March is Bake and Take Month

March is Bake and Take Month

By Mary Loftis, Extension Assistant

March is Bake & Take Month, a time when wheat organizations encourage others to bake a wheat food and share it with family, friends, neighbors, co-workers and shut-ins. In honor of the month, the Nebraska What Board is again sponsoring recipe cards and stickers for any 4-H groups or other organizations that wish to participate. This year’s recipes include low-cal, fat free brownies and fudge cookie bars. Those interested in participating or who have questions can contact the Nebraska Wheat Board office at 402-471-2358 orwheat.board@nebraska.gov. There is no cost for the supplies, and no limit on the number that can be requested. Those wishing to preview the recipes before requesting materials can find them listed on the Wheat Board’s website homepage at: http://www.nebraskawheat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-Bake-Take-cards-for-print.pdf. Whether you use their recipes or a favorite of your own, you’ll be providing not only a tasty treat for someone else, you’ll be doing a feel-good and taste-good community service as well!

4-H Snow/Snowless Sculpture Contest

Our raw materials for the 4-H Snow Sculpture have come and gone, but you are NOT limited to snow as your 4-H sculpture medium. If you choose not to use snow as your artistic medium, we’ll take any semi-permanent 4-H promotion. Hay sculptures, signs etc. are all acceptable mediums. There will again be individual and club entry divisions. The categories are: 1) Greenest, 2) Most Creative and 3) Best Message. Put your thinking caps on and come up with a 4-H promotion entry, then send or bring in a picture of it, with you or your 4-H Club in the picture to Mary Loftis at mloftis2@unl.edu by Monday, March 14.

STATE FAIR BOOK UPDATES & CHANGES

The 2016 4-H State Fair book is available online. The animal exhibits at this link: http://go.unl.edu/nsd2 and the static exhibits at: http://go.unl.edu/ey74. The Burt County Fair book very closely follows the state fair book so as you begin thinking about your fair exhibits please feel free to check out the State Fair book. Our county Fair book will be available hopefully in May.

Burt County 4-H Scholarships

All Burt County 4-H Seniors should have received several scholarship applications in the mail from the Burt County Extension Office. A copy of these scholarships also was sent to the Burt County High School counselors. If you need another copy please give us a call at 402-374-2929 or stop by the office or your guidance counselor’s office to get one. Entry deadlines vary of these scholarships, but the Burt County 4-H Council and East Oaks Jacob Johnson Scholarship deadlines are March 25^th while the Bev Weiland Memorial Scholarship due date is April 15^th.

Cody Bachtell is pictured with the snow sculpture he created for the contest. Photo Credit JoAnn Bachtell.