Summer 2016 - Mercer County

Mercer County 4-H
SUMMER 2016
NEWSLETTER
KROGER REWARDS
FOR MERCER
COUNTY 4-H
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Enter NPO number (49434) or name of
organization (Mercer County 4-H), select
organization from list and click on confirm. The
money from this will assist in funding community
service scholarships and awards for 4-H youth.
Scan the code with your
smart phone and
you will be sent
directly to the
website. Please note you have to re
-enroll every year.
Our funding has been cut and this is a
simple way to help provide funds for
scholarships. We need your help!
Mercer County Cooperative Extension Service
Dana R. Anderson
Extension Agent for 4-H Youth Development
1007 Lexington Road
Harrodsburg, Kentucky 40330
Phone - 859-734-4378 Fax - 859-734-4379
Email - [email protected]
Web Address: http://ces.ca.uky.edu/mercer
Youth GRILL-OFF
Competition
FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2016
Youth include anyone
between 9 -18 years of
age as of June 10, 2016
(parental permission and
grill-off accompaniment
required). We have two
age divisions:
Junior 9-13, Senior 14-19.
CASH PRIZES
1st place — $100.00
2nd place — $75.00
3rd place — $50.00
Registration DUE to
Extension Office by
June 5, 2016
Categories for the 2016 Fort Harrod Beef
Festival Youth Grill-off are: Backyard Burger
& Steak.
How to enter: Visit website for form:
www.fortharrodbeeffestival.org
Judging:
Contest meats must be delivered to the
designated turn-in point located in the
grill-off area. Plan to attend the Cook’s
Meeting Friday, June 10th, at the designated
grill-off area for explanations of the rules, any
additional instructions and confirmation of turn
-in times to be announced. QUESTIONS?
Please contact the Extension Office
859-734-378
Where are we located?
The Mercer County Extension Office is located on 1007 Lexington Road. Our office hours are 8:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Any youth
interested in
receiving
financial
assistance to
attend a 4-H
activity (such as camp) may apply for scholarships.
The Community Service scholarship is based on the
youth completing community service work. For every
10 hours of service the youth can receive a $40.00
scholarship. The complete guidelines are available
on the website and hard copy from the Extension
Office. The year runs from July 1—June 30.
COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES:
~Volunteer to assist with Mercer County Fair July 2330. Older teens to assist with County Fair entry
during livestock shows, floral hall and other areas.
Please contact the Extension Office to sign-up
Be sure to watch our Facebook page for other
opportunities, we will share if and when we hear of
other opportunities.
CONGRATULATIONS…
2016 Mercer County 4-H
High School Scholarship Recipients
Haley Anderson
Beth Russell
August 18-28, 2016
Class champions (some classes do not apply)
in the Mercer County Fair 4-H Floral Hall will
go on to compete at the Kentucky State Fair in
August. Please note that there are rules
regarding eligibility for each category and the
number of entries a youth can have in one
division. There is no entry fee for 4-H
Cloverville entries. I take the entries to
Louisville and bring them back. Youth who
send entries will receive ribbons and premium
money.
Website: http://www.kystatefair.org
Phone Alert
Notifications
We are no longer sending
postcard meeting
reminders. We are now
using a system call Alert
First. If you get a caller id
after our regular business
hours (8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.)
it is a 4-H meeting notification. If you
want to be added to a specific group (ex.
Livestock, horse, foods, etc.) please call
734-4378 and let us know what group and
telephone number to use.
Mercer
County
Enrollment Time
Schedule of 4-H Events
at 2016
Mercer County Fair
Saturday, July 23
Dairy Show, 10:00 a.m. @ Livestock Barn
Sunday, July 24
Check in 4-H projects at Exhibit Hall,
4:00-6:00 p.m.
Monday, July 25
Check in 4-H projects 8:30-11:30 p.m.
Check in Open Division at Exhibit Hall
8:30-12:00 p.m.
Tuesday, July 26
Adult & Youth Pet Show, 6:30 pm @ Livestock
Barn
Wednesday, July 27
Sheep Show, 6:00 p.m. @Livestock Barn
Saturday, July 30
Swine Show, 9:00 a.m. @ Livestock Barn
Rabbit & Poultry Show 9:00 a.m. @ Back
Livestock Barn
Pick-up 4-H Projects & Floral Hall Exhibits
9:00-11:00 a.m.
Goat Show, 1:00 p.m. @ Livestock Barn
Monday, August 1- Mercer County Beef Show
- 6:00 p.m. @ Livestock Barn
For more information regarding the fair:
http://www.mercerfair.com
&
Mercer County 4-H Web Address:
http://ces.ca.uky.edu/mercer/
Heart of Kentucky
United Way Partner
Mercer County Fair Time
Fair days are coming!!!!!
Mercer County Fair is July 23-30
- July 29 at the fair grounds in
Harrodsburg. This year any 4-H
member competing in events
at the fair can get into the fair
at reduced admission. Reduced tickets
MUST be purchased in advance from the
Mercer County Extension Office.
Procedure to get reduced youth tickets:
1. Call Extension Office @ 734-4378 before
July 21
2. Tell us what day you will need tickets and
what event you will be competing in.
3. Tickets can be picked up on July 21 from
the Extension Office. DO NOT GO TO THE
FAIRGROUNDS TO PICK UP TICKETS,
THEY WILL NOT GIVE THEM TO YOU.
4. Cost is $2.00 for every ticket.
5. Please note this is not for rides, this is for
gate admission only. Regular admission to
the fair is $5. per person and carnival rides
will be additional cost.
Floral Hall (4-H & Open Division)
IF you have made a project at home, school or
at a 4-H meeting, I encourage you to enter it in
the fair. Mercer County youth have the
opportunity to enter exhibits in the open and
4-H Department. To exhibit in the 4-H
department youth must be enrolled in
4-H as a member. Projects will be judged
Monday Afternoon and exhibits will open for
viewing Monday
–Tuesday, Thursday & Friday evening.
All 4-H participants will receive premium
money for their project work: $4.00 - blue
ribbon, $3.00 red ribbon, $2.00 - white
ribbon, $1.00 extra for Class champion
ribbon. A complete listing of projects that
can be exhibited can be picked up at the
Extension Office or visit our web site. It is
recommended that you pick up floral hall
forms & tags prior to entering projects.
Summer Extension Interns
Jessica Robinson & Denise
Schaeffer
Brand New 4-H Club, members will
experience the great outdoors
through hiking, camping, kayaking,
caving and outdoor education. Club
members will explore the world around them!!!
Members will learn about outdoor survival skills as
well as becoming an environmental steward. We
will have our first meeting on Thursday, June 16 at
the Mercer County Extension Office. To register
please call by, 734-4378 by June 10, the spaces will
fill up fast. Club is open to youth 6th grade and up.
Randy Connelly and Mark Murphy will be the
leaders.
Remember to save your
aluminum tabs from
canned beverages. We will
have classroom contests
at the schools next spring.
We are looking to individuals to assist
with various 4-H projects/ events. If you
have the time and want to share your
talents with youth please contact the
Cooperative Extension Office at
734-4378 or email—
[email protected]
We are in desperate need for the
following clubs/projects:
~Dog Club
~Woodworking ~Sewing
~Shooting Sports
- Lego Club
~Robotics club for 9-14 year olds.
2016 Cloverbud Overnight Camp
Mercer County 4-H Council awards outstanding 4-H
graduating seniors scholarship to further their
education beyond high school. This year Beth
Russell and Haley Anderson each received $500.00
We would like to wish the following students the
very best as they represent Mercer County at the
State 4-H Communications Day at University of
Kentucky Campus in July:
Trinity Yeast—Senior Foods Demonstration
Lexey Goodlett—Senior Breads Demonstration
Brevin Charles—Mock Job Interview
Shiann Stratton—General Demonstration
Addie Riley—Jr Science Engineer Tech. Demo
John Lincoln Perry—Junior
Breads Demonstration
Also honored to announce that
Haley Anderson will be
representing Mercer County 4-H
as she has been slated to run for
KY State 4-H President at State
4-H Teen Conference.
Friday, July 22 thru Sunday, July 24. Open to
Children 6-8 and the cost is $125.00, Camp
Cloverbud is specifically designed for campers (and
parents) who are not yet ready for a full week of a
residential camping experience. The length of the
stay is shorter and the staff to camper ratio is
greater. Of course campers still participate in all the
traditional camp activities offered at 4-H camp,
including canoeing, swimming, archery, nature, and
recreation, as well as a host of fun nighttime
activities. This will be many campers first taste of
“sleep-away camp” so staff and leaders take great
care to create a caring community in which a
cloverbud camper can grow in confidence and begin
to enjoy the fun and camaraderie of summer camp!
Applications are available from the Extension Office
and from our website. Check out this promotional
video: http://youtu.be/L2JHGh6h3w4
Mercer County Cooperative Extension is
glad to have Jessica and Denise as part of
our team this summer. They will be with us
for 12 weeks this summer. Jessica is a
student at Eastern Kentucky University
majoring in Horticulture. Her primary focus
will be with 4-H. Denise recently graduated
from the University of Kentucky with a
Bachelors in Dietetics. Her primary focus
will be Family Consumer Science.
Join Us on Facebook
Mercer County 4-H (KY) and
Mercer County Cooperative
Extension Service invite you to
follow us by becoming a fan. We
will be posting program updates and other related
information regarding programming. We do have
group pages for:
~4-H Cloverbud
~4-H Rabbit Club
~ 4-H Livestock Club ~4-H Horse Club
~4-H Dairy Club
~4-H Poultry Club
~4-H Teen Council (Highschool)
~ 4-H Junior Teen Council (6-8 grade)
4-H Shooting Sports
Blue Jean Recycling
Program
For the sixth year Mercer County
4-H is collecting old blue jeans. Jeans
will be recycled into UltraTouch Cotton
Insulation for Habitat Homes. You can drop your jeans off
at Mercer County Extension Office. It takes roughly 500
to 1,000 pairs of jeans to create enough insulation
(approximately 2,300 square feet) for one average-sized
home in the US. Last we collected over 1,060 pairs,
enough to insulate two habitat humanity homes.
Boyle/Mercer 4-H Shooting Sports teaches youth to safely handle, shoot, and store
firearms while improving their accuracy and performance on the range. Training
conducted by Certified Shooting Sports Instructors credentialed to teach youth.
WHAT: 4-H Shooting Sports disciplines covered at each meeting:
Air rifle (BB and pellet gun)
.22 Rifle
Trap (shotgun)
Archery
WHO: Open to Boyle and Mercer County youth ages 9 to 18 only.
WHEN: Youth are encouraged to attend May 26th organizational and archery meeting at
Boyle County Extension Office at 6:30 p.m.. if you cannot make it, please let us know you are
interested in participating
COST: There is no cost to participate. QUESTIONS: Mercer County Extension - 734-4378.
INTERESTED IN BECOMING A SHOOTING SPORTS VOLUNTEER?
State 4-H Sponsored Training session is provided in different shooting sports disciplines according to
availability and interest. Certification is provided following passing of test in any one discipline. The objectives
is to help shooting sports leaders become qualified to teach junior and senior 4-Hers proper techniques and
safety when using a firearm. The Fall Certification will be held on October 7-9, 2016 at State 4-H Leadership
Center in Jabez, KY. The disciplines offered: Shooting Sports Coordinator, .22 Rifle/Air Rifle, .22 Pistol/Air
Pistol. Black Powder, Shotgun, Archery and Hunter Challenge. Interested adults will have to complete youth
protection guidelines. For more information please contact: Dana Anderson, Mercer County Extension Office
Dairy, Horse & Livestock Exhibitors
REMINDER: Any 4-H youth planning on showing
dairy cows, market steers, market lambs, hogs,
goats or horses must have 6 hours of educational
classroom instruction before you can have your
animals KUIP tagged. Hours can be earned by
attending any of the livestock, dairy or horse club
meetings offered by Mercer County 4-H. Tagging
deadlines are in spring 2017.
4-H Livestock Club
meets on the first Tuesday of each
month at the Mercer County
Extension Office at 6:30 pm. First meeting will be
September 6.
4-H Hoofprints Horse Club meets
on the First Thursday of each month at
the Mercer County Extension Office at
6:30 p.m. First meeting will be
September 1. Learn about horses and
horse industry. May choose to participate as horse
owner or non-horse owner. Opportunities in
showing, Members are involved in horse bowl, horse
judging, and horse camps.
4-H Country Ham Club Meeting:
2017 -Sign-up for project is in November, please be
watching the newsletter for more information. The
youth who are doing 4-H Country ham Project
MUST get 6 hours of classroom instruction thru the
Country 4-H Club.
4-H Paws Club (Rabbit)
Youth interested in raising rabbits and
possibly showing them are invited.
The club meets monthly and will
resume in September.
4-H SCIENCE ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
4-H ANIMAL SCIENCES
4-H Lego Buds
Open to youth 6-8 years old.
This club will be using legos to
build models. Youth will be
learning about science,
engineering and technology.
Meetings will resume in the fall,
all meetings are held at the Extension Office.
Participants may bring something they have
built. They will have time for “building.” The club
will meet each month at the Mercer County
Extension Office, 3:30-5:00. Meetings will
resume in September.
WE ARE IN NEED of New or Used Legos
to be used at Club Meetings.
4-H Lego Club (9-13 Year Olds)
This club will be using legos to build models.
Youth will be learning about science,
engineering and technology. The club meets
monthly at the Mercer County Extension Office,
3:30-5:00. Meetings will resume in September.
4-H Robotics and Technology Club
(High School age youth)
4-H Robotics Club If you love science,
technology, computers, and engineering, this
may be the right club for you! Projects will
include: robotics (both tetrix and LEGO
mindstorms nxt), digital design, computer
programming including raspberry pi, electronics,
aviation, and advanced LEGO building. The club
builds and programs EV3 Lego Robots to
complete challenges. In order to have the club
we need a leader. Our leader has retired but is
willing to train a replacement. Please contact
Dana if you are interested.
Salvisa Community 4-H Club
4-H Dairy Club
Any youth in the Salvisa Area are invited to join the
Salvisa 4-H Club. The club meets 6:30 p.m. at the
Salvisa Ruritan Building. The next meeting will be on
September 8
Any youth interested in showing dairy cows. The
club will resume meetings in October.
4-H Project Club
4-H Poultry Club
Summer meeting schedule: June 6 and 20
then July 11 at 6:00 p.m. at the Mercer
County Extension Office
4-H Dog Club
Any youth who is planning to show their
dog at the County Fair, please let us know.
This club will be doing a variety of different projects
from woodworking, gardening, forestry and other fun
projects. The club is open to youth 9 years old and
up. The Club meets on the third Tuesday of each
month at the Extension Office, 3:30—5:00 p.m. Cost
will be $5.00 for supplies. Meetings resume in Sept..
4-H Sewing Club
Anyone interested in learning to
sew? The club will be meeting on
the 2nd and 4th Monday of each
month, from 3:30 –5:00 p.m. at the
Mercer County Extension Office.
Meetings will resume in September. Youth will
learn how to sew. We have sewing machines and
leaders who are skilled to teach youth.
4-H Scrap Booking Club
The club will meet monthly on the second Tuesday
of each month. Club is open to youth age 9-18
years olds. Each time youth will make a paper
craft and work on a scrapbook page. Please be
making copies of your photos this summer. Next
meeting will Tuesday, September 13 at Mercer
County Extension Office.
4-H Team Crusaders
4-H Paint Ball club that
focuses on teamwork,
community service &
character education.
Open to youth 10 years and up. They will be
meeting throughout the summer, please contact
Jeff Poole, leader at 859-583-0897.
School 4-H Clubs at
Mercer County & Burgin Schools
will resume in September. Any youth enrolled in
public school at Burgin or Mercer County in grades
4-8 are enrolled in 4-H through their classroom.
The club meets monthly during school time. The
youth will receive a monthly newsletter highlighting
4-H activities in Mercer County.
KIDS IN THE KITCHEN
4-H Foods Club
The club is open to youth 9 years old
and up. The club resume the regular
meetings afterschool in September
where the youth learn about all
aspects of cooking and preparing food and proper
nutrition. Youth will get hands on experience in
preparing/selecting foods. Next meeting will be on
Tuesday, September 20 at Mercer County
Extension Office.
County–Wide 4-H Teen Club (9th grade—
High School) will be going to play soccer golf
on Wednesday, June 8. We will meet at noon
and travel to Lexington. Cost would be under
$15.00 plus food. Please RSVP by calling or
texting Dana Anderson. Any youth in the 9-12
grades are invited to join the council.
4-H Cloverbud Clubs
(5-8 year olds) meet at each of
the schools. Will have a kick–off
event on August 4, at the Mercer
County Cooperative Extension
Office.
Homeschool 4-H Clubs
Monday, September 19 @ 3:00 p.m.
@ Mercer County Extension Office
Open to any Homeschool Youth. There are two
clubs: 4-H club (ages 9 years +) &
Cloverbud 4-H Club (ages 5-8 years)
Dana R. Anderson, Mercer County Extension
Agent for 4-H youth Development
Deanna Ashmore, Mercer County Extension 4-H
Program Assistant
Jessica Robinson, Mercer County Extension
Intern for 4-H Youth Development