CARTER COUNTY 4-H Coopera ve Extension Service Carter County 94 Fairground Drive Grayson, KY 41143 (606)474‐6686 Fax: (606)474‐8542 extension.ca.uky.edu
NEWSLETTER FALL 2017
What’s Inside: Upcoming 4‐H Events ‐ pg 2‐5 Summer Fun ‐ pg 6‐8 Carter County Fair Results ‐ pg 9
September 2: Projects at Grayson Gallery & Art Center 5: 4‐H Council Mee ng 7: Forestry Field Day 9: Projects at Grayson Gallery & Art Center 11: Sonshine Homeschool 4‐H Club Mee ng 14: Teen Council Mee ng 16: Shoo ng Sports Informa onal Mee ng 18: Farm & Family Field Day 21: District Horse Council Mee ng October 1‐7: Na onal 4‐H Week 2 & 3: 4th Grade Soil Conserva on Field Day 3: Win With Wood 9: Sonshine Homeschool 4‐H Club Mee ng 12: 4‐H Award Recep on 21: Dare to Dairy
Kentucky State Fair Results ‐ pg 10‐11
Elementary school speeches and demonstra ons will be due in October & November. More informa on coming soon!
Congratula ons to Cheron Flaugher! Cheron will be represen ng Kentucky in the poultry judging contest at the Na onal 4‐H Poultry & Egg Confer‐ ence in November!
Enjoy your newsle er, Rebecca Konopka Carter County Extension Agent for 4‐H Youth Development
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Sonshine Homeschool Club Mee ngs @ 10:30 AM September 11 @ Extension Office – The Sci‐ ence Guy October 9 @ Extension Office ‐ “Bugging Me” November 13 ‐ Visit the Veteran Cemetery on the Industrial Pkwy December 11 @ Extension Office‐ Food Around the World
4‐H members are invited to record a Public Ser‐ vice Announcement at WGOH/WUGO on Sept. 25th from 3:30‐4:30 to help celebrate Na onal 4‐H Week. 4‐H members may write their own PSA or record one of the prewri en announce‐ ments. Contact the Extension Office if you are interested in par cipa ng. 2
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A en on Livestock Club Members
Earn 2 hours of livestock cer fica on by a ending the Annual Farm & Family Field Day on Monday, September 18th at Chestnut Hill Farm. Livestock club members must par cipate in the farm tour to earn cer‐ fica on hours. You can also earn 3 hours of cer fica on by a ending the Dare to Dairy program at the UK Dairy Farm on October 21st. Registra on is due to UK by October 2nd. Contact the Extension Office or visit h ps://afs.ca.uky.edu/4h‐youth/dairy/dare‐to‐dairy for more infor‐ ma on.
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Middle & High School 4-H Members—State achievement applications are due on November 6th. If you had over 25 points on your achievement application you are eligible to apply. State winners receive certificates and scholarships for 4-H events. Last year’s recipients were: Clover Level 1 – Ethan Pope (ECMS), Matthew Tomolonis (ECMS), AJ Butler (WCMS), Makyla Waggoner (ECMS) Clover Level 2 – Allison Elkin (WCMS), Elizabeth Middleton (WCMS), Cheron Flaugher (ECHS), William Middleton (WCHS) Clover Level 3 & Bronze – Alyssa Navarre (ECHS), Rickayln Rayburn (WCHS), Riley Weaver (ECHS) Clover Leve 4 & Silver – Danielle Underwood (WCHS)
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4‐H State Communication Day Six Carter County 4‐H members showed off their public speaking skills during the annual 4‐H State Communication Day at the University of Kentucky on Saturday, July 8th. The students quali ied to compete in the event after winning their respective categories at the district event. Results are below:
Speech Contests
12‐Year‐Old Speeches Brady Sammons (Carter Christian Academy) Space Exploration 13‐Year‐Old Speeches Alyssa Navarre (East Carter High School) Stop Bullying 15‐Year‐Old Speeches Danielle Underwood (West Carter High School) The Test Junior Demonstration Contests Junior Animal Science Demonstration Rickayln Rayburn (West Carter High School) How to Train a Goat Junior Performing Arts Demonstration Audrey Barker (Olive Hill Elementary School) Basic Ballet Junior Team Demonstrations Claire Holbrook & Jazmine McCleese (OHES) Practice Makes Perfect
4‐H Members Compete in District 1 Petroleum Power Contests
The 4‐H District 1 tractor and lawn mower driving contests were held at the Greenup County Extension Office on Friday, Au‐ gust 4th. 4‐H members par cipa ng in the contest were required to drive and back through an obstacle course. Tractor drivers also had a back a trailer and seniors were required to back a wagon. The top two in each category advance to the State Fair. Senior lawn mower driving: Gerald Flaugher (ECHS – blue and champion) Cheron Flaugher (ECHS –Blue, 2nd)
Junior lawn mower driving: Ethan Pope (ECMS– red) Senior Tractor Driving: Gerald Flaugher (ECHS—blue and champion) 6
Blue, 3rd Place
Red
Blue
Blue
Blue
Blue, 2nd Place
Kids Can Cook Day Camp
Carter County 4‐H Members Attend Teen Conference Kentucky 4‐H con nues to provide dynamic opportuni es for 4‐H’ers in high school. The 2017 Ken‐ tucky 4‐H Teen Conference was held June 12‐15, 2017 at the University of Kentucky. This year the confer‐ ence was near record numbers, hos ng over 700 individuals throughout the week at various events. This conference was planned for high school aged 4‐H members from across the commonwealth and involved a four day stay on the University of Kentucky campus. The conference allows dele‐ gates to tour UK’s campus, live in a dorm, par cipate in fun and educa onal work‐ shops, elect the State 4‐H Officers for the next year and make new friends. The week began on Monday with a chance to meet the campaigning officer candidates. The opening keynote address was conducted by Kyle Willkom from Ac on Packed Leadership, an engaging and educa onal speaker who challenged the youth to live life vibrantly and be someone’s hero. On Tuesday, Kentucky 4‐H had the opportunity to award youth who par cipated in the Kentucky 4‐H Achievement Program and youth who obtained one of the Kentucky 4‐H Founda‐ on scholarships. Wednesday’s Fashion Revue and Performing Arts Troupe Show‐ case con nued to entertain the delegates and showcase the amazing ability of Kentucky 4‐H’ers. Carter County sent two delegates, Alyssa Navarre and Riley Weaver, to 4‐H Teen Conference this year. Both are freshman at East Carter High School. They enjoyed their experiences. Alyssa shared that she learned about a new instrument, a dulcimer, and how to play it. Riley enjoyed learning about new science experiments. She also learned how important it is to give back to the community and how important friendship is. Tractor Supply Company
Craft Day Camp
Paper Clovers Tractor Supply Company will be selling paper clo‐ vers to benefit 4‐H from October 4‐15. Please be sure to donate when you shop! Club Leaders—If you club is interested in se ng up a booth during this me, please contact the Extension Office. Pet Apprecia on Day TSC’s Pet Apprecia on Day will be September 16th. They are looking for 4‐H club members who will display their 4‐H pet project posters or bring their pets to show off to the store that day. If you would be interested in par c‐ ipa ng please contact the Exten‐ sion Office. 7
Horsin’ Around with the Carter County 4‐H Horse Club
Members of the Carter County 4‐H Horse Club members have had a busy summer. They kicked off the official start to summer by winning the trophy for the best horse float during the Grayson Memory Days parade. Club members Lindsay Jessie, Charlee Barker, Hayden Holbrook, Laura Riggs, and Emma Riggs designed the float using hay bales and cardboard horse cut outs to make it look like they were riding their horses at a show.
The State Horse Contest is held in Lexington each June and includes contests such as judging, public speaking, cra s, and more. Alyssa Holbrook placed third and earned a blue ribbon in the equipment catego‐ ry for the reins that she made. Emma Riggs earned a white ribbon in the photography category for a picture of her colt.
The District 1 Horse Show was held in Morehead on June 17. Lindsay Jessie and Lynnsey Bush both competed in the Walking, Racking, and Mountain division. Both girls qualified to compete at the State 4‐H Horse Show by earning a blue or red ribbon in half of the classes they par cipated in. Bush received four blue ribbons, two red ribbons, one white ribbon, and two first place ribbons. Jessie earned seven blue rib‐ bons and five first place ribbons, along with earning the reserve high point award for her age division.
Bush and Jessie were both successful in their trip to the State show that took place in July in Louis‐ ville. Bush earned the following awards: English Country Pleasure Walking Jr. ‐ Blue/4th place Western Country Pleasure Racking Lite Shod Jr. ‐ Red Western country pleasure Walking Jr. ‐ Blue/5th Trail Pleasure Racking Lite Shod Junior Rider ‐ Blue/7th Trail Pleasure Walking Junior Rider ‐ Blue/5th Jessie earned the following awards: Showmanship II ‐ 10th place Western Stock Seat Equita on Junior Rider ‐ 7th place Western Pleasure Mountain Horse ‐ 6th place Trail Pleasure Mountain Horse Junior Rider ‐ 7th place Country Trail Pleasure Mountain ‐ Red Classic Pleasure Mountain Horse ‐ 5th place
2017 Carter County Fair Livestock Exhibitors
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Showmanship Champions Chickens Junior: Jennings Ewing Senior: Breanna Buckner
Rabbits Junior: Tyler Bishop Senor: Breanna Buckner
Swine Junior: Des ny Davis Senior: Breanna Buckner
Goats Juniors: Jacob Adkins Seniors: Emily Wilburn
Lambs Junior: Carter Wiseman Senior: Isaac Harris
Beef Junior: Megan Pennington Senior: Elissa McCormick
Exhibit Hall—Best 4‐H Exhibit— Elizabeth Middleton—Embroidery
Carter County Grand & Reserve Champions Grand Champion Market Chickens – Jennings Ewing Reserve Champion Market Chickens – Gracey Copeland Grand Champion Market Rabbits – Elizabeth Middle‐ ton Reserve Champion Market Rabbits – Caity Sammons Grand Champion Market Swine – Jack Brammell Reserve Champion Market Swine – Des ny Davis Reserve Champion Gilt— Addison McGlone Grand Champion Market Goat – Brandi Wilburn Reserve Champion Market Goat – Brandi Wilburn Grand Champion Commercial Doe—Kylie Kouns Reserve Champion Commercial Doe—Isaiah Kouns Grand Champion Market Beef—Josh Brammell Grand Champion Feeder Calf – Cheron Flaugher Reserve Champion Feeder Calf – Patrick Flaugher Grand Champion Market Lamb – Des ny Davis Reserve Champion Market Lamb – Carter Wiseman
Thank you to all of the buyers and sponsors that came out to support the Carter County Youth Livestock Auc‐ on! Buyers included: Willard American Legion, John & Shelia Pennington Farms, Lea Ann Company Inc, Barker’s Equipment, All Creatures Veterinary Care, Dixie Lanes & ZZ’s Bar and Grill, Garrison Meat Pro‐ cessing, Carter County Farm Bureau, Commercial Bank of Grayson, Grayson Rural Electric, Grayson Funeral Home and Crema on Services, Hinton Mills, Globe Farm Store, Homespun Sisters, Racer’s Food Mart, Bridgeport Equipment, Kentucky Contractor Supply, Smithfield Foods, Wayne and Phyllis Terry, S & S Farms, Lincoln & Emily Theinert, 3 Peeps Chicken Farm, Farm Credit Mid– America, Flaugher Brothers, Tres Her‐ manos Nunez, Robert Flaugher, Fontana Farms, Pat & Kim Flaugher, Kee’s Farm Service, Clay Tire Service, Ja‐ son & Hannah McGlone, Bluegrass Stockyards East, S&B Ca le Co, Buck’s Limousin Farm, Representa ve Jill York, Franks Farm, L&L Excava ng and Land Clearing, Bush Auc on Service, Patrick Flannery, Strickland Mobile Home Park, McKenzie Livestock, Rebecca Phillips– Circuit Judge, Senator Robin Webb, Mike Johnston– Carter County Clerk, Bluegrass Surplus, Foggy Mornin’ Farm, Rupert Wilhoit, and Bob Miller– A orney at Law. Sponsors included: Guns, Gold & Cash; John Dean, CPA; James Family Ou i ers; Tractor Supply Compa‐ ny; Kee’s Farm Service; Mullins Pallets; and All Creatures Veterinary Care. 9
Forty‐two Carter County 4‐H members par ci‐ pated in at least one event during the Kentucky State Fair from August 17‐27 in Louisville. There were ro‐ bo c challenges, driving courses, signing opportuni‐ es and of course exhibits and livestock shows to oc‐ cupy a 4‐H members me. Livestock shows are an iconic part of the State Fair. Fourteen Carter County 4‐H or FFA members competed in the shows. Results are listed below for their respec ve market classes. Goat Exhibitors Lynnsey Bush Mackenzie Bush Brandi Wilburn – 7th & 8th Emily Wilburn – 8th & 11th Landon Wilburn Lamb Exhibitors Blaine Brammell – 10th Josh Brammell – 9th Kendall Brammell – 7th Gabriel Davis – 3rd Des ny Davis – 6th Hannah Felty – 6th Poultry Exhibitors Alice Copeland: 1st place and Best of Ameri‐ can Breed with her New Hampshire Red, 2nd place New Hampshire Red, 1st place Delaware Pullet, 1st place White Cochin Pullet, 1st place Pekin young Drake Gracey Copeland: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place Welsummer Pullets, 1st place Golden Laced Wy‐ ando e, 1st place and Reserve best of breed Pekin Young Duck Stephen Copeland: 2nd place Golden Laced Wyando e, 2nd and 3rd place Buff Orpington Pullets, 2nd place Pekin young drake East Carter High School students Gerald and Cheron Flaugher par cipated in the senior lawn mow‐ er driving contest. Cheron received a red ribbon and Gerald received a blue and was the Reserve Champi‐
on. Gerald also competed in the tractor driving contest and earned a blue ribbon and finished in 3rd place. Both contests included a wri en test, safety component, and required par cipants to drive and back through an obstacle course.
The Carter County 4‐H LEGO Wizards competed in the 4‐H Robo c Challenge at the State Fair. Teams competed in a “junk drawer” engineering challenged where they had to build a pneu‐ ma c gripper, programmed their robots to navigate a maze, and competed in a sumobot match against other team’s robots. Team members included East Carter High School student Riley Weaver, East Carter Middle students Landon Waggoner, MaKyla Waggoner, Ashton Moore, and Ethan Pope. The team is coached by Gerria Waugh.
Five 4‐H members competed in the Poultry Judg‐ ing & Avian Bowl contests. Elizabeth Middleton (WCMS) received a blue ribbon and placed 7th overall in the junior poultry judging contest. Cheron Flaugher (ECHS) received a blue ribbon and placed 4th overall in the senior poultry judging contest. Flaugher will represent Ken‐ tucky at the Na onal 4‐H Poul‐ try & Egg Conference in Louis‐ ville in November. Other team members included Ethan Pope (ECMS), Riley Weaver (ECHS), and Gerald Flaugher (ECHS). Pope and Weaver earned blue rib‐ bons in the junior poultry judging contest and Flaugh‐ er earned a red ribbon. The contest required mem‐ bers to judge eggs, broilers, and laying hens and iden‐ fy poultry meat cuts. The teams also competed in the avian bowl contest, a quiz contest related to all things poultry. Cheron and Gerald Flaugher and Mid‐ dleton earned blue ribbons, Weaver red, and Pope white. The team’s shirt was one of two champions of the annual poultry shirt contest.
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Close to 6,000 projects were entered by 4‐H members from all across the state in Cloverville, the 4‐H dis‐ play area at the Kentucky State Fair. Forty‐four of those projects were exhibited by twenty‐seven Carter County 4‐H members. State Fair class champions included: Brady Sammons (CCA)– Ba ery Powered Circuits (Electric Division Reserve Champion) (This is the sec‐ ond year in a row that Sammons has had a class champion electric project at the State Fair.) Allison Elkin (WCMS)– Junior Contour Drawing Kelsey Wilson (TCES) ‐ Sweet Peppers McKenzie Whitcher (WCMS)– Intermediate Crochet Elizabeth Middleton (WCMS)– Advanced Embroidery (This is the third year in a row that Middleton has had a class champion embroidery project.)
Other exhibitors included: Allison Elkin (WCMS) Ashley Wilson (WCHS Grad) Ashley Wilson (WCHS Grad) Ashton Moore (ECMS) Brady Sammons (CCA) Brayden Bayes (HES) Darrin Yates (CCA)
Arts & Cra s Hor culture Food Preserva on Trends Home Environment Dog Poster Wood Science
Pen and Ink Drawing Green Beans Dill Pickles & Green Beans Upcycling Wastebasket Level 2 Hanging Baskets & Annual Con‐ tainer Gardens Homemade DC motor Cheese muffins S ll Life Pain ng Tomatoes & Vegetable Container Garden Leaf Collec on Color pencil Drawing Circular Drawing Leaf Print Collec on Scones Human Ac on Pain ng Bulle n Board Decora ve Item for the Home
Blue Red 2 White Blue Blue Red Red
Des ny Davis (WCMS)
Hor culture
Ethan Pope (ECMS) Gracey Copland (ECMS) Katy Hanshaw (Homeschooled)
Electric Foods Arts & Cra s
Kelsey Wilson (TCES)
Hor culture
Kelsey Wilson (TCES) Landon Phillips (CCA) MaCaslinn Brand (Homeschooled) Makayla Waggoner (ECMS) Neveah Kouns (Homeschooled) Noah Stamm (OHES) Olivia Elkin (WCMS) Rickayln Rayburn (WCHS) Rickayln Rayburn (WCHS) Riley Weaver (ECHS)
Forestry Arts and Cra s Photography Photography Arts and Cra s Forestry Foods Arts and Cra s Home Environment Home Environment
Riley Weaver (ECHS)
Arts & Cra s
Junior Computer drawing, Car‐ tooning, Linoleum Print, Heritage
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Riley Weaver (ECHS) Samantha Romans (Grad) Shane Rose (ECHS) Shelby Williams (CCES) Stephen Copeland (ECMS) Sybal Hanshaw (Homeschooled) Trinity Prichard (CCA) Will Middleton (WCHS)
Hor culture Arts & Cra s Wood Science Photography Geology Arts & Cra s Needlework Wood Science
Terrarium Senior Mask First year Junior Abstract Pain ng Quil ng
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Alyssa Navarre (ECHS) performed in Cloverville as part of the District 1 4‐H Showcase Day. Cheron Flaugher created a display for Cloverville about the Natural Resource & Environmental Science Academy for 4‐H Natural Resource Day. Flaugher is serving as an ambassador the NRESci Academy this year. 11
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