Carlisle County 4-H

Cooperative Extension Service

Carlisle County 65 John Roberts Drive

Bardwell, KY (270) 628-5458

Fax: (270-628-3722 www.ca.uky.edu/ces

Clover College Afterschool

Baking Club: March 6, 8, 13, 15, 20; 3:15-4:45 pm; Extension Office

Pinterest Club: February 7, 8, March 7, 26, April 16, 30; 3:15-4:30 PM; Ext. Office

Yoga Club: March 21, 28, April 11, 18, 25, May 2; 4:00-5:00 PM, Extension Office

Unusual Pets: April 10, 17, 24, May 1; 3:15-4:45 PM, Extension Office

Citizenship 101 Day Camp: April 3, 9:00-3:00, starting at Extension Office, exploring River County landmarks

Go, Grow, Garden horticulture project and Adopt-a-Stream water quality project offered on family’s time

Clubs

Comet Clovers Club – March 26th, April 23rd, 6:00 PM, Extension Office

County Teen Club –April 9th, 5:30-6:30 PM, Extension Office

Cloverbud Club – April 23, 3:30-4:30 PM, Extension Office

Upcycle Artists Club –April 10th, May 8th, 3:00-5:00 PM, CCHS Room 131

Dog Club –April 12th, 3:00-4:30 pm at CCHS Room 131

CCMS Leadership Club – March 23, April 13, May 4th, 2:00 PM, CCMS

Fishing Club – March 28th, April 25th, May 23rd, 3:30-4:30 on meeting days, 3:30-5:00 on fishing days, location TBA depending on weather

Cooking Club – April 14th, 9:00-11:00 AM, Extension office Councils

4-H Council Meeting – March 20th and May 8th, 7:00 PM, Extension Office

Area Teen Council – May 7th, 6:30 PM, McCracken County Extension office, Vertical Jump trip

State Teen Council Meeting –June 9-10 at UK in Lexington Events/Trips

4-H Capitol Experience – March 21st, Frankfort

Truth & Consequences – March 22, CCMS

County Showcase (Communications Day, Fashion Revue, Variety Show) – March 24th, 9:00 AM, Extension Office

Mantle Rock Middle School Trip – March 27th, Mantle Rock in Livingston County (Rain Date: April 16th)

Third Grade Ag Day – March 28, CCES

Early American Day Camp – March 29th

Shooting Sports Camp – April 4th-7th, Jabez, KY

Reality Store – April 17th, CCMS

Area Communications Day – April 19th, Ballard County

Teen Retreat – April 20-22, West KY 4-H Camp, Dawson Springs

Area Fashion Revue – May 8, 4:00 pm, McCracken County

Culinary Challenge – June 1, 9:00 am, McCracken County

Teen Conference – June 11-14, University of Kentucky, Lexington

4-H Camp – June 12-15, West KY 4-H Camp, Dawson Springs

WAVE Ag Day – July 19, Carlisle County Fairgrounds

Dates to Remember!

Volunteer with 4-H!

Current Needs:

Communications Day Judges & Room

Hosts Help at the county & area

events by judging speeches and demonstrations or help-ing time, tabulate, and more.

Reality Store Volunteers

Help with Reality Store on April 17th from 8:00-11:30 and help youth learn about finan-

cial management.

Call 270-628-5458 to sign up!

The Clover Connection

March/April 2018

Kentucky 4-H Announces Award Winners

Catherine Drysdale received the gold honor. She is cur-

rently a member of the State Teen Council, president of

the Carlisle County Teen Council, and president of the

Purchase Area Teen Council. She has served on the Issues

Conference State Planning Committee and is the chair-

woman of the State Teen Council Luncheon Committee.

She has also served on the area and district Winter Teen

Trip, Teen Retreat, and Leadership Round-up committees.

She has won numerous awards in 4-H on the county, dis-

trict, and state levels in a number of project areas and

serves as a teen leader at many clubs, camps, and project

days. Catherine was also selected as a Top Ten Gold Hon-

or, so she will get to compete for the prestigious Emerald Honor at this year’s Teen Conference. The Emer-

ald Honor is the highest award given in Kentucky 4-H. Congratulations Catherine!

4-H’ers at least in the 8th grade, and who

have reached Level III can apply for the

bronze award. Each district can submit 15

recipients for the bronze award. The competitive program consists of an application. Bronze Competitive

Achievement winners receive a 33.3% scholarship to Teen Conference on the University of Kentucky

Campus, June 11 – 14.

Congratulations to the following Bronze Honor recipients:

Hannah Crider, Samantha Crider, Elizabeth Estes, Rebecca Estes, Daries O’Connor, Abby Reynolds,

Deseree Warthen

Every two years, the Kentucky Volun-

teer Forum is held in Lexington. This is a time to honor 4-H vol-

unteers across the state for what they do. This year, two state vol-

unteer awards were presented to Carlisle County volunteers. One

was the Leadership Development Award presented to Lorena Da-

vis. The other was the 4-H Camping Award, presented to Kelly

and Michelle Laird. Catherine Drysdale and Aaron Ellegood were

also recognized for being 10 Year 4-H members. Congratulations

to our awards winners!

Bronze Honors

Catherine Drysdale, Top Ten Gold Honor

Civil Rights Annual Notification

The College of Agriculture, Food and Environment is an Equal Opportunity Organization with respect to education and employment and authorization to provide research, education information and other services only to individuals and institutions that function without regard to economic or social status and will not discriminate on the bases of race, color, ethnic origin, creed, religion, po-

litical belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, marital status, genetic information, age, veter-an status, or physical or mental disability. Inquiries regarding compliance with Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,

Title IX of the Educational Amendments, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and other related matter should be directed to Equal Opportunity Office, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky, Room S-105, Agriculture Science Build-

ing, North Lexington, Kentucky 40546.

State Volunteer Forum Awards

4-H Club Updates Cooking Club

The Junior MasterChefs are practicing and preparing

for the Culinary Challenge, which will be held on

June 1st in McCracken County. A practice will be

held on April 14 (9:00-11:00 AM) and some practices

will be scheduled in May to prepare. This club is for

anyone in 5th grade and up. Leaders: Melissa Good-

man, Shane & Megan Draper

Fishing Club The Fishing Club had a great sign-up meeting. The

club meets the 4th Wednesday of each month. Excit-

ing adventures are in the works for the club year.

The club will meet on Wednesdays from 3:30-5:00

pm on fishing days and from 3:30-4:30 pm on meet-

ing days in various locations depending on the

weather. Parent/guardian/caretaker required at all

meetings. Leaders: Krista Yarbrough, Ronnie Partin

Teen Club The Teen Club meets at the Extension Office on the

even months on the 2nd Monday. On the 2nd Monday

of the odd months, county members participate in Ar-

ea Teen Council at the McCracken County Extension

Office. The Purchase Area 4-H Teen Leadership

Round-up was a huge success. The Area Teen Coun-

cil will be taking a trip to Vertical Jump in May.

Leader: Kelsey Chadwick

Cloverbud Club The Cloverbud Club will meet again on March 12. The

club made valentines for community helpers at the last

meeting as a service project. Each meeting includes

reciting the pledges, a healthy snack, physical activity,

and a hands-on craft about that month’s curriculum

area of 4-H. The last meeting of the year will be held

April 23. All meetings are held at the Extension Office

from 3:30-4:30. Leaders: Courtney Atkins, Laura

Thornsbrough, Melissa Goodman, and Lisa Dodson

Comet Clover Club The Comet Clover Club is currently meeting and

gearing up for the Capitol Experience Trip to Frank-

fort. They plan to attend on March 21st and take part

in a great government experience by seeing our

state’s capitol and representing 4-H. Club meetings

are held on the fourth Monday of every month at 6:00

PM at the Extension Office. Leader: Sarah Dietsch

Shooting Sports Club The Shooting Sports Club had great attendance at the

sign-up meeting in February. Many plan to attend

Shooting Sports Camp over Spring Break. A safety

meeting will be scheduled soon. Practices will be

held on Sunday afternoons at 2:00 pm beginning in

March.

Leaders: Tracy, Russell, Aaron, and Laiken Ellegood;

Catherine Drysdale; Ronnie Partin; Shane Draper

Dog Club The Dog Club had its first Dog Day on March 3rd.

They learned basic leash skills and safety. They also

made dog treats for their dogs. There are two more

meetings scheduled for the year: They meet the sec-

ond Thursday of each month from 3:00-4:30 after-

school in CCHS Room 131 with occasional Dog

Days on Saturdays at the Extension Office. Leader:

Dawn Coleman

Arts & Crafts Club The Upcycle Artists Arts & Crafts Club are busy mak-

ing treasure out of trash each month on the second

Tuesday of the month from 3:00-5:00 pm after school

in room 131 at CCHS. All projects can be entered in

the fair this summer. The club is always collecting

Pringles cans, empty pill bottles, K-cups, toilet paper

rolls, paper towel rolls, paper egg cartons, aluminum

can tabs, and plastic bottle caps. Anyone may donate

these to the club at any time by dropping them off at

the Extension Office. Leader: Dawn Coleman

To join any of these clubs, call the Extension Office at 270-628-5458!

There is still time to sign up for these fun spring classes!

Pictures from Previous Clover College Classes

Family Project Registration Deadlines Extended to March 30th.

Dance Club had tons of fun learning new dances while getting their exercise

in. Thank you Catherine Drysdale for leading this great club!

Pinterest Club tries their hand at refinishing old wooden home

items. Great Home Environment projects for the fair! Thank you Melissa Goodman for leading!

Communications Club works hard on speeches and demon-strations for the County Show-

case. Thank you Lorena Davis for your help with this great group.

Many of today’s farmers learned valuable lessons while grow-ing up as members of 4-H. Now there is an easy way farmers can help support the 4-H program that is so valuable to our community, our county and most importantly, our youth.

As you renew your farm license plate at the county clerk’s office, please make the $10 donation, a third of which goes directly to support 4-H programs and activities. I wanted to remind you now about the program since all farm license plates are renewed in March. Half of the 4-H share support programs right here in our county, making this a great oppor-tunity for the local 4-H council, clubs and members to increase financial support for their programs. The other half is used by the Kentucky 4-H Foundation to support state level programs that many of our 4-H members participate in which furthers their positive experiences and opportunities for advanced lead-ership, citizenship, and life-skills development.

Making your $10 donation is an excellent opportunity for our agricultural community to support the youth of our county and help fund the programs that can make a lasting difference in their lives. Kentucky 4-H gives Kentucky’s young people the chance to participate in constructive, educational and fun ac-tivities that teach them the value of hard work, discipline and participation.

Support 4-H with Ag Tag Donation

Benefits to Cooking as a Family

In today’s society, we can get so wrapped up in the hustle and bustle of everyday life, that family time is often left out of our daily routine. Most of us consider the nightly meal as family time, but it’s easy to forget that cooking together is also a great bonding experience. There are many benefits of getting the family involved in the kitchen. Research shows that young people who are involved in cooking their meals are more willing to try new foods, and cooking can open up sensory exploration for children. Youth who get to smell, touch and see the food before even tasting it, develop a sense of ownership of the meal. Not only does cooking as a fami-ly allow them to try new meals, it also builds self-confidence in young people as they learn to prepare food. This time together also fosters conversation. You can engage in your young person’s life and talk about healthy food and even teach math and literacy skills as they learn to read recipes. Here are some tips to succeed at cooking with your family. Plan ahead. Plan your meal and everyone’s role in the process. Ask for help. Get everyone involved. Follow food safety guidelines. Make sure that everyone washes their hands, and that children know they cannot taste uncooked ingredients. Focus on fun. Young people can still have fun and learn without being involved in every step, especially if that step could be dangerous. Make the directions simple and age appropriate. Encourage your young per-son to stay involved by asking their opinion and ask them questions along the way. Take each step as a learning experience, and be

patient as they learn new skills and concepts. Never leave a young person unattended, especially if a task could be dangerous like using kitchen utensils or hot surfaces. 4-H offers a variety of cooking programs to help young people further master their food preparation skills as well as learn about health and nutrition. For more information, contact the Carlisle County Extension office at 270-628-5458. Educational programs of the Coopera-tive Extension Service serve all people regardless of eco-nomic or social status and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnic origin, national origin, creed, religion, political belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender

identity, gender expressions, pregnancy, marital status, genetic information, age, veteran status, or physical or mental disability.

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