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From June 13th through June 16th 10 local 4-H members attended the North Central 4-H Camp in Carlisle . The Kentucky 4-H Camping program is designed to develop the citizenship, leadership, and personal skills of the youth attending. The theme for camp this year was Wild, Wild West and campers participated in activities about rodeos, chuck wagons, cattle drives, and round-ups. While at 4-H Camp members participated in classes including archery, fishing, canoeing, riflery, nature, sewing, scrapbooking, electricity, woodworking, and a ropes challenge course. Additionally, campers participated in activities such as swimming, water olympics, Sadie Field games, and especially Sally Down the Alley. Campers also saw a flag retirement ceremony by a member of the US Military and a clogging demonstration by Taps in Motion. The campers thoroughly enjoyed camp but were exhausted and ready to go home by the last day. Mountain Memories 4-H Talent Show Results On Friday June 8th, the Menifee County Cooperative Extension Service held the local 4-H Talent Show in conjunction with Mountain Memories. In order to participate, members had to qualify by winning a blue ribbon at the preliminary 4-H Talent Show held at each school. Twelve local 4-H members participated in the Talent Show finals including: Katie Brown, Jana Edmonson, Jocelyn Gross, Jessica Hare, Tom Ingram, Brittany Jones, Aleesa Kimbrell, Ailee Lawson, Johnna Lovins, Cathy Prater, Madison Shepherd, and Jamie Lynn Skidmore. The Grand Champion for the Elementary School Division was Cathy Prater who performed a ballet dance to the song Reflections. The Reserve Champion for the Elementary School Division was Tom Ingram who performed sign language to Randy Travis’ Open The Eyes of My Heart. The Grand Champion for the Middle School Division was Katie Brown who sang Faith Hill’s Like We Never Loved At All. The Reserve Champion for the Middle School Division was Jamie Lynn Skidmore who sang Martina McBride’s Anyway. The Grand Champion for the High School Division was Jocelyn Gross who sang Carrie Underwood’s Don’t Forget To Remember Me. The Reserve Champion for the High School Division was Jessica Hare who performed sign language to the song Be Near. The overall 3rd place winner receiving $25.00 was Jamie Lynn Skidmore. The overall 2nd place winner receiving $50.00 was Katie Brown. The overall 1st place winner receiving $100.00 was Jocelyn Gross. Jocelyn will go on to compete in the Farm Bureau Outstanding Youth contest in Morehead. The Menifee County Cooperative Extension Service would like to thank Gail Mills and Gloria Williams for judging the Talent Show. We would also like to thank Mike Helton for all the work he put into the talent show. Additionally, a big thank you goes to Menifee County Farm Bureau for sponsoring the cash prizes. In the future we hope to have a much larger show in an effort to recognize the talented young people in this community. Photo Here Breathitt County 4-H Council Award The Breathitt County 4-H Council received the 2007 Excellence in 4-H Club Support by the Kentucky Association of Extension 4-H Agents. This award is open to all 120 county 4-H programs in the State of Kentucky. Since winning the State Award, this makes the 4-H Council eligible for the National Award, to be chosen early this summer. Each year Breathitt County 4-H Council members plan and organize the 4-H Corn Dog Booth which is the only 4-H Fund-raiser in the county. Monies received from the 4-H Corn Dog Booth help to offset the cost of 4-H Camp and 4-H programs throughout the year. The Breathitt County 4-H Council was nominated for this award by Verlene Congleton, County Extension Agent for 4-H and Youth Development. Miss Congleton stated that “without the efforts of the Breathitt County 4-H Council and the volunteers, the 4-H Corn Dog Booth would not be possible”. Educational Programs of the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service serve all people regardless of race, color, age, sex, religion, disability, or national origin. 4-H Collect-A-Tab Project This year 4-H’ers, their families and their 4-H Clubs collected 346 pounds of pop tabs for the 4-H Collect-A-Tab Project. We received 60 cents a pound which netted a profit of $207.60. This money will be split between the Ronald McDonald House and the Breathitt County Shrine Club. Each year beginning in January and ending the first week of May collections of pop tabs are taken. This year the class room that collected the most in Breathitt County was Mrs. Rosa Turner’s 4th grade, 4-H Club which collected 44 gallons of pop tabs. Mrs. Turner’s class received a pizza party sponsored by the Breathitt County 4-H Council. Photo Here 4-H Collect-A-Tab Project Doing Great! The 4-H Collect-A-Tab Containers have been placed in all the 4th, 5th and 6th grade classrooms and are overflowing as you can see in the picture below. Danielle Conners, a fourth grader in Mrs. Rosa Turner’s class at LBJ is seen with the pop tabs that her class has collected for this 4-H Community Service Project. Danielle herself has brought in over 9 gallons of pop tabs. The money raised from the 4-H Collect-A-Tab project will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House and the Breathitt County Shrine Club. Last year the 4-H Clubs in Breathitt County collected over 600 pounds of pop tabs. This project will end the 1st week of May and the winning classroom that collects the most will receive a pizza party sponsored by the Breathitt County 4-H Council. Please contact Verlene Congleton, County Extension Agent for 4-H and Youth Development at 666-8812 if you have some pop tabs that you would like to donate. 4-H Food and General Demonstrations Results On Wednesday, March 7th and Thursday March 8th youth from Breathitt County participated in the 4-H Food Demonstrations and General Demonstrations, respectively. What is a 4-H Project Demonstration? Any time you learn how to do something and then show another person how to do it, you are giving a demonstration! A demonstration is a method used to communicate an idea by showing and telling. The following youth competed in the 4-H Food Demonstrations: Natasha Skidmore Breathitt High Sr. Dairy & Other Foods Champion Kaitlin White Highland Turner Egg Category Red Ribbon Tarah Wilder Highland Turner Egg Category Champion Cherokee Skidmore SMS Bread Category Champion Cassidy Griffith Jackson City Other Foods & Dairy Blue Ribbon Thomasina Cole Highland Turner Other Foods & Dairy Blue Ribbon Brianna Turner Highland Turner Other Foods & Dairy Blue Ribbon Samantha King Highland Turner Other Foods & Dairy Blue Ribbon Whitney Vires Highland Turner Other Foods & Dairy Blue Ribbon Abby Terry Highland Turner Other Foods & Dairy Blue Ribbon Brittany Cockerham Highland Turner Other Foods & Dairy Blue Ribbon Paige Lovins LBJ Other Foods & Dairy Blue Ribbon Emily Thatcher Highland Turner Other Foods & Dairy Blue Ribbon Carissa Hatton Rousseau Other Foods & Dairy Blue Ribbon Adrien Holbrook Rousseau Other Foods & Dairy Blue Ribbon Kelli Stamper Highland Turner Other Foods & Dairy Blue Ribbon Kaitlin Turner Highland Turner Other Foods & Dairy Blue Ribbon Kinsey Fugate Highland Turner Other Foods & Dairy Blue Ribbon The following youth competed in the 4-H General Demonstrations: Bethany Hall Marie Roberts Craft Category Jr. Champion Cheyanne Reed Marie Roberts Craft Category Jr. Blue Ribbon Whitney Vires Highland Turner Clothing/Sewing Red Ribbon Debra Little Jackson City Craft Category Jr. Red Ribbon Cherokee Skidmore SMS Home Environment Champion Natasha Skidmore Breathitt High Clothing Champion Thomas Stamper Highland Turner General Red Ribbon Allan Hudson Marie Roberts General Blue Ribbon Hailey O’Hare Marie Roberts General Champion Justin Collins Highland Turner Science & Natural Res. Red Ribbon Aspen Neace Jackson City Science & Natural Res. Red Ribbon Shawntae Southers LBJ Horticulture Red Ribbon The students that won champion ribbon will compete at Quicksand on March 27th at 9:30 AM in the 4-H District 2 Demonstration event. For more information please contact Verlene Congleton, County Extension Agent for 4-H and Youth Development at 666-8812. 2-12-07 During the month of January and February, Liz Deaton and I will be visiting all the schools and showing the 4th, 5th and 6th grade classrooms how to do a 4-H Food and 4-H General Demonstration. The 4-H Demonstrations are scheduled for March 7th for the Food Demonstrations and March 8th for the General Demonstrations. All demonstrations will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the Breathitt County Extension Office. If a parent or youth would like help, or need guidance with their 4-H Demonstration, please contact me at 606-666-8812. Don’t forget the 4-H Collect-A-Tab Recycling Project is up and under way in all 4th, 5th and 6th grade classrooms. Please help us collect pop tabs by donating to your favorite classroom or dropping them off at the Breathitt County Extension Office. Proceeds from the monies raised will go to the Breathitt County Shrine Club and the Ronald McDonald House. The classroom that collects the most pop tabs will receive a pizza party in May, sponsored by the Breathitt County 4-H Council. The following Breathitt County 4-H Teen Council members, Hannah Yount, Jackson City High School student and daughter of Jim and Martha Yount, and Brittany McKnight, Breathitt County High School Student and daughter of Denver and Darlene McKnight, along with their Breathitt County Extension Agent for 4-H and Youth Development, Verlene Neace attended the 4-H Health Rocks In-Service in Lexington on January 5th-7th at the University of Kentucky. The 4-H Health Rocks curriculum is geared for youth age 8-12 years old. The goal of the program is to bring communities across the United States together to reduce youth tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drug usage. The trio will implement this program during 4-H Summer Day Camp and 4-H Camp this summer and also work with various school and outreach programs. 4-H HEALTH ROCKS! The Breathitt County 4-H Teen Council members , Hannah Yount, Jackson City High School student and daughter of Martha and Jim Yount and Brittany McKnight, Breathitt County High School student and daughter of Denver and Darlene McKnight, along with their Breathitt County Extension Agent for 4-H and Youth Development, Verlene Neace attended the 4-H Health Rocks In-service in Lexington on January 5-7th at the University of Kentucky. The 4-H Health Rocks curriculum is geared for youth age 8-12 years old. The goal of the program is to bring communities across the United States together to reduce youth tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug usage. The trio will implement this program during 4-H Summer Day Camp and 4-H Camp this summer and also work with various school and outreach programs. 4-H News On Friday, November 17th the following students participated in the 4-H County Talk Meet. 9 Year Old Category Cortland Wilder White Ribbon Jackson City School Matthew Turner Red Ribbon Jackson City School Courtney McKnight Red Ribbon LBJ School Katie Turner Red Ribbon Jackson City School Cassidy Griffith Red Ribbon Jackson City School Kasey Young Blue Ribbon LBJ School Shana Berry Blue Ribbon LBJ School Debbie Little Blue Ribbon Jackson City School Adrien Holbrook Blue Ribbon LBJ School Aspen Neace Blue Ribbon Jackson City School Sarah Yount Blue Ribbon Jackson City School Dylan Campbell Blue Ribbon Jackson City School Noah Cornett Champion Jackson City School 10 Year Old Category Jessica Fugate White Ribbon LBJ School Jacob Bowles Red Ribbon Jackson City School Jennifer Donahue Red Ribbon LBJ School Crystal McIntosh Red Ribbon Jackson City School Cecily Howard Red Ribbon Jackson City School Lisa Smith White Ribbon LBJ School Tara Bryant Red Ribbon LBJ School Courtney Hamblin Champion LBJ School 11 Year Old Category Elizabeth Godsey White Ribbon LBJ School Abby Terry White Ribbon Highland Turner Cassandra Gilbert Red Ribbon LBJ School Morgan Phillips Blue ribbon LBJ School Kinsey Fugate Blue Ribbon Highland Turner Emily Lovins Champion Highland Turner 12 Year Old Category Cherokee Skidmore Blue Ribbon Sebastian Middle School Cheyenne Reed White Ribbon Highland Turner Whitney Vires Red Ribbon Highland Turner Michelle Raleigh White Ribbon Sebastian Middle School 13 Year Old Category Malone Miller White Ribbon Sebastian Middle School 15 Year Old Category Natasha Skidmore Champion Breathitt High School Upcoming 4-H Events District 2 Talk Meet/Quicksand December 4th, 9:30 a.m. Breathitt County 4-H Teen Council Meeting December 9th 4-H and Charlotte’s web. 4-H is featured prominently in the upcoming movie, Charlotte’s Web, based on the favorite children’s book written by E.B. White. The movie, starring Dakota Fanning, opens December 15th. The movie stars, not only Dakota Fanning as Fern, but the voice of Julia Roberts as Charlotte. 4-H alumnus Reba McEntire, as well as other noteworthy actors including Robert Redford, Cedric the Entertainer, Oprah Winfrey and Cathy Bates portrays the other barnyard animals. Charlotte’s Web features the 4-H Emblem multiple times, and the themes portrayed speak directly to 4-H’s great work developing youth—building friendships, committing to goals and having fun!. Charlotte’s Web is a classic tale of dedication, friendship and loyalty. Those values are intrinsic to the 4-H Youth Development. As the only educational youth development program connected to state’s land-grant colleges and universities, 4-H encourages young people to use their head, heart, hands and health to become strong, confident and contributing citizens. Similarly, in Charlotte’s Web, Fern uses her head, heart, hands and health to encourage family and friends to save Wilbur from the smokehouse. With help from Wilbur’s barn friends, especially Charlotte, Fern’s dream comes true when she is able to take Wilbur to her town’s 4-H Fair. Fern’s hard work and dedication to Wilbur shows exactly the level of commitment young people make in 4-H – whether they are raising a pig, designing a Web site or participating in local community service activities, they give their best in whatever they do. Fern exemplifies the essential elements of 4-H Youth Development – belonging, mastery, independence and generosity – as she helps to save Wilbur and brings the community together. For some, the book is the first step to a love of learning and sharing. 4-H works to open that same door for young people to learn leadership, citizenship and life skills. The national 4-H leadership has developed an exciting fundraising opportunity for Kentucky 4-H in conjunction with Charlotte’s Web. For every ticket certificate purchased to see Paramount Pictures and Walden Media's production of Charlotte's Web through www.fourhcouncil.edu, a $1 donation will be made by Hollywood Movie Money to 4-H to support Kentucky 4-H. Kentucky 4-H programs will receive 100 percent of donations as determined by ZIP codes entered at certificate purchase. So tell your families, friends, colleagues, coworkers, schoolmates, church members, and everyone you meet to purchase their tickets to Charlotte’s Web through www.fourhcouncil.edu. Charlotte’s Web ticket sales through www.fourhcouncil.edu begin December 8, 2006. Clicking on the “Buy Movie Tickets” link will take you to a purchase page at Hollywood Movie Money. Here you will enter a ZIP code and buy as many tickets as you like via credit card. The price of the ticket is determined by your local movie theater. Then you print a ticket certificate that you redeem at the theater. Be sure to get to the movie theater in plenty of time for the showing you want to attend; although the holder of a certificate is guaranteed admission to a showing of Charlotte’s Web, the certificate does not hold you a seat in a particular showing. So get in line early! Seeing Charlotte’s Web is a wonderful family opportunity, a great way to learn about the values of 4-H and a way to raise money for the Kentucky 4-H program, For more information about Breathitt County 4-H which is a community of young people across America who are learning leadership, citizenship and life skills. Look what’s Coming up with 4-H! November 17 4-H County Talk Meet, 9:30 a.m., Extension Office December 4 District 2/ 4-H Talk Meet, 9:30 a.m., Quicksand Community Building The Breathitt County 4-H Teen Council will meet on Saturday, November 4th at the Breathitt County Extension Office at 9:30 a.m. For more information, call 666-8812. The 4-H County Talk Meet is scheduled for November 17th. This event will be held at the Breathitt County Extension Office beginning at 9:30 a.m. Youth in grades 4th through 12th are invited to participate. All talks must be 3-5 minutes in length for juniors (9-13 years of age) and 5-7 minutes for seniors (14-18 years of age). All youth that participate will receive $10.00 off their 4-H Camp fee for the summer of 2007 sponsored by the Breathitt County 4-H Council. Youth must pre-register for this event by calling the Breathitt County Extension Office at 666-8812. The 4-H Halloween Safety Program was enjoyed by many youth on October 19th. Youth made a Halloween spider out of recycled pop bottles, played Halloween games, made their own Halloween fun treat and learned about Halloween safety. 10-01-06 October 1-7 National 4-H Week/Listen to WJSN for (morning & afternoon 4-H trivia) October 19 4-H Historic Ghost Walk, 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., Extension Office November 17 4-H County Talk Meet, 9:30 a.m., Extension Office December 4 District 2/ 4-H Talk Meet, 9:30 a.m., Quicksand Community Building National 4-H Week will be celebrated the week of October 2-6th for 4-H Trivia on WJSN Radio. Youth age 9-18 years of age can participate to win 4-H prizes by calling the radio station during the morning and afternoon trivia and correctly answering 4-H questions. 4-H Historic Ghost Walk will be October 19th. Youth in grades Kindergarten through 6th grade may participate. This event will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Extension Office and last until 7:00 p.m. Youth will be led through downtown Jackson by local Historian, Stephen Bowling, on the 4-H Ghost Walk. Youth will return back to the Extension Office to enjoy refreshments, learn about Halloween Safety, receive a Halloween Treat Bag and make a Halloween craft. There is no fee for this event; however, you must call the Extension Office at 666-8812 by October 16th to sign-up. 4-H Clubs are now forming in the local schools. All 4th through 6th grade classrooms will be visited during the months of September and October. 4-H Officers will be elected and 4-H Club names will be chosen. The 4-H Corn Dog Booth was a great success again this year. Our goal was to sell 4,000 corndogs for the Labor Day weekend. We ended up selling a total of 4,500 corndogs. We cleared after expenses, right at $5,000. This money will be used for partial 4-H Camp Scholarships, teen events and youth programs for the 2006-2007 year. I would like to thank all our 4-H volunteers that make this such a success along with all the community members that support Breathitt County 4-H. Thanks again for another successful year!! November 17th is the scheduled date for the 4-H County Talk Meet. This event will be held at the Extension Office, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Youth in grades 4th through 12th are invited to participate. All talks must be 3-5 minutes in length for juniors (9-13 years of age) and 5-7 minutes for seniors (14-18 years of age). All youth that participate will receive $10.00 off their 4-H Camp fee for the summer of 2007 sponsored by the Breathitt County 4-H Council. |
| For more information on Breathitt County 4-H Programs Contact: Verlene C. Neace at 606-666-8812 or vneace@uky.edu |