shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com April 23, 2019 • Page 11 South Dakota 4-H Members Attend State Historical Society Annual History Conference April 26-27 In Pierre National Youth Summits in Maryland BROOKINGS, S.D. – Six South Dakota 4-H members attended National 4-H Youth Summits focused on Agri-Science and Healthy Living held at the National 4-H Conference Center in Chevy Chase, Md. “The National Agri-Science Summit was a positive experience because of all the amazing speakers and workshops. It opened my eyes up to all the different areas and careers in agriculture. In Washington, D.C. I was also surrounded by people, like me, who have a passion for agriculture.” South Dakota 4-H members attended National 4-H Agri-Science Youth Summit at the National 4-H Conference Center in Chevy Chase, Md. (left to right): Nancy Lilja, CHS Foundation President; Bailey Feistner, Sanborn County; Cassie Richarz, Hamlin County; Jessica Kott, Brule County; Laura Alexander, SDSU Extension 4-H Youth Program Advisor - Brule & Lyman Counties and Jennifer Ringkob, SDSU Extension 4-H Youth Program Advisor - Marshall & Day Counties. South Dakota 4-H members attended National 4-H Healthy Living Youth Summit at the National 4-H Conference Center in Chevy Chase, Md. (left to right): Laura Bogue, Lincoln County; Sydney Hoffman, McCook County and Tessa Erdmann, Brown County, with keynote speaker, Rear Admiral retired, Boris Lushniak, Dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland and former U.S. Deputy Surgeon General. Travel costs and expenses for the National Agri-Science Summit were covered through a generous sponsorship from the CHS Foundation. Travel costs and expenses for the National 4-H Healthy Living Summit were funded by a sub-grant through the Walmart 4-H Healthy Habits program. “I learned that living healthy isn’t just about eating right, it’s also having mental wellness, and that sometimes it gets forgotten. My generation tends to lack positive eating, physical fitness and wellness habits,” said Tessa Erdmann, Brown County 4-H member and State 4-H Leadership Ambassador. “Since I am a Leadership Ambassador, I am planning a healthy living program for my school.” As a State 4-H Ambassador, Erdmann GREAT BUY! and Kott are among 19 South Dakota youth from counties across the state selected to serve. Developed to expand leadership opportunities for teens, the State 4-H Ambassador program offers opportunities to South Dakota teens because it is designed to engage youth in leadership development through all four 4-H program priority areas including: Agriculture Health & Wellness Leadership Science Summit details During the National Youth Summits, 4-H youth participated in programming designed to provide youth with real world exposure in the fields of Agri-Science and Healthy Living. Attendees developed action plans to address a need in their state or communities. Feistner, Kott, and Richarz developed an action plan that will assist in educating youth and the public about agriculture biosecurity practices. Lessons from this action plan will soon be implemented in South Dakota. Youth attending the Healthy Living Summit developed a program they will implement during the 2019 South Dakota State Fair called “Green Habits on the Go!” This program is designed to provide livestock exhibitors and families education for healthy on-the-go snack options. They also plan to educate youth about the importance of proper hand sanitation. To learn more about these and other youth summits offered by National 4-H, visit the National 4-H Conference Center website. To learn more about South Dakota 4-H and how you can get involved, visit the 4-H page or contact your local SDSU Extension 4-H Youth Program Advisor. PIERRE, S.D. – “New Insights into Old Stories” is the theme for the 2019 annual history conference of the South Dakota State Historical Society, to be held April 26-27 at the Ramkota RiverCentre in Pierre. “The ways we discover, use and share South Dakota’s history are continually changing,” said Chelle (SHEL-ee) Somsen, director of the State Historical SocietyArchives, whose office is organizing the conference program. “The conference in Pierre will showcase innovative historical research projects from across the state. Attendees will hear how modern tools, techniques and resources transform our understanding of South Dakota’s history.” The conference will include pre-conference tours and a workshop on moving images Friday morning. The conference program opens Friday afternoon with a keynote presentation by Deborah Thomas, manager for the National Digital Newspaper Program at the Library of Congress. Additional sessions will include a showing of the “Governors’ Centennial Salute” film from 1961, a middle-school educator and students highlighting their South Dakota History Day projects, a presenter on the Harvey Dunn x-ray project, two professors from Dakota State University presenting on digital humanities, two presenters on using remote sensing data, a presentation on the South Dakota Public Broadcasting “Images of the Past,” a panel of project staff who are working on digitization projects across the state, and a family historian who will talk about how performing family genealogy has changed over the years. The Governors Awards for History and the State Historical Society trustee election dinner will be held Friday evening. Teachers can obtain one certificate renewal credit for attending. More detailed session information and registration information is available at https://history. sd.gov/aboutus/HistoryConference/ or by contacting the State Historical Society at 605-773-6000. 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