Niobrara County Fair

4-H 100th Birthday Logo Contest

There is a contest to design a logo to be used for the Wyoming's 4-H 100th Anniversary Celebration. It will be used on T-Shirts, banners, website, correspondence and many other items. There are three divisions-Junior, Intermediate, and Senior. There will be a winner in each division plus an overall grand prize. The deadline for entries to be submitted has been extended to November 30,2012. Send entries to the Wyoming State 4-H office at Dept. 3354, 1000 E. University, Ave., Laramie, WY 82071 or email the entry to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Please note that all entries become the property of the Wyoming 4-H. All submissions must include the member’s name, age, county, and how they can be contacted.

Halloween Carnival

The annual Niobrara County 4-H Halloween Carnival will be held on Halloween evening, October 31st from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the Niobrara County Fairgrounds. The evening will feature supper consisting of a variety of homemade soups, delicious homemade pies and many other delicious treats. Various fun game booths will be featured including the all-time favorite Cake Walk, the Corn Box, the Gold Fish Booth, a Duck Pond, a Fishing Pond, the Log Pillow Fight Booth, Cotton Candy and many more. The cost of the Carnival tickets is 25 cents each or four for a dollar.

The Carnival is the main money making event of the 4-H Council and helps to support the many educational and fun events for 4-H members throughout the year. So after your little spooks and goblins go Trick or Treating downtown, plan to spend the rest of the evening at the Fairgrounds and celebrate Halloween inside where it is nice and warm! The Carnival promises to be spooky fun for the entire family!

2012 Activity Days - 3rd Day

The third 4-H Family and Consumer Science Activity Day was held on July 3rd with 13 members participating in a day filled with exciting activities. To start off the Activity Day the members are sent to the kitchen to cook up a meal for the afternoon. The members prepared Southwestern Goulash, Sweet and Sour Carrots, and Lemon Cake. Later in the afternoon the members also got to can some peach salsa. The members had a blast cooking new foods and were all so excited to try what they had made.

After the groups got done cooking their meal they started on their sewing projects. The projects for that day were windsocks made out of jeans, and Christmas stockings that were done with fabric or could be done with jeans also. Kaitlyn Pfister the summer intern had the opportunity to teach the members how to make the windsocks with the jeans. The highlight of making the windsocks was being able to decorate the tops with all the accessories that they desired! The stockings however were taught by Donna Hanson which the members also had a blast with because there was no limit on what fabric they could be made out of.

The 4-H members participating in the third Activity Day were Danni Larson, Dalton Larson, Abby Kottwitz, Amber Jensen, Angelina Bannan, Peyton Kottwitz, Taylor Gaukel, Alyssa Barnsdale, Hailey Bruegger, Kaitlin Gaukel, Kylee Gaukel, Meghan Proctor, and we had one guest attend Megan’s cousin Kacy Eyler. Adults assisting with the various educational activities included Donna Hanson, Jennifer Kottwitz, Vivian Fahy, Toni Gaukel, Sharon Tuckey, and Kaitlyn Pfister. The 4-H Activity Day programs are under the direction of the Niobrara County Extension Educator, Denise Smith.

Written by: Kaitlin Pfister, Niobrara County 4-H Summer Intern

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2012 Activity Days - 2nd Day

The second 4-H Family and Consumer Sciences Activity Day was held on June 21st with 17 4-H members participating in a very busy and productive day. The kitchen was a buzz of activity during the entire day. For lunch the members prepared Chicken Noodle Casserole, Three Bean Salad and Strawberry Rhubarb Cake. The 4-H members also canned Raspberry Chocolate Sundae Sauce. All of the recipes used contained many ingredients that are being grown or could be grown in the High Tunnel at the Fairgrounds. Several of the 4-H members and adults toured the High Tunnel to check out the vegetables growth progress.

Two of the Niobrara County 4-H Junior Leaders were in charge of the sewing projects for the day. Abbey Larson taught the members how to make clothing protectors. The completed protectors will be given to the Niobrara Nursing Home residents. A total of 65 protectors were completed during the day which almost completed Abbey’s goal of 75. Sara Fahy then taught the members how to make pillow cases. Each of the members then made numerous pillow cases to give to the Santa’s Helpers project at Christmas. The goal is to have 100 cases completed by Christmas and the members completed over half that number that day. Both of these community service projects help the members to realize the importance of the giving back to the community and learning the real meaning of part the 4-H pledge that talks about “pledging my heart to greater loyalty for my club, my community, my country and my world”.

The 4-H members participating in the second Activity Day were Meghan Mosley, Amber Jensen, Peyton Kottiwtz, Taylor Gaukel, Abbey Larson, Alyssa Barnsdale, Hailey Bruegger, Kaitlin Gaukel, Kylee Gaukel, Linee Hanson, Sara Fahy, Sarah Kemnitz, Danni Larson, Dalton Larson, Molly Mosley, Abby Kottwitz and Miranda Mosley. Adults assisting with the various educational activities included Donna Hanson, Cheryll Christianson, Vivian Fahy, Sean Pearson, Sharon Tuckey, Carol Geisinger, Toni Gaukel, Jennifer Kottwitz, Jeri Hineman, Traci Bruegger and Kaitlin Pfister, Niobrara County 4-H Summer Intern. The 4-H Activity day programs are under the direction of the Niobrara County Extension Educator, Denise Smith.

2012 Activity Days - Orientation & 1st Day

The 2012 4-H Activity Day series kicked off on April 24th at the Niobrara County Fairgrounds where eight 4-H members attended the annual Orientation session. The 2012 4-H Activity Days are centered around the theme of “How Does My Garden Grow”. During the afternoon the members made Fruit Salsa and Cinnamon-Sugar Chips as an after school snack. Larree Ann Kraft then conducted a workshop where the members made Lady Bug Garden Stepping Stones and Garden Pavers. Each of the members also planted some vegetable seeds to take home and grow this summer. The schedule and rules for the upcoming Activity Day sessions were reviewed. Members participating included Dalton Larson, Grace Estes, Molly Mosley, Sara Kemnitz, Bryn Bruch, Miranda Mosley, Alyssa Barnsdale and Vanya Barnsdale. Cheryll Christianson assisted with the cooking and craft activities.

The first in a series of four 4-H Family and Consumer Sciences Activity Days was then held on June 7, 2012 at the Niobrara County Fairgrounds with 14 4-H members participating. During the morning the members prepared their lunch consisting of Cheeseburger Soup and Broccoli Salad. The members also made eight different kinds of candy including Fudge, Truffles, Divinity, Peanut Brittle, Microwave Peanut Brittle, Peanut Butter Cups, English Toffee and Caramels, which they enjoyed as dessert and as an afternoon snack. All of the candies were delicious and the members learned many skills while making the various recipes.

As a community service project each of the members sewed a pair of shorts for the “Little Boys in Africa” project. After County Fair the shorts will be sent to Wisconsin where they will be added to a shipment of shorts from around the country which will then be shipped to little boys in Africa who are in need of clothing. Kaitlin Pfister, Niobrara County 4-H Summer Intern, taught the shorts workshop. The highlight of the day was creating flower power hair accessories including barrettes, bandanas and headbands. Cheryll Christianson taught all of the members the tricks to making these trendy accessories and each of the members made several.

The 4-H members participating in the first Activity Day included Danni Larson, Dalton Larson, Jaden Stauffer, Karen Schardt, Molly Mosley, Riley Shaw, Sarah Kemnitz, Abby Kottwitz, Bryn Bruch, Katie Schardt, Miranda Mosley, Peyton Kottwitz, Taylor Gaukel and Vanya Barnsdale. Other adults helping with the various sessions at the Activity Day were Donna Hanson, Jennifer Kottwitz, Sena Pearson, Vivian Fahy, Carol Geisinger and Toni Gaukel. The 4-H Activity Day sessions are under the direction of Denise Smith, Niobrara County Extension Educator.

2012 Activity Day Schedule

2012 4-H FCS Activity Day Schedule

How Does My Garden Grow?