October 2017
Inside this issue: Club Updates
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Club Updates,
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NYSD Preview & NRESCi Academy KVF
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Holiday Card
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Contest Achievement &
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Ham Club Youth Health
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Bulletin Calendar of
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Events
County Extension Agents for 4-H Youth Development
Danielle Hagler danielle.hagler@uky.edu
Luke Fries luke.fries@uky.edu 317 South Third Street Bardstown, KY 40004 502-348-9204 502-348-9270 fax
Spotlight of the Month National 4-H Week and Cloverbud 4-H Fun Nelson County 4-H celebrated National 4-H week by hosting a 4-H Appreciation Luncheon on Wednesday, October 4th. This event recognizes volunteers, sponsors, 4-H families and community partners. A week before the vent, 3 members of the Nelson County 4-H participated in a 4-H walk, where they visited most of the downtown merchants to invite them to the event and thank them for their support of 4-H. They were each given a flyer that they could post in their window recognizing 4-H week. On the day of the event, we also hosted an introduction to 4-H for our youngest members, the Cloverbuds. Nineteen 5-8 year olds, 3 teen volunteers, and 4 adult volunteers participated in activities such as woodworking, rubber tire stamp making, nature prints, and introduction to communications projects, and 4-H yoga. The Cloverbuds also learned about food safety by participating in a Glow-germ activity. Once they passed the test and showed their hands were clean, they learned about measurements and food presentation by completing Pumpkin Patch dirt pudding snacks. This also served as their service project for the day, as they made around 50 desserts to be served at the luncheon. Around 80 guests including local, state, and federal governmental leaders attended the luncheon. At the luncheon, they were served a nice lunch and had the opportunity to visit information booths about our 4-H clubs. Representatives from the clubs shared their knowledge of 4-H and even got to be interviewed for local media. It was a fun day impacting around 50 folks before the event, around 80 the day of the event and many more who were able to see the event highlighted in local news.
Club Updates Page 2
Forestry Field Day Mammoth Cave National Park
ARE YOU SERIOUSLY TALKING NELSON COUNTY 4-H SUMMER CAMP!?
Over 130 4-H youth from 12 counties attended the 4-H Forestry Field Day at Mammoth Cave National Park on September 20, 2017. The youth attending from Nelson County were: Gloria Bolin, Madelyn Bolin, Natalie Bolin, Laura Bolin, Isabella Aller, Scarlet Collin, and Dylan Parrish. The 4-H youth had the opportunity to learn about Kentucky’s trees and forests as well as a few of the skills that real-life foresters utilize everyday while on the job. The youth aged 9 to 13 (Juniors) and 14 to 18 (Seniors) years of age were taught and tested on the basics of tree identification, tree measurement and the use of a compass and measuring distances by pacing. The Kentucky 4-H Forestry Team from Nelson County assisted with event. The instructors and partners for this event were
foresters and naturalists from the University of Kentucky Department of Forestry, Kentucky Division of Forestry and Mammoth Cave National Park. The Senior 4-H Overall Ribbon winners for the combined three events: 1st place – Natalie Bolin – Nelson County 2nd place – Dylan Parrish – Nelson County 4th place – Gloria Bolin – Nelson County
Bardstown Elementary School Club
Well...That’s What Cheppos Do!
Please Save our 2018 Nelson County 4-H Summer Camp Dates: June 25th-29th, 2018
After a short club meeting, Bardstown Elementary 4th Grade 4-Hers explored the science of motion in September by Exploring the UK Physics Zoo. 4-Hers had the opportunity to visit over 15 hands on
science experiments that helped them discover how light traveled, how pulleys work, and how forces affect the objects around us. Fourth graders from Foster Heights and Bloomfield also took part.
Club Updates Cont. Page 3
DO YOU HAVE EXTRA FLOWER POTS?
4-H Adult Volunteer, Mr. Cleo Philon is collecting old flower pots for Master Gardeners. We would greatly appreciate your donation! Just swing them by the office when you have a chance!
Young Leaders On September 27, the Nelson County Young Leaders visited the Nelson County Cooperative Extension Office to take part in teambuilding and leadership activities lead by Danielle Hagler, Nelson County Cooperative Extension Agent for 4-H Youth Development. The Extension office partners with Tiffany Everts, from The Bardstown Nelson County Chamber of Commerce. Extension helps the group get to know each other, then later in the year hosts an Agriculture day where We really enjoy working with this group the youth learn about many facets of the each year and look forward to seeing what Nelson County agriculture industry. a difference they make in our community!
Shooting Sports Education
Commonwealth Cleanup
Nelson County 4-H Shooting Sports Club members and their families did their part in making our community a little more beautiful. Thank you to Julie Smith for coordinating this community service/ fundraising opportunity.
The weekend of October 7-9th, brought together volunteers from across the state to learn about leadership, safety, youth development, and how to teach youth to handle firearms. Gloria and Natalie Bolin from Nelson County attended to become certified as teen coaches in Black Powder. Shelby Carter certified as a rifle coach. Caleb Enlow and Madelyn Bolin attended certification for an orientation into their role as a KY 4-H Shooting Sports Ambassador. Stephen Bolin attended as an outgoing Ambassador. Jerry Lawson attended as the State 4-H Shooting Sports Committee President, while volunteers, Chandler Young, Audrey Bolin, and Ben Jury attended as instructors. Nelson County 4-H is always proud to have such great involvement in State level 4-H programming!
Club Updates Cont. Page 4
Teen Council
Are you interested in Cooking or Sewing!? Call Luke at the Extension Office to enroll for Cooking Club starting in January.
Waiting list spots are also available starting now for Sewing Club.
Are you raising or interested in learning more about GOATS!? Well, we may have a club for you!
On October 10th, the 4-H Teen Council meet for their first business meeting of the year. They elected officers. Congratulations Teen Council Officers: Gloria Bolin- President Larkin Williams- Vice President
Madelyn BolinSecretary Caleb EnlowTreasurer
Beef Club Savanna Hill competed at Morehead State the chance to attend. Congratulations to Farm in various contests and exhibited Savanna Hill, we will be rooting for you! cattle. She won awards for Quiz Bowl, Sales Talk, Photography, Ad Design, Team Judging, Showmanship, as well as 1st Place Overall in the Intermediate Division. All the contests were based on a points system and all the points were tallied at the end. Overall awards were given based on the top 10 individuals in each age division. As a result of Savanna’s success, she has filled out an application through the Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association for a chance to attend the Nebraska Youth Beef Leadership Symposium in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Beef Leadership Conference would provide Savanna with the opportunity to tour places, learn about the beef industry and interact with people from all over! She was contacted and has had an interview for
St. Ann’s Seahawks The Seahawks club met on October 12, 2017. Aiden Moore and Devin Newsome led the pledges. The adult leader of the club announced that at the meeting in November, they would have a state
If interested in joining a “Goat Club”, email or call Luke as soon as you read this: luke.fries@uky.edu OR (502) 348-9204
representative that would come and speak. The program was led by a Conservation Officer and was all about mammals. Submitted by Aiden Moore, Club Reporter
St. Gregory 8th Grade Club St. Gregory School Club nominated and be on the lookout in the November elected officers during their club meeting in newsletter for club officer names and a September. 4-H is happy to be back in St. group picture. Gregory Schools and to see the smiling faces of all the youth, they are special ones. Please
Club Updates, 4-H NYSD Preview & NRESci Academy Page 5
Rabbit & Poultry Club
Nelson County Extension and 4-H are on Facebook!
The club met on October 17th, 2017 at the Nelson County Extension Office. About 20 members attended the first new meeting of the year in the Civic Center. The Club will be looking to do projects and learn more about taking care of rabbits and poultry
throughout the year. There is a possibility that the club will also host its first show in quite some time. The club looks forward to working with Nelson County youth interested in these small, but lovable animals!
4-H National Youth Science Day Preview
We provide Agriculture, Food and Environmental tips and tricks that will be helpful to you and your family throughout the year. Find this, and all your 4-H program updates on our Facebook page by searching and liking us @ Nelson County Extension.
Wearable health trackers and smart watches, have allowed us to monitor ourselves like never before. During 4-H National Youth Science Day, 4-H’ers will learn how these technologies work as they design their own in an experiment titled Incredible Wearables. 4-H National Youth Science Day promotes the organization’s science-related programming efforts. Annually, during the month of October, millions of young Americans participate in the world’s largest youth-led science experiment. In Nelson County, we’ll conduct the experiment in around 20 classrooms 4-H’ers will use engineering principles to
build a functioning wearable health monitor using a low-cost, small computer and sensors. They will learn how to track their physical fitness using the monitor and analyze the data from the technology on a computer, tablet or mobile phone. Young people will also learn about careers related to the wearable technology industry which range from fashion designer to mobile app developer. To find out more about the 4-H National Youth Science Day experiment or how to get involved in science-related 4-H projects, contact the Nelson County Cooperative Extension Service.
Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences Academy Congratulations to JT King for being accepted into the Natural Resources and Environmental Science Academy. The NRESci Academy is a three-year program designed to teach youth about their natural environment. In the program, scholars participate in hands-on investigations to learn about Kentucky’s water, forest and wildlife resources. Each year of the three -year program, scholars concentrate on a different core area (water, forestry, wildlife) and interact with experts in each of these disciplines. Scholars participate in a variety of field exercises, including stream sampling, forest
measurement data collection, wildlife survey, insect collection and identification, and much more. Scholars also have the opportunity to visit natural areas throughout the Commonwealth, and learn about the diverse natural resources in our state. Scholars who have graduated from the academy in good standing may apply to be NRESci Teen Ambassador (a one-year commitment).
4-H Eclipse & Performing Arts Camp Page 6
Danielle Hagler or Luke Fries
502-348-9204
Other 4-H Information! Page 7
Rally Day Results
Citizenship Challenge
Robotics Club
Holiday Card Contest
Put your artistic skills to the test in the 5th Annual Holiday Card Contest presented by the Nelson County 4-H Council. The winning card design will be printed as our Holiday card and used as a part of our December 4-H Service projects. Over 1,000 cards are given to community members in need. Rules are simple: Designs should be entered in a 5”x7” or 7”x5” format. You only need to provide the outside card design. The winners name will appear on the back of the card. When submitting an entry, please include a name, age, address, and a 4-H club or classroom. NO GLITTER! Juniors Seniors 1st place $10 1st place $10 Artwork should be done in marker. Entries must be received by Thursday, Dec. 1 2nd place $8 2nd place $8 to be considered for the contest. The top 3 winners in Jr. & Sr. will receive a 3rd place $5 3rd place $5 prize.
Bronze, Silver & Gold winners will receive 4-H appeal at the county level.
2016 Kids Vote & Robotic Club Page 9
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Calendar of Events Sunday
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October 22 October 23
October 24
October 25
October 26 October 27 Stitch N’ Time Club
October 28
October 29 October 30
October 31
Nov 1
Nov 2
Nov 3
Nov 4 Shooting Sports Club
Nov 10
Nov 11 Stitch N Time Club
Achievement Apps Due Nov 5
Nov 6
Nov 7 Dairy Club Horse Club
Nov 12
Nov 13
Nov 8
Nov 9
Adult Council Nov 14
Awards Banquet Nov 15
Nov 16
Nov 17
Nov 18
Nov 21 Nov 22 Rabbit & Poultry Club
Nov 23
Nov 24
Nov 25
Nov 28
Nov 30
Teen Council Nov 19
Nov 26
Nov 20
Nov 27
Nov 29
Office Closed for Holiday Dec 1
Dec 2 Shooting Sports Club Stitch N Time Club