It is a new program year and 2016-2017 is

off with a bang! Spencer County has a lot to be

proud of!

Please don’t forget to fill out new

enrollment forms for this year. The forms are

blue and include a club packet to learn all about

what Spencer County 4-H has to offer. Pick yours

up today at the Spencer County Extension Office.

Remember to strive to make the Best

Better in all that you do! Let’s see what 2016-

2017 brings for Spencer County 4-H together!

Sincerely,

Mollie Tichenor

CEA for 4-H Youth Development

4-H PLEDGE

I pledge my HEAD to clearer

thinking,

my HEART to greater loyalty,

my HANDS to larger service

and my HEALTH to better living for my club,

my community, my country and my world.

EVERYONE

ENROLLMENT FORMS

Please remember to fill out the

BLUE enrollment forms. It is that time to

fill out new forms for the new program

year starting in September. If you don’t

fill this out you are not a registered 4-H

member and won’t have early camp sign-

up privileges.

VOLUNTEERS

If you have not filled out your

volunteer application, please check out the

website below. Background checks are

required on all of the volunteers that help

with the Spencer County 4-H Program.

This is now available to be printed out

from the website. Go to

www.spencerextension.com, click on the

4-H Volunteer link on the right hand side

of the screen and print off your application

today.

Cooperative Extension Service Spencer County PO Box 368 Taylorsville, KY 40071-0368 (502) 477-2217 Fax: (502) 477-1343 extension.ca.uky.edu

4-H Newsletter November 2016

Please make sure that all forms are

completed and that we receive a copy of

your driver’s license when the form is

turned in. If all the forms are not

completed when they are turned it, it will

delay you getting approved as a volunteer.

You can also pick up a hard copy at

the Extension Office. If you are interested

in learning more about volunteering with

Spencer County 4-H, please talk to Mollie

or a club leader today!

FUNDRAISERS

Remember: The profit for each 4-

Her selling will be held by the 4-H

Council. Those dollars may be used by the

child for any 4-H Program event or fee.

Examples for use are: 4-H Camp,

Shooting Sports Camp, Teen Summit,

Teen Conference, fees due by individuals

competing in shooting sports, livestock

club, horse club, etc. To obtain the

dollars, when needed, the parent must

notify the Extension Office. If you have

any questions regarding the fundraiser

program for the kids or have any

fundraiser ideas, please call Mollie

Tichenor at 477-2217.

Spencer County 4-H Council still

has a few 4-H Family and Friends

Cookbook still available! The price is $15

for each book. Don’t forget that the profit

for each 4-Her selling will be held by the

4-H Council and is $10 per cookbook.

SCHWANS

Sign up today and help Spencer County 4-

H earn between 20%-40%

Campaign ID: 30379 Page URL: https://www.schwans-cares.com/c/30379 Campaign starts on: November 21st, 2016 Campaign ends on: January 5th, 2017

Invite friends and family to shop at

Schwan's

Earn 20% on Schwan’s product

sales

Earn 40% on eGift Cards sales

(limit 1 per customer, per campaign)

After the 45 day period, we will still

earn

Please sign up

today! Schwan’s

has great products

for everyone!

KROGER COMMUNITY

REWARDS

Organization Name: Spencer County 4-H

Council

Organization Number: 41771

Don’t forget to sign up online at

www.Kroger.com/communityrewards

ADULTS

COUNCIL MEETINGS

The Spencer County 4-H Council

will meet on November 17th at 6:30 pm at

the Spencer County Extension Office.

Anyone interested in being on the council,

making decisions about the county 4-H

program, and fundraising ideas please feel

free to contact Bill Dunning, Council

President, or Mollie Tichenor for

additional information. Hope to see you

there!

UPCOMING EVENTS

ACHIEVEMENT

AWARDS Spencer County 4-H has a lot of

members that need to fill out the annual

achievement awards. Mollie emailed all

past recipients with their past applications

and to all those that have expressed

interest. If you are interested in learning

more about Achievement Awards, which

include Teen Conference for a reduced rate

or even free, college scholarships, and the

experience of National 4-H Congress,

please talk to Mollie today.

Email Mollie, at

mollie.tichenor@uky.edu, if you would

like to receive this electronic application.

Awards start with those in 6th grade until

aging out of 4-H. Please let Mollie know

if you have any questions. The Spencer

County achievement deadline is

Thursday, December 1st electronically.

CLOVERBUDS

Cloverbuds, ages 5-8, will meet on

Thursday, December 1st from 6:30 pm – 8

pm. Hope to see you there. Please call

Nicole at 477-2217 if you will be

attending.

Upcoming Cloverbud dates:

*12/1/16 *2/2/17

*4/6/17 *6/1/17

COUNTRY HAMS It is time to sign up for the 2017 4-H

Country Ham Project, we are also opening

it again to adults. Both forms are included

in this newsletter. The deadline to sign up

is December 6th. The forms are also

available at the Extension Office or contact

Connie Jeffiers for additional information

at 502-902-1421.

DISTRICT 3 TEEN

RETREAT The 2017 District 3 Teen Retreat

will be held on January 20-21 in Northern

Kentucky. Forms are now available, see

Mollie. This event is open to high school

age members and is an opportunity to

network with teens from across District 3.

There is a hope to start at District 3 Teen

Council and the discussion will occur at

this event to iron out those details. The

cost is $70 and the deadline to turn in

registration papers and money is

December 9th. Please keep in mind that

there will be additional hotel cost.

TEEN SUMMIT Teen Summit is a middle school

leadership conference for those in 6th

through 8th grade. Spencer County will be

attending teen summit this spring, a date

will be released later this year. Please let

Mollie know if you are interested. This is

a great leadership conference for Middle

School age youth at the 4-H Leadership

Center in Jabez!

TEEN CONFERENCE The 2017 Kentucky 4-H Teen

Conference will be held on the University

of Kentucky Campus June 12-15, this is a

tentative date. This is a leadership

conference for those completing the 8th

grade through high school. Please let

Mollie know if you are interested.

4-H BANQUET

Thank you to everyone that attended

the annual 4-H Awards and Recognition

Banquet on October 27th at the Spencer

County Extension Office. It was a great

night and we truly recognized some

outstanding 4-Her’s and community

leaders! It was the largest 4-H Banquet in

a number of years!

Members were recognized for

communication participation, county fair

and state fair participation, tractor driving,

and clubs were all recognized for their

accomplishments as a club as well as

individual members. Our Cloverbud

members introduced themselves and truly

shined. 2016 Graduating Seniors were

recognized. Thank you to the Teen and

Adult Volunteers that dedicate their time

to 4-H campers from Spencer County.

Spencer County 4-H would not be the

program that it is without the dedication

from our volunteers, especially the 4-H

Council officers and members as well as

the 4-H Club Leaders. Special thanks to

Tim Brewer, Bill Dunning, Kim Hanik,

Connie Jeffiers, and Stacy LaRue for all

that you do!

The achievement award winners

were recognized. Sean Ladwig was a

winner of the Clover Level 1, which is

great! Lilli Hanik continues to reach her

goals in 4-H. She was a gold award

winner for 2016 and an Emerald finalist.

She will be representing Kentucky at the

National 4-H Congress this month.

Congratulations again to the state

level winners and teams! 2015 State Shoot

– 12-14 Archery Recurve – Leighanne

Lyvers. 2016 State Dairy Judging High

Individual – Trinity Johnson. 2016

Country Hams 1998 Speech Winner – Lilli

Hanik. 2016 State Fair Cloverville

Winners – Kerrigan Catlett & Leighanne

Lyvers. 2016 State Fair Dairy Goat Show

Winner – Adam Light & Adam Pietz.

2016 State Fair Lamb Show Winner –

Sydney Warren. 2016 State Fair Swine

Show Winners – Courtney Jeffiers, Jenna

Thompson, Casey Montgomery. 2016

State Fair Rabbit Show Winners – Gabi

Deetch, Baylee Todd, Luke Brewer. 2016

State Fair Poultry Show Winners – Justin

Pietz, Adam Pietz, Ryan Tobbe.

There will several state winning

teams that will have picture plaques placed

at the Extension Office for everyone to

recognize them for their accomplishments.

2015 1st Place Team in 15-18 Archery

Recurve – Makayla Trapp, Patrick Rood,

Ben Dippel, and Sean Ladwig. 2015 1st

Place Team in 15-18 Trap – Makayla

Trapp, Patrick Rood, Ben Dippel, Travis

Clemens, and Jordan LeCompte. 2016

High Point Intermediate Team – State

Skill-a-thon - Casey Montgomery, Jenna

Thompson, Madison Goodlett, and Allie

Roberts. 2016 High Point Senior Team

Dairy Judging- Trinity Johnson, Sydney

Warren, and Briar Honeycutt. 2016

Kentucky 4-H Dairy Judging Team – Ally

Jones, Luke Williamson, Max Dippel,

John Brumley and Michael Bentley.

We also have two teens that I would

like to recognize for being active beyond

the county level. Thank you to Patrick

Rood for serving on the State Shooting

Sports Ambassador Board and to Lilli

Hanik for serving on the State Performing

Arts Troupe Board.

Congratulations to Courtney Jeffiers

for being the 2016 Merit and Participation

Winner, Liz Walker for being the 2016

Outstanding Teen, Mildred and the late

Bobby Montgomery for being the 2016

Outstanding Volunteer, and Spencer

County Family Resource and Youth

Service Centers for being the 2016 Friend

of Spencer County 4-H.

Thank you to Rebecca Hayes, State

4-H Secretary, for being our guest!

4-H Banquet Highlights!

4-H Members pictured with State 4-H

Secretary, Rebecca Hayes.

Communication Participants; Cloverbuds

County Fair Cloverville Participants

State Fair Cloverville Participants

Country Ham Participants, Tractor Driving

Middle School Art Club Members

Lilli Hanik, Bookworms Member, 2016

Owl Award and Bookworms Creator

Award.

Erica Goodlett, Adele Schultz, Noah

Dunning, Jillian Dunning, and Gabi

Deetch, Furs and Feathers members.

Thanks to Angie Dunning for passing out

the awards. Lillie is special too!

Livestock Award Winners - Christopher

Drury, Ethan Thompson, Ryann Truax,

Madison Goodlett, Logan Light, and Jenna

Thompson with Connie Jeffiers.

Shooting Sports Award Winners. Drew

Lyvers & Leighanne Lyvers, Zach

Pulliam, Cooper Lyvers, Krisenda Neeley,

Ben Dippel, Makayla Trapp, and the

Shooting Sports Member present at the

banquet.

State Individual Winners present at the

banquet.

2015 1st Place Team in 15-18 Archery

Recurve.

2015 1st Place Team 15-18 Trap.

2016 1st Place Intermediate Team –

State Skill-a-thon

2016 Kentucky 4-H Dairy Judging Team

State 4-H Board Members

4-H Camp Leaders

4-H Council Members

4-H Club Leaders

Outstanding Volunteer Mildred and the

late Bobby Montgomery, Friend of 4-H

Award FRYSC – Becky Wilson

Outstanding Teen Award Winner, Liz

Walker

November/December 2016/January 2017 Calendar SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

13 14

*6:30 pm -

Archery Practice

– TES

*5:30 –

Homemakers

Holiday

Workshop

15

*5:30 pm –

Louisville Area

Beef Cattle

Meeting

*6:30 pm –

Livestock

16 17

*6:30 pm – 4-H

Adult Council

18 19

20 21

*SCHWAN’S

FUNDRAISER

START

*6:30 pm -

Archery Practice

– TES

*6:30 pm - 4-H

Photography

22

*6:30 pm – Fur &

Feathers

23 24

Thanksgiving OFFICE CLOSED

25 OFFICE CLOSED

26

27 28

*6:30 pm -

Archery Practice -

TES

29 30 December 1

*10 am -

Homemaker Art

Guild

*6:30 pm -

Cloverbuds

2 3

4 5

*6:30 pm -

Archery Practice -

TES

6

*6:30 pm –

Livestock

7

*6 pm -

Bookworms

8

*6:30 pm – 4-H Teen

Council

9 10

*10 am - Homemaker

Art Guild

11 12

*6:30 pm -

Archery Practice

– TES

13

*6:30 pm – Fur &

Feathers

14 15 *12:30 pm – Family

Resource Youth Service

Center Meeting *Shooting Sports Party

16 17

18 19

*6:30 pm -

Archery Practice

– TES

*6:30 pm - 4-H

Photography

20

*6:30 pm –

Livestock

21 22 23 24 Christmas Eve

OFFICE CLOSED

25 Christmas

OFFICE

CLOSED

26 OFFICE CLOSED

27 OFFICE CLOSED

28 OFFICE CLOSED

29 OFFICE CLOSED

30 OFFICE CLOSED

31 OFFICE CLOSED

January 1

OFFICE

CLOSED

2

OFFICE

CLOSED

3

*6:30 pm –

Livestock

4

*6 pm -

Bookworms

5

*SCHWAN’S

FUNDRAISER

END

6 7

8 9

*5 pm –

Extension District

Board

*6:30 pm -

Archery Practice

– TES

*6:30 pm –

Extension

Council

10

*6:30 pm – Fur &

Feathers

11 12

*6:30 pm – 4-H Teen

Council

13 14

15 16

*6:30 pm -

Archery Practice

– TES

Martin Luther

King Jr Day

OFFICE

CLOSED

17

*6:30 pm –

Livestock

18 19

*6:30 pm – 4-H

Adult Council

20

*District 3 Teen

Retreat

21

*District 3 Teen

Retreat

22 23

*6:30 pm -

Archery Practice

– TES

24 25 26 27 28

2017 Adult Country Ham Project Spencer County

NAME_______________________________________________________________________ ADDRESS____________________________________________________________________ Cell:______________________ Other Phone:______________________________________ E-MAIL______________________________________________________________________

Please read each and initial you understand the requirements of the project:

By taking part in the country ham project, I am responsible for the following:

Please Initial

Attend three work days (January, late spring, and August)

Follow instructions of Extension Staff(deviation of procedure can cause spoilage and damage to hams)

Pay $40.00 fee – you will receive 1 ham or Pay $80.00 fee – you will receive 2 hams (Failure to complete the work on the hams may result in forfeiture of ham(s) and the $40/$80 fee)

Hams will be provided for the project. Outside meat may not be placed in the 4-H Ham House.

The Ham Project will coincide with the 4-H Country Ham Project. 4-H members will be working on their projects at the same meetings. 4-H hams will be exhibited at the Kentucky State Fair 4-H Ham Contest. Adults may enter the open division for Country Ham. Entry in the State Fair is your responsibility. Open Show deadline is typically July 1st. _________________________________________ Participant’s Signature Date Mail contract and check (payable to Spencer County 4-H Livestock Club) to Spencer County Extension; PO Box 368; Taylorsville, KY 40071.

Due by December 6th

2017 Kentucky 4-H Country Ham Project

NAME_______________________________________________________________________ ADDRESS____________________________________________________________________ TELEPHONE___________________________________COUNTY_____________________ E-MAIL______________________________________________________________________ BIRTHDATE_________________________________________________________________ GRADE___________

Please read each and initial you understand the requirements of the project:

By taking part in the country ham project, I am responsible for the following:

4-H Member

initial

Parent Initial

Must complete 6 hours of training under the supervision of a certified livestock volunteer.

Giving a 3-5 minute presentation at Ky. State Fair in August. On the required topic: Junior (Born 2007 - 2003) History of the country ham. -The Country Ham is a signature food of the Southeastern United States. Discuss the history of the dry

cured ham from its beginnings in Europe to the United States. Senior (Born 1998 - 2002) How to market and sell Country Hams. -If you were a professional country ham producer, how would you market and sell you product to the

consuming public. Your speech should include your target audience and unique ways to advertise

country hams.

Please note – ALL SENIORS PRESENTATIONS MUST BE AT LEAST 2 MINUTES LONG OR THEY WILL BE DIS-QUALIFIED AND HAMS FORFIETED.

Pay $60.00 fee – you will receive 2 hams (failure to complete the project, fee will NOT be refunded and you will forfeit both hams, Upon forfeit, if the two hams are not returned an additional $60.00 fee will be charged and if the additional fee is not paid the 4-H member will not be able to participate in next years’ country ham project).

All winning hams will be placed on display at the Kentucky State Fair and will be returned at its conclusion.

_________________________________________ Parents Signature Date _________________________________________ 4-H’er Signature Date _________________________________________ Agent Signature Date Due Wednesday, December 6th. Please make check out to Spencer County 4-H Livestock Club.

Completion of the 4-H Country Ham project makes 4-Her eligible to apply for Country Ham Scholarship, applications

are due July 2017.