Kenton County Homemakers Dates to remember Wednesday, Nov. 16 Holiday Panorama, 4-6:30PM at Durr Center, Marshall Road November 24 and 25 Thanksgiving Holidays, Extension Office closed December 5 Homemaker work day for 6th District scarves and goodie bags, 10AM at Marshall Road office (see inside) $It’s time for Homemaker membership dues!$ To Be Announced Homemakers visit 6th District School (see inside) Sunday, December 25 Merry Christmas from all your friends a the Extension Office! December 26-January 3 Happy Holidays—Extension office closed Save the Date! KEHA State Meeting, May 1-4. 2017 Owensboro, Kentucky Details will be in your KEHA newsletter in February. Let us know if you are interested! In this Newsletter, enjoy some healthy but tasty treats from our recent “Pulses” lesson. Cooperative Extension Service Kenton County 10990 Marshall Road Covington, KY 41015-9326 (859) 356-3155 Fax: (859) 356-0363 extension.ca.uky.edu November - December 2016 Mailbox Members Reminder! It’s time to pay your Homemaker dues for 2017. Our county organization must mail in dues to the State in December. Please send to our treasurer to guarantee your continued membership. $7.00 check made payable to Kenton County Homemakers. Thank you! Mail to: Kathy Hunter - 1005 Steamboat Way, Villa Hills, KY 41017 New Office Hours 8:00AM 4:30PM Reminder for Club Members!! When you mail your club dues to our treasurer, please include a list of members and Club Name with your payment so we can keep our records accurate. Thanks. Peel-Off Savings Cards Are available at the Extension Office for only $10. These cards have many savings opportunities at local places to eat and shop. They make great gifts and also benefit our scholarship fund! We will be selling these at the Panorama, and for just one more week after that, so contact us if you wish to purchase. Again, this offer is only good until November 23.
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Kenton County Homemakers
Dates to remember
Wednesday, Nov. 16 Holiday Panorama, 4-6:30PM at Durr Center, Marshall Road
November 24 and 25 Thanksgiving Holidays, Extension Office closed
December 5 Homemaker work day for 6th District scarves and goodie bags,
10AM at Marshall Road office (see inside)
$It’s time for Homemaker membership dues!$
To Be Announced Homemakers visit 6th District School (see inside)
Sunday, December 25 Merry Christmas from all your friends a the Extension Office!
December 26-January 3 Happy Holidays—Extension office closed
Save the Date! KEHA State Meeting, May 1-4. 2017
Owensboro, Kentucky Details will be in your KEHA newsletter in February.
Let us know if you are interested!
In this Newsletter, enjoy some healthy but tasty treats from our recent “Pulses” lesson.
Cooperative Extension Service Kenton County 10990 Marshall Road Covington, KY 41015-9326 (859) 356-3155 Fax: (859) 356-0363 extension.ca.uky.edu
November-December
2016
Mailbox Members Reminder! It’s time to pay your Homemaker dues for 2017. Our county organization must mail in dues to the State in December. Please send to our treasurer to guarantee your continued membership. $7.00 check made payable to Kenton County Homemakers. Thank you! Mail to: Kathy Hunter - 1005 Steamboat Way, Villa Hills, KY 41017
New Office Hours
8:00AM 4:30PM
Reminder for Club Members!! When you mail your club dues to our treasurer, please include a list of members and Club Name with your payment so we can keep our records accurate. Thanks.
Peel-Off Savings Cards Are available at the Extension Office for only $10. These cards have many savings opportunities at local places to eat and shop. They make great gifts and also benefit our scholarship fund! We will be selling these at the Panorama, and for just one more week
after that, so contact us if you wish to purchase. Again, this offer is only good until November 23.
Holiday Panorama - Please Register! Wednesday, November 16, 4:00-6:30PM, Durr Center, Marshall Road It’s almost time to “Deck those Halls” again! During this open house, stop by to see a variety of
decorating and easy gift giving ideas, plus try some delicious food ideas. Your fee will include generous “tastes” plus a book of instructions and recipes for items shown and tasted. Homemakers—this is an evening you can just sit back and enjoy! No cooking, no cleaning, no washing dishes, etc! Class fee - $4.00 for Homemaker Members, $8.00 for non members– checks payable to Kenton Co. District Board. If at all possible, if you are paying with cash, please have the correct change.
Our Congratulations! To Peggy Haskell and Norita Alexander for their winning entries in the area cultural arts contest. Their entries are now eligible to travel to the state contest with us this May at the KEHA meeting. Great job ladies!
Our sympathy goes to the Independence Club at the loss of their member, Janet Goedde.
Spend Time With Your Family During the Holidays and All Year
M any people take this week off from work and school to spend time with their families. The holidays are a good time to strengthen our connections and renew relationships. So turn off the cell phones, computers and televisions and take
time to focus on your family. Research shows that families who spend time together are strong families. They communicate better and share a sense of belonging. Here are a few ways to spend time with your family.
* Family game night. Spend at least one night during the holidays with the TV off and the family huddled together to play a favorite game. You may play cards, bingo or any other family favorite. Consider continuing this practice throughout the year and designate at least one night per week as family game night. * Go for a walk. After eating rich holiday foods, taking a walk provides not only time together but a great way to get some exercise. * Movie night. Rent a movie or watch a TV holiday special, pop some popcorn, and kick back for some family fun. Like game night, this may be something you’d like to continue throughout the year as a way to spend time together. * Play outdoors together. You can ride bikes, play ball, or go for a hike. It’ll give the entire family some fresh air, exercise and great fun. * Go shopping. Hang out together while shopping at the after Christmas sales. * Cook together. Parents and kids can do the holiday baking and food preparation together. Even the youngest children can wash vegetables, set the table, or ice cookies. * Spend some one-on-one time with each child if you have more than one. Spending time alone provides time to bond with the child and helps him gain a sense of belonging and feeling of importance. It also provides an opportunity for the two of you to get to know each other better. * Since grandparents and older family members usually visit during the holidays, take time to share family customs and tell stories about past generations. Families build strength when they share family customs and traditions give family mem-bers a sense of belonging, and they strengthen values and beliefs. One of the greatest gifts of the holiday season is the gift of time with family. Spend time together to strengthen relationships and to make wonderful family memories. Strong families spend time with each other - quality time in large quantities. So begin during the holidays and continue making time for each other throughout the year.
Source: Karen Thomas is a family and consumer sciences educator for Penn State Cooperative Extension of Lackawanna County.
SEWING GROUPS CALENDAR FOR November ALL GROUPS MEETING AT THE DURR CENTER
GROUP NAME DATE TIME Nimble Thimbles November 1 Byerly Rich—9 AM to 3PM
Creative Stitches November 2
Scrappy Sewers November 10 Wicklund
Embroidery November 9 9 AM to 3 PM - Wicklund
Nimble Thimbles November 13 Wicklund
Scrappy Sewers November 17 Wicklund
Creative Stitches December 7
Nimble Thimbles December 8
Embroidery December 15
Join us to visit Sixth District 4th graders!
On Monday, December 5, we will have a work day for 6th District project at the Marshall Road office. We will cut the fleece for the scarves, assemble goodie bags, make last minute preparations beginning at 10 AM. At our last council meeting, homemaker members were challenged to each donate $6 to the cost of the warm shirt we will purchase for each of the 4th graders at the school. Members are also invited to donate 70 of a small item (mechanical pencil, small toy or other treat). Donations need to be received by December 5 to include in the goodie bags.
We are still working out details with the 4th grade teachers on our visit date, so we will be sending out a flier with final details as soon as we confirm.
Everyone is invited to come along so be sure to come and share in the festivities! We will help the kids decorate their scarves, and share the goodie bags we have assembled for them. This is a wonderful day. Please contact the office and let us know if you will be joining us.
Enjoy some Scones!
Several of you were asking about the recipe for the scones we featured at the tea. The recipe we used was from the King Arthur Flour Company. Here is the recipe from
the website. If you need a printed copy, call the office and we can mail you one. http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/PrintRecipe?RID=44&radio=1
They were also the source for our lemon curd recipe:
NOTE—oil is to be added with chickpeas and seasonings.
Thank you!!!!
For helping us put on a wonderful Tea Fund Raising Event!! This tea was a lot of work, but our members stepped up for a job well done. We had so much help from members with loaning and donating dishes, preparing food, washing dishes, ironing tablecloths and nap-kins, decorating, making donations and attending! Thanks to a job well done, we raised enough money to be able to give our scholarships again this spring. And we still have a beautiful quilt to assist with this cause!
Again, thanks to all, but especially to our “team leaders” handling different aspects of the tea: -Maryloretto Resing—Securing and gathering all the donated dishes. Huge job!! -Cindy Withrow—Silent Auction -Kathy Hunter—Keeper of the cash!, Set Up -Diane Arlinghaus, Peggy Baum and Peggy Haskell—Food preparation and styling; clean and set up. *Also thanks to all our “worker bees” for their help with all the details that made the event great:
Judy Allesandro Lucky Donovan Marla Johnson Rosemary Shea
Brenda Clark Joan Hacker Cathy Kunkel-Mains Evelyn Tolliver
Mary Cox Jan Hamilton Peggy McKnight Bonnie Zellen
Mary Lou Zirkelbach
During this time of Thanksgiving, I am thankful for all of you!!
Sincerely,
Kathy Byrnes
Kenton County Extension Agent For Family & Consumer Sciences
Upcoming Club Meetings Independence Club Monday, November 21
December Club Meeting Monday, December 19
Please Bring Cereal
Visit our Homemaker Web Page at: http://kenton.ca.uky.edu/content/extension-homemakers Also, please visit our main FCS page at: http://kenton.ca.uky.edu/content/family-consumer-sciences Instagram, & Twitter: @UKKentonExt
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