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Inspirational shared by Cathy Smith during the Area Extension Homemaker Council Meeting on

August 1, 2016

There once was a bunch of tiny frogs, who arranged a running competition. The goal was to reach

the top of a very high tower. A big crowd had gathered around the tower to see the race and cheer

on the contestants. The race began. Honestly no one in the crowd believed that the tiny frogs

would reach the top of the tower. You heard statements such as, “Way to difficult; They will never

make it to the top; Not a chance they will suceed; The tower is too high.” The tiny frogs began

collapsing one by one….except those who were in a fresh tempo kept climbing higher and higher..

The crowd continued to yell, “It is too difficult; No one will make it.” More tiny frogs got tired and

gave up. But one continued higher and higher. This one wouldn’t give up!

At the end, everyone else had given up climbing the tower, except for one tiny frog, who, after a big

effort, was the only one who reached the top!

THEN, all of the other tiny frogs naturally wanted know how this one frog managed to do it. A

contestant asked the tiny frog how the one who succeeded found the strength to reach the goal?

It turned out ——— The winner was deaf!!

Author Unknown —

Sincerely,

JENNIFER BRIDGE

Meade County Extension Agent

for Family and Consumer Sciences

Thank you fellow homemakers for awarding us with the Above and Beyond Award. We humbly accept your

recognition, but realize there are many of you who do as much, if not more, than we do. You are the

backbone of the organization. We are honored to share in many activities that Homemakers do for

ourselves and the community. We are a caring social group, learning as we go, with a cause…..the

betterment of Meade County. Thanks again for honoring us.

Shirley Beavin and Marla Tennyson

* Thank you to the homemakers and others who helped make the 8th annual fair

breakfast a huge success. As usual, the food was delicious and volunteers were GREAT!

* Home & Garden Superintendents—Janet Hobbs—Home Economics, Pat Ditto and Ann Brown—Fruits &

Vegetables, Pat Carlson—Plant & Flowers and Marilyn Craycroft—Fine Arts for the fantastic job before,

during and after the Meade County Fair.

* Every volunteer who assisted in anyway with the Meade County Fair. Great job coordinating, overseeing,

assisting and even recruiting new members along the way!

* Marla Tennyson and committee for an outstanding job with the Annual Meeting. It was a wonderful

evening! Congratulations to all award winners and those who received special recognition for a job well

done.

*Cathy Smith and committee for the wonderful job on the Cobbler and Homemade Ice Cream Social.

Thanks also to those who made desserts for the auction or participated in any way.

*Marilyn Craycroft, Janet Hobbs, Liz Hawkins and Joyce Durbin for preparing food and hosting the Lincoln

Trail Area Council Meeting.

Thank You’s:

Mailbox: Leila Smith

Busy Bees: Jessica Miller, Kristen Barr, Teri Wathen, Brittani

Spink, Morgan Argabright, Samantha Slinger, Kelly Jones

Thank You’s To:

New Members:

Expressions of Sympathy

To Nicole Allphin, mailbox member and personal friend of Gary Reese, Garrett club member, who

lost her husband in a motocycle accident recently.

To the family of Virginia Barr, Midway club member, who passed away in July.

To Pat Ditto and family on the unexpected death of her brother.

PAINT CLASS:

August 16, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Poppy Painting,

16”x20” acrylic painting on canvas. Cost is $22.

Deadline to pre-register and pre-pay is August 12.

Contact the Extension Office at 270-422-4958 to

register. Byrle Thomas will be presenting this

session.

Upcoming Class:

At a recent meeting, a person who had a very strong opinion kept interrupting others who were trying

to speak. The leader of the group, to help ease tension, highlighted the great points the disruptive

person had made, then asked him if he would help draft a solution to the problem being discussed.

The person responded back, “Are you asking me to volunteer my time to help you do the job you are

paid to do?” Needless to say, he will not be volunteering, just complaining! After hearing the

exchange, I reflected on how blessed I am to work with so many great volunteers who understand the

joy in volunteering is not helping out the paid person but the positive difference they are making in the

organization and the community. Not to mention the friends they have made along the way or the

knowledge of knowing a child will not go hungry because of their efforts. As we kick off a new club

year, think about the great things you have experienced because you volunteered your time. The

Meade County Extension Homemakers are strong because you are willing to voice your opinion, then

do everything within your power to make a difference! I’m so glad I get to work with you!

Thank You!

Jennifer

From Your Agent:

If you have anything you want to enter in the County Contest, bring it to Extension Office by October 10 no later than

3:00 p.m. We must have time to tag items and display priot to judging on October 11 at 10 a.m. Items will be on

display after 1p.m. and then displayed at the Area Meeting on October 13. Have your items labeled with your Name,

Address, Meade County and the corresponding category or sub- category from below. County winners will be

entered in the Area competition.

1. Apparel ................................a) Novelty, b) Basic Sewing, c) Quilted, d) Pieced, e) Appliquéd, f) Accessory

2. Art, 3-Dimensional ............. a) Carving, b) Sculpture

3. Art, Natural ........................ a) Wood, b) Other

4. Basketry ............................. a) Plain, b) Dyed Material, c) Novelty, d) Miniature (under 4 inch), e) Cane

5. Beading .............................. a) Non-Jewelry item/wearable, b) knitting or crochet w/beads, c) Bead-weaving, d) Miscellaneous

6. Ceramics ............................. a) Hand-formed, b) Molded, c) Pre-made

7. Counted Cross Stitch .......... a) 14 Count & Under, b) 16-22 Count, c) Specialty Cloth (linens, etc.)

8. Crochet ............................... a) Yarn, b) Thread

9. Doll/Toy Making ................. a) Porcelain/China, b) Cloth, c) Handmade Toy other than Porcelain/China or Cloth

10. Drawing .............................. a) Pastels, b) Pen and Ink, c) Pen & Ink with Oil Roughing, d) Pencil - Black, e) Pencil - Color

11. Embroidery......................... a) Basic Embroidery, b) Crewel, c) Candle Wicking, d) Smocking, e) Ribbon, f) Machine Embroidery, g) Swedish,

h) Tatting/Lace Making, i) Miscellaneous

12. Felting*............................... a) Wet Method, b) Needle Method

All felted items should be entered in the Felting category under one of the subcategories. Items that have been knitted or crocheted and wet

felted should not be entered in Knitting or Crochet.

13. Holiday Decorations ........... ..a) Spring, b) Summer, c) Autumn, d) Winter

14. Jewelry ............................... a) Original Design, b) Beaded, c) Mixed Media (wire, chain maille, mixed with beads)

15. Knitting ............................... a ) Hand

16. Needlepoint ....................... a) Cloth b) Canvas, c) Plastic

17. Painting, Art ....................... a) Oil, b) Acrylic, c) Water Color

18. Painting, China

19. Painting, Decorative ........... a) Wood, b) Metal, c) Other

20. Photography....................... a) Black and White (Mounted & Framed), b) Color (Mounted & Framed)

21. Pillows** ............................ ** The Pillow category is for pillows made using techniques not included in other categories. Patchwork and

quilted pillows are examples that may be entered in this category; however, needlepoint and embroidered pillows should be entered in their

respective categories.

22. Quilts .................................. a) Machine Appliqué (machine quilted); b) Hand Appliqué (hand quilted); c) Hand Pieced (Hand Quilted); d)

Machine Pieced (Hand Quilted); e) Machine Pieced (Machine Quilted); f) Novelty (stenciled, embroidered, miniature, etc.) (hand quilted); g)

Novelty (stenciled, embroidered, miniature, etc.) (machine quilted); h) Baby or Lap (hand quilted); i) Technology Based (hand or machine quilted);

j) Miscellaneous (hand or machine quilted) Quilts must be completely done by the KEHA member exhibitor.

23. Recycled Art........................ a) Clothing, b) Household, c) Other (Include a Before and After Picture)

24. Rug Making

25. Scrapbooking*** ................ a) Heritage layout; b) Family Layout; c) Miscellaneous Layout; d) Collage Layout

*** Scrapbooking entries are limited to 1 or 2 pages. If the entire Scrapbook is sent, please designate pages to be judged.

26. Wall or Door Hanging ........a) Fabric, b) Other

27. Weaving ............................a) Loom; b) Hand (macramé, caning)

28. Miscellaneous ...................Items not included in other categories listed, otherwise they will be disqualified.

CULTURAL ARTS

Each article must be the work of a homemaker member and must have been

completed during the past two years.

Join us for an Old Time Country Picnic

Friday, October 14

St. Gregory Parish Hall

330 Samuel's Loop, Cox’s Creek KY 40013

Name: ______________________________________________ County: ____________________________

Complete Address:________________________________________________________________________

Phone #: _____________________ Cell #: ___________________ Email:____________________________

Registration Fee: $13

DEADLINE TO REGISTER: [October 4, 2016

Please make checks payable to Meade County Extension Homemakers and return this form along with

registration fee to Meade County Extension Office, 1041 Old Ekron Road, Brandenburg KY 40108

(Please check ONLY one)

______Chicken dark meat ____ Chicken white meat _____ Ham

Cultural Arts Check-In: Thursday, October 13, 10:00 a.m.—1:00 p.m.

Area Cultural Arts will be open for viewing most of the day on Friday, October 14.

Registration begins at 10:00 a.m. (All times Eastern Time) (Morning refreshments provided)

Business Meeting begins at 10:30 a.m.

11:30 Guest Speaker, Dixie Hibbs, local historian, “History of Quilts”

12:30 - Lunch

Menu: Fried Chicken (Dark or White Meat) or Baked Ham, Green Beans, Baked Macaroni & Cheese,

Cole Slaw, Rolls, Tea, Lemonade, Coffee, Homemade Fruit Cobbler

Afternoon Entertainment - TBA

2:00 p.m. - Door Prize Drawings & Adjourn

A big thanks to Marla Tennyson, Committee

Chairperson for the Meade County Homemaker Annual

Meeting, committee members and all other volunteers

from all the homemaker clubs for their time and effort

for a very successful annual meeting. Congratulations to

all those who were presented awards for their past year

efforts in many categories. Congratulations to Shirley

Beavin and Marla Tennyson for receiving the Above and

Beyond award this year. I heard many positive

comments about this year’s meeting. If you would like

to provide a comment about this year’s meeting, whether

that be positive or not, please pass that on to Donna at

the Extension Office. This will help us in preparing for

next year’s meeting. Remember, this meeting is to

honor all of you as the great homemaker members that

you are and continue to be and this is your meeting. I

sincerely hope that all who attended enjoyed the

different program, the table setup and the slideshow

which Donna worked so hard in creating. Please

remember throughout the year, if any members take

pictures of your club meetings/events or other

homemaker events/functions, please send copies to

Donna. This helps the person who is responsible for the

county scrapbook and for many other reasons.

Thanks to Marilyn Craycroft, Environment, Housing and

Energy County Chairman, for all her hard work and

effort in creating the recycling classes and preparing the

materials for each class this past year. Thanks to all

those homemakers who volunteered to go out to the

Meade County Primary and Elementary schools to teach

these classes. Hopefully more homemaker members will

consider joining in this effort this upcoming year. As I

have said before, more hands make less work for all. It

really is a joy to go to the schools and see how interested

the children are, how much they remember from the

class the year before and how many of their families are

now recycling because of what the children are being

taught. At the Meade County Homemaker Annual

Meeting, Mr. Darren Smiley, from the Meade County

Recycle Center, presented a check in the amount of

$2,670.00 to the Meade County Extension Homemakers

for their time and effort in teaching the children of

Meade County about the importance of recycling. These

monies, will in turn, be donated by the homemakers to

help many needy charities/organizations in the county.

Thanks to Cathy Smith, Committee Chairperson for the

Homemade Cobbler and Ice Cream Social, committee

members, volunteers who helped in any way and those

who donated baked item for the auction for this event.

Perhaps you did not volunteer but attended this function.

Thanks for your attendance and contributing to the total

which was raised. A total of $950.00 was raised to go to

Backpack for Hunger and will feed ten children this

year. Another successful event.

Thanks to all the homemaker clubs who submitted year-

end reports to Donna. These reports are very important

and submitting them on a timely basis certainly helps.

Thanks to those club members who have volunteered for

the county homemaker committees for this upcoming

year. My hopes are that many of you will consider a

chairmanship or co-chairmanship for one of these

committees, if you are contacted. Thanks to those

members who have accepted an officer or educational

chairmanship (whether that be in your club or at county

level). Many thanks to the clubs who submitted input

for consideration for the KEHA 2017 Recreational

Booklet. Input from two of the clubs submitting input

were combined and will be the entry for Meade County

for the month of July in this booklet.

I hope that each of you had a great 4th of July and took

time to remember and give thanks for those who have

made many sacrifices in order for us to enjoy our many

freedoms here in the United States.

Our county fair has come and gone. It took a lot of work,

time and effort of many homemaker members to get the

new Home and Garden Exhibit Hall ready and a lot of

volunteer hours to enter exhibits, prepare the exhibits for

viewing, hosting at the building each evening during the

fair, returning exhibits and cleanup of the building after

the fair but what a nice building we now have to display

all the exhibits. This is certainly something for all of us

in Meade County to be proud of and especially all the

homemaker members. Thanks to Jennifer for all her

effort in obtaining all the necessary items which helped

us display the entries so well and thanks for all her hard

work and helping us in so many ways. Congratulations

to all those who won ribbons at the fair and for sharing

all your talents with those who visited the Home and

Garden Building.

Please Keep up the Good Work and Keep on

Winning with the Kentucky Extension Homemaker

Association!

Janet Hobbs, President

Meade County Extension

Homemakers

A MESSAGE FROM YOUR PRESIDENT

JULY AND AUGUST BIRTHDAYS

Danielle was a graduating senior at Meade County High School and while in high school was active in cross country, track, FCCLA and pep club. Her favorite classes were in the Family and Consumer Science field. Not only did Danielle attend school full time but held a part time job and continually maintained a high GPA throughout her high school years. She plans on attending ECTC in the fall and her goal is to earn a four-year degree in Family and Consumer Science education and a minor in business. We wish her good luck in all her future endeavors!

2016 RECIPIENT OF MEADE COUNTY EXTENSION HOMEMAKER $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP

Danielle Marie Fabel

July 2 - Doddi Nordyke August 2 - Norma Wooden

July 8 - Pat Ditto August 5 - Rosetta Ditto

July 10 - Linda Melloy August 10 - Sara Waters

July 23 - Patty Renfrow August 15 - Pat LaChance

July 20 - Glodene Bisoff August 16 - Phyllis Clark

July 21 - Barbara Jones August 18 - Debra Adams

July 26 - Nancye Lynn August 31 - Virgie Taylor

UPCOMING MEETINGS:

August 18 Fair Committee Wrap-Up Meeting, 10:00 a.m.

August 23 Lesson Leader Training, Extension Office, 2:00 p.m. E.T.

Topic: Making Healthy Beverage Choices

Cabrina Buckman, Washington County FCS Agent

August 26 Extension Homemaker Council, 9:30 a.m.

August 18-26, 2016

Fiber Experience

Otter Creek Retreat is hosting a full weekend of Fiber Experience on August 26-28. The series

will feature 14 different classes relating to fiber arts such beginning needle felting, wet

felting, cross-stitch and rug making to name a few. For more information log on to

www.ottercreekretreat.com

Friendships and Retirement

Many changes occur with retirement, and friendship is an area often overlooked. For some, friendships

are connected to work life. When you retire, you may feel that you have lost some friends or that you no

longer have a common interest with those people because you are not seeing them every day or sharing

an environment with them. It is important to maintain friendships that are important to you. The best

way to maintain old friendships is by making time for quality activity and conversation, sharing memories

and making the friendship a priority. With retirement, you may also find opportunities to make new

friends. New friendships may be developed through various social groups, people who share your

common interests or through volunteering. Friends at all ages are important and serve different

purposes. In retirement, friends help fill voids from family who may not live close by or due to illness or

widowhood. Friends keep your mind sharp, make you happier. Friends can inspire you and push you to

tackle your goals and dreams. Friends are there for you when you need support or a shoulder to cry

on. Friends are someone to laugh with. Friends can help you live a longer, healthier life.

Source: Amy Hosier, Extension Specialist for Family Life, University of Kentucky; College of Agriculture, Food and Environment and Kelsey Riordan, Family Sciences Student.

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Meade County Extension Homemakers

Officer and Chairmen Training

Kick off the new club year by getting organized and finding out about upcoming

projects and contests. Every county and club officer and chairman is welcome! A

light dinner will be served.

August 30, 5:30 p.m.

Meade County Extension Office

RSVP by August 26 by calling the extension office at 270-422-4958