The Estill County

Clover Press

Cooperative Extension Service

Estill County

76 Golden Court

Irvine, KY 40336-6917

Phone: (606) 723-4557

Fax: (606) 723-5912

www.estill.ca.uky.edu

September

2017

Edition

Dear 4-H’ers:

September has arrived and the year

has started off with a blast! August

was busy with club promotion and

state fair activities! We want to

congratulate all of the young

people who submitted entries to be

taken to the state fair as well as the

young people who participated in

the livestock shows this year!

We have several new clubs starting

including Jr. Beekeeping, Spanish,

Rabbit, and Art club. If you are

interested in any of those please

contact us for more information!

Isaac Hollon County Extension Agent for 4-H Youth Development

LaDonna Dawes 4-H Program Assistant

Inside this Edition:

Livestock Club

Teen Club

Afterschool Craft Class

Cooking Club

Shooting Sports

Photography Club

Cloverbud Cub

Robotics Club

Sewing Club

Pottery Club

Horse Club

Jr. MANRRS

Drama Club

Outdoor Adventure Club

Computer Programming Club

Small Engines Club

Woodworking Club

Country Ham Project

Jr. Beekeepers Club

Rabbit Club

Spanish Learning Club

Fishing Club

Camp Leadership

Art Club

“If you want to go quickly

go alone. If you want to

go far go together.”

African Proverb

Check out the Estill County

Cooperative Extension

Website!

http://estill.ca.uky.edu

Find us on any of the

following social media sites:

Search Estill County 4-H

Teen Club

Will meet on Monday, September 11th at 4:00 p.m.

Open to 6th-12th grades - Will be electing officers at

our first meeting as well as setting projects and trip

dates! Returning Teens remember to be working on

your awards applications, we will be available to help

with those at your request.

Cooking Club

Will meet on Friday, September 15th at 4:00 p.m.

Open to 9-18 year olds, we will be learning basic and

more advanced cooking skills. Please call and sign up.

Sewing Club

Sewing Club will meet on Thursday, September 7th at

4:00 p.m. Youth will learn basic to advanced skills

and working on projects that they can enter in the

county fair.

Livestock Club

Work with and learn to show beef, goats, sheep, and

swine. Will meet on Tuesday, September 26th at

6:30 p.m. Livestock club members will participate in

the livestock judging program and will have the

opportunity to show at county fairs and the state fair.

Robotics Club

Open to 3-12th grade students WII, ECMS, and ECHS.

Robotics meets at each of the schools. We will be

sending out schedules to club members.

After School Craft Class

Will meet on Wednesday, Sept. 20th at 4:00 p.m.

K - 5th grade can join us to craft once a month. All

crafts will be able to be entered in the county fair.

Shooting Sports

Shooting sports is wrapping up its season. If you are

interested in joining, signups will start in October.

Photography Club

Date to be announced.

Cloverbud Club

Will meet on Monday, September 25th at 4:00 p.m.

Cloverbud Club will meet and go over different

exciting lessons each month and help our youngest 4-

Hers prepare for other clubs that they might be

interested in when they turn 9. Ages 5-8

Pottery Club

Will meet Thursday, September 7th at 6:30 p.m. We

will be using pottery wheels this year, as well as

learning firing techniques and working toward an art

show.

Estill County Preforming Arts Troupe

We are looking for a club leader please contact us if

you are interested.

Outdoor Adventure Club

We are looking for a club leader please contact us if

you are interested.

Camp Leadership

If you are interested in being a Jr. Counselor at 4-H

Camp this year, please call to join. Must be 16– 18

years old and interested in being a camp counselor

for a week.

Jr. MANNRS

This is an agriculture leadership club for 7-12th grade

students! Jr. MANNRS will be meeting on Monday,

September 25th at 4:00 p.m. Each month will have a

different focus ranging from college visits to farm

visits. We will also be attending the state conference

in December.

Horse Club

Horse club is for youth ages 9-18 (youth do not have

to have a horse to participate). Will be meeting

Tuesday, September 26th at 5:00 p.m.

Fishing Club

We are looking for a club leader please contact us if

you are interested.

Computer Programming Club

Open to 9-18 year old youth who would like to learn

and practice computer programing. Will meet on

Thursday, September 21st at 6:00 p.m.

Small Engines Club

Open to 9-18 years old youth and will meet once a

month. Limited to 12 youth. Will meet Thursday,

September 7th at 6:30 p.m.

Woodworking Club

Open to youth 9-18 years old, limited to 14 youth.

Meets on Monday, September 11th at 5:30 p.m.

Jr. Beekeeping Cub

This club will meet once a month and work closely

with our Beekeeping Association. Youth will work

toward establishing their own hive. Call 606-723-

4557 to sign up.

Rabbit Club

Learn to care for and show your rabbits! This club will

meet on Monday, September 18th at 5:30 p.m. and is

open to 5-18 year olds.

Spanish Learning Club

Join us and learn Spanish this year! Open to 9-18

year old youth and will meet on Monday, September

25th at 4:00 p.m.

Art Club

Art Club will meet on Wednesday, September 27th at

6:30 p.m. Each month the club will complete a state

fair eligible project.

Country Ham

The Country Ham project Contracts will be sent out

in October! Be on the look out to take part in this

amazing project.

Kayla Barnes Class 565 - Terrariums Red

Hannah Bell Class 566 - Dish Gardens (desert or tropical) Red

Hannah Bell Class 569 - House Plants Red

Hannah Bell Class 570 - Hanging Baskets White

Savannah Henry Class 574 - Garden and/or Orchard Displays White

Savannah Henry Class 575 - Tomato- Must be ripe (red or yellow color only) (5 per plate) Red

Savannah Henry Class 577 - Tomato - Heirloom (5 per plate) Red

Amber Arvin Class 578 - Peppers, hot (5 per plate) Blue

Amber Arvin Class 580 - Peppers - sweet (5 per plate) White

Amber Arvin Class 583 - Beans, snap or lima (12 per plate) Red

Savannah Henry Class 584 - Corn, sweet (in the husk with silks) (5 ears per plate) Red

Savannah Henry Class 586 - Largest Tomato (by weight) must be ripe (red or yellow color only) Blue

Hannah Bell Class 604 - Mixed Hay, 1/2 Bale White

Micah Lynch Class 615 - Soybeans from the previous year's crop green

Kayla Barnes Class 674 - Level 1, Made from a kit White

Carl Fowler Class 748B - Senior Color Pencil Blue

Cheyenne Lamb Class 759B - Senior Mask Red

Cheyenne Lamb Class 769 - Level 1, Photos Can Tell a Story Red

Trinity Osborne Class 772 - Level 2, The Space Tells a Story Red

Micah Lynch Class 776 - Level 2, Bits and Pieces Red

Trinity Osborne Class 777 - Level 2, Panoramas green

Trinity Osborne Class 786 - Horticultural Class, Single black and white photograph Blue

Cheyenne Lamb Class 787 - Horticultural Class, Single color photograph Blue

Cheyenne Lamb Class 846 - Three Pieces of Coffee Cake with Topping White

Cheyenne Lamb Class 849 - Three Snickerdoodle Cookies Blue

Trinity Osborne Class 888 - Unit I, Texture Collage Red

Trinity Osborne Class 892 - Unit I, Bulletin Board Red

Kayla Barnes Class 893 - Unit II, Decorative Item for the home and photo Red

Cheyenne Lamb Class 897 - Unit III, Accessory for the home created by the 4-H member Blue

Cheyenne Lamb Class 900 - Unit III, Old or discarded item made useful in a new way as a home accessory

Blue

Cheyenne Lamb Class 930 - 4-H Club Scrapbook Red

TL: Keadon Wilburn receiving his award at the Estill County Shoot TM: Rocks that youth painted at open house

TR: Open House event at the Estill County Extension Office L: Eli Dixon receiving his award at the Estill County Shoot

MR: Cheyenne Lamb’s home environment project BR: Eli Haskell Showing his Angus Cattle at State Fair

TL: Cheyenne Lamb with her award for best

female shooter

TC: Micah Lynch showing her Saler cattle at State

Fair

TR: Logan Gibson showing his Saler cattle at

State Fair

L: Matthew Gray receiving his award at the Estill

County Shoot

R: Hunter Cole receiving his award for best 50

target shooter at the Estill County shoot

If you would like to volunteer to be a

club leader or to help with 4-H

programs, please contact Isaac Hollon

at 606-723-4557.

Educational programs of Kentucky Cooperative Extension serve all people regardless of economic or social

status and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnic origin, national origin, creed, religion,

political belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, marital status,

genetic information, age, veteran status, or physical or mental disability.

To file a complaint of discrimination, contact Tim West, UK College of Agriculture, 859-257-3879; Terry

Allen or Patty Bender, UK Office of Institutional Equity and Equal Opportunity, 859-257-8927; or the USDA,

Director Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W Whitten Bldg., 14th & Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC

20250-9410 (202-720-5961).

September 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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3 4 LABOR DAY

Trap Practice

.22 Pistol

Practice

5

3rd grade

school clubs

County Extension

Council

.22 Rifle

Practice

6 7

Archery

Sewing 4:00

Pottery 6:30

Small Engines-

6:30

8 9 State

Shootings

Sports Contest

Wilmore

10 State

Shooting Sports

Contest

Berea

11

Teen Club 4:00

Wood Working

5:30

12

Mock Interview

Training-ECHS

Acrylic Painting

Workshop

13 14

District 4

Volunteer

Training

15

Cooking Club

4:00

16

17 18

Spanish Club

4:00

Rabbit 5:30

19

4-H Council

Meeting

20

Craft Class 4:00

21

Forestry Field

Day at WI

(4th Grade)

Computer

programing 6:00

22

Middle School

Club

23

24 25

Jr. MANRRS–

4:00

Cloverbud-4:00

Rabbit—5:30

26

Horse Club 5:00

Livestock 6:30

27

Art Club 6:30

28

Environmental

Camp at

Burnamwood

(5th grade)

29 30

Issues Conference

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