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Cooperative
Extension Service
Kenton County
10990 Marshall Road
Covington, KY 41015
(859) 356-3155
Fax: (859) 356-0363
www.ca.uky.edu/ces
UPCOMING DATES &
DEADLINES:
• Record Book Deadline:
July 6, 2015; by 5:00 p.m.
• Kenton County Fair:
Item Check-in: July 12
Item Pick-up: July 19
Fair Date: July 13-18, 2015
• Ky. State Fair:
Aug. 13-23, 2015
MAY 2015
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Kenton County Extension Office
Outdoor Educational Center
10990 Marshall Road
Come join us as we learn about bugs and the interesting things they do.
We will learn about making a bug collection for the fair.
Dr. Blake Newton from UK and Local bug expert
entomologists are helping guide us.
4-H SPRING SHOWCASE
The 4-H Fashion Revue will be held at the
Syndicate in Newport on May 18, 2015, as part
of the eighth 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 Club members will be
servers.
The $13 per person fee includes admission,
entertainment and dinner. Call the office if you
have not received an invitation and would like
to attend.
4-H
Begin June 2
Registration is now on line.
www.kentoncountyextension.com
Adventures
(Registration Required)
Looking for a new way to support 4-H and
show your pride for the Clover? The 4-H
Foundation has a new opportunity to do both
for just $20 per year. It’s a way to reconnect
and stay in touch with what is happening in
Kentucky 4-H.
Kentucky 4-H Friends & Alumni has been formed under the umbrella of
the 4-H Foundation. Those who wish to join are ask to give $20
annually, of which they can designate $10 to the County 4-H Council of
their choice. As a donor to 4-H Friends & Alumni, individuals will
receive a Friends & Alumni window decal, the Foundation’s newsletters,
email blast on the latest happenings, and invitations to participate in
Foundation events such as Homecoming, along with opportunities to
volunteer and give back to the program which benefited so many.
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. It’s the place where you can stay connected to 4-H and your
friends. Join Today at: www.kentucky4hfoundation.org and click on the
Friends & Alumni logo.
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Available online at: www.kentoncountyextension.org
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 19-20 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.
Campbell County Saddle Up
4-H Horse Camp
Date:
June 7-12, 2015
Cost:
$180.00
Where: Alexandria
Fairgrounds
Registration Deadline:
UPCOMING HORSE PROGRAM DATES:
May 22
• Horse Camp applications due
May 29-31
• District 3 4-H Qualifying Show
June 18
• State Horse Judging
June 19 & 20
• State 4-H Horse Contests at Holiday Inn
North, Lexington
June 7-12
• Campbell County 4-H Horse Camp
July 5-11
• State 4-H Horse Show at Kentucky Fair
& Expo Center
REGISTRATION
IS FIRST COME
FIRST SERVE.
Spring Open 4-H
Gymkhana Series
Sunday, June 28 (rain date 7/26)
May 22
Applications available at the Extension Office.
Youth must have completed 6 hours of horse
education and must bring their own horse.
All youth must be accompanied by an
adult that has filled out paperwork and
been CPS approved.
Blazin’ Bridles Club News
The Blazin Bridles horse club held their meeting on
April 9th at the Marshall Road Extension Office. The
club organized the upcoming show and had our last
horse education hour.
We had a successful first Gymkahana on Saturday
April 18 at the Kenton County Fairgrounds. A big
thank you to the Fair Board for working up the
arena. Our next show will be a schooling show on
Sunday May 3rd at the Kenton County Faigrounds.
Please visit our Facebook page for and date changes
due to weather. A show bill is available on our
Facebook page as well at the extension office.
Our club will start to prepare our fair record books at
our next meeting, Thursday May 14th at the Marshall
Road Extension office. The meeting will start at 6:30
with pizza served.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to
contact Michelle Huelsman at 859-803-4534 or
[email protected].
Kenton County Fairgrounds
Registration starts at noon. Show will begin at
1 pm. 4-H Rules apply. For rules and more information call
Michelle Huelsman at (859) 803-4534, visit the “Blazin Bridles”
facebook page, or go to www.kentoncountyextension.org.
1.
Ride a Buck, Must use your
own $1.00 to enter class,
winner takes all.
2. Poles 13 & Under
3. Ples 14-18
4. 4. $50 Open Poles
5. Catalog Race 13 & Under
6. Catalog Race 14-18
7. Egg and Spoon (all ages)
8. Barrels 13 & Under
9. Barrels 14-18
10. $50 Open Barrels
11.
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16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
Flags 13 & Under
Flags 14-18
$50 Open Flags
Ribbon Race (all ages)
Musical Horses (all ages)
Water Glass (all ages)
Stakes 13 & Under
Stakes 14-18
$50 Open Stakes
Baby Bottle (Fun Class)
must have 2 riders, all
ages.
15 Minute Break
FALL 2015 LIVESTOCK & HORSE VOLUNTEER
CERTIFICATION WORKSHOPS
Nov. 20-21
Dec. 4-5
Barren River SRP, Glasgow
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 your are interested in serving as a
certified livestock volunteer.
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 8
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 28
Date of Contest: Tuesday, June 16
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
2015. 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
“Steps to Curing a Country Ham” and Senior speeches
should be about “Discuss the Dry Cured Hams of the
World.”
S TATE DAIRY JUDGING CONTES T
ENTRY DEADLINE— MAY 28
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 15, 2015,
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
This is a new event 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, 2015. Cost is
$5.00 per person.
For more information and registration
information go to: http://
www.kyagr.com/marketing/show-and-fair.html
Date of Contest: Monday, June 15, 2015
Registration: $15 per person
Make Check Payable to: Kenton County 4-H Council
Location: UK Coldstream Dairy Farm, Lexington
AWARDS BANQUET: Evening of June 15, 2015
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 9:
May 30:
May 30:
May 30:
May 30:
June 1:
June 4:
June 6:
June 6:
June 8-9:
Lincoln Trail District Youth Beef Show
Nelson County Fairgrounds, Bardstown
Northern Ky. District Youth Beef Show
Campbell County Fairgrounds, Alexandria
Bluegrass District Goat Show; Jessamine County
Kentucky Colonel District Lamb Show, Scott County
Rough River District Swine Show; Breckinridge Co.
Central KY District Goat Show; Boyle County
Lincoln Trail District Goat Show; Horse Cave
Harrodsburg District Dairy Show; Mercer County
Top of KY District Lamb Show; Boone County
Kentucky Jr Livestock Expo East; Morehead
REMEMBER…
Northern Kentucky District Beef Show Nomination Forms must be
postmarked by Thursday, May 14, 2015. Please turn in by May 11. All
beef animals must be registered in the exhibitors name by May 29 per
breed association requirements.
Campbell House 6:00 p.m. Saturday, June 6, 2015 Ac vi es for the evening will include:
Recep on & Dinner
4‐H Memorabilia
LOTS of Photos
2015
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
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Have your Kroger Plus card handy and register your card
with your organization after you sign up.
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Kroger Plus cards are available at the customer service
desk at any Kroger.
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Click on Sign In/Register
New online customers must click on SIGN UP TODAY in
the ‘New Customer?’ box.
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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.
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You will then get a message to check your inbox and click
on the link within the body of the email.
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Click on My Account and use your email address and
password to proceed to the next step.
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Click on Edit Kroger Community Rewards information and
input your Kroger Plus card number.
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Update or confirm your information.
Enter NPO number 83444 or Kenton County 4-H and
then click on confirm.
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To verify you are enrolled correctly, you will see your
organization’s name on the right side of your information
page.
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REMEMBER, purchases will not count for your group until
after your member(s) register their card(s).
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Do you use your phone number at the register? Call 800576-4377, select option 4 to get your Kroger Plus card
number.
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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 3563155.
Register now to join the fun!
www.kentucky4hfounda on.org
Or contact the Kentucky 4‐H Founda on 859.257.7178
Tony.Burne @uky.edu
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ecord Books, cover sheets and scoring rubrics are available in the Kenton County Extension Office lobby. Junior books are salmon
colored, senior books are ivory. The cover sheets are yellow and have the scoring rubric on the back. Materials printed with a
2015 in the heading are the most current version. Please review the Record Book Requirements listed below:
Record Book Workshops
Two instructional sessions are planned for anyone needing assistance in completing record books.
June 16, 2015; 6:00-7:00 p.m.—Kenton County Extension Office - 10990 Marshall Road
June 25. 2015; 12 (noon) - 1:00 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 Monday, July
6, 2015 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
4-H Volunteer Conference
of Southern States
October 1-4, 2015
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
Teen Conference
June 8-11, 2015
University of Kentucky
Please call the office for more information.
KENTON COUNTY 4-H CALENDAR
CLUBS, PROJECT GROUPS AND ACTIVITIES:
May 3
Gymkhana; 12:00 (noon); Kenton County Fairgrounds
May 4
“Be The E” Club Meeting; 6:30 p.m.; Durr Center, Marshall Road
May 5
Fair Board; 7:30 p.m.; Durr Center, Marshall Road
May 8
Poultry Club; 4:30 p.m.; Durr Center, Marshall Road
May 9
Big Cats; 10:00 a.m.; Nicholson Christian Church
May 11
Weigh In Kenton County Fair; 6:00-8:00 p.m.
May 11
District 3 Horse Management; 6:30 p.m.; Carroll County
May 12
4-H Executive Council Meeting; 6:30 p.m.; Durr Center, Marshall Road
May 14
Bug Night; 6:00-8:00 p.m.; Durr Center, Marshall Road
May 16
Showcase Planning Cookie Making; 10:00 a.m.; Durr Center, Marshall Road
May 18
4-H Spring Showcase; 6:30 p.m.; Syndicate
May 18-22
Farm Visits
May 19
4-H Council; 7:00 p.m.; Durr Annex, Dixie Highway
May 20
Rough Riders; 7:00 p.m.; Durr Annex, Dixie Highway
May 21
CEC; 6:00 p.m.; Durr Annex, Dixie Highway
May 25
Office Closed for Memorial Day Holiday
May 28
Deadline to enter State Dairy Judging; 4:30 p.m.; Durr Center, Marshall Road
May 28
Deadline to enter State Livestock Judging; 4:30 p.m.; Durr Center, Marshall Road
May 29-31
District 3 Horse Show; Frankfort
May 30
NKY District Beef Show; Campbell County Fairgrounds
School Clubs in May
May 1 Summit View
May 8 Howell
May 12 Holy Cross
May 13 St. Cecilia
May 14 Beechwood
May 18 Ryland
May 20 Summit View
Kenton Elem.
Serving Kenton County
Volunteer Opportunities
Date
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.
May 18-22
Farm Visits
Variable
Afternoon/Evenings
Diane Kelley
1 adult per day
May 14
Bug Night
5:30-9:00 p.m.
Diane Kelley
4 adults
May 27
Reality Store
8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m
Diane Kelley
10 adults
July 8
Judge Record Books 9:00-12 (noon)
Mary Averbeck
10 adults
July 12
Judge at Fair
Mary Averbeck
10 adults
Activity
Time
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Contact Person
# Needed
4 - H Y o u t h De v e l o p m e n t
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HOST FAMILIES NEEDED
For 4-H International Programs
This summer, 10 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 16. 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 [email protected]. 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.
4-H Horse Program
“Leg Up” Scholarship
All applications are available online at
http://raceforeducation.org/scholarships/
Inquires about this and any other RFE scholarship
may be directed to The Race for Education at:
(859) 252-8648.
Sincerely,
Kenton County Extension Agents for 4-H Youth Development
Diane Kelley
Denise Donahue
Mary S. Averbeck
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Lori Clark
[email protected]
Celia Bergman
[email protected]
Kenton County Extension Assistants for 4-H Youth Development
Cooperative Extension Service
University of Kentucky
Kenton County
10990 Marshall Road
Covington, KY 41015
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INDEPENDENCE,KY
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There will be two camper-parent orientations. One
is Wednesday, May 20, at the Durr Center, Marshall
Road, at 6:00 p.m. The second orientation is
Thursday, June 4, at the Durr Annex, Dixie Highway
at 6:00 p.m. All parents and campers must attend
one of these. During this meeting, you will receive
more information about what to expect at 4-H
Camp. There will also be a chance to meet the
leaders who will be attending camp.
If you aren’t registered for camp yet, it’s not too
late! 4-H Camp is June 22-26, (5 days 4 nights) for
4-H members ages 9-14. Camp is on a first come,
first serve basis. Cost is $230. (Early Bird discount
is $215 if paid by May 22.) This includes cabin
lodging, transportation, all meals, and a t-shirt. A
fund raiser is available to offset the cost of camp.
Call the extension office for an application form.
Camp scholarships will be given to families with
some demonstrated financial need. Preference will
be given to active 4-H families. Scholarship applications are available through the 4-H agents. Call
Denise with any questions about 4-H Camp at
356-3155.
Adult Counselors needed
call Denise if you can help.