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Barnyard boom spurs youth enrichment center at Antelope County Fairgrounds
Ribbon cutting • Members of the Youth Enrichment Center Capital Campaign committee, Antelope County Ag Society, Nebraska Extension-Antelope County, 4-H, Nebraska Community Foundation, and Neligh Chamber of Commerce celebrate the opening of the facility at the Antelope County Fairground on May 28. An open house was held following the ceremony, and Nebraska Extension 4-H Assistant Brooke Kumm was introduced.
At the Antelope County Fair, the chickens and rabbits started multiplying faster than, well, chickens and rabbits - and the barns just couldn't keep up. With pens spilling into the gaps between aging buildings and critters eyeing each other across overcrowded aisles, 4-H leaders decided it was time to hatch a new plan.
"Chicken and rabbits were expanding," said longtime poultry superintendent Rhonda Meyer, "so Tessa and I said, 'We need to do something.'"
That "something" turned into a committee, a blueprint, and a barn-raising effort that was part community spirit, part architectural upgrade,...
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