Cooperative Extension Service Harrison County 668 New Lair Road Cynthiana, KY 41031 (859) 234-5510 Fax: (859) 234-6197 extension.ca.uky.edu

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August 2018

FCS newsletter

The Harrison County

Extension Office

will be closed on

Monday, September 3, 2018

in observance of

Labor Day.

Benita Peoples

County Extension Agent

For Family & Consumer Sciences

HCEH Meeting Dates

HCEH Chairman Training

(Cultural Arts; Food, Nutrition & Health;

Housing & Energy; Leadership)

Monday, August 13, 2018

7:00 p.m.

HCEH Chairman Training

(Family & Individual Development;

4-H/Youth Development; International;

Management & Safety)

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

7:00 p.m.

HCEH Advisory Council

Monday, August 27, 2018

9:30 a.m.

Piecemakers Quilt Club

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

9 a.m. – 12 noon

Cultural Arts Winners

Thank you to all who submitted entries to the Harrison County Fair! Congratulation the Blue Ribbon winners

whose entries will be entered at the Annual Bluegrass Area Homemaker Meeting in October.

Apparel; Accessory Harlene Welch Quilt, Novelty, Machine Quilted Diane Dixon

Counted Cross Stitch; Quilt, Technology Based Kathy Wooten

14 County & Under Kathy Wooten Quilt, Miscellaneous Diane Dixon

Drawing; Pencil or Charcoal Lula Thomas Recycled Art April Myers

Embroidery; Basic Lula Thomas Scrapbooking; Family Layout Shelly Meyer

Embroidery; Crewel Lula Thomas Scrapbooking; Misc. Layout Shelly Meyer

Embroidery; Swedish Jane Butcher Scrapbooking, Collage Layout Shannon Farrell

Embroidery; Chicken Scratch Jane Butcher Wall or Door Hanging, Fabric Shannon Farrell

Holiday Decoration; Spring Shirley Willoughby Wall or Door Hanging, Other Shirley Willoughby

Holiday Decoration; Summer Jennie Sparks Weaving, Hand Sarah Dunham

Holiday Decoration; Autumn Lula Thomas Miscellaneous Shannon Farrell

Holiday Decoration; Winter Jennie Sparks

Jewelry; Original Design Beth Tucker

Jewelry; Mixed Media Harlene Welch

Knitting; Hand Stella Martin

Crochet; Yarn Kathleen Rogers

Painting; Oil Carol Banfield

Painting, Decorative; Wood Melinda Beckett

Painting, Decorative; Metal Jennie Sparks

Pillows Harlene Welch

Quilt, Hand Piece, Hand Quilted Pat Slade

Quilt, Machine Pieced,

Hand Quilted Rita Fain

Quilt, Machine Pieced,

Machine Quilted Kathy Wooten

August Leader Lesson

Mental Health Awareness

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

1 p.m.

Mental Illness is more prevalent

than most think. It has been

reported that one in five

Americans experience some form

of mental illness in their lifetime.

Mental illnesses are as real as

other physical illnesses and they

can be treated. By acting early

and effectively many of the mental illnesses can be

prevented from progressing or even occurring in the

first place. Education and awareness are essential parts

of eliminating the mental health stigma. Mental Illness

does not discriminate. It effects all ages, races, cultures

and genders. Come learn more about breaking down

the stigma and be a part of open discussions on mental

health issues in your community.

Save the Date

Little Feet Big Feet

Saturday, September 9

Grandparents as Parents Conference

Thursday, September 27

Harrison County Extension Office

Decorating for the Holidays

Monday, October 8

Bluegrass Area Homemakers Annual Meeting

Clark County

Friday, October 19

Hospice Pillow Project

Friday, October 26

9 a.m. – 12 noon

Recipe for Life

Friday, November 2

Monday, November 5

Bluegrass Area Extension Homemakers

Fall Craft Festival

Friday, November 9

Saturday, November 10

9:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. both days

Madison County Extension Office

Catalog and Registration available at the Harrison

County Office

Holiday Foods

Monday, November 12

Pressure Canner Lid Testing available at

the Extension Office. Testing is recommended annually prior to using

the canner to ensure the canner gauge is reading

accurately. Call the Extension Office if you have

any questions.

Volunteers Needed Taste of Harrison County

September 8

Booth Workers

Contact Harlene Welch at 234-3402

or Teresa Stinson at 234-1584

Driver Improvement Class for Seniors Tuesday, September 21

Northeast Christian Church

900 Starshoot Parkway, Lexington KY

Call 859-425-5707 to register

In message leave your name, phone number and e-mail

address to take online go to https://

seniordriving.aaa.com/maintain-mobility-

independence/driver-improvement-courses-seniors/

*A class has not been scheduled for Harrison

County at this time.

BOOK IT!

Before We Were Yours by Lisa

Wingate (2017) -The story begins in

Memphis in 1939, when a mother

and father must rush to the hospital

one night, and leave their daughter,

Rill Foss, and her four siblings home

alone. Strangers come and take the

children away, but assure the

children they will be reunited with

their parents. However, the children

find themselves in an orphanage. The

story picks up, present day, in South

Carolina with the story of Avery

Steed, who was born into a wealthy

family. When Avery begins to

question her family history, she finds

out a secret which may change her life forever. Based off the

Georgia Tann’s Children’s Home Society scandal, in which

poor children were taken and sold to rich families in

Tennessee.

Forty Minutes to Glory: Inside the Kentucky Wildcats’

1978 Championship Season by Doug Brunk (2017) Taking the reader behind-the-scenes, this book goes through

interviews with each surviving member of the 1978

Kentucky Wildcat basketball team. The book goes through

the beginning of the season, all the way until the 1978

National Championship game where the Wildcats won 94-88

over the Duke Blue Devils.

International Sewing

Tuesday, August 21

9 a.m. to 12 noon

Nutritional Educational Program

SNAP-ED

Healthy Choices for Every Body

Topic for August “MY Plate”

Class Location Date Time

Library Adult Class 104 N Main Street August 14 10am

Hillside Apartments Hillside Drive August 16 1pm

Adult Day Care 216 Old Lair Rd August 21 1pm

Weight Loss Library Group 104 N Main St August 27 10am

Cooking Through the Calendar 104 N Main St August 28 5:30 pm

Culinary Kids (K-5th) 104 N Main St August 20 4pm

Silk Scarf Painting

September 17, 2018

10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Add a little color to your

life and create your own

amazing painted scarf.

Cost is $5.00 and

includes your 8” x 72”

silk scarf. Paints and

other supplies will be

furnished. Please bring a

spray bottle. To reserve

your space, registration

and $5.00 due to the

Extension Office by

Wednesday, September

12th. Make checks payable to Harrison County

Extension Service.

Wool Rug Hooking

October 4, 2018

6 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Come learn traditional wool rug hooking basics. Cost is

$22.00. This includes hook, wool, foundation fabric and

backing in a kit to make a mug rug size project. All

other supplies will be furnished to learn the traditional

heritage skill of wool hooking. This can be

youth-friendly, but must be 12 years or older to attend.

To reserve your space, registration and $22.00 due to

the Extension Office by Friday, September 28. Make

checks payable to Mary Hixson.

Kids as Caregivers

More than 1.3 to 1.4 million youth ages 8-19 provide care for sick or disabled family members. Caregiving can be both

emotionally and physically draining for people of any age, but especially for developing children and teens who are often

serving as primary caregivers with little support and supervision. These kids are providing hands-on physical care such

as toileting, bathing, dressing and eating. They are managing household tasks and even talking to physician and adminis-

tering medications. But in addition, these youth are also balancing school, a social life and the stresses associated with

being a kid. It is therefore important for families to evaluate whether or not they are asking kids to do something that is

too emotional or physically stressful that is preventing them from being able to be a child. This is not to say that kids

should not be involved in caregiving, but perhaps we should not be asking them to do things that are age appropriate and

as a part of a caregiving team.

Reference: Esposito, L. (2015). When kids are the caregivers. Retrieved from https://health.usnews.com/health-news/

patient-advice/articles/2015/11/11/when-kids-are-the-caregivers

Source: Amy Kostelic, Extension Specialist for Family Life, University of Kentucky; College of Agriculture, Food

and Environment