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1:00 pm May 16thCo-Parenting for Successful Kids - Columbus Platte County Extension Office
Co-Parenting for Successful Kids is an unbiased, research-based education class designed to help separating and divorcing parents cope with divorce and custody. Parents learn to answer the children's questions and keep their children safe and out of their conflict. Co-Parenting for Successful Kids strengthens communication skills that can improve interactions with children and the other parent. The goal of Co-Parenting for Successful Kids is to develop respectful, responsive and responsible co-parenting.
1:30 pm May 17thAdams County Guardianship / Conservator Training Adams County Extension Office
3:00 pm May 17thMadison County Guardianship / Conservator Training Lifelong Learning Center
9:00 pm May 17thCo-Parenting for Successful Kids - Lincoln Lancaster County Extension Office
Co-Parenting for Successful Kids is an unbiased, research-based education class designed to help separating and divorcing parents cope with divorce and custody. Parents learn to answer the children's questions and keep their children safe and out of their conflict. Co-Parenting for Successful Kids strengthens communication skills that can improve interactions with children and the other parent. The goal of Co-Parenting for Successful Kids is to develop respectful, responsive and responsible co-parenting.
9:00 am May 18thThe Stella Garden Club Plant Sale The Stella Garden Club Greenhouse
The Stella Garden Club will open their greenhouse on May 18th and 19th from 9 to 5 pm. 150 flats of vegetables, herbs, and flowers will be available for a free will donation. All donations go for the upkeep of the arboretum and greenhouse. The greenhouse is located at the north edge of Stella.
8:30 am May 19thCo-Parentinf for Successful Kids - Blair Washington County Extension Office
Co-Parenting for Successful Kids is an unbiased, research-based education class designed to help separating and divorcing parents cope with divorce and custody. Parents learn to answer the children's questions and keep their children safe and out of their conflict. Co-Parenting for Successful Kids strengthens communication skills that can improve interactions with children and the other parent. The goal of Co-Parenting for Successful Kids is to develop respectful, responsive and responsible co-parenting.
9:00 am May 19thThe Stella Garden Club Plant Sale The Stella Garden Club greenhouse
The Stella Garden Club will open their greenhouse on May 18th and 19th from 9 to 5 pm. 150 flats of vegetables, herbs, and flowers will be available for a free will donation. All donations go for the upkeep of the arboretum and greenhouse. The greenhouse is located at the north edge of Stella.
9:00 am May 22ndServSafe Training for Food Handlers Dawson County Extension
University of Nebraska-Lincoln will be teaching the ServSafe Program May 22-23 at the Dawes County UNL Extension office, 250 Main St., Chadron, Nebraska.
Sessions will take place from 9:00am-5:00pm each day.
For more information on how to register, contact the Box Butte County Ext. Office, 415 Black Hills, Alliance, Nebraska, 308-762-5616.
12:00 pm May 22ndGiving Your Best Webinar Series - Ready. Set. Delegate! Web Seminar
Explore why you should delegate, when to delegate and when not to delegate. The sky's the limit when you delegate. A UNL Extension statewide webinar, "Giving Your Best," series will help volunteers, parents and youth development professionals get rejuvenated and gain tools to better serve their organizations and their youth.
May 24thUNL Extension Tractor Safety Courses Offered Across Nebraska Buffalo County Extension Office
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Tractor Safety/Hazardous Occupations Courses will be offered at seven locations in Nebraska during May and June.

Federal law prohibits youth under 16 years of age from working on a farm other than their parents'. Certification through the course grants an exemption to the law allowing 14- and 15-year-olds to drive a tractor and to do field work with mechanized equipment.

The most common cause of death in agriculture accidents in Nebraska is overturn from tractors and all-terrain-vehicles (ATV), said Sharry Nielsen, UNL Extension Educator and course instructor, and are topics covered in-depth in the class work. Mark Hinze, also a UNL Extension Educator and course instructor, will teach the mechanical, safety, and maintenance aspects of tractor operations.

"Instilling an attitude of ‘safety first’ is a primary goal of the course,” Nielsen said. "where youth have the chance to learn respect for agricultural jobs and the tools involved."

Classes consist of two days of instruction plus homework assignments. Classes are from 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. each day. Dates and locations include:
-- May 24-25, Fairgrounds, Kearney
-- May 31-June 1, Haskell Ag Lab, Concord
-- June 4-5, Panhandle Research and Extension Center, Scottsbluff
-- June 7-8, West Central Research and Extension Center, North Platte
-- June 11-12, Evangelical Free Church, Ainsworth
-- June 14-15, Fairgrounds, Beatrice
-- June 18-19, College Park, Grand Island

Pre-registration is strongly encouraged at least one week before a location's start date to Site Coordinator’s Extension Office. Cost is $60, which includes educational materials, testing, supplies, lunches and breaks. For more information, contact the Extension Office or Sharry Nielsen at (308) 832-0645, snielsen1@unl.edu.

The first day of class will consist of intensive classroom instruction with hands-on demonstrations, concluding with a written test that must be completed satisfactorily before the student may continue driving tests the next day. Classroom instruction will cover the required elements of the National Safe Tractor and Machinery Operation Program. Homework will be assigned to turn in the next day.

The second day will consist of testing, driving and operating machinery. Students must demonstrate competence in hitching equipment and driving a tractor and trailer through a standardized course as well as hitching PTO and hydraulic systems.

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