UPCOMING DATES & DEADLINES: Record Book Deadline: July 6, 2018; 4:30 p.m. Kenton County Fair: Item Check in: July 15 Item Pick up: July 22 Fair Date: July 16 21, 2018 Cooperative Extension Service Kenton County 10990 Marshall Road Covington, KY 41015 (859) 356-3155 Fax: (859) 356-0363 www.ca.uky.edu/ces Summer Classes Begin June 5 Registration is now on line. www.kentoncountyextension.com (Registration Required) Ky. State Fair: Aug. 16 26, 2018 4 H SPRING SHOWCASE The 4 H Fashion Revue will be held at the Boone County Enrichment Center on Monday,, 2018, as part of the twel h 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 created by project group members. Teen 4 H ers will serve as the planning commi ee, and Blazin Bridles Club members will be servers. The $14 per person fee includes dinner. Everyone must preregister. Call the office if you have not received an invita on and would like to a end.
State Horse Contests UPCOMING HORSE PROGRAM DATES: If you are planning to par cipate in the state horse judging, horse bowl, or horse arts and cra s events to be held on June 7 8 in Lexington, you must register and pay the fee by May 28. Individual registra on forms are required and are available on line at h p://afs.ca.uky.edu/4h youth/horse or from the extension office. Contact Mary Averbeck for more informa on. Packets were mailed in April to 4 H horse club members who completed their 6 educa onal hours. May 1 June 1 3 June 3 8 June 7 8 June 7 8 July 1 7 July 21 Horse Camp applica ons due District 3 4 H Qualifying Show Campbell County 4 H Horse Camp State Horse Judging State 4 H Horse Contests at Holiday Inn North, Lexington State 4 H Horse Show at Kentucky Fair & Expo Center Kenton County Fair 4 H Horse Show Early Bird Record Book Entry Prize Announcement 2018 Record Books are due Friday, July 6, 2018 by 4:30 p.m.. There will be an early early bird drawing for books submi ed by 4:30 PM on June 22. 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 light green colored, senior books are ivory. The cover sheets are white. Materials printed with a 2018 in the heading are the most current version. Please review the Record Book Requirements listed below: Record Book Requirements In order to enter projects at the Kenton County Fair, you must meet the following record book requirements: 1) If displaying a project in the 4 H building you must complete 1 record book of your choice. If you have an animal project you must complete 1 record book of your choice. However, Market Animal Exhibitors must complete a Market Animal Record Book. The maximum record books to be completed per 4 H child is 2 one for animals and one for the 4 H building. You will only be judged/paid for one record book in the building and one record book in the barn this year. 2) All record books must be logged in by a secretary, agent or record book commi ee volunteer before 4:30 p.m. on Friday, July 6, 2018. 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
STATE LIVESTOCK JUDGING CONTEST ENTRY DEADLINE M 21 Date of Contest: Tuesday, June 19 Registra on: $22.00 per person Make Check Payable to: Kenton County 4 H Council EXTRA Recogni on Breakfast Tickets: $16.50 Loca on: Muhlenberg County Ag & Conven on Center, Powderly. 4 H members registering can request more complete informa on. Late registra on will not be permi ed by the State program for 2018. Registra on Fee is non refundable from the state program. ATTENTION! LIVESTOCK EXHIBITORS Please contact Diane by May 11th to set up your farm visit. If you have any ques ons or concerns this will be a good me to ask. Please give direc ons to your barn when you call or send via email. 4 H Poultry Club May 11 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! COUNTRY HAM The 4 H ers par cipa ng 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. STATE DAIRY JUDGING CONTEST E NTRY DEADLINE MAY 21, 2018 Date of Contest: Monday, June 4, 2018 Registra on: $15 per person Make Check Payable to: Kenton County 4 H Council Loca on: UK Coldstream Dairy Farm, Lexington AWARDS BANQUET: Evening of June 4, 2018 Loca on: Faye e County Extension Office Late entries cannot be accepted. MAY LIVESTOCK EVENTS: 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 Promo on. The following are May livestock events: 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 4, 2018, therefore 4 H members must submit the applica on earlier for processing. Contact Diane at the Kenton County Coopera ve Extension for more informa on at 356 3155. May 5: May 12: May 19: May 26: June 2: June 2: June 4: June 4: June 8: June 9: June 9: June 11 12: June 13: June 16: Bluegrass District Beef Show; Nicholas Co Fairgrounds Dairy U; Burley Fields Livestock Center, Horse Cave Northern Kentucky District Youth Beef Show Henry County Fairgrounds, New Castle Bluegrass District Goat Show; Nicholasville Kentucky Colonel District Lamb Show; Georgetown Rough River District Swine Show; Hardinsburg Central Kentucky District Goat Show; Danville Lincoln Trail District Youth Beef Show; Bardstown Central Kentucky District Swine Show; Paris Kentucky Jr Breeding/Market Goat Show; Harrodsburg Top of Kentucky District Lamb Show; Pendleton County Kentucky Jr Livestock Expo East; Morehead West Kentucky District Swine Show; Powderly Western Rivers KY Jr Livestock Expo; Murray
Youth Voices Science Survey Miscellaneous Categories for 2018 Kenton County Fair Please note that in order to enter any 4 H project at the fair you must complete a Record Book and return to Kenton County Extension Office by 4:30 p.m. on July 6, 2018. 4M01 4M02 4M03 4M04 4M05 4M06 4M07 4M08 4M09 4M10 4M11 4M12 4M13 4M14 4M15 4M16 4M17 4M18 4M19 4M20 4M21 4M22 4M23 4M24 4M25 4-H and Bayer Crop Science: Youth Voices Science Survey 4-H and Bayer Crop Science are teaming up to find out how much students actually know about careers in agriculture and how they feel about their career preparedness and science education. Have your students take the survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/gztdmqx Basket Weaving Models Leather Cra Recycled Cra Precast/Fired Ceramics Jewelry (no pony beads) Metal Cra Decoupage Duct Tape Model Rockets Holiday Cra Scrapbook or Journal Yard Ornament/Repurposed Folk Art; Tin punch, candle Nature Cra Bead Cra Paper Cra Ribbon Cra Hand Cra ed Soap Decorated Tee Shirt Simple Cloth Item Mosaic Single Photograph Single Photo (subject person) Shadow Box The Miscellaneous Sewing categories have remained the same as previous years. Please see the fair catalog for more informa on and details. 4 H Garden Group Love to garden? Want to learn more? Join our garden group and you will not only learn new things but you will be able to complete projects for the fair. Group will be lead by Abigail Gerhardt. Ques ons can be directed to: Gerharam@mail.uc.edu. Please register on PACE at kentoncountyextension.org. All mee ngs will be at the Kenton County Extension Office on Marshall Road from 5:00 6:00 p.m. except the two excep ons below. Ages 9 18. May 10 June 21 May 31 June 28 (mee ng 6:00) June 14 (mee ng 6 8) Poten al projects: bucket garden, leaf prints, annual flowers, etc. 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 organiza on. Register online at krogercommunityrewards.com Have your Kroger Plus card handy and register your card with your organiza on a er you sign up. Kroger Plus cards are available at the customer service desk. 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 crea ng a password, agreeing to the terms and condi ons. 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 informa on and input your Kroger Plus card number. Update or confirm your informa on. Enter NPO number 83444 or Kenton County 4 H and then click on confirm. To verify you are enrolled correctly, you will see your organiza on s name on the right side of informa on page. REMEMBER, purchases will not count for your group un l a er your member(s) register their card(s). Use your phone number at the register? Call 800 576 4377, select op on 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 ques ons, contact Denise Donahue, 356 3155.
Volunteer Day at the Fair May 6; 9:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. FALL 2018 LIVESTOCK & HORSE VOLUNTEER CERTIFICATION Come help spruce up the 4 H building and pa o. Pain ng, sanding, etc. All ages welcome! Nov. 17 Dec. 1 Lake Cumberland State Park General Butler SRP, Carrollton 4 H Horse Program Leg Up Scholarship This college scholarship, sponsored by the Race for Educa on, 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 $500 scholarship will be award to a gradua ng student of each club annually. Deadline is May 27, 2018. For more informa on go to: h p:// www.raceforeduca on.org/media/files/ 2018_4 H_%27Leg_Up%27_ Scholarship_Applica on.pdf Inquires about this and any other RFE scholarship may be directed to The Race for Educa on at: (859) 252 8648. Please contact Mary S. Averbeck for registra on forms and informa on if you are interested in serving as a cer fied horse volunteer and Diane Kelley for registra on forms and informa on if you are interested in serving as a cer fied livestock volunteer. 4 H Volunteer Connec on: From Sea to Shining Sea September 27 30, 2018 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 collabora vely. Registra on will be open soon. See site below for details. For more informa on visit their website at: h ps://vcoss.weebly.com/
May 1 May 2 May 4 May 6 May 9 May 9 May 10 May 10 May 10 May 11 May 11 May 14 May 15 May 16 May 17 May 18 May 20-25 May 22 May 23 May 26 May 31 May 31 June 1 KENTON COUNTY 4-H CALENDAR Fair Board; 7:30 p.m.; Kenton County Extension, Marshall Road Livestock Judging; 6:00-8:00 p.m.; Kenton County Extension; Marshall Road KUIP Tagging; 4:00-6:00 p.m.; Pendleton Fairgrounds, Falmouth Volunteer Day at the Fairgrounds; 9:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Sanding, Painting, etc. Fairground Rate of Gain; 6:00-8:00 p.m.; Kenton County Fairgrounds Livestock Judging; 6:00-8:00 p.m.; Kenton County Extension; Marshall Road Purrfect Buddies; 6:00 p.m.; Kenton County Extension, Marshall Road Blazin Bridles; 6:30 p.m.; Kenton County Extension, Marshall Road 4-H Garden Group; 5:00 p.m.; Kenton County Extension; Marshall Road Poultry Club; 4:30 p.m.; Kenton County Extension; Marshall Rd Soaring Eagles; 1:30 p.m.; Kenton County Extension; Marshall Rd 4-H Camp Orientation; 6:30 p.m.; Kenton County Extension; Marshall Road 4-H Camp Counselor Training; 6:30 p.m.; Grant County Extension Office Livestock Judging; 6:00-8:00 p.m.; Kenton County Extension; Marshall Road CEC; 6:00 p.m.; Kenton County Extension; Marshall Rd Showcase Baking Blazin Bridles 4-H Gymkhana; 10:00 a.m.; Kenton County Fairgrounds Spring Showcase Fashion Revue; 6:30 p.m.; Boone County Enrichment Center State Dairy Judging Forms due; 4:30 p.m.; Kenton County Extension; Marshall Rd State Livestock Judging Paperwork due; 4:30 p.m.; Kenton County Extension; Marshall Rd. 4-H Spring Showcase; 6:30 p.m.; Boone County Enrichment Center State Livestock Judging Paperwork Due; 4:30 p.m.; Kenton County Extension, Marshall Rd Farm Visits as Scheduled Ghost Riders; Livestock Judging; 6:00 p.m.; Kenton County Extension; Marshall Road 4-H Camp Open House; 2:00 4:00 p.m.; North Central 4-H Camp, Carlisle Livestock Breeding forms due to Kenton County Extension, Marshall Road by 4:30 p.m. 4-H Garden Group; 5:00 p.m.; Kenton County Extension; Marshall Road County 4-H Livestock Sale Nomination Forms Due; 4:30 p.m.; Kenton Co Extension; Marshall Rd. May 3 St. Henry Ft. Wright May 4 Summit View May 7 Twenhofel May 8 Piner May 8 St. Anthony Ryland Holy Cross May 10 Beechwood Howell School Clubs in May May 10 St. Henry May 14 Ludlow May 16 Kenton St. Cecilia May 17 Woodland May 17 Calvary TBA River Ridge Volunteer Opportuni es 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 suppor ng Kenton County 4 H. Date Activity Time Contact Person # Needed -25 Farm Visits Variable Afternoon/Evenings Diane Kelley 1 adult per day July 11 Judge Record Books 9:00-12 (noon) Mary Averbeck 10 adults July 15 Judge at Fair 3:00-5:00 p.m. Mary Averbeck 10 adults
Sincerely, County Extension Agents 4-H Youth Development Education Kenton County Denise Donahue ddonahue@uky.edu Diane Kelley dkelley@uky.edu Mary S. Averbeck maverbec@uky.edu Kenton County Extension Assistants 4-H Youth Development Lori Clark lori.clark@uky.edu Celia Bergman celia.bergman@uky.edu 4-H Staff Assistant Mary Cannon mary.cannon@uky.edu The Kentucky 4 H Founda on invites you to a end The Emerald Gala on May 19, 2018 at 21c Louisville. Dinner and Silent and Live Auc on. For more informa on and to register go to: h p://kentucky4hfounda on.org/gala/ A 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 Founda on 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. Par cipa on 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. As a donor you will receive: Friends & Alumni car window decal, The Founda on s Newsle er, E mail blast on events and happenings, Invita on to Founda on events such as Homecoming and local alumni events, and Opportuni es 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.kentucky4hfounda on.org and click on the Friends & Alumni logo. We hope you will join today and help support the best kept secret in youth development!