Students participate in area Safety Day

Cheyenne County second graders learned various safety practices during the 2017 Progressive Agriculture Safety Day, sponsored by the Nebraska Extension Office.

Students from Sidney, Creek Valley, Leyton and Potter schools spent all day Friday at the Lodgepole Valley Youth Camp in Sidney, learning the importance of Ag safety.

Safety Day is a collaborative effort that brings volunteers and experts from around the area to provide students information and hands-on activities that teach them how to stay safe in situations they might encounter at home, in town or on a farm.

Groups of students rotated to each of the seven stations around the youth camp, spending 20 minutes learning about each topic before proceeding to the next station.

Cheyenne County 4-H Aid and Office Manager Lynn McKinney spoke about one of the stations that utilized an otter costume to teach youth about water safety.

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