Cooperative Extension Service Daviess County 4800A New Hartford Road Owensboro, KY 42303 Phone: 270-685-42303 Fax: 270-685-3276 www.ca.uky.edu/ces

Newsletter SEPTEMBER 2015

Come on out to the Daviess County

Cooperative Extension Office September 24th 5:00-7:00pm

for a fun-filled evening of FREE food, activities, and information!

There will also be representatives from our 4-H Clubs to answer your questions! We will have information on:

Shooting Sports, Livestock, Natural Resources, Horse, STEM, Garden, Agriculture Cloverbuds and MORE!

New and current members are welcome Bring a friend!

Bring your completed 4-H Enrollment form

Meet Your 4-H Agents

Lindsey Boone &

Stacey Ramming Potts

For more information call the Daviess County Cooperative Extension Office at 270-685-8480

Our 4-H History

A.B. Graham started a youth program in Clark County, Ohio, in 1902, which is considered the

birth of 4-H in the United States. The first club was called "The Tomato Club" or the "Corn Growing

Club". T.A. Erickson of Douglas County, Minnesota, started local agricultural after-school

clubs and fairs that same year. Jessie Field Shambaugh developed the clover pin with an H on

each leaf in 1910, and by 1912 they were called 4-H clubs. (http://www.4-h.org/about/4-h-history/)

4-H Club Spotlight Over the coming months we will be focusing on

our 4-H Clubs. This month we will are going to get a brief introduction to the 4-H Cloverbuds.

This club meets on the first Thursday of every month and is open to children ages 5-8 years.

Each meeting will focus on a different area of 4-H, there could be Natural Resources one month and

Livestock the next. Each meeting includes a snack, a lesson and an activity.

This club is led by Angie Padgett.

Fair Exhibit Pick-up The remaining County and State Fair exhibit pre-miums & ribbons will be available for pick-up at

the Extension Office through Friday, September 4 at 4:30pm. Please make arrangements to pick-up your items at this time. If you are unable to pick-

up these items prior to this date, please call Lindsey or Angie at (270) 685-8480.

*Any remaining items may be discarded*

Scenes from the 2015 Daviess County Lions Club Fair!

NRA Grant Presented The Friends of the NRA (National Rifle

Association) provides grants annually to organizations such as 4-H. This year we were pleased

to have two Daviess County Shooting Sports teams apply and receive the grant funding.

Playing in the Dirt!

Garden Club will meet at the Extension Office Mon-day, September 21 at 6pm. There are some new

raised beds at our office this year! We will be using these to learn about raised bed gardens. These are fun gardens that you don’t have to bend over too far to get to, and some are even table tops! We will also

be planting Pansies!

On Target with Shooting Sports

The Marksmen Shooting Sports Club will be holding an informational meeting for all interested youth on

September 28 at 6pm. Marksmen is a club that prac-tices firearm safety and skills using .22 rifles, air pis-tols, and BB rifles. This club practices educational

and practical life skills while using effective leadership and competitive opportunities. For more information

on this club, contact Lindsey at (270) 685-8480.

Natural Resources/Outdoor Adventure (NROA) We’re taking off with birds and insects this month! The NROA Club will be meeting Monday, September 21 at 5:30pm at the Extension Office and all are welcome

as we take a look into flying friends from near and far! Immediately following is Garden Club meeting, so

make plans to stay and enjoy them both!

State 4-H Communications Event Four youth represented Daviess County at the State 4-H Communications Event held on University of

Kentucky campus in Lexington on July 11. Their placings are as follows:

9 year old speeches: Hadley Corley, Blue 10 year old speeches: Mary Grace Hayden, Blue 11 year old speeches: Reece Peach, Blue

IMPORTANT DATES September 3 Cloverbuds, 5:30pm 12-13 State Shooting Sports Competition 14 4-H Council Meeting, 5:30pm 16 Stem Club, Daviess County Extension Office, 4:30pm 17 Ag Club Daviess County Extension Office, 5:30. Livestock Club, Daviess County Extension office, 6:30 18 Progressive Agriculture Youth Safety Day, St Mary of the Woods, Whitesville 21 Natural Resources/Outdoor Adventure Club, 5:30pm. Gardening Club, 6pm 21 Young Riders Horse Club, Daviess County Extension Office, 6:30 24 4-H Tailgate Party, 5-7pm 28 Marksmen Meeting, Daviess County Extension Office, 6pm

Stacey Ramming Potts Daviess County Extension Agent

for 4-H Youth Development

Lindsey Boone Daviess County Extension Agent

For 4-H Youth Development