Cooperative

Extension Service

Daviess County

4800A New Hartford Road

Owensboro KY 42303

270-685-8480

Fax: 270-685-3276

www.ca.uky.edu/ces

October 2015

Newsletter

1 Cloverbuds 5:30pm 6 Archery, Fairgrounds, 4:30pm 7 Stem Club, Extension Office 4:30pm 13 Issues Conference Registration DUE 15 Ag Club Farm Visit 2:30pm 15 Livestock Club, Extension Office 6:30p.m. 17-18 Reid’s Apple Festival, Reid’s Orchard 19 Young Riders 4-H Horse Club, Extension Office, 6:30 p.m. 19 Natural Resources Outdoor Adventure

Club, Extension Office,5 p.m. 19 Garden Club, Extension Office, 6 p.m. 20 Homeschool Club, Extension Office 10:30 a.m. 20 Trinity High School 4-H Ag Club,

Whitesville, 2:15 p.m. 20 Archery, Fairgrounds, 4:30pm 29 Club Officer Meeting, Extension Office, 4:30pm

October is designated as Civic Engagement (Service to our Community) Month for 4-H in Daviess County! Youth and Clubs are asked to donate non-perishable food items during the month by drop-ping them off at the Extension Office or giving them to your club leaders. At the end of the month they will be donated to help local elderly/senior citizens in need. This is the 4

th year of the can food drive, and we hope to do

better than we ever have! Everyone is also encouraged to plan or partici-pate in an event or act of service to others in our community. In the past, clubs have taken baked goods to local firemen and police officers, prepared appreciation banquets, wrote thank you notes, and just made an effort to help others in any small way possible. Remember to keep up with your activities and report them to your club leaders, Stacey, Angie or Lindsey. We also hope to see lots of pictures posted with the hashtag #4hserviced

Come and join us Thursday, October 29 from 4:30 – 5:30pm at the extension office for food, learning and fun! You will be learning how to conduct a 4-H Club meeting using parliamentary procedure basics. Please RSVP by Monday, October 26 for food.

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The 4-H Achievement Program is intended to recognize 4-H participants who have outstand-ing accomplishments and to provide incentive for youth to increase their knowledge, skills and abilities. It is a comprehensive pro-gram spanning the entire career of the 4-H’er, awards points for outside efforts and interests and encourages growth and development by awarding high points at multi-county, state, and national levels. As youth work their way through the achievement levels they become eligible for scholarships to teen summit, teen conference, and eventually college scholarships. You can and should start keeping records in September of your 6

th grade year. The

application is posted to the Daviess County 4-H website. High School Seniors take note!

The application for the Daviess County 4-H

Council Scholarship will require the 4-H

Achievement Application.

The 4-H Achievement Application is due on

November 1. Do not wait until the last

minute. This will take some time!!

This month we are featuring the 4-H Horticulture/Garden Club.

Led by Dr. Annette Heisdorffer, Daviess County Extension Agent for Horticulture, who was in 4-H growing up, and Andrea Stith, Horticulture Technician, who is experienced in working with youth. This club is all about anything that has to do with gardening and plants. At their first meet-ing of the year, club members planted flowers in the landscape around the Extension Office. The members have also participated in competitions close to home and at the recent Kentucky State Fair. On Monday, October 19, the club will meet from 6 - 6:45 p.m. to investigate and plant spring flowering bulbs.

On Thursday, October 15, the Ag Club will be visiting Fuqua’s Pumpkin Farm at the invitation of Mrs. Anita Fuqua. The meeting/tour will be at 2:30 p.m. Anyone that will need to ride/caravan with Ms. Angie, the club

leader, will need to be at the Extension Office ready to go by 2 p.m. Please RSVP (you may bring guests) by

calling 270-685-8480, or by emailing

angie.padgett@uky.edu, no later than October 14, so Mrs. Anita will know how many to expect.

The 4-H/TSC Paper Clover Campaign is a

nationwide, in-store fundraiser that benefits

4-H programming in the communities where a

TSC store is located.

During the first spring promotion in Daviess

County, our two TSC locations raised over $400

for the local 4-H program. Please consider

taking part in the Fall Paper Clover Campaign

between October 7-18 by purchasing a $1

Paper Clover at checkout to show your support

for the Daviess County 4-H program.

Issues Conference is a leadership weekend, November 19-22, open to High School sophomores and juniors. This conference gives teen 4-H members the opportunity to identify and address local issues. Conference delegates will select an issue they are concerned about and research it before coming to the conference. While at Issues Conference, they are given the opportunity to share their ideas and collaborate with other 4-H teens from across the state to address these issues. For more information on this conference, please contact Lindsey at the Daviess County Extension Office. The deadline to register is October 13.

Daviess County Shooting Sports made a great showing at the State Shoot this September. Twenty-five Shooting Sports members represent-ing each club, Archery, Crushers, and Marksmen, competed in 9 different disciplines. Of those members, 6 brought home individual trophies. The top 3rd place finishers representing Daviess County are as follows. Make an effort to congrat-ulate these individuals for their year of hard work and practice!

State Shooting Sports Competition Results

Danielle Carpenter – 3rd

place, 9-11 year olds, Air Rifle Target Hannah Carpenter – 1

st place, 12-14 year olds,

Air Rifle Sport; 3rd

place, 12-14 yr. Air Rifle Tar-get Nick Givishvili – 1

st place, 15-18 year-olds, Air

Rifle Sport; 1st place, 15-18 yr. BB Rifle

Sarah Niebuhr – 2nd

place, 15-18 year-olds, Air Rifle Sport Loudon Strunk – 2

nd place, 9-11 year-olds, Air

Rifle Target

Kennedy Swope – 2nd

place, 12-14 year-olds,

Archery Target

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October 7 is the 4-H National Youth Science Day! 4-H programs all over the country will be hosting events for youth to participate in this year’s challenge, Motion Commotion, and Daviess County 4-H is taking part. Our 4-H STEM Club is hosting the event at the Daviess County Extension office starting at 4:30pm on the 7 for anyone that wants to come have some science fun. A snack will be provided as well. Call the Extension Office at 270-685-8480 to RSVP so we will know what additional supplies we need to purchase as well as ingredients for the snack. Motion Commotion is a two-part experi-ment that investigates the physical and human factors of motion using toy cars to simulate a speeding car collision and distracted driving. Youth will analyze the speed, momentum and kinetic energy of a car in motion, and explore the science behind the car’s collisions. The same physics principles will also be used to demon-strate the consequences of distracted driving.

The 4-H Speech Contest will be held November 10, 17 & 24.

If your school classroom is not already partici-pating you are welcome and encouraged to sign up. Call the Extension Office for details.

Entries are due November 2.

The first meeting of the Daviess County 4-H

Homeschool Club will be 10:30am Tuesday,

October 20th at the Daviess County Cooperative

Extension Office. This will be an informational,

getting to know you meeting. This club well be

led by the 4-H Staff: Stacey, Lindsey and Angie.

For more information call the extension office.

The NROA Club will be meeting Monday, Octo-ber 19, from 5-6pm at the Extension Office. This month, our club will be capturing the beautiful fall color of the leaves changing and discussing this process. All youth are welcome to attend! We will be taking photographs of nature during our meeting so bring a camera if you have one. If you do not have your own, don’t let that stop you from joining us, we have a few cameras availa-ble here to use for this activity! If you would like more information about this meeting or the Natu-ral Resource Outdoor Adventure Club, contact Lindsey at the Extension Office.

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79th Annual Owensboro Christmas Parade on Saturday, November 21, 2015.

Daviess County 4-H is thrilled to be part of the 2015 Christmas parade! Every club will be repre-sented and planning is just beginning! Volunteer to help with building/planning the float! Stay tuned to the Daviess County 4-H Facebook Page and November newsletter for more infor-mation!

Stacey Ramming Potts Daviess County Extension Agent

for 4-H Youth Development

Lindsey Boone Daviess County Extension Agent

for 4-H Youth Development

We are still looking for volunteers to help sell

soft drinks on October 17-18.

If you are available please contact the

Extension Office at 270-685-8480 to sign up.

We are enclosing the Contest Entry Form for the 2016 Piggy Bank Design Contest. Please notice on the back page that the contest begins on October 1, 2015. The contest will end on November 20, 2015. The deadline to bring the piggy bank to the Extension Office is November 20.

The Daviess County Extension Office spon-

sored Progressive Agriculture Youth Safety

Day for ninety-nine students at St. Mary of

the Woods in Whitesville on Thursday,

September 18.

The students visited stations to learn about

Firearm Safety (Trevor Scott), Disability

Awareness (Jason Potts), Handwashing

(Mary Higginbotham), ATV/UTV Safety

(Daniel Hardesty), Tractor Safety (Clint Har-

dy), Water Safety (Lindsey Boone),

Lawnmower Safety (Cole Hamilton) and Un-

derground Utility Safety (Southern Star).

This event will move to a different school

each year.

New this year, we are combining two of our

favorite things we hold so close to heart, the

holidays and 4-H Camp!

The Camp Improvement Committee will be

hosting a Christmas/Holiday Drive Through in

December. They are asking each club and coun-

ty interested in participating to provide a lighted

display to show your 4-H pride and light up camp!

If you are interested in creating a display for your

club, or working together to provide a display as

Daviess County 4-H, please contact Lindsey at

the Daviess County Extension Office by

October 19 to get more details and sign up!

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