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SAVE THE DATE!!!

October 1 Registra on Deadline for Area Annual Mtg

October 1 & 2 Recipe for Life October 12 Homemakers Kickoff

October 12‐16 Homemakers Week October 15 Gerald Nash on “Electric Lights” October 16 Area Homemakers Annual Mee ng October 21‐23 Core Training—Kay

out of office October 23 & 24 October Fall Fes val October 31 Preschool 5K

“Halloween Hustle” November 2‐6 NEAFCS—Kay out of

office November 10 Registra on Deadline for Living Well November 14 Living Well

Cooperative Extension Service Bourbon County 603 Millersburg Rd Paris, KY 40361 (859) 987-1895 Fax: (859) 987-3120 [email protected]

Bourbon County FCS & Homemakers Newsletter Bourbon County Cooperative Extension Service

Kay Denniston

October 2015

BOURBON COUNTY

HOMEMAKERS WEEK

KEHA and the Bourbon County Extension Home-maker Council have designated October 12-16 as a celebra on of our associa on. Members are encouraged to use this week to share our posi ve story with friends and family. This type of sharing is the best recruitment tool EVER! The kickoff to this week in Bourbon County is our “Family Night” Hayride at Julie’s Pumpkins, October 12. Mark the date on your calendar, gather up your family and bring a friend to roast some hot dogs and marshmallows over an open fire. There will be storytelling, music, a corn field maze and a country store. Use this as a

me to enjoy your family, friends and the out of doors.

Please take me during Homemakers Week to reflect on and appreciate your family, friends

and freedom. We are fortunate.

President’s Comments October 2015

Have you ever agreed to volunteer for something a couple of weeks in advance, and a couple of days prior to the event dreaded the idea of volunteering for it? Even thought of reasons for getting out of it? Well, it just happened to me. This was an event that was family related and I tried every way to get out of it. I even tried to get my husband to handle it. That didn’t work! This event took most of my entire day! I like you, usually have a full day of things that need to get done and this day was no exception! Now that it is over, I am truly blessed to have been a part of this event! I spent 6 hours with an individual that I love even more because of giving my time to her! I laughed with her, reminisced about times gone by, learned a lot, grew from the knowledge she shared with me, and the time I spent with her that day—I wouldn’t trade for anything! This is what we do as wives, parents, grandparents, friends and homemakers! We volunteer! So the next time you are asked to volunteer and you dread it: Don’t ! I won’t! Debbie Roe

Please invite friends, family and neighbors to join you in Homemakers. Share the news—Bourbon

County Homemakers are “playing, learning and growing together”

For those renewing membership, dues continue to be $8.00 and are due prior to December 1.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from a specialist!

President Elect/Vice President for Professional Development Vice President for Awards and Recognition Vice President for Member Resources Treasurer To apply, simply go to the KEADFCS website, click on Forms and then Officer Credentials. If inter-ested please consider applying.

Standing in the store’s lighting aisle can be confusing if not overwhelming. Armed with less than an electrical engineer background, the simple lightbulb decision has quickly evolved into shelf-side research project ending in a starling price analysis. Once you crack the code, only then can you focus on what really matters—how much you’re willing to spend and how bright a bulb you need. Would you like to learn the truthful facts amidst misleading advertisements and company profit motives? If you are looking for direction when replac-ing that burned out 60 watt incandescent, join UK Extension Associate for Residential Energy, Gerald Hash and FCS Agent Diana Doggett, at The Best and Brightest Home Light-ing Workshop on October 15 at 6:00 pm at the Bourbon Coun-ty Extension Office. This program is open to everyone! It was designed to be a lesson training, however all Homemakers and general public are invited. Please call the office to sign up. This will help us in planning for space and materials. Mark it on your calendar—OCTOBER 15, 6:00 PM

October Learn with Us—”Electric Lights” Thursday, October 15, 6:00 pm Bourbon County Extension Office

Membership

Time for KEAFCS Officers

To update our records, we are asking ALL members (club, mailbox and special interest) to complete new membership forms this year. We want to make sure everyone is informed and is

receiving the latest information.

INSIDE THIS NEWSLETTER “Electric Lights” Lesson information is on page 2. We are fortunate to have a specialist coming

to present this lesson. Everyone is invited—not just lesson leaders! It is Apple Season! Delicious and Nutritious! Try the Apple Cranberry Waldorf Salad recipe on

page 2. You can help Kroger donate to UK Ovarian Cancer Research Program. Check out Peggy Tracy’s

letter on page 4 for details! Planning for NEXT year’s lessons! If you want Homemaker lessons that more fit your needs and

interest, please look at pages 5 and 6 for information on giving your input on next year’s lessons. This is your chance to be heard!

Living Well date has been set, information on pages 7 and 8. If you are interested register soon. Registration forms go to Fayette County office. Let us know if you are going and we will save enough space for all Bourbon County to sit together. The only way that we will know you are going is if you call and fill us in! Don’t want to leave anyone out.

Family Fun Night. Information on page 9. Bluegrass Area Extension Homemakers Annual Meeting. October 1 was deadline to register

(page 10) but there may still be space. If you are interested, let us know and we will check for you.

Through a modest increase in physical ac vity, most Americans can improve their health, Get Fit Bourbon County! is a program that will help people of all ages to get started. This program is simple, free and safe. All you need is a desire to get moving. Registra on began September 21 but you can register at any me during the 6 Week Challenge. Complete a registra on form (can be found on FCS webpage) and start tracking your points. To earn points you can walk, run, dance or clean your home as long as you keep moving for 15 minutes. The minimal goal is 2 points per day or 30 minutes of heart rate raising physical ac vity. Start tracking your points today! Tracking forms are available on webpage as well. Go to bourbon.ca.uky.edu click on Family & Consumer Sciences and enter Get Fit Bourbon County. Read the informa on and if you have ques ons call the office. There are prizes at the end of the challenge!

Let’s accept the challenge and make this

Get Fit Bourbon County HOMEMAKERS!

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REPORT REMINDERS

The year just started and many of you already have many “feathers in your

cap” for reports.!

If you volunteered with Recipe for Life, make sure that you count your Volunteer Hours. If you have donated food to Back-pack Program, there is a related question on Food, Nutrition & Health report If you attend the Homemakers Week Fun Night, there is a question on promoting good emotion & physi-cal health on Food, Nutrition & Health Report Accepting the 6 week Get Fit Chal-lenge, fits into the Food, Nutrition & Health report If you recycle, it fits into the Envi-ronment, Housing & Energy Report If you are reading books, keep track of them because they are to be re-ported at end of year and are on Cultural Arts & Heritage report Bourbon County Homemakers are DOING, we are not reporting. Doing is more im-portant but the goal for the year is to document what we are doing! Documenting helps me to “brag” on you!!!


Stay up-to-date on FCS Programs and Homemakers activities by visiting the Bourbon County Extension website, bourbon.ca.uky.edu and click on Family & Consumer Sciences on tool bar. Updates can also be found on Facebook pages—Bourbon County Cooperative Extension Family and Consumer Sciences OR Bourbon County Extension Homemakers Association. Newsletters are monthly but these sites are updated weekly. Join us and be updated!


There are six suggested areas for Homemakers lessons mapped out on page 6. They are:

1) Housing 2) Foods & Nutrition 3) Clothing 4) Health & Wellness 5) Financial Management 6) Family Life If you want to add areas feel free to do so. These are the recommended ones but we can be creative in our adaptation. There have been negative (and a few positive) comments about the lessons over the past few years. Put your thinking caps on and think of what topics you as a club would like additional information/training. This is your chance to speak up and be heard! Please note that this selection is not up to ONLY Bourbon County Homemakers. Bourbon County’s compiled list of suggested topics must be sent to the Bluegrass Area Homemakers by October 30. There the sugges-tions will be taken into consideration for planning 2016-2017 lessons. This is a very short turnaround time, so please give it some thought, discuss it with your members and turn page 6 into Bourbon County Extension office no later than October 29. You can scan and email the complet-ed form to [email protected] or take a picture and text it to 859-533-9381. Really looking forward to great feedback!

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND GIVE SOME TIME AND CAREFUL CONSIDERATION TO SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE HOMEMAKERS LESSONS.

REMEMBER THE 2015 ANNUAL MEETING HELPING HANDS AUCTION? Have you followed up on your purchase? If not—It is not too late. Most did not have expiration dates. Elizabeth Rankin and Earlene Arnett are shown here at working on Elizabeth’s second quilting project. The pillow was their first. project. The picture was taken at Bird Song Quilting and Fabric Shop in Georgetown. Great place owned by former Bourbon County Schools principal, Stella Crutcher. New friendships, renewed talents and great fun. Take pictures of your projects and share!




391! The Backpack Program is currently sending 391 Backpacks home with stu-dents in the Bourbon County and Paris school systems. In the past, numbers have increased as we get further into the school year. Please consider giving mone-tary or food donations to this worthwhile local project. For more information call 987-1895 and ask for Kacy. SA

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ATTENTION: ALL Homemakers and Family Members

HOMEMAKER’S WEEK KICKOFF! FAMILY FUN NIGHT

Where? Julie’s Pumpkin Patch, 1069 Ruddles Mill Rd.

When? OCTOBER 12, 5:30 pm until ???? Food? Plan to eat at 6:00 pm Who? PLEASE bring the whole Family! There will be activities for all ages!

Family Development Activities for the 2015-16 year.

MUSIC—Volunteers needed!

If you play guitar or any musical instrument—bring it. We want to make a joyful campfire noise!

PLEASE CALL 987-1895 BY OCTOBER 9 TO RESERVE A SPOT (NEED NUMBER ATTENDING FOR PURCHASING HOT DOGS!!!)

Check out our webpage to see pictures and listing of individual craft items. bourbon.ca.uky.edu and click on

Family & Consumer Science

KENTUCKY HOMEMAKERS CREED (First three lines. What do they mean to you?)

I believe in the home as an inspiring and happy center of family life -- comfortable and attractive -- a place for relaxation and work, where pleasures and responsibilities are shared. I believe in the home and its contribution to community life, which reflects the development of the homemaker and the family.

I believe in the homemaker -- alert, diligent, in search of better ways, of doing ordinary things, for the welfare and happiness of

AGENT’s CORNER

I am so excited about all the support and enthusiasm that I have experienced with the Bourbon County Homemakers in the past few months. There are still two clubs that I need to visit to share ideas and to hear requests. I got to visit with the Gingerbread Friends at their first 2015-16 meeting in Sep-tember. I left that meeting so excited about some of the things that group is doing. Yes they may be small in numbers but their enthusiasm and creativi-ty was impressive as well as contagious. I left that meeting with additional possibilities of activities “dancing in my head”! I went to the meeting to help them with planning and left the meeting with them helping me with planning. I LOVE it! During my visits with clubs I have discovered that there are many creative service projects and activities going of which I have not been aware. We definitely are going to be doing some “tooting of our own horns” this year. Bourbon County Homemakers are such an asset to our community. I love my job and am proud to be a part of such a giving organization. Keep up the good work. Keep me informed and let me know what I can do to help! Kay

ANYONE NEEDING A RIDE TO THE AREA ANNUAL MEETING? Kay is planning to attend and will be glad to have the company! There may be others that would like to

carpool as well. Please call the office to make arrangements. NOTE: Deadline for registration is October 1.


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Bourbon County FCS & Homemakers NewsletterPAGE 5 October 2015 Family & Consumer Sciences/Homemakers Newsletter There are six suggested areas for Homemakers lessons mapped out on page