saving beef meals from do a food topic because we both enjoy cooking. But it was hard to your freezer and to shed some narrow it down — until we saw a light on the “pink slime” controYouTube video that really upset versy. both of us.

It was good to learn the facts Like most teenagers, we like to presented about beef by Unibrowse on YouTube. One day, we versity of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Extension and the Nebraska Beef Council are backed up with real science, not just a bunch of bloggers sounding off.

Researching and writing our presentation was so much fun; our moms hardly had to nag us.

When it came time to practice, we admit we spent about half of the time goofing around. But in the end, we wanted to do a good job so we worked really hard.

We won a purple ribbon at the Nebraska State Fair, competing in the premier presenter contest.

So if you think doing a presentation is too much work or too scary, grab a friend! You might be surprised how much fun you can have!

By AVERY BERMEL Randolph 4-H’er

This was an amazingly different 4-H year for me.

This was my third year in horses but my first year in beef, which I loved. I received lots of purple ribbons and trophies that I am very proud of.

This year, I also joined the Four Clovers of Randolph 4-H Club, which is new and fun because you can work as a group.

But what made this year really different for me was fixing up the horse barn on the Cedar County Fairgrounds in Hartington. I volunteered to help my Dad because I wanted to have it look nice and be safe Bermel for the horses.

We painted the outside of the building and the water hydrants, mowed, cleaned up, installed new faucets and moved dirt into the stalls to fill in holes. My help was mostly with the mowing, fence fixing and painting.

It makes me feel good inside that I volunteered my time with others to help make the fairgrounds look better. All of this couldn’t have happened without the county’s agricultural society and 4-H council, and all of the generous volunteers.

We are making plans and thinking of more ways to do updates next year and in the years to come. It takes a lot of time, hard work, patience and determination to complete a big project.

If you are debating on whether to join 4-H, I highly recommend it because you can meet new people. It also is a way to show pride in what you enjoy and learn responsibility.

There is nothing better than to be in 4-H!

COUSINS Sophie Glaubius (left) and Emma Good teamed for their 4-H presentation.

4-H’er restores grandpa’s truck

Anna Brockhaus of Norfolk is an independent 4-H member in Madison County.

This year she took many items to the fair, but her favorite was her grandpa’s antique dump truck. Anna’s grandpa, Glenn Wiese of Lindsay, received the truck on Christmas when he was 5 years old. The truck is over 60 years old.

This toy has been played with and enjoyed by three generations of children, beginning with Glenn and his brother, Gary. Later on, Glenn’s nieces, nephews and children played with the truck at the home of Glenn’s mother, Bertha Wiese.

Now his grandchildren play with the dump truck, especially Anna’s little brother, Matthew. For 4-H, Anna cleaned it and then wrote a page about it. Finally, she presented her project to the judge.

Anna earned a purple ribbon and qualification for the state fair. She enjoyed this project because she was able to learn about the history behind a toy that had been played FOR HER 4-H project, Anna Brockhaus restored the truck her grandfather, Glenn Wiese, played with as a child. with by so many people before her.

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National 4-H Week is the first full week of October, with Nebraska 4-H Month celebrated the entire month of February.

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NORFOLK DAILY NEWS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012

Spanish-English book created for 4-H project

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This was my first year in 4-H. I am a member of the Needles and Knives 4H Club.

I had lots of fun because there was always something new to do. I participated in a project day, which gave me a chance to work on some neat projects and spend time with my friends.

I also was able to spend a lot of time this summer with my Grandma, Berna-

dine Humlicek of Norfolk, because she taught me how to bake kolaches. The time I spent working with my Grandma was priceless.

If not for my 4-H project involving food and heritage, I probably would not have spent that time with her learning to make kolaches.

My Grandma was happy to teach me because the skill of baking kolaches has now been passed down to another generation.

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4-H has allowed me to create projects about a subject I truly care about.

I am a senior at Battle Creek High School. After graduation, I plan to study Spanish education and English as a Second Language.

4-H is helping me plan for my future in a fun way.

I loved being able to create a special book with my own hands.

It really helped me learn a few teaching methods that I may someday use when I am a Spanish teacher. I am proud to belong to an exceptional group that helped me find an outlet for my passion for the Spanish language.

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COURTNEY FUKS works on a special book project. at a young age (elementary school, as opposed to high school) will be able to learn the language more quickly because the language section of their brain is still developing.

I got the idea for my book from school. I’ve been taking Spanish classes throughout my high school career.

In my Spanish 3 class last year, we translated English words in children’s books to Spanish words so children in Spanish-speaking countries could have an opportunity to learn English in a fun way.

I flipped that idea. If we can help children in Spanish-speaking countries learn English, then we could just as easily help English-speaking children learn Spanish.

I hope to someday find books similar to mine in stores all around America.

I believe that children everywhere deserve the opportunity to learn a second language.

Youth perfecting gun skills

By SAMUEL KOLTERMAN

get a medal or a trophy.

This year my brothers won I am a member of the Pierce the trophies, but I was reserve County Shooting Sports with champion in their age divimy brothers, Lucas and Dersions. I am going to have to rick. I have been a member for practice so that I can get the four years and also a member trophy next year. of the Hadar Handy Helpers It is a lot of work, but it for six years. sure is fun. Even though I can I really like the Pierce do other projects for the fair County. Shooting Sports bethrough Shooting Sports, I cause I get to learn how to take most of my other projects shoot a gun and get better at through the Hadar Handy my aim, so that when I am Helpers. finally old enough for deer This group includes my season, I will be able to shoot sister, Callie, and my Mom a deer. is a leader. We do lots of fun The leaders teach me how things and community-service to be safe and that is very im- projects. I have really learned portant. They teach different a lot about cooking, gardening, positions to use when shooting sewing, and different crafts and they are always willing to and arts. The fair is always the help me learn. best because you earn ribbons I go to different shooting and money for what you do. matches in the spring where I like to see all of the projI get to shoot targets, vying ects and get ideas for next against people from other year. I am learning, but it towns. It is fun to meet new doesn’t feel like learning. Isn’t people. I like to win and then I that great?

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The purpose of my 4-H Citizenship project this year was to complete something useful for the children in Sudan, Africa.

I learned from my church and a visit to the Mercy Meals center in Norfolk that many of the Sudanese children do not have paper or pencils to use at school. The children write in the dirt with their fingers to learn schoolwork.

I thought I could make 50 portable chalkboards to help them learn to read and write. My entire project cost $58.86 and took me over 20 hours to complete. I earned the money to buy the supplies by cutting and stacking wood.

It gave me a lot of pleasure to make and deliver the 50 chalkboards to the Orphan Grain Train in Norfolk for delivery to Africa. I really hope the children who receive these boards will be able to use them for school.

I realize how lucky I am to live in the United States and have a lot of school supplies.

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4-H’er ‘proud, satisfied’ with tomatoes grown in garden

By RYAN HASKELL Madison 4-H’er

My hard work in my 4-H Gardening project paid off in many ways this year.

We have many things in the garden, but for projects this year I took Red Pontiac potatoes and salad tomatoes.

I’m going to tell you about my tomatoes.

When I usually plant tomatoes, I put them in what we call a lick tub that we recycled from the cattle yard. We fill the tub with soil, plant the tomatoes and place a fence for them to weave up into, instead of drooping from all of

the weight of the tomatoes.

Then a couple of months before the fair, we stopped getting our much valuable rain, so I had to water them every day so that they could grow and prosper.

Before we knew it, my family was getting ready for the Madison County Fair.

While we were in the garden, I asked my Mom if I could bring the salad tomatoes to the fair. It was the first time the tomatoes were ready.

She said, “Sure, try it.” That night I prepared them for judging the next day.

When I was doing my interview with the judge, I was somewhat nervous, but soon we were just chatting about my tomatoes. It was better to have a conversation than to be nervous.

Later that day, I looked at all of my projects to see what I got. I was amazed with my tomatoes. I received a purple ribbon, a grand champion ribbon, a judge’s recognition for a great interview and a state fair eligibility ribbon!

After all of that work, I was pretty proud and satisfied. If I can do it, you can, too. Join 4-H and find out.

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By KRISTEN ALBRECHT Norfolk 4-H’er

4-H is more than a club; it is a way of life.

Being a member of a county 4H group will be an experience no member will ever forget. Members not only learn skills they will use for the rest of their life, but they also get to show off their talents by entering projects at the fair!

My favorite 4-H memory would be working on all of my photography exhibits.

Every year, there is a different county and state theme that challenges members to get creative and incorporate the different themes into their photos.

After members have decided on which photos they are going Albrecht to enter in the fair, they frame them and fill out the entry tags.

Then comes entry day.

There are no words to explain the feeling of that morning — the nervous feeling as you wait in line to be judged. But in the end, there is no greater feeling than knowing what you have accomplished.

Being a member of 4-H not only teaches life skills and gives the satisfaction of showing off our work but also gives us the pride of knowing that we are participating in the largest youth organization in the United States!

First-year 4-H’er has an ‘amazing’ time

By KEANNA KORTH Hartington 4-H’er

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This was my first year in 4-H and it was amazing! I did so many new things.

I participated in the public speaking contest and won a first-place gold medal. I went to several project day events and got to make a lot of projects for the county fair.

I received a total of 22 ribbons this year; 13 were purple. My hanging flower basket won a rosette ribbon for top exhibit. I sewed for the very first time. I made a pillowcase dress for a little girl in Africa.

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The dress was chosen for the state fair, along with three more of my projects.

My pillow received a special recognition award.

A few of the things I learned this year in 4-H are: Being responsible for watering my hanging flower basket twice a day, every day; helping my Mom in the garden so I

could enter produce at the county fair; and learning how to use a sewing machine and hand-stitching.

Most of all, I really enjoyed meeting kids from all over Cedar County and appreciate all of the people that make 4-H possible. I am looking forward to next year!

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I am a 15-year-old sophomore at Norfolk High School. I have been in 4-H since I was 5 years old, and it has taught me a lot of life lessons that will come in handy in the future.

My favorite 4-H project this year is an acrylic painting of two trees that stretches across five pieces of canvas. In the middle, the two trees meet each other but are molded into faces: one male and one female.

To create this project, I first drew the design on paper cut to the exact size of the canvas pieces. I then traced the design onto the canvas with carbon transfer paper and painted in the lines.

I decided to use only black and white because it would make the design look more dramatic and not take away from the faces. The hardest part was making the skinnier branches because it required being very precise.

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Then to add to the design, I thought I would give her a friend to face into.

This also helps your eyes move across the entire picture more easily.

This painting has made a great addition to my room because it has made it look more sophisticated.

I decided to hang it above my bed and left small equal spaces between the canvas pieces on the wall.

This really makes the painting pop because my walls are aqua blue.

This project was not only my favorite item from my county fair competition, it also is my favorite part of my room. Without 4-H, I probably wouldn’t have been creative enough to design this painting. I am very thankful to take part in this youth development program.

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NORFOLK DAILY NEWS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012

QUILTING CREATIONS

JOLEE CLAUSEN created this quilt in 4-H.

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By JOLEE CLAUSEN Randolph 4-H’er

BRENNA WOLFF of Norfolk incorporated fabrics in her favorite colors in her quilt.

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colors.

Lea McKenna at the quilt shop When I decided to make a quilt thought the fabrics I chose would for my Quilt Quest 4-H project, I look great together, so I began the was a little scared about picking process of making the quilt with out the fabrics. her helpful guidance. After I had After walking into a quilt shop all of the pieces sewn together, I in Norfolk, I was even more over- met with Denise Kudera of Norwhelmed. There are thousands folk. and thousands of different types She taught me how to cut the of fabrics in just about any color backing and sew it together. She and theme you could possibly also did the actual quilting on her want. big machine.

After walking around the store When she was done, she taught for quite a while, I started thinkme how to attach the binding. ing about my favorite colors. I It took me a couple of weeks to love the colors green, blue and hand-stitch the binding edge. purple, so I decided to use those.

At the Madison County Fair, I I chose my base fabric because received a purple ribbon, a state it reminded me of the ocean fair qualification ribbon and a waves and because I would like judge’s recognition award. My to become a marine biologist. It just so happened that my favorite quilt earned a blue ribbon at the state fair, along with a special reccolors were in this fabric. ognition ribbon for “nicely done My pattern required six adbinding.” ditional fabrics. I found a patterned fabric with sea turtles and Even though I was a little dolphins, and fell in love with it. I nervous in the beginning, I am then chose two fabrics each that so happy with how my first quilt had green and purple as the main turned out.

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By VANESSA TAYLOR Ainsworth 4-H’er

My “game plan” for 4-H — and life — is to help my community with community-service projects.

I think that helping the community is going to benefit me in the long run and, of course, it will help everyone else also. I think 4-H is a great way to get involved with people of the community.

This year for one of my projects, I made a Quilt of Valor to give to a member of the military.

The mission of Quilts of Valor is to cover all combat service members and veterans with a comforting quilt, made and donated by people across the country.

I got started with Quilts of Valor last year when the Southern Plains 4-H Program issued a challenge to all 4-H’ers in the state to make a quilt.

I was able to enter my quilt as a Quilt Quest 4-H project and display it at the 2011 state fair in Grand Island.

My Grandma, Deanna Taylor of Ainsworth, helps me with my

sewing. She and I both agreed that after last year’s Quilt of Valor success, we should try another one.

I decided I would do a little harder pattern for my next quilt.

I love to sew (and spend time with my Grandma!) so I was excited to do something a little harder.

I made patches of four little blocks and outlined them in a swirly white fabric.

Then I sewed all of the patches together. I had some trouble getting all of the intersections to line up just right.

Lastly, Grandma and I sewed on the borders.

Eileen Sylvester of Ainsworth, who owns a quilting machine, quilted it for us. The final step was to hand-stitch around the edges.

I think Quilts of Valor is a great game plan!

I love knowing that a soldier in Nebraska or far away is going to receive my quilt and feel more supported and appreciated because of it.

I started quilting when I was 6 years old under the direction of my grandmother, Janice Clausen.

I started in 4-H when I was 8 years old. 4-H has been an important part of our family for generations.

Grandma Janice has been quilting for some time, and her goal was to teach all of her grandchildren how to quilt. After making my first quilt, I was hooked.

At age 7, my best friend, Ellen, also had the desire to learn to quilt, so Grandma started working with both of us over our summer breaks.

Every year she encouraged us to learn a new technique.

I knew from a young age that my dream is to own my own quilt store. Selling fabrics and providing guidance to quilters is what I want to do for my career. I also plan to own a long-arm quilting machine, so I can provide professional quilting to my customers.

Now after eight years of 4-H and completing at least one quilt every year, I am headed in the right direction. I continue to work toward my dreams at Randolph High School, where I am a senior.

I am taking family and consumer sciences, art, business and accounting classes. I work part time at a quilt shop in Norfolk and plan to attend Northeast Community College to study business and art. And, of course, continue my hobby of quilting.

Our time with Grandma has taught us many lessons in life. Quilting has created a long-lasting friendship that is bound with stitches of love among Grandma, Ellen and me.

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Boy’s bedroom out of this world

By WYATT ASH Norfolk 4-H’er

SARAH LAMMERS constructed a patriotic quilt for her Quilt of Valor project.

Quilt offers way to thank soldier or vet

By SARAH LAMMERS Hartington 4-H’er

I started sewing pillows in 4-H when I turned 8 but had always had fun sewing scraps of material together.

That is why I decided to participate in the Quilt of Valor project. My quilt will be given to a soldier or veteran who has been touched by war.

The Cedar County Extension office received a packet of red, white and blue material that had been donated by fabric companies for 4-H’ers to use in the Quilts of Valor project.

I decided to make a sampler quilt in which each block is different. I thought it would make the quilt more original.

My favorite block is the Old Glory star, which is the heart.

I chose a different pattern and stitched together a new block every week or two. Then I laid out the blocks and added sashing, cornerstone star blocks and borders. I started the quilt in January and finished it in time for the Cedar County Fair in July.

My quilt received special honors at the county fair and traveled to the Nebraska State Fair where it was presented to the Quilt of Valor association and then to a soldier. The Quilts of Valor are a cool way of saying “thank you” to soldiers who keep us safe.

4-H has helped me learn to do things for myself and others, all while practicing valuable life skills.

WYATT ASH gets to see the planets and asteroids glowing over his head each night as he falls asleep.

I was so excited when my Mom and Dad told me I was getting my room redone.

I decided it would be an outer space room, and I wanted a solar system mobile. First, my mom bought two embroidery hoops and some foam balls of different sizes.

Then I had to paint the foam balls with some sealer to keep the paint from “eating” the foam.

After the sealer dried, I painted the base color of all of the planets and asteroids. They were blue, black, red and gray.

Then, I added some other colors over the top of the base colors to add storms, volcanoes, craters, land and water. I painted the hoops black.

I took 4-pound test weight fishing line and poked it through the planets with a needle. Then I hung them from some hooks in the garage and painted them with glow-in-the-dark paint.

I used the fishing line to tie the hoops together and to make a loop used for hanging them.

After the paint dried on the planets and asteroids, my Mom helped me tie the planets onto the embroidery hoops so they would balance.

My Dad got a ceiling hook from the store and screwed it into my ceiling — and my solar system mobile has been hanging there ever since (except during exhibition at the fair).

At night, I get to see the planets and asteroids glowing over my head as I fall asleep! I loved this project, especially painting all of the planets. And I love the way my mobile looks in my room!

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By JACEY WOLFF

of a daisy.

I had seen this flower while Photography is one of my 4-H I was at my grandma’s. I really liked the color of the flower, so projects.

I like having my camera with I thought it would make a good photo. me when I go places as you never know when you may have I received a purple at the Madthat perfect shot. Sometimes I ison County Fair with my photo like just walking around with (shown at left). I think everyone my camera to look for photo sub- should try photography! It is so jects. That’s how I got my photo much fun.

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and beef sandwiches.

During the dinner in Wisner, Zhaza would This year, the purpose of my 4-H Citizen- show a PowerPoint on her country. I invited 4-H members from several clubs, the ship project was to bring together two difUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension ferent cultures. educators in Cuming County and our 4-H I was inspired by Zhaza Zhanybekova, a foreign exchange student from Kyrgyzstan. leaders.

I met Zhaza during swim team last fall in I established a budget of $250 and earned Norfolk. the money by working at a local physical therapy clinic. Donations also were received I really wanted my project to benefit the people in my community and Zhaza by shar- from the community. ing information about the rich history of I received a lot of positive feedback from Kyrgyzstan and Cuming County, Nebraska. those in attendance and feel that everyone I decided to put on an exchange student learned more about Kyrgyzstan. I hope to dinner where our two cultures could meet. I continue to put on more dinners to share would serve the main produce that is raised different cultures with my 4-H club and the in Cuming County, such as corn on the cob community.

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ZHAZA ZHANYBEKOVA (right) of Kyrgyzstan was the featured speaker at a cultural event planned by Wisner 4-H’er Lauren Jacobsen.

Melted crayons make art

By SAMANTHA LINDER Oakland 4-H’er

One morning when I walked into my classroom, I noticed my teacher, Mrs. Andersen, had a new piece of crayon artwork hanging on the wall.

It was so colorful I could hardly take my eyes off of it.

I asked her where she got it and she told me she made it with her daughter.

I was thinking this would be a great project for my sister, Alexandra, and me to to make in 4-H. We asked Mrs. Andersen for the instructions.

It sounded pretty simple.

All we needed to do was hot glue some crayons on a canvas and then melt the crayons with a hair dryer.

I could hardly wait to get started! We had PLENTY of crayons and hot glue sticks on hand, so all we had to do was purchase several canvases.

First, we laid the crayons in the order we wanted and figured out how many crayons would fit across the top of the canvas. We rearranged the crayons several times before gluing them down.

We then started heating the crayons with the hair dryer on the hot setting. It took a really long time for the crayons to start melting. The melting crayons were a little messier than we thought they would be.

After about an hour of melting the crayons, my project was complete! I exhibited my crayon art at the Fremont 4-H Fair and the Cuming County Fair, and now it hangs in my bedroom.

This was my favorite 4-H project to work on this year.

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4-H prepared college student for future There has been one driving force that has kept me on the forefront of involvement in the community, campus, etc., which ultimately made me the person I am today.

4-H was a program with which I was involved for more than 10 years. Out of all of the other programs I have been involved with, it single-handedly was the most valuable.

Beginning at a young age, it involves children in projects of their own, of the community and of a group, which they can take pride in and grow in.

The best thing about 4-H is the driving force to become involved in anything that the 4-H’er would

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I was trying to decide what to bring to the Madison County Fair this year when I visited my Grandpa and Grandma Blase’s dairy farm in South Dakota.

Dairy farming is tough.

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My grandparents have hired many workers, but it is hard for them to find people who care for their farm like they do. In June, they began installing a robotic milking system in their barn.

When I found out they were getting robotics, I was so excited. We went to their farm to help them get their cows trained. At first, the cows didn’t know what to do.

Now most of them go up and get milked on their own.

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Once she is clean, lasers help line up the teat cups and they are automatically put on one at a time.

When she is done milking, the teat cups come off one at a time and her teats are sprayed with iodine. The feed trough swings out of her way and she leaves the robot. My grandparents can check on all of their cows every day by looking at information on their computer.

The robotic milking system gives them a lot of information.

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range of activities that are done.

The decision to walk into the meeting took one step and one decision to become involved. I have now served a term as the student body president of Chadron State College, and this year I was appointed by Gov. Dave Heinemann to serve on the Nebraska State College System Board of Trustees.

Those two offices took their own separate decisions, but it all starts with a commitment to involvement in the community and making yourself all that you can be.

Parents: 4-H is also good texting and facebook therapy, I promise.

Kids: Nothing happens without your decision to start, so get out there and make it happen!

4-H offers varied benefits

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have interest in.

This can range from speech contests to writing articles for a 4-H special edition, entomology, glass mosaics, showing animals and woodworking.

4-H does not stop at the county fair either. Leadership in clubs and the 4-H council trains youths to take accountability for their own projects and actions.

There are so many opportunities within 4-H to grow as a person, simply as a byproduct of the nature of the program.

As someone who has benefited from 4-H, I can say the skills and values learned are going to far surpass any single other program out there because of the wide

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ings, and I let the elections decide if it would be right for me to join.

When I arrived at college as a In the end, I had a new freshman, I was ready to cresenate seat. ate myself as an individual.

This one deciI thought my clothes, attitude sion to become and friends would impact this the involved opened most out of anything about me. the gates to the Preparations began right away as biggest accomI arrived at Chadron State College, plishments of my which would be my new home for college career. the next four years.

The decision to Like any new freshman, I walk into the Morgan planned to just attempt survival of meeting took a lot my classes and leave involvement of guts and seeking out of informafor later. I went to class every day tion. Remember when I thought like I was supposed to, but somemy clothes, attitude and friends thing felt wrong about what I was would impact who I would become doing. I needed to get involved. the most? I found out that isn’t true Student senate had some open- when reflecting on my past.

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By ERICA LEWIS West Point 4-H’er

By LISA KASLON

Platte Co. Extension Educator

4-H has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. My first 4-H leader was my Grandma and this year my Mom (Theresa Vernon of Crete) celebrates 50 years as a club leader.

I can honestly say 4-H has helped shape me into the person I am today, and it has been my pleasure to help make that happen for the youths of our state.

I serve as the Northeast District 4-H coordinator, in addition to my assignment in Platte County as a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension educator in youth development.

National 4-H Week is celebrated each October across the country.

It’s when members usually select the projects they will complete during the year and also when new members are recruited. Many clubs are now getting started with their new year’s planning and activities.

Most people know that 4-H members take projects to learn about various topics and then exhibit the projects at their county fair and perhaps the state fair. It’s a great

learning experience; members “learn by doing.”

What many don’t realize, however, is that 4-H projects very often are the basis for a young person’s career decision.

Children begin thinking about their future careers while they are in the middle elementary years.

For some, a decision is made at Kaslon that time and does not change much.

Other young people change their ideas of future careers as they experience classes in school and activities outside of the classroom.

4-H offers many projects and activities to help a child think about their skills, their interests and their future. With over 150 projects offered in 47 project areas, there really is something related to almost every career area.

4-H projects are a great way for a young person to learn about a topic to see if they have an interest and wish to learn more about it. As they develop skills in the area, they

can think about careers that are available to them if they are interested and talented in that area.

When 4-H projects began over a century ago, they helped young people learn about topics needed for farming and homemaking, which were the two most common careers for men and women at that time. As the career areas have changed and expanded, so have the 4-H projects. For example, today you may find projects in computers, GPS, ecology, wildlife, shooting sports, fitness, entrepreneurship, aerospace, electricity and four-wheeling.

The more traditional 4-H projects also have evolved over time.

Young people may learn about food and nutrition, which might lead to careers as a chef or dietitian, or simply to a capable, informed family member.

Projects in photography might lead to a full-time or a part-time career. Young people may also learn about finances and money management, forestry or safety.

The list is almost endless. As career exploration becomes more important to youths and their parents, 4-H offers a wonderful opportunity

for youths to explore a variety of topics, develop skills in those areas and then work with adults with expertise in those areas.

In addition to the 4-H projects, the organization also offers a variety of activities that help young people develop knowledge and skills they may use in their future careers. From public speaking to presentations, to contests and camps, youths have many opportunities to learn.

Another very important “career connection” with 4-H is in the development of workplace skills. The 4-H Motto says, “Make the Best Better.” That is one of the work values employers seek.

Through their 4-H activities and project work, youths learn how to work, to improve, to compete, to be fair, to serve others. 4-H actually is designed to teach life skills needed for youths to become successful adults and contributing members of our society.

Please consider participating in 4-H projects as part of the careerexploration activities for the young people in your life. For more information, contact your local UNL Extension office.

Teen recommends joining Food Revue project

By ADRIANNE KRUGER

Food Revue project.

Food Revue is a great My 4-H career started learning about eight years ago when experience I was 8. I was so excited when you that I was going to be in 4are older.

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I planned my menu around what I was going to make: Sweet Potato Pie With Pecan Streusel.

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Over the past five years, Cuming County 4-H has given me the opportunity to explore the innumerable career opportunities offered by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR).

These tours have been part of my Premier Animal Science Events (PASE) experience as a member of the Cuming County 4-H meats identification team and other separate career tours offered by 4-H. Our tours have covered many different areas including food science and technology; entomology; hospitality, restaurant and tourism management; pre-vet; animal science; horticulture; and turfgrass and landscape management.

The tours have shown options within majors. For example, the UNL Food Science Department had us make gummy worms with alginate on one tour, do an experiment with yogurt on another and even do a blind taste test.

Food science was a fun tour for me. Bio-bystems engineering showed us the tractor test lab. The meats science tour featured making hot dogs. In entomology, we did an experiment with termites.

The tours have helped me to determine what majors I have interest in. I found out about majors that are more suited to me, such as agricultural economics and food science. These majors suit me because I can use the skills I have gained through my 4-H projects.

I don’t yet know what my college major will be, but I have a better idea than I would have had if I didn’t go on any CASNR career tours.

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New role, crown for former 4-H member

By EMMA LAMMERS Hartington 4-H Alum

Tail fluffed — check.

Jeans clean — check.

This is a familiar checklist I run through right before I go into the ring to show my beautiful dairy cow. But this year was a bit different when I had the amazing opportunity to come back to the Cedar County Fair that Lammers I showed at when I was growing up.

Instead of running through the list myself, I said it out loud to my younger sister, Sarah, who was getting ready to go into the ring.

I grew up with my siblings, working every summer with my animals to prepare them to be the best show calf/cow I could.

You know that it is hard competing against older siblings who have been showing for five more years than you.

Dairying is an important part of my life and that is why I am coming back to the farm.

I was crowned the 2012 Nebraska Dairy Princess in March.

I am so very honored to be able to represent the

Lammers was crowned the 2012 Nebraska Dairy Princess in March.” state’s dairy industry. I never thought growing up that I would be a princess.

This fair season, I came back to the Cedar County Fair as the Nebraska Dairy Princess.

I was able to help out by handing ribbons to the contestants in the dairy show. I also was able to talk with the youths about their bucket calf project.

4-H has helped me in many ways because I was in 4-H for 10 years, not including the years before I could show for competition and did open class just for practice.

I learned all of the ropes of showing from my brothers, who were really great teachers. My father was right beside me when I showed my small calf the first time; I was so excited.

Since then, I have not stopped working with dairy cattle. From feeding to cleaning stalls, I love it so much.

I was so proud to see Sarah smile at me when she was named champion in the 3-year-old cow class.

I was super excited to give her the award she worked so hard for.

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Teen, grandmother work on winning wool dress

By ALEX LINDER Oakland 4-H’er

Last fall when walking past a bridal store, I saw a dress in the window — and immediately knew what my 2012 4-H Clothing project would be.

I went inside to take a closer look and inquire about the pattern.

The owner of the shop gave me the brand name of the dress and I started looking online to find a similar pattern.

I searched and searched the Internet and every store that we happened to stop at that carried patterns. I was unable to find anything even close.

My Grandma thought she maybe had a couple of vintage patterns at her house that we could combine to give us a starting point. I had total confidence in her because she has proven over and over that there is nothing she can’t do. My next focus was finding the perfect fabric.

I like to sew with wool, so a lightweight sage green wool, plus a darkbrown wool to use along the empire waist, were the next items to hunt for.

We checked some fabric stores but

the perfect fabric for the dress! I was so excited. Now to find the brown accent fabric, lining and a sage green zipper. Once again, the Internet came in handy.

My Grandma suggested we use an old bed sheet to practice with so we didn’t waste any fabric while creating our own pattern. I also altered the neckline, so it was just like I imagined it should be.

It was really a challenge to get the bodice and the lining to work because of the gathers at the empire waist.

We finally figured out that the seam allowance needed to be pressed down rather than up so it wouldn’t ruin the look of the gathering at the empire waist.

My sewing project this year was an exceptional challenge. All in all, learned a great deal making this CUMING COUNTY 4-H’er Alex Idress.

Linder of Oakland models her spe- I was very proud of the way I was cial wool dress. able to create my own design. And thank goodness, I have a very talented not too many places carry wool anygrandmother who has the patience more, so my Mom called the Pendleand knowledge to assist me with my ton outlet in Nebraska City. sewing projects.

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Teen constructs own clothing

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more than once.

Also time is a huge chalNothing beats a good lenge. shopping trip and I love to There just aren’t enough shop, but hours in a day to get everythere are thing done with jobs, school times when and activities. So if you’re a you just good bargain shopper, you can’t find can do very well (Dad says what you I’m the best), but still I love want or that to make a special outfit now “just right” EMILY STRONG and then. outfit for a It is so exciting to see it special ocall come together, and the casion isn’t exactly what you need. To challenge of trying someStrong out there. be honest, sewing clothes in thing new is fascinating.

That’s when it is great to this day and age isn’t neces- This year I made a jacket. be able to sit down and sew sarily cost effective.

The material looked like Patterns are very exleather, so I decided on a pensive. When you’re a short, stylish jacket with teenager, you don’t want zippers and pockets. The the same style in different really neat feature is that colors; you want different the zippers are sewed on the styles, so you’re most likely outside. not going to use that pattern It’s a classy look and a lot

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I was glad to see highwaistband shorts come back into fashion as I really like that look. I decided to try that, too.

The first pair didn’t turn out the best, so I made another pair using different fabric. (Practice makes perfect.)

The first pair really bothered me. I hated to waste them, so I got creative and fixed my mistakes using some of the jacket material.

Now I have two new looks instead of one.

I really don’t know how much sewing I will do when I get older, but I do know that if I can’t find what I want, I can make it and that is awesome.

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about what I would like if I had lost everything and was homeless. I planned and My family has a history packed the box with great of community service. 4-H membership only increased concern for the boy who would be receiving it. this part of my life.

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She and many others she munity-service projects and recruited tore strips from progressed to planning and recycled sheets donated by leading my own projects.

I remember the first time hospitals and motels into I really realized who people bandages.

After winding many in need were. bandages by hand, I made a Hats and Hugs for the simple winder for her that homeless was a project my made winding easier and sister, Ashley, developed faster.

Over 5,000 bandages and continues today. I was were sent to be used by mis5 when she took blankets sionaries in Third World she had made to a homeless countries. The winding concenter. tinues today.

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Along with three additional 4-H members (including my younger brother, Ronny), we were able to receive grants totaling over $5,000.

THIS EFFORT netted 42 cases of diapers, food, 10 flashlights with batteries, 20 pillows, five toasters, five Crock-Pots, five vacuums, five sets of pots and pans, cleaning kits, first aid kits, laundry kits and kitchen supply kits for victims of domestic violence; 30 baby care kits, 41 newborn kits, 60 AIDS/hospice kits and 75 personal care kits for the neediest of all in Third World countries; and undergarments and personal care supplies for newly released prisoners.

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It all seems to get put in different places and when it’s actually needed for gardening, it can’t be found anywhere! To solve that problem, I made a garden house.

It’s small and stylish — and looks like an outhouse. It can fit all of our gardening things.

It was all made from old scrap wood, so it is very cost effective and efficient.

I first started to make the garden house by cutting old landscaping timbers and screwing them to three 2-by-6 boards. Then the sides and back pieces of plywood were attached.

The plywood roof was next. And the door followed. It had been an old granary door; the hinges also were old and rusty, which added to the look.

My Grandpa had a bunch of old barn siding boards that were cut and used to decorate the outside. The shingles were last. Using an oldcolored stain on the new shingles completed the look perfectly.

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By LEAH PODLISKA Madison 4-H’er

This is my second year doing a 4-H rocket. My rocket is a U.S. Army Patriot.

My first step was to glue in my engine mount.

Then I had to glue the other piece of the body tube. Then I had to put When the fins on.

When I I was was sandsanding ing the the fins, fins, one one of of the four the four fins was fins was smaller than the smaller others. So than I brought the oth- them to my Mom. ers.

My Mom said, ‘’Leah! Why did you sand the other fin smaller than the others?” But the company did that. One of the fins came smaller than the others.

So my Mom used her band saw to cut the other fins like the one that was smaller, so they are all the same size.

It was hard to find a day that was very still.

When we shot them off, the igniter lit on fire. It left a burn mark on my rocket.

It was not pretty!

When there was a still day, we went to the Madi-

LEAH PODLISKA constructed a U.S. Army Patriot rocket. son County Fairgrounds and shot them off. My favorite part was launching them and then catching them.

The part I didn’t like was gluing the fins on.

When I was painting, I had to tape off everything I was not painting red.

Then I had to tape off the fins and the body tube to paint the nose cone. I painted the body tube in the middle white. The colors of my rocket are red, white and black.

I was excited that it went to the state fair!

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4-H members, family enjoy flag ceremony

Teenager delves into robotics

By EMILY SOLL

By AARON CHLEBORAD

This year, the 2012 Cedar County Fair was kicked off with a flag-raising ceremony.

All Cedar County Clover Kids, club and independent members were invited and encouraged to participate in the honor of raising the U.S. flag and the 4-H flag.

There were approximately 45 4-H members wearing their 4-H shirts and proudly singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” and reciting the 4-H Pledge.

After the ceremony, all of the participating 4-H members and their families enjoyed a hamburger/hot dog barbecue with chips, lemonade and ice cream treats sponsored by the Cedar County 4-H Council.

The grill-out was a nice reward for all of the work 4-H members do to ready the grounds for fair and the time and effort put into all of the exhibits.

This was the first time Cedar County 4-H members united to raise the flag at the fair.

It was awesome to see all of the members there and to be part of the official kickoff of the 2012 fair.

I hope this can become a

I am 13 years old and have been in 4-H for a while now.

This is the first year I’ve done a robot kit.

One day when I was on Amazon.com, I noticed a robotic arm that I thought was really cool. I asked my Mom if I could get it and she said yes.

Once I got it in the mail, I started to put it together almost right away. I had a lot of trouble because the tapping screws were so small they were next to impossible to screw in with the equipment we had.

Eventually, we got a new screwdriver and then it was a piece of cake. The robotic arm is controlled by a wired remote that is connected to the base. The robot can now move in five directions, has a searchlight and can lift up to 100 grams.

When I interviewed with the judge at the Madison County Fair, I was able to make my robotic arm pick up a stapler, which was really cool! I have a CD that will allow me to make this arm programmable, instead of just being able to be run by a remote.

Once I use this CD, my robotic arm will be able to read the programs I write for it. I had a ton of fun making it.

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CLARKSON 4-H’ER Trent Pekny constructed a porch swing from scratch as his 2012 4-H Woodworking project.

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I really enjoyed working on my project.

To have a 4-H WoodI decided early this year working project requires that I wanted to do one more woodworking project a lot of care in your work.

It takes hours of cutting for 4-H. boards, measuring and I have been in 4-H for sanding to get just the eight years and have allook and finish I want. My ways taken woodworking swing will be attached as one of my projects. I to the front porch of our looked online at different house. swings and found a photo My swing earned a speof a swing that I liked but could not find any similar cial recognition ribbon for construction at the state plans, so I made my own fair. In my past years in plans.

4-H, I have constructed I started by looking at an Adirondack chair and other benches or swings a cedar chest. The skills I and had to get an angle learned in 4-H also helped for the seat and the dime construct a gun cabinet mensions. It took a lot of in high school. planning and cardboard cutouts to get the style I 4-H has taught me a skill wanted, but it started com- I will be able to use the rest ing together. of my life.

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In the Floriculture project, you can pick up to four different cultivars of flowers and display three to five of them in a container for judging.

That is fun, but my

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In houseplants, you can make a desert garden, a terrarium or just plant your favorite flower.

I’ve been making desert gardens for two years and have won grand champion both times.

Floriculture is very fun and easy, and I encourage everyone to do it!

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I also want to say “thank you” to the Cedar County 4-H Council, Extension office and the agricultural society for all of the hard work they put into the fair.

They all deserve a purple ribbon.

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A Burt County 4-H grandmother related the following story about her young granddaughter’s experience with 4-H interview judging.

The judged asked the 4H member, “What was the hardest part about making your cookies?”

She replied: “Cracking the eggs.”

The girl continued, “ . . . I get some of the shell in the cookie dough.

Sometimes I take them out; sometimes I leave them in.

Grandpa likes them . . . he says they make his teeth stronger!”

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The Nebraska 4-H Strategic Plan for 2012-17 was realized after gathering input from stakeholders and the current 4-H membership and their families.

Areas of focus for the Nebraska 4-H Program under the five-year plan include: 4-H Science, Agricultural Literacy, Career Development/College Readiness, Citizenship and Leadership, and Healthy Living.

The desired outcome in the career development/ college readiness area is to help prepare youths to make informed decisions about their college and a career path.

By being involved in 4-H and youth programs, young people can develop skills that will lead to a greater college graduation rate and their employability.

This special area includes a program called “Connecting the Dots,” which was developed for high school freshmen.

The interactive careerexploration simulation program is designed to help freshmen learn more about careers of interest, as well as how to “connect the dots” from ninth grade through postsecondary study into the workplace.

A “Career Explorer — 4-H App” also was developed to be utilized by individuals wanting to find out more about specific careers. This app can be downloaded on a computer, iPhone or iPad by searching “4-H” in the app store.

For more information about the 4-H program, contact your local University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension office.

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beautiful fabrics that I spotted in projects they entered at the county fair and then at the state fair! I look forward to taking back what I’m learning again next year.

While I don’t know where I am headed after college, 4-H has put me in the right court with the right equipment. I love making clothes and have the skills to sew, design or analyze them.

To others, I would encourage you to use 4-H to try new things and challenge yourself. In the end, you might find your career.

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BRIAN POTTS (standing) shared his entomology knowledge with Clover Kids Marideth McGregor (from left), Ajay Gubbels, Caleb Erwin and Grace Kleinschmit at a special camp.

Laurel 4-H’er shares insect knowledge

At the Cedar County Clover Kid Camp, Brian Potts of Laurel helped give 42 Clover Kids the knowledge they needed to have a Clover Kid entomology project at the 2012 Cedar County Fair.

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To prepare for the Clover Kid camp, Brian collected 180 bugs so that each youth would have four bugs to display.

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prepared display boards, labeled each insect and organized them.

At the camp, Brian showed each Clover Kid his collection and explained how to start their own collection.

He showed them how to pin and label their insects.

Each camper selected four insects they wanted and created their display, readying it for the fair.

Many brought their displays to the fair.

Brian said he enjoys the 4-H Entomology project, especially when he finds an “awesome insect,” such as a zebra butterfly, to add to his collection.

This year he completed his second-year entomology display, which was made up of 73 insects from 12 orders.

The Cuming County Favorite Foods Revue is one of our all-time favorite 4-H events.

This contest lets you have fun in the kitchen by preparing one of your favorite foods and then presenting the food in a creative table display.

We love this contest because you can be creative, original and express your individuality.

It is fun to find items around our home to use in the table display, and we also like visiting with the judge about our favorite food and display.

To prepare, you first select your favorite food.

This year, we created Frozen Fruit Cups and Wild Animal Snack Mix (Adrianna and Kali, respectively). Then you plan a healthy menu for your theme.

When planning your menu, consider the nutrition requirements for your age group, along with My Plate guidelines.

The Frozen Fruit Cups were planned for a campfire-themed party. We enjoy having friends and family over for a campfire in the country on summer evenings.

The fruit cups can be made ahead of time to help save time at the party.

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This is my first year in 4-H. I wanted to join 4-H because a lot of my friends are in 4-H. I wanted to go to the meetings to be with my friends and learn what we could do in 4-H. There are a lot of projects you can do in 4-H. One of my projects this year was showing poultry.

I brought an 8-week old Silver Laced Wyandotte pullet.

My class at school had a science project in which we put 24 pasteurized eggs in an incubator and took notes on their progress of hatching.

After they hatched, we kept them for another week and after that, our teacher drew names. When our names were called, we picked out our own chick!

Our family didn’t know much about chickens, so we borrowed a DVD from the Cedar County Extension Office. Danny Wieseler also came to our house to teach us about raising and showing poultry.

My family helped me get started with my speech.

Then I did a lot of research on the Internet and practiced my speech twice a day.

All of the hard work was worth it because my pullet got a blue ribbon. I also was the grand champion junior showman.

I really liked this project because I have enjoyed raising my chicken.

Next year, I plan to show two chickens.

I’m glad I joined 4-H.

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4-H’er pleased with photos

By MARK McKIBBON Norfolk 4-H’er

Action!

In my second year in the 4-H Photography project, my goal was to take two photographs to the fair: one that showed emotion and the other that captured action.

First, I had to figure out what I was going to McKibbon take a photo of for my action photo. Then I got an idea because I have a major interest in tractor pulling and my family was planning to go to a tractor pull at Ravenna.

There were like 60 trac-

so the photo wasn’t blurry.

There are a lot of things I like about my Red Rock photo. I like how the back tire is wrinkled and it shows movement. I also like the way the dirt flies back beside the sled across the track and the stream of black smoke billowing from the smoke stack.

As it turned out, I was able to take the second photo I wanted to enter at the fair at the tractor pull, MARK McKIBBON, a member of the Pioneers too. I saw a group of kids playing and laughing along4-H Club, snapped this photo at a tractor pull in side the track. I was able to Ravenna. catch them playing peektors at the pull and I picked timing right, so I could get a-boo.

Red Rock to take a photo the full tractor in the shot.

I like 4-H because I live of because it is one of my This was the most difficult in the city and it’s the one favorites. I had to take sev- part of the whole process. week I get to show livestock eral practice photos of other I learned that I had to and feel like a country kid. tractors before Red Rock change the camera setting In 4-H, you will meet a lot came to the line to get the to adjust the shutter speed, of nice people and it is fun.

Girl enjoys creating crafts ADAM GABEL (right) of Lincoln tries out the horse swing his cousin, Brent Podliska, refurbished for him. As a 4-H’er, Adam’s mother had constructed the swing for Brent.

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I gave the swing to my aunt’s son, Adam, for his birthday last month after I exhibited it at the state fair.

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This year my favorite project was an intergenerational quilt I made with my Great-Grandma Alvina Dalager. It was special to work with her and learn her great talent of quilting.

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do in 4-H. These are days scheduled with lots of fun I have been in 4-H for crafts to make ahead for the three years.

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I really think that 4-H is a Some of the exhibits I’ve great program and I would entered at the fair over the encourage others to join! years include canned salsa, I like to learn to make apple butter, pajama pants, new things each year, and table runner, painted canvas I really like to meet new CHARLI Schlomer, 11, people.

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2012 Madison County Fair scenes

ERIC BLANK (left) of Madison interview-judges a photo entered by Norfolk 4-H’er Hailey Walmsley while her mother, Lynn, observes. Blank is a former Madison County 4-H’er who shared his expertise as a judge at the fair.

MATTHEW RAST of Newman Grove models the vest he constructed during the pre-fair 4-H style revue.

KYLE WYLIE of Pilger assembles a robot during a Stanton County 4-H workshop in Stanton in June.

ANN OSWALD of Madison, a graduate of the Madison County 4-H program, returned to the 2012 fair as the favorite foods judge.

Firefly photo earns special recognition

By DEMI SCHUTTE Dixon 4-H’er

I have been a member of the New Generation 4-H Club since I was 8 years old.

I have done many projects in 4-H, such as horses, flowers and baking, but my most favorite is photography.

This year my photography qualified for the Nebraska State Fair.

My photo features the details of a firefly. I won the championship in Level 3 photography at the Dixon County Fair and also special recognition for it being so detailed.

It has taught me to take better photos, so as I go on with my life, I will never miss a memory.

Bringing photo entries to the fair every year has taught me many things.

It has taught me to take better photos, so as I go on with my life, I will never miss a memory.

I will be sad that next year will be my last year of 4-H but will look forward to watching my sisters continue in 4-H.

DEMI SCHUTTE’S photo of a firefly was exhibited at the 2012 state fair.

4-H members work with robots Nearly 400,000 4-H youths nationwide now participate in robotics and engineering programs through 4-H clubs.

In spring 2011, the National 4-H Council launched the first-ever, comprehensive robotics curriculum for youths from fourth to 12th grades: Robotics: Engineering for Today and Tomorrow.

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There is proof that 4-H’s science programs have a positive impact on youths.

According to research conducted by the Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development at Tufts University, young people involved in 4-H perform better in science, engineering and technology subjects and are more likely to pursue science careers.

At a time when the U.S. is falling behind other countries in these fields, 4-H is uniquely preparing America’s youths to step up to the challenges of a complex and changing world.

Ag literacy focus of programs

Here in the heart of rural America, it is hard to image that many young people have no idea where their food comes from.

When asked “Where does milk come from?” many youngsters readily reply “the grocery store.”

This answer is not only incorrect, but it’s not surprising because according to the Animal Agriculture Alliance: “The average American is now at least three generations removed from the farm and has become dependent on supermarkets and restaurants to supply almost all of their food needs.”

The Nebraska 4-H Program would like to change the typical response to the question “Where does milk come from?” to the correct answer, from a dairy cow.

As part of the Nebraska 4-H Strategic Plan for 2012-17, agricultural literacy was identified as one of the outcome areas to be targeted by stakeholders.

In Nebraska, one in three jobs is dependent on agriculture and agribusinesses.

The state 4-H agricultural literacy team is working to create a schoolbased program that will educate youths in grades kindergarten through fourth grade about how agriculture impacts their daily lives.

Lessons will encompass animals, food products, natural resources and plants.

Agricultural literacy is not only going to be addressed through the school-based program but also through the traditional 4-H club program, afterschool programs, camps and many other avenues.

The long-term impact for the agricultural literacy outcome area includes having informed consumers who will advocate for agriculture in Nebraska.

Life skills that youths will develop through their participation in the project include communication, decision making and wise use of resources. ***

Want to learn more?

Contact a county University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension office.

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Juleen Brand (left in top photo) of Norfolk assists son Tyler in assembling his wooden robotic dinosaur during the Madison County 4-H Winter Project Day in Norfolk in late January. The sessions gave the youths a head start on their 4-H entries for the Madison County Fair. 4-H leader Nancy Moore (left in above photo) of Norfolk helps Laikon Ames and sister Alexa of Hoskins with their framed snowmen projects.

COUSINS JOSIE Rademacher (left) and Mackenzie Kuszak teamed to create this Quilt of Valor.

12-year-old 4-H’ers create Quilt of Valor Miles may have separated cousins Josie Rademacher of Lincoln and Mackenzie Kuszak of Omaha (now of Texas), but that didn’t stop them from collaborating on a Quilt of Valor.

The 12-year-olds, who are Sherman County 4-H’ers, decided to make the quilt as a community-service project. A Quilt of Valor is a handmade tribute to a service member injured in the War on Terror.

The girls were given the navy blue with stars, red with stars, and red, blue, white and tan-striped fabric.

They purchased the border, navy blue backing and the batting to complete the quilt.

Josie and Mackenzie would each work on her half of the quilt — with a log cabin design — while visiting their grandmother, Janet Kuszak of Ashton in Sherman County.

Kerri Morrow of Ashton did the quilting. Josie and Mackenzie stitched the binding when they had a few spare moments between their other activities.

Karen Grant (right in above photo), a 4-H leader from Meadow Grove, offers guidance as Miranda Bredehoeft of Norfolk stitches her table runner. In the photo at right, Johanna Miller (right) of Norfolk assists daughter Christina as she irons her butterfly-patterned table runner.

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4-H helps to bridge the years, gather memories

By JONI (McDONALD) ISOM Page 4-H Leader

THESE EIGHT youths made history when they became the first members of the new Kid Tracks 4-H Club in Pierce County.

Kid Tracks a new club in Pierce Co.

By JENNIFER FRITZ Plainview 4-H Leader

4-H to us is not a kids’ group; it is a “family” group.

That’s what our new group — the Kid Tracks 4-H Club in Pierce County — is focused around: families!

Kids have such a hunger to learn, but most need a little guidance and direction.

What better way to instill lifelong values than working and learning together with kids your own age, while being influenced by your parents.

Our 4-H group creates an environment where learning is being done but with fun as the main focus.

THROUGH the past year, our group has created projects that have opened the idea closet of the members’ minds.

The youths have challenged themselves and become more confident with who they are.

4-H is not only about creating projects with your hands but creating yourself through strengthening your mind.

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AT THIS same time, my future husband, Rod, was busy readying his 4-H projects in Wayne County.

He spent hours getting hogs ready to show, which definitely can be reflected in his career as a hog manager today.

He also talks about several other 4-H projects, including welding, another skill he still employs today.

As our kids came along and turned that magic number, making them eligible for 4-H, there was no doubt in our minds that 4-H would be beneficial to them. We joined the 4-H

ranks in Holt County.

With five kids, we’ve been exposed to many projects. Everything from the ones we grew up with and felt comfortable with, to woodworking, quilting, taxidermy, dogs and beyond.

However, true to our findings with 4-H, our kids are still using these skills in their everyday lives as they venture out on their own.

We are down to only two kids still at home and in 4-H, but all of them have some beautiful treasures from their 4-H projects, as well as trophies, ribbons and memories of their own.

Thank you 4-H for bringing families together and teaching lifelong skills to many, many people throughout the ages!

4-H’er creates scarf project with help from Kool-Aid

By ERICA LEADER

and patience to see the completed This was my first year project. It in 4-H and I had a great took four time attending project days weeks sponsored by the Madison from start County Extension Office. to finish to I attended one project day complete. in January and another one Here is in April. how I comAt the April event, Unipleted my versity of Nebraska-Lintie-dye silk Leader coln Extension educator scarf.

First, place the silk scarf on Lee Sherry taught us how a table with the right side down. to tie-dye a silk scarf using Next, place the Kool-Aid mix on Kool-Aid. This project was only half of the scarf. so easy but required time The Kool-Aid mix needs to be Norfolk 4-H’er

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Then, cover the Kool-Aid with the other half of the scarf.

Then roll or scrunch up the scarf until it is the size of your fist and secure with string.

Lastly, place in a zip-lock bag and add one-half cup of vinegar.

Label your bag with your combination of Kool-Aid mix and place in a large cup.

Now your product needs to sit for two weeks. After two weeks, unwrap the string, shake out your product and hang to dry.

Let your scarf hang for two weeks to let the color set. Then wash your scarf in Woolite and hang to dry. After your scarf is dry, iron it to set the color.

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I grew up enjoying 4-H in Knox County.

Showing horses was my favorite project. I have many fond memories, as well as trophies and ribbons, of the many hours spent preparing and actually showing my horse. I even managed to qualify for the state 4-H horse show three years!

Along with the many hours spent with my horse, I remember doing sewing, cooking and photography projects, refinishing an old trunk of my great-grandmother’s and a few crafts along the way. Many of those skills are ones I still use today!

I also attended several 4-H camps, both at the county level and several at the Nebraska 4-H Camp

at Halsey. I really enjoyed them and volunteered as a counselor in later years.

These 4-H opportunities helped prepare me for life to be a teacher, as well as a parent. Not to mention the lifelong friendships built!

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By CARA LEADER Norfolk 4-H’er

In January, I attended a Madison County 4-H Project Day at the Lifelong Learning Center in Norfolk.

This is my second year in 4-H and I have found the project days to be fun while creating projects for the county fair. One of the projects I chose to complete that day was a T-shirt chemistry project.

The needed items were a white T-shirt, Sharpie markers, rubbing alcohol, rubber bands and plastic cups.

First, place a plastic cup under the T-shirt and secure with a rubber band.

Next, use a Sharpie marker to create a design only in the area secured with the rubber band.

You want to use colors that complement each other on the color wheel, so the darker color does not dominate. Then, place 20 drops of rubbing alcohol on the design on your T-shirt.

Let the area dry completely and then move the cup to another area of the T-shirt and repeat the process. Continue repeating the process until you reach your desired design.

This project was fun and easy. I enjoyed completing this project and am enjoying wearing my T-shirt.

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By MEGAN REUTER

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This is my fifth year in 4-H. One of my 4-H projects for the Dixon County Fair was backpack snacks. It was a communityservice project I organized for my club, Pop’s Partners.

I first made Samuelson it my demonstration for our club meeting.

I sent an email assigning the families with which items they needed to bring. I had every family bring enough items for 20 bags.

At the meeting, we formed an assembly line and every club member picked what he or she wanted to put in the gallon-sized zip-lock bag.

As a club, we made 20 bags to donate to our local food pantry.

Wakefield’s Food Pantry has a government backpack program, which provides area students enough food for the weekend.

I created a backpack snack package for my fair project, which I entered under “citizenship services item.”

It received a purple ribbon and qualified for the state fair.

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MEGAN REUTER can display photos on the “Friends Hanger” she constructed from wood. eyelet screws, strung a wire through them and used mini clothespins to display all of my many photos.

Adding just a few more details, my hanger was finished! By the time I had finished my picture hanger, I had spent more time in my dad’s garage than he had.

Woodworking projects like this one can be a great,

inexpensive way to create custom projects and solve photo-displaying dilemmas . . . like mine!

Woodworking is a great 4H project for anyone to try.

I have learned a lot of things from doing this project, and I plan to use my new woodworking skills to solve problems that may arise in the future.

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recipe file keeps growing.

I don’t need to worry Where can you find about mistaking my recipe breakfast, dinner, lunch, box with anyone else’s, with dessert, snack, bread, casthe unique and fun design I serole and tons of other created on the outside. And recipes? if my recipe cards ever get Of course, a recipe book! mixed up with my mom’s . . .

But where can you find MY I think it will be pretty easy favorite recipes? In my Fast to tell which ones are mine.

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It was really neat to work on this project with my Mom and sister Charli, too. They also helped tie my quilt. It was fun to work on it together while we all laughed and talked!

I will always have special memories of making my first quilt that qualified for the state fair!

I would encourage kids of all ages to join 4-H!

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I have learned a lot by being in 4-H. I have canned salsa and apple butter; baked cookies; learned to tie-dye a Tshirt; and learned to sew my own pajama pants and a table runner.

My favorite 4-H project I made this year was an intergenerational quilt.

My quilt is named “Color Me Crazy” because of all of the bright colors of fabric.

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If you are anything like me, then your dressers and shelves are filled with photos of good times with your family and friends.

But eventually, the shelves fill up and all of your picture frames are already full. What does that mean?

It’s time to start displaying the photos on the wall.

But being a 4-H’er, I knew I couldn’t just tape the photos on the wall. I had to create a project to solve my problem.

With one idea leading to another, I eventually came up with the idea of my “Friends Hanger.” I used a band saw to cut the letters and then used black and teal paint to give them a look that matches my personality.

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Youth entrepreneurs build business ideas at camp

All in the family

By KAYLA HINRICHS

Central IV Extension Educator

Twenty-two inventive youths launched new businesses during a four-day Entrepreneurship Innovation Camp conducted in Ord in Valley County.

The free event featured opportunities to learn about individual strengths; meet local entrepreneurs and learn about their businesses; work with financial advisers to review business plans and sell their new products at a Market Place event.

ESI (Entrepreneurship Investigation) Camp encourages kids to explore their personalities, talents and hobbies and learn how to turn those interests into a business idea.

Campers also are challenged to think about business needs in their communities and how to market local businesses on a global scale.

Campers spent the first day touring local businesses and job-shadowing business owners.

At the Valley County Economic Development/Ord Area Chamber offices, the group discussed practicing exceptional customer service; the importance of marketing through websites, e-commerce and social media; and the benefits of living and working in rural Nebraska.

DAIRY CATTLE exhibition is a family affair for the four Tinker siblings: Brett (from left), Collin, Bailey and Tyler.

4-H a family affair for four Tinkers and, of course, the dairy cattle and to see who will do the best in showmanship.

With each year in 4-H, we have grown. We have *** had to step out of our Our journey into 4-H comfort zones and try to began at our uncles’ dairy give good interviews to farm. the judges with all of our When each of us turned projects and hide all the 4 years old, they always nerves when entering the had a calf for us to show show ring. in the peewee calf show at 4-H has helped us grow the Pierce County Fair. in our confidence and We liked showing so knowledge, as well as grow much that we couldn’t wait as a family. until we were old enough As siblings, we have to join 4-H. It has grown learned to work together into a family fair tradition: by helping each other spending time with family groom and care for these black and white beauties.

We also have become Innovative more independent with our cattle and other projSolutions To Meet ects for our parents and Your us.

Editor’s note: The following article was written by the four Tinker family 4-H members from Randolph: Tyler, 16; Bailey, 15; Collin, 13; and Brett, 10.

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But companion animal science is not limited to veterinarians. Other possible Frequently, 4-H helps a youth identify health care careers with companion animals include research scientists, a career he or she would like to pursue. veterinary technicians, geneticists and One area 4-H’ers might focus their career interest on is the companion animal pharmacists. industry.

With the increase in sales of products With many industries cutting back, and services, there are also jobs available this is an area that continues to grow in in pet product development. Jobs in pet spite of the recent economic recession. service include behaviorists, trainers, There has been an increase in the degroomers, and boarding and day care mand for professionals with knowledge facility employees, as well as photograof the companion animal industry to ful- phers. fill companion animal-related careers.

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Poster educates fairgoers about equine disease EPM

By CHLOE VOLK Battle Creek 4-H’er

I had a special project this year in the veterinary science division of the 4-H Equine Science project.

It proved a good way to educate people about a horse disease that is difficult to diagnosis and has affected some of our own horses.

The disease is called equine protozoal yeloencephalitis (EPM), also known as possum fever.

I had a lot of fun researching the information.

I now better understand the signs and symptoms of this disease.

It is a neurological disease and diagnosing those signs and symptoms can be difficult.

I also learned about

some new treatments we had not used on our horse.

During my interview at the Madison County Fair, I was able to educate the judge because he had not heard of this disease. My poster qualified for the state fair.

4-H teaches responsibility, trying new things and meeting new people.

Every year I learn something new and I hope to get someone else excited about the opportunities 4- CHLOE VOLK researched H has presented me. the EPM disease.

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I have been in 4-H for six years. It has been very fun and has taught me so much.

This is my sixth-consecutive year doing presentations. This year, I did my presentation about duct tape. I talked about the history, colors, uses and finally the products made with duct tape.

It took a lot of time to handmake all of the projects I did from duct tape. I even took an old dress and covered it with duct tape!

I gave my presentation in front of a judge and audience at the Holt County Pre-Fair Day in Atkinson. I was the champion intermediate presenter, as well as the premier presenter for Holt County.

I qualified for the state fair for the fourth-consecutive year as my county’s premier presenter. Giving presentations has helped prepare me to talk in front

“4-H is really fun and I highly recommend trying it. It opens up new doors of opportunity and helps you find confidence.”

HANNA CRONK of big crowds.

I have learned how to make posters and a good speech, too. I am now able to talk more easily in front of people and will use this experience in high school speech this year.

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I can save money by constructing clothes I’ll wear now and in the future.

Buying fabric is a lot less money than buying an outfit. Depending on the fabric, you can even make accessories out of any fabric left. Plus, when on a budget, you could have a lot more clothes by making them.

Jeans could be close to $100 in a store, but constructing them from purchased denim and maybe creating the dye effects yourself are a lot cheaper.

I made a shirt that drapes down in the front, and you see a lot of stores with those kinds of shirts.

Mine looks like it’s right from one of those stores!

Purchased from a store, they could be $40, but mine was less than half of that! I also sewed a skirt to match, and sometimes you can’t find tops and bottoms that go together.

With the outfit, I won the Pierce County 4-H junior style revue championship.

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BOONE COUNTY 4-H’er Emily Cumming models her “tuck dress.”

Boone County youth’s garment features tucks

By EMILY CUMMING

fabric more than the other types of fabric material.

I spent my free time this The dress turned out a lot summer creating a “tuck better than I first imagdress.” ined.

The red/rust dress took The pattern was a lot me a while to create, but smaller than I was. I had the tucks were not as chal- to adjust the pattern by lenging as I first thought. adding on to the material But having to make the when I was cutting out the tucks even and stitching fabric. the tucks without catching It was a good idea I the other material was dif- added the couple extra ficult. inches because it is a very The hardest part was fitted dress and would trying to get the tucks have been too small. from the front to match I am very excited to to up even with the tucks on be able to wear my dress the back. Working with the for many different occaknit fabric was difficult, sions throughout the year. but fun, too.

I hope there will be many I must say I really do different occasions for me enjoy working with knit to wear it.

St. Edward 4-H’er

Spotlight on unique projects The works of 26 Nebraska youths are featured in Celebration of Youth XIX: Exploding Boundaries from Sept. 17 through Oct. 13.

The exhibition site is the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery in the Home Economics Building on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln East Campus.

Among area youths whose 4-H exhibits were chosen for the gallery are: n Emily Cumming of St. Edward (story and photo on this page). n Sydney Owen of Norfolk (story and photos on this page). n Jarod Podliska of Madison (see story and photo on page 15-A). n Jenna Williams of Ainsworth (photo on this page).

Other area exhibitors are: Cuming County — Lauren Jacobsen, umbrella skirt, and Rebecca McKay, white wool coat; Colfax County — Triston Palenske, horse from scrap metal.

The selected items were chosen from more than 3,000 entries in the clothing, home environment and Quilt Quest departments of the 2012 Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island.

JENNA WILLIAMS of Ainsworth was the top 4-H Quilt Quest Award recipient in the Level 1 quilted exhibit division at the 2012 state CRYSTAL BRAKHAGE of Tobias fair. Her colorful quilt was chosen created a newsprint costume for the Robert Hillestad Textiles dress for her Decorate Your Duds Gallery exhibition.

4-H project. The Saline County 4-H of workshops taught by faculty member’s work is now on display day from the UNL Textiles, Merchandisat the Robert Hillestad Textiles ing & Design Department on SaturGallery. day, Oct. 13.

The artists’ talks will be open to the The 26 exhibitors and their parents public at 5:30 p.m. have been invited to participate in a

Assorted items used in design of ‘fuzzy’ chair Youngsters will find fuzzy warmth by sitting in Sydney Owen’s fun yarn chair.

The Norfolk 4-H’er found the idea while looking through a Lion brand yarn catalog.

She showed it to her neighbor, Leonor, who said she had a children’s chair that would work great.

Sydney began looking through her family’s knitted scarves, slippers and dishcloth collection for items she could incorporate into her chair.

Now she’s trying to decide what to do with her chair after it returns from exhibition at the Robert Hillestad Textiles

Gallery in Lincoln on Oct. 13.

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West Point 4-H’er

My adventure began several years ago when my family decided to try a new project for 4-H: poultry.

This idea came from my younger sister because she was starting her first year in 4-H and thought it would be fun to show chickens. My parents didn’t have any experience raising or showing chickens, so we all had a lot of learning to do.

We began by researching the breeds of show chickens we were interested in. My Dad and I made pens and cages in our barn for the chickens.

We also studied the supplies needed, along with nutrition and feed data for chickens and ducks.

I watched a video presentation on chicken showmanship. The showmanship routine took a lot of practice, along with learning how to give a chicken a bath.

In addition to showing chickens and ducks, I have hatched several hundred eggs with help from my uncle. Many people have helped us learn more about poultry, including my Grandpa, other poultry showmen and breeders, and several local 4-H members.

I have shown chickens and ducks in 4-H for two years.

My favorite breed of chicken is the Black Cochin and my favorite duck is the Grey Call.

The 4-H Poultry project has been fun, as well as a great adventure for the whole family. I have met many new people and made new friends by trying a new project!

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Norfolk 4-H’er

TYSON SAUSER (from left), Emelie Johnson and Grace Van Metre, all of Bloomfield, transformed bowling balls into decorative gazing balls at a project day.

Project day is full of entries for county fair

By RUTH VONDEROHE

fishing equipment were positioned on the board. The boards were found in the 4-H wildlife area at the fair.

Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Texas shared June 15 was a busy day her newly acquired talents for Knox County 4-H’ers. with 14 4-H’ers.

The morning activities The youths learned cakeat the 4-H Project Day decorating basics, types of THE CANVAS prints included designing a tiefrostings and decorating dye T-shirt, constructing a were created by placing a techniques. fish-harvesting board and thin layer of medium gel on The final project includa canvas, and then a trans- ed decorating cupcakes producing canvas prints.

The afternoon was spent parency with their favorite and cookies. learning to decorate cakes photo was placed on the Also that afternoon, 32 canvas. and designing garden gazing balls were made out A cool antique design spheres. of recycled bowling balls. was placed on the canvas.

Tammy Witchey, a 4-H The 4-H members had The projects were entered mom, taught 15 4-H mem- under “portfolio pathways” an opportunity to paint, debers how to change plain sign and fashion their own at the fair. white T-shirts into stylish individual yard sphere with The special afternoon T-shirts with Sharpie mark- guest was Alicia Dather, a gems and jewels. ers. former Knox County 4-H They definitely won’t The cool creations were member from Niobrara. blow away in the Nebraska entered under the Decorate The graduate of the Le wind.

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I have been an independent 4-H member in Madison County for seven years. A fun project I made this year is a bag created from an old pair of blue jeans. I cut the legs off, then sewed the bottom of the jeans closed.

To make the lining, I folded the material that I had chosen and cut it about an inch larger than the jeans on each side, except the folded one. I made a pocket out of a coordinating material and sewed it on to the middle of one side of the lining.

Then I sewed the lining together, inside out, on each side. I sewed two long, thin strips of material to use for handles, and another longer strip for a belt.

Next, I decorated the jeans. I chose polka-dotted buttons to sew on the front and put sparkly, pink heart iron-on patches on the back

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pockets. I edged each of the pockets with beaded lace. When the decorations were completed, I assembled the bag. I sewed on the handles and then inserted and sewed in the lining. Lastly, I put the belt on and tied it in a bow on the front.

I love this project because every bag I create is different. The bag I made for the fair this year is fun, pink and polka-dotted.

Another bag I made a couple years ago is Nebraska Husker themed. A cute bag that my sister made doesn’t really even have a theme. These bags can be designed so many ways.

I am considering taking the suggestion of the judge and starting an entrepreneurship project for the fair next year by creating a business in which I’d make and sell these bags.

Congratulations and continued success to all 4-H Clubs!

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Horses can teach humans as well

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O’Neill 4-H’er

There’s an abundance of dust in the air as the sun beats down on an arena that’s filled with horses and their riders.

It may seem like a slowmoving race as riders lap each other, some steeds flying around the arena while others barely crawl along. To someone who’s never seen a western pleasure class, it may come as a surprise that the slowest horse may win.

Showing horses has been my number one project since before I started 4-H. It’s fun, you meet many types of people and the lessons you learn from working with horses are everlasting.

Horses are intelligent, graceful, strong and courageous creatures. They’ve always been a part of my life for as long as I can remember.

They are fascinating animals to be around; they have a will of their own and can be your best friend. Meeting people and making friends who have the same “horse-y” interests as you is a bonus.

Horses are able to teach a person almost any life lesson. A few of the skills I have picked up on include: understanding, responsibility, work ethic, relentless patience and even the sim-

KYLEE WHITEHILL vies at the Holt County Fair. plest skill of listening.

I’ve learned how to paint a horse’s hooves like girls paint their nails. Giving a horse a bath became a natural thing to do before every show.

Working endless hours to make that perfect barrel or pole run often pays off. Events in the arena — especially showmanship — teach you that presentation is everything, along with hard work and a consistent smile.

The equine project often goes outside of 4-H. The rules and regulations learned through 4-H will carry on into my future and make me a better horseman.

It also will help with basic skills I use in everyday life. Working with horses in 4-H has encouraged me to continue my love for them into the future.

THREE GIRLS transform teacups into wind chimes during the 2012 Making Money Camp in Pender.

Money camp taught kids valuable lessons Twenty-two fifth- through eighth-graders had a great time learning how to be successful entrepreneurs at the 2012 Making Money Camp in Pender in June.

Participants had fun while learning how to develop a business plan, borrow money from a banker, and create their own business cards and billboard and radio ads. Each camper created products to sell.

The items included brownie mixes, fishing lures, golf counters, scrapbooks and wind chimes that they sold to Pender residents. As part of the camp, the youths

toured or heard from six entrepreneurial businesses in Pender, with the owners sharing how they got started, what skills they needed and what they look for in employees.

“When we started the camp, most of the youths didn’t know they would be able to start their own business, but by the end of the camp, several of the youths were talking about potential businesses they could start,” said Jennifer Hansen, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension educator in Thurston County.

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4-H has a long history of and emergency preparedinnovation and community ness — and 4-H’ers have impact. succeeded!

Current research indiBeginning in 1902 with cates that 4-H’ers are betthe 4-H Corn Club, all of the way up to present-day ter equipped to contribute and lead, as compared to robotics clubs, 4-H’ers their peers. have stepped up to tackle Results show that youths challenges ranging from food security and environ- in 4-H: mental issues to bullying n Are more civically ac-

tive and make more civic contributions to their communities. n Report better grades and are two times more likely to plan to go to college. n Are shown to have significantly lower drug, alcohol and cigarette use than their peers.

An email had gone out on July 24 asking for help in the efforts to provide for the many local firefighters who were helping to battle the blaze in the Niobrara Valley of Nebraska.

It happened to be the day of the Sherman County 4-H beef show.

In visiting with the county’s 4-H council officers, it was decided to pass a bucket to get donations for the cause.

The 4-H council would match the donations up to $250. As the bucket passed through the stands, many generous patrons opened their billfolds.

IT WAS announced that $402.45 had been raised to help feed and provide supplies for many of the local firefighters who were risking their lives to help others while fighting this blaze.

It was then decided to re-invest the $402.45 and the $250 given by the Sherman County 4-H Council.

By purchasing $652.45 worth of supplies from a local entrepreneur and grocer, the money again benefited others before it left Sherman County.

4-H is so lucky to have many people who help youths by giving of their time and talents to help others.

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This is a great example of why Nebraska is a great place to live.

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Clay Curtis of Royal studies the class of poultry at the Antelope County 4-H Livestock Judging Contest at the fairgrounds in Neligh.

ZACH SEXTRO restored this end table that had been owned by his greatgreat-grandparents.

By JACEY WOLFF Madison 4-H’er

I want to tell you about the dress I made for 4-H this year.

I learned some new techniques while working on it. I received a purple ribbon and also the grand championship in the Sewing for You class at the Madison County Fair.

My dress also qualified for the state fair.

I have been sewing for about five years. Sewing is a very fun thing to do, and I think others also should learn to sew.

4-H is an awesome activity to be involved in. You can do so many things in 4-H, and I have learned a lot from being in it.

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I glued the pieces together and filled the I acquired a table for a cracks and nail holes on 4-H project when my Dad the frame and legs with and I were cleaning out wood filler. I then sanded the back garage. the frame pieces and legs.

The small end table The next part was to had belonged to my great- get new braces and a new great-grandparents who table top. Since I don’t own had lived in our house for any saws, my neighbor many years up to 1974. helped me.

The table was in bad I had to make new leg shape. The first thing I braces based on the old dedid was remove the layers sign and new frame braces of flooring that had been and two top braces so I nailed into its top. didn’t need to go through Next I removed the legs, the top. I also shortened the top and the braces the pieces of the frame so holding the frame tothey would fit better. gether. I saved the frame I then purchased, glued and legs. and sanded a piece of I then proceeded with removing the old varnish and stain with stripper.

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My Grandpa had a router that I used to give the top a decorative edge.

I then drilled holes in the new braces and assembled the fame. The next task was giving the table a new stain.

After staining the frame, top and legs, I gave them a coat of varnish to seal them. After drying, I screwed the top into the top braces that were screwed into the frame.

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