Cooperative Extension Service Montgomery County 106 East Locust Street Mt Sterling KY 40353-1404 (859) 498-8741 Fax: (859) 498-8712 www.montgomery.ca.uky.edu

Sincerely,

Charles M. Comer, County Extension Agent for 4-H Youth Development

FEB2021 NEWSLETTER

In February we celebrate many events including Valentine’s Day—but February is also known as Healthy Heart Month.

DID YOU KNOW?

4-H ... To Make

the Best Better!

The heart pumps about 1 million barrels

of blood during an average lifetime.

Your heart beats about 100,000 times each day and about 35 million times a

year. In an average lifetime your heart will

beat more than 2.5 billion times.

Your body has about 6 quarts of blood.

These 6 quarts of blood circulate

through your body about every 3 minutes.

… Heart Info Sources … * American Heart Association * UK Health Bulletin—08

Due to Covid-19,

the 2020 Montgomery

County 4-H Awards & Recognition Reception

did not take place

in December; instead,

a virtual 4-H Awards

Presentation was created

& posted on the 4-H

Facebook Page. A special

PULLOUT INSERT

is enclosed in this month’s Newsletter.

Congratulations again for all your hard work!

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Members of This Land is Our Land 4-H Leadership Club are still leading through the pandemic. 4-H members Joseph Jordan, Abby Jordan, Kyera Wright, Jayla Sands & Nevaeh Hall participated in a local food giveaway recently; along with Adult Leaders Jackie Evans and Mindy Jordan.

This Land is Our Land

4-H Youth Leadership

4-H SHOOTING SPORTS

The Montgomery County 4-H Shooting Sports Club once again gathered donations to pre-pare holiday food gift baskets for families in our community. The baskets were donated to the Family Resource Centers at Camargo Elementary and McNabb Middle School.

THANK YOU TO ALL MEMBERS WHO DONATED TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE!

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4-H SADDLE CLUB NEWS

The Club met on Monday January 18th via Zoom. Kenleigh French provided a lesson on Quarter Horses and gave a short video tour of her barn and horse.

Our Club was set for our annual Old Kentucky Candy Bars, but due to a shortage in candy, we will not have those until April… Stay tuned for updates on those!!!

Our annual letter campaign has started

and we are currently seeking donations for the club. Our next Meeting will be: Monday February 15th at 6:30 pm via Zoom.

“A great horse will change your life.

The truly special ones define it..."

- Author Unknown

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2020 Montgomery County 4-H

Awards & Recognition

4-H MEMBER AWARDS Honors Applications and Project Record Keeping

ADDISON ARNETT

2020 Achievement & Clover 1 Award

CURTIS BAILEY 2020 Achievement & Bronze Award

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KENLEIGH FRENCH 2020 Achievement, Clover 1 Award

Country Ham & Livestock Project Records

NEVAEH HALL 2020 Achievement & Clover 1 Award

KASEY HUDSON 2020 Achievement & Bronze Award

BRAXTON JOHNSON 2020 Achievement & Silver Award

ABIGAIL JORDAN 2020 Achievement & Clover 3 Award

JOSEPH JORDAN 2020 Achievement & Bronze Award

KYLE JORDAN 2020 Achievement & Silver Award

WESLEY JORDAN 2020 Achievement & Bronze Award

ZACH MANLEY Dog, Citizenship, Communications,

Country Ham, Food & Nutrition,, Food Preservation, Horticulture, Shooting Sports Project Records

LANCE MUNDAY 2020 Achievement & Gold Award

JAYLA SANDS 2020 Achievement & Bronze Award

KYERA WRIGHT 2020 Achievement & Silver Award

2020 4-H SPECIAL AWARDS

Floyd McDaniel Award ~ Kenleigh French

Finnell L. Fields 4-H Council Award ~ Kyle Jordan

Roberta Hunt Award ~ Wesley Jordan

Tammy Watkins 4-H Award of Excellence ~ Kasey Hudson & Kyera Wright

Kentucky Petroleum Supply Award ~ Braxton Johnson

Take Aim Award ~ Kasey Hudson & Curtis Bailey

Outstanding 4-H Leader Award ~ Kim Agee & Kristy Rudd

4-H VOLUNTEER LEADER & DONOR

AWARDS

James Agee Kim Agee

Sydney Agee Jennifer Allen

Jennifer Amburgey Michael Amburgey

Andy & Mary Baker Jessica Bailey Ralph Bailey James Bourne

Kelley Beverley Len Beverley

David Burchett Charles Cole

Tina Chandler Bobby Paul Davis

Connie Davis Lisa Deaton J.D. Deaton

Jessica Dominquez Jackie Evans

Carmela Fletcher Green Chris Frazier

Greg &Tina Garland

Gate City Belles Homemakers Mary E. Garrett Lee Etta Greer

Leah Hawkins Evangel Hernandez

Tim Hernandez

Lori Hudson Calvin Hunt, Jr. Angie Johnson Chris Johnson Oma Johnson Chad Jones

Mindy Jordan Will Keath

Kiwanis Club of Mt. Sterling Stephanie McCarty

Mont. Co. Conservation District Mont. Co. Homemakers Assoc.

Mount Sterling Rotary Club Debbie Munday

Gary Orme Victoria Orme

Shannon Patrick Marjorie Pelfrey

Kelly Pierce Sally Purvis

Corey Rankin Jamie Reffitt

Christine Stinson Crystal Stinson

The Ricketts Family

Conny Risner Risner’s Tax Service

Heretta Ritchie Kristy Rudd

Mark Spelling Mary Lynn Stockdale

Aspen Taylor David Shannon Taylor

Laura Tipton Melina Webb Allie Webb

Whitaker Bank Pat Wilson

James Workman

Congratulations & Thank You To All 2019-2020 4-H MEMBERS

VOLUNTEER LEADERS & DONORS for your participation dedication

& support.

COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT

FOR 4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT Charles M. Comer

OFFICERS PRESIDENT: Len Beverley

VICE PRESIDENT: James Agee SECRETARY: Connie Davis

TREASURER: BP Davis

DIRECTORS Kelley Beverley

Carmela Fletcher Green Lee Etta Greer Lori Hudson Gary Orme

Shelly Sutton Allie Webb

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THIS LAND IS

OUR LAND 4-H YOUTH

LEADERSHIP CLUB

Meets on 1st Mondays

@ 6PM

4-H

SADDLE CLUB Meets on

3rd Mondays

@ 6:30 PM

4-H

LIVESTOCK

CLUB Meets on

3rd Tuesdays

@ 6:30 PM

4-H

SHOOTING

SPORTS CLUB Meets on

4th Tuesdays

@ 6:30 PM

JOIN A MONTGOMERY COUNTY

4-H CLUB TODAY! CONTACT CHARLES COMER

MONTGOMERY CO. EXTENSION AGENT FOR 4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

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FOR MORE

INFORMATION

ON

4-H YOUTH

Clubs continue to

meet virtually monthly

or when deemed necessary.

Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, in-person meetings must be ap-

proved and require a a UK Request Form

and must meet “essential meeting” criteria.