4-H Rocket Launch

4-H Kitchen Photography Theme

If you’ve ever taken a photo you could qualify as a “4-H Blooper” search through your camera, your computer or your phone to find it! This is the photography theme the 4-H Council decided on this year to display in the 4-H Kitchen. Make a print of your photo, a 5”x7” size is easier to see and add any information that explains or makes the blooper funnier. Bring it to the Extension Office before the county fair, or just bring it to the fair and put it up along the food line wall in the 4-H Kitchen. Of course you may add who the photographer is, unless you’re safer if they don’t know!

Pie Day II:

If you missed helping make 101 apple and strawberry-rhubarb pies last week, you are in luck! Pie Day II is this Saturday, July 25 at the Vet’s Building in Oakland. We will start at 8:00 a.m. to make cherry, peach and apricot pies. If you like one of those types of pies, please come on over to Oakland and help. All volunteers are welcome and 4-H members and families are vital to make this big project happen. Hopefully we will be done about 2:00 p.m. (4-H Council will provide lunch for the pie makers) and we will move to the 4-H Kitchen to make the frozen fruit cups for the fair. If you are available for either or both of these pre-fair projects we would appreciate it very much. Hope to see you there!

Bicycle Rodeo:

The 4-H Bicycle Rodeo will be held this Thursday evening, July 23 at the Lutheran Church parking lot in Oakland beginning at 6:30 p.m. Spectators are always welcome, just bring your own lawn chair. The event is comprised of a safety quiz and four riding events. 4-H Clover Kids ages 5-7 are encouraged to take part as well. Bicycle helmets are encouraged for this activity to help emphasize the safety element of bicycle riding. Riders are encouraged to call the Nebraska Extension Office in Burt County at 402-374-2929 by noon the day of the contest so we know how many plan to attend.

Rocket Launch Results

The Burt County 4-H Rocket Launch was held both Tuesday and Thursday evenings, July 14 & 16 at Rogers Sod Farm south of Decatur. Because I printed both dates in previous newsletters, and our judge, George Weiland only lived a short distance away and was available, we decided to offer it both nights. It may have been a good decision as we had eleven young rocketeers participate!

We had varying degrees of success from perfect launches, to an aerobic jog retrieving a rocket, to an arced launch that ended up looking like a lawn dart toss as it plunged into the sod, then “burped” as the parachute recovery system activated. The

4-H rocket launch contest is never boring!

Champion and Reserve Champion ribbons will be awarded during the awards presentation after the fashion show, Friday, August 7^th. Results of the contest are as follows:

Brent Miller, Lyons                      Purple – Champion

Brayden Anderson, Lyons            Purple – Reserve Champion

Caleb Schlichting, Lyons              Purple

Michael Bracht, West Point          Purple

Colten Miller, Lyons                     Blue

Elise Anderson, Lyons                 Blue

Andrew Schlichting, Lyons           Blue

Layne Miller, Lyons                     Blue

Clover Kids:

Linden Anderson, Lyons              Clover Kid

Eli Schlichting, Lyons                   Clover Kid

Gavin Johnson, Oakland              Clover Kid

Mary Loftis,

Extension Assistant
UNL Extension – Burt County
111 North 13th Street, Suite 6
Tekamah, NE 68061
Phone: (402) 374-2929

Fax: (402) 374-2930

Internet: mloftis2@unl.edu

Gavin Johnson of Oakland gets a little help from 4-H Rocket Leader Steve Schlichting, and his Dad, Larry (hidden) on his first rocket launch. Also pictured, Eli and Andrew Schlichting. Photo Credit/Mary Loftis.

4-H Rocket Launch Day One group: Elise Anderson, Brayden Anderson, Linden Anderson and Colten Miller all of Lyons. Photo Credit/Mary Loftis.

Brent Miller with his Champion 4-H Rocket Launch, Thursday July 16.
Photo Credit/Mary Loftis.