May 2016 - Kenton County

UPCOMING DATES & DEADLINES:
Cooperative
Extension Service
Kenton County
10990 Marshall Road
Covington, KY 41015
(859) 356-3155
Fax: (859) 356-0363
www.ca.uky.edu/ces
• Record Book Deadline:
July 1, 2016; by 5:00 p.m.
• Kenton County Fair:
Item Check-in: July 10
Item Pick-up: July 17
Fair Date: July 11-16, 2016
Summer Classes
and
Summer Adventures
Begin June 7
• Ky. State Fair:
Aug. 18-28, 2016
Registration is now on line.
www.kentoncountyextension.com
4-H SPRING SHOWCASE
(Registration Required)
The 4-H Fashion Revue will be held at the
Syndicate in Newport on Thursday, May 26,
2016, as part of the tenth 4-H Spring
Showcase. This evening will showcase the
talents of many of our 4-H youth.
Fashions will be modeled by our 4-H sewing
youth, dessert will be baked and decorated by
cake decorating project group members. Teen
4-H’ers will serve as the planning committee,
and the Krafty Kids and Blazin’ Bridles Club
members will be servers.
The $13 per person fee includes dinner.
Everyone must pre-register. Call the office if
you have not
received an
invitation and
would like to
attend.
Come Join the Fun!
State Horse Contests
If you are planning to participate in the state
horse judging, horse bowl, or horse arts and
crafts events to be held on June 9-10 in
Lexington, you must register and pay the fee by
May 28. Individual registration forms are
required and are available on-line at
http://www.uky.edu/Ag/4hhorse or from the
extension office. Contact Mary Averbeck for
more information. Packets were mailed in April
to 4-H horse club members who completed their
6 educational hours.
UPCOMING HORSE PROGRAM DATES:
May 1
• Horse Camp applications due
June 3-5
• District 3 4-H Qualifying Show
June 5-10
Camp
• Campbell County 4-H Horse
June 8
• State Horse Judging
June 9 & 10
• State 4-H Horse Contests at Holiday Inn
North, Lexington
July 3-9
• State 4-H Horse Show at Kentucky Fair
& Expo Center
July 16
• Kenton County Fair 4-H Horse Show
Blazin’ Bridles Club News
The Blazin’ Bridles will hold their second Gymkhana at the Kenton County Fairgrounds on Saturday May
14. Please check our Facebook Page, Blazin’ Bridles 4-H Club, for all updates regarding the show. We
will hold our monthly meeting on Thursday May 12, 2016 at the Marshall Road office. Hope to see you
there! Please call Michele Huelsman at 803-4534 or email michelle@kmfeed.com with any questions
regarding our club.
Early Bird Record Book Entry Prize Announcement
2016 Record Books are due Friday, July 1. There will be an “early‐early” bird drawing for books
submi ed by 5:00 PM on June 17 and an “early” bird drawing for books submi ed by June 24.
One cket per Record Book. Mul ple prizes will be awarded including 4‐H T‐Shirts and other fun 4‐H items.
R
ecord Books, cover sheets and scoring guidelines are available in the Kenton County Extension Office lobby. Junior books are
salmon colored, senior books are ivory. The cover sheets are lime green and have the scoring rubric on the back. Materials
printed with a 2016 in the heading are the most current version. Please review the Record Book Requirements listed below:
Record Book Workshops
An instructional session is planned for anyone needing assistance in completing record books.
June 24, 2016; 1:00-3:00 p.m.- Durr Annex, Edgewood - K-Mart (Plaza)
Record Book Requirements
In order to enter projects at the Kenton County Fair, you must meet the following record book requirements:
1) You must submit the correct record book for each project. (This includes shows/activities.)
2)
All record books must be logged in by a secretary, agent or record book committee volunteer before 5:00 p.m. on Friday, July
1, 2016 As always, record books will be accepted during office hours in the weeks prior to the deadline.
3) Your record book must score 7 or more points.
4) You must include a project achievement story. Reminder: the stories must be the child’s original work.
5) Record books are on the website at: www.kentoncountyextension.com
Please address any questions or concerns to Mary Averbeck at: 356-3155
ATTENTION!
LIVESTOCK EXHIBITORS
Please contact Diane by May 11th
to set up your farm visit. If you
have any questions or concerns this
will be a good time to ask. Please
give directions to your barn when
you call or send via email.
4-H Poultry Club
May 13
Kenton County Extension Office
4:30 p.m.
Poultry Club members will be sent a
reminder email. Please join us as we
begin to prepare for the fair!
S TATE LIVES TOCK JUDGING CONTES T
ENTRY DEADLINE— MAY 23
Date of Contest: Tuesday, June 21
Registration: $22.00 per person
Make Check Payable to: Kenton County 4-H Council
EXTRA Recognition breakfast Tickets: $16.50
Location: Madison County Fairgrounds, Richmond, Kentucky.
4-H members registering can request more complete information.
Late registration will not be permitted by the State program for
2016. Registration Fee is non-refundable from the state program.
COUNTRY HAM
We will work Country Hams when Dr. Rentfrow examines some and let’s
us know how to proceed.
The 4-H’ers participating in the 4-H Country Ham project need to begin
preparing their speeches. Junior speeches should be about
“How To Cook & Store A Country Ham” and Senior
speeches should be about “Insects that Infest Country
Hams & How To Control Them.”
S TATE DAIRY JUDGING CONTES T
ENTRY DEADLINE— MAY 13
Farm Credit Services and Ale 8 One work with the
State 4-H office to provide scholarships to 4-H
members.
Entries must be postmarked by May 13, 2016,
therefore 4-H members must submit the application earlier for processing.
Contact Diane at the Kenton County Cooperative
Extension for more information at 356-3155.
DAIRY U—MAY 14, 2016
This is a event is designed to help youth learn
more about showing dairy cattle. Showing
dairy cattle is a way to teach animal
husbandry and responsibility to many youth.
This workshop will cover topics to help those
who have been showing for awhile and those
who are new to showing.
Registration is due by May 1, 2016.
For more information and registration
information go to: http://
www.kyagr.com/marketing/show-and-fair.html
Date of Contest: Monday, June 6, 2016
Registration: $15 per person
Make Check Payable to: Kenton County 4-H Council
Location: UK Coldstream Dairy Farm, Lexington
AWARDS BANQUET: Evening of June 6, 2016
Location: Fayette County Extension Office
Late entries cannot be accepted.
MAY LIVES T OCK EVENT S:
If you would like to visit the web site (www.kyagr.com) it will also give
dates and events. Go to Programs, then click Show & Fair Promotion.
The following are May livestock events:
May 14:
May 14:
May 21:
May 28:
May 28:
June 4:
June 4:
June 4:
June 6:
June 8:
June 9:
June 9:
June 10:
June 11:
Lincoln Trail District Youth Beef Show
Nelson County Fairgrounds, Bardstown
Dairy U; Horse Cave
Northern Kentucky District Youth Beef Show
Henry County Fairgrounds, New Castle
Kentucky Colonel District Lamb Show, Scott County
Bluegrass District Goat Show; Nicholasville
Harrodsburg District Dairy Show; Harrodsburg
Top of Kentucky District Lamb Show; Falmouth
Rough River District Swine Show; Hardinsburg
Central Kentucky District Goat Show; Danville
West Kentucky District Swine Show; Powderly
Two Rivers District Goat Show; Powderly
Shelbyville District Dairy Show; Shelbyville
Central Kentucky District Swine Show; Paris
Kentucky Jr Breeding/Market Goat Show; Harrdsbrg
Campbell House
6:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 11, 2016
Ac vi es for the evening will include:
Recep on & Dinner
4‐H Memorabilia
LOTS of Photos
2016
Register now to join the fun!
h ps://kentucky4hfounda on.org/register‐homecoming/
Or contact Jessica Mayfield at the Kentucky 4‐H Founda on
859.257.7178
KROGER REWARDS PROGRAM
If you shop at Kroger, you can help support Kenton County 4-H by linking your Kroger Plus
card to Kenton County 4-H. Simply follow the steps below to link your plus card to Kenton
County 4-H and Kroger will donate a percentage of what you spend to our organization.
Simply encourage your members to register online at krogercommunityrewards.com
 Have your Kroger Plus card handy and register your card with your organization after you sign
up.
 Kroger Plus cards are available at the customer service desk at any Kroger.
 Click on Sign In/Register
 New online customers must click on SIGN UP TODAY in the ‘New Customer?’ box.
 Sign up for a Kroger Rewards Account by entering zip code, clicking on favorite store, entering
your email address and creating a password, agreeing to the terms and conditions.
 You will then get a message to check your inbox and click on the link within the body of the
email.
 Click on My Account and use your email address and password to proceed to the next step.
 Click on Edit Kroger Community Rewards information and input your Kroger Plus card number.
 Update or confirm your information.
 Enter NPO number 83444 or Kenton County 4-H and then click on confirm.
 To verify you are enrolled correctly, you will see your organization’s name on the right side of
your information page.
 REMEMBER, purchases will not count for your group until after your member(s) register their
card(s).
 Do you use your phone number at the register? Call 800-576-4377, select option 4 to get
your Kroger Plus card number.
 Members must swipe their registered Kroger Plus card or use the phone number that is
related to their registered Kroger Plus card when shopping for each purchase to count.
If you have questions, please contact Denise Donahue at
356-3155.
4-H Horse Program
“Leg Up” Scholarship
This college scholarship, sponsored by
the Race for Education, is awarded to
one 4-H horse club student in his/her
senior year of high school in each 4-H
club in Kentucky. A $250 scholarship
will be award to a graduating student of
each club annually. For more
information go to:
www.raceforeducation.org. Inquires
about this and any other RFE scholarship may be directed to The Race for
Education at: (859) 252-8648.
Teen Conference
June 13-16, 2016
University of Kentucky
Please call the office for more information.
4-H Volunteer Conference
of Southern States
October 6-9, 2016
Rock Eagle 4-H Center
Eatonton, Georgia
4-H: Framing Our Future...
Building the Best
The conference will feature
planned programming for
volunteers and staff to network,
share and learn collaboratively.
Registration open from June 1
to September 1.
For more information visit their
website at:
http://www.georgia4h.org/
public/more/volunteer/RAVE/
VolConference/Workshops/
default.html
FALL 2016 LIVESTOCK & HORSE VOLUNTEER CERTIFICATION
Nov. 18-19
Dec. 2-3
Lake Cumberland State Park
General Butler SRP, Carrollton
Please contact Mary S. Averbeck for registration forms and
information if you are interested in serving as a certified
horse volunteer and Diane Kelley for registration forms and
information if you are interested in serving as a certified
livestock volunteer.
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KENTON COUNTY 4-H CALENDAR
CLUBS, PROJECT GROUPS AND ACTIVITIES:
May 2
4-H Dog Training; 6:00 Beginners; 7:00 Advanced; Durr Annex; Dixie Highway
May 2
4-H Shooting Sports Safety Meeting; 6:30 p.m.; Durr Annex; Dixie Highway
May 3
Shooting Sports; 5:30 p.m.; Lloyd Wildlife
May 3
Fair Board; 7:30 p.m.; Kenton County Extension Office, Marshall Road
May 5
Program Planning; 8:00 a.m.; Carlisle Elementary
May 11
Rate of Gain; 6:00-8:00 p.m.; Kenton County Fairgrounds
May 13
4-H Poultry Club; 4:30 p.m.; Kenton County Extension Office, Marshall Road
May 13
State Dairy Registration Due to Kenton County Extension Office, Marshall Road by 4:30 p.m.
May 14
Heritage Farms Farm Tour
May 16
Cross County Lines forms due to Kenton County Extension Office, Marshall Road by 4:30 p.m.
May 17
Shooting Sports; 5:30 p.m.; Lloyd Wildlife
May 17-26
Farm Visits
May 19
CEC; 12:00 (noon); Kenton County Extension Office, Marshall Road
May 23
State Livestock Contest Entry Deadline; Forms and Fee due to Kenton Co. Extension by 4:30 p.m.
May 26
4-H Spring Showcase; 6:30 p.m.; The Syndicate, Newport, Kentucky
June 1
Livestock Breeding forms due to Kenton County Extension, Marshall Road by 4:30 p.m.
School Clubs in May
May 5
St. Anthony
Ludlow
May 6
Summit View
May 9
Sixth District
May 10 Summit View
Holy Cross
May 12 Beechwood
Howell
Taylor Mill
May 13 St. Henry
May 16 Ludlow
May 18 Woodland
May 18 Kenton Elem.
May 19 Summit View
Beechgrove
May 24 Beechwood
Serving Kenton County
Volunteer Opportunities
We are looking for volunteers to help
with various projects and events. If you
are available to help please contact the
person listed with the event you wish to
help with. Thank you so much for
supporting Kenton County 4-H.
Date
Activity
May 17-26
Farm Visits
July 6
July 10
Time
Variable
Afternoon/Evenings
Contact Person
# Needed
Diane Kelley
1 adult per day
Judge Record Books 9:00-12 (noon)
Mary Averbeck
10 adults
Judge at Fair
Mary Averbeck
10 adults
3:00-5:00 p.m.
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Looking for a new way to support 4-H
and show your pride for the Clover?
You may be a past member or have never been a
member of Kentucky 4-H Friends & Alumni, but we
invite you to join TODAY!
For just $20 per year you can reconnect and stay in
touch with what is happening in Kentucky 4-H!
Kentucky 4-H Friends & Alumni was formed under the
Kentucky 4-H Foundation whose mission is to “Lead
fund development for the Kentucky 4-H Youth
Development Program and advance support by alumni
and other stakeholders to ensure 4-H remains a vital
center of excellence in the Commonwealth.”
Participation is $20 per year of which $10 can be
designated to the county of your choice. Friends &
Alumni is paid on a calendar year basis.
HOST FAMILIES NEEDED
For 4-H International Programs
This summer, 7 young people from Japan along
with one adult chaperone will come to
Kentucky to learn about American families and
culture. A great way to take part in this
international experience is by becoming a host
family for one of these students. Applications
are now being accepted. Youth in the Language
Laboratory, or LABO, program are between the
ages of 12 and 14. These young people want to
experience the life of an average American
family.
If you are interested in becoming a host family
or receiving more information contact Mark
Mains, at mmains@uky.edu. Requesting
information does not obligate families to host
students this year. Biographies of the Japanese
youth can be obtained
after an application for
hosting is submitted and
approved.
As a donor you will receive: Friends & Alumni car
window decal, The Foundation’s Newsletter, E-mail
blast on events and happenings, Invitation to
Foundation events such as Homecoming and local
alumni events, and Opportunities to volunteer and give
back to Kentucky’s youth.
Who can join? Friends & Alumni is open to anyone who
has been a 4-H member, volunteer, 4-H parent, donor,
staff, or anyone who just loves 4-H. For 4-Hers who
recently aged out of 4-H and are in college, you can
join Friends & Alumni for free and maintain that status
as long as you are in school.
Go to www.kentucky4hfoundation.org and click on the
Friends & Alumni logo. We hope you will join today and
help support the best kept secret in youth
development!.
Sincerely,
Kenton County Extension Agents for 4-H Youth Development
Denise Donahue
Diane Kelley
ddonahue@uky.edu
dkelley@uky.edu
Lori Clark
lori.clark@uky.edu
Mary S. Averbeck
maverbec@uky.edu
Celia Bergman
celia.bergman@uky.edu
Kenton County Extension Assistants for 4-H Youth Development
Mary Cannon
mary.cannon@uky.edu