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Cooperative Extension Service Carter County 94 Fairground Drive Grayson, KY 41143 (606)474-6686 Fax: (606)474-8542 extension.ca.uky.edu

What’s Inside:

Upcoming 4-H Events - pg 2-3

Summer Fun - pg 4-5

Kentucky State Fair Results - pg 6-8

More Summer Fun & Events - pg 9

Carter County Fair Results - pg 10-11

September

15: Farm & Home Field Day

22: Teen Council

26: Sonshine Homeschool Club Meeting

27: Reality Store

28: Record PSAs at Go-Radio

October

2-8: National 4-H Week

5-7: NRESci Academy

11: Win With Wood

21: Truth & Consequences

24: 4-H Award Reception

Elementary school speeches and demonstrations will be due in October & November. More information coming soon!

Volunteers are needed to help out with:

Reality Store

Truth & Consequences

Teen Council & More

If you are willing to help, please let us know!

Enjoy your newsletter,

Rebecca Konopka

Carter County Extension Agent for 4-H Youth Development

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You’re Invited

4-H Award Reception

Who:

All 4-H Families

When:

Monday, October 24th at 6:00

Where:

Extension Education Building

Why:

4-H Members will be recognized for their achievements at district, and state events (district & state communication day, state fair,

etc).

4-H club officers for 2016-2017 will also be recognized.

Cake and refreshments will be provided.

4-H members are invited to record a Public Ser-vice Announcement at WGOH/WUGO on Sep-tember 28th at 4:00 to help celebrate National 4-H Week. 4-H members may write their own PSA or record one of the prewritten announce-ments. Contact the Extension Office if you are interested in participating.

Middle & High School 4-H Members—State

achievement applications are due on November

14th. If you had over 25 points on your achieve-

ment application you are eligible to apply. State

winners receive certificates and scholarships for

4-H events. Last year’s recipients were:

Gold: Ashley Wilson

Bronze & Clover Level 3: Kaitlin Bradley, Eli

Davis, Danielle Underwood

Clover Level 1 : Allison Elkin, Alyssa Navarre,

Elizabeth Middleton, William Middleton,

Kayleigh Rayburn

Clover Level 2 : Chandler Easterling, Rickayln

Rayburn, Riley Weaver

Clover Level 4: Morgan Jones

Clover Level 5: Daneyl Tackett

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During the annual Win

With Wood contest stu-

dents will compete in a va-

riety contests including tree

identification, compass &

pacing, tree measurement,

tool identification, land

judging, wildlife and more.

Practices will begin soon.

Contact the Extension Office if you are interested in

participating.

Attention Livestock Club Members

Earn at least 1 hour of livestock certification

by attending the Annual Farm & Family Field

Day on Thursday, September 15th at McGlone

Family Farm.

You can also earn 3 hours of certification by

attending the Dare to Dairy program at the

UK Dairy Farm on October 15th. Registration

is due to UK by September 26th. Contact the

Extension Office or visit https://

afs.ca.uky.edu/4h-youth/dairy/dare-to-dairy

for more information.

Sonshine Homeschool 4-H Club Meeting Schedule

10:30 a.m. @ Extension Education Building

September 26

November 14

December 12

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Carter County 4-H Goes Camping

Thirty-two Carter County students, ages 9-14, recently attended North Central 4-H Camp in Carlisle, Kentucky from June 13th -16th. Campers took part in a variety of activities that included canoeing, archery, crafts, cooking, hiking, volleyball, soccer, fishing, water Olympics, field games, dancing, and much more. Gray-son Rural Electric sponsored a reptile and amphibian program that allowed the campers to see and touch a variety of snakes, salamanders, and turtles. The week’s activities concluded with the notorious clover camp fire. The campers were accompanied by six teen coun-selors and six adult counselors. A special thanks to Carter County Farm, Carter Caves Homemaker Club, and the Grayson Day Homemaker Club for donating to the 4-H Camp scholarship fund.

4-H NRESci Academy students attend Marine Science and Coastal Ecology Trip

to Tybee Island Cheron Flaugher and Paul Holbrook, both 3rd year students in the U.K. 4-H Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences Academy and freshman at East Carter High School, participat-ed in the program’s Marine Science and Coastal Ecology trip to Tybee Island, Georgia this sum-mer. Flaugher and Holbrook joined 12 other NRESci students in learning about the water, forestry and wildlife resources outside of Ken-tucky. While on the trip, the students engaged in hands-on learning opportunities at the Ten-nessee Aquarium where they learned about the water and aquatic resources of the moun-tainous region. They toured the Gully Branch Tree Farm in Georgia to learn about pine tree plantation management and how it differs from Kentucky’s hardwood forest management. The students also met with biologists at the Savan-nah National Wildlife Refuge to learn about wa-terfowl management and concluded their trip with a visit to the Marine Education Center on Skidaway Island where they went out on an estuary trawl. While on the boat the students sampled, sorted and identified organisms found in the tidal rivers and sound around the island. This week-long trip provided the stu-dents a very hands-on learning opportunity to compare and contrast very different ecosys-tems from their home state of Kentucky. To learn more about the University of Kentucky 4-H NRESci Academy visit http://rcars.ca.uky.edu/nresci-academy.

State Egg

Preparation

Demonstration

Morgan Jones

2nd Place

Craft Day Camp — July 13-14

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State Communications Day

Showcases 4-H’ers Skills Carter County 4-H Members Earn Blue Ribbons

Public speaking is something many of us dread, but when done successfully, it’s a life skill that can advance your career and open the door to leadership opportunities. Not to men-tion, it helps you build confidence and composure under pres-sure. That’s why communication projects have been a longstanding tradition among Kentucky 4-H.

Competitions are a great way for young people to gain public speaking experience in front of others. Youth across the state highlighted their public speaking abilities during 4-H State Communications Day on July 9 on the University of Kentucky campus.

State Communications Day is a culminating event for com-munications programs in a calendar year. To reach this compe-tition, youth have successfully qualified at the county and dis-trict levels in either speech, demonstration or mock interviews. Their presentations during State Communications Day repre-sent months of hard work, research and practice.

Once youth master public speaking skills, many times it allows them to take on other leadership roles within 4-H and their community, such as initiating and leading a community service project, becoming a club officer or helping younger youth learn a new skill.

All nine of the Carter County 4-H members competing in this year’s State Communication Day contests earned blue rib-bons this year. The blue ribbon signifies excellence. In addi-tion to the blue ribbons, Autumn and Ariah Egleston (Olive Hill Elementary) placed third overall in the junior team demonstra-tion category and Cheron Flaugher placed third in the senior animal science demonstration contest. Flaugher will be a freshman at East Carter High School this fall. Other competi-tors included Kelsie Adams (Carter City Elementary); Jaspreet Kaur and Riley Weaver (East Carter Middle School); Derek Wil-liams (OHES); and Danielle Underwood and Jacob Greenhill (West Carter High School).

Right: Cheron Flaugher

Far Right: Ariah & Autumn Egleston

4-H Members Compete in

District 1

Petroleum Power Contests

The 4-H District 1 tractor and lawn mower driving contests were held at the Greenup County Extension Office on Friday, July 15th. 4-H mem-bers participating in the contest were required to drive and back through an obstacle course. Tractor drivers also had a back a trailer and seniors were required to back a wagon. The top two in each category advance to the State Fair.

Left: Senior lawn mower driving – Cheron Flaugher (ECHS –Red)

Below: Junior lawn mower driving partici-pants – Trinity Prich-ard (CCA– white); Wil-liam Middleton (WCMS – red); Gerald Flaugher (ECMS –

blue and champion); Ethan Pope (ECMS– red). Flaugher also received blue and champion for the junior trac-tor driving contest.

Sate 4-H Horse Show

Lindsay

Jessie

2nd Place

Show-

manship I

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District 1 Day

Alyssa Navarre, an 8th grader at East Carter Middle School, performed in Cloverville during the District 1 Showcase Day on August 18th.

Members of the Carter City Elementary 4-H club also participated in District 1 Day. After sharing the history of 4-H the group sang My Old Ken-tucky Home. Their club leader is Kitty Sloas.

Judging Teams

4-H Land Judging Team – West Carter High School Students - Shannon Mabry (white), Justin Buck (red), Karli Porter (red), Jasmine Rayburn (white) The team was coached by Will Davis.

The 4-H Poultry Judging Team is pictured in their winning t-shirts. The shirts, which say “Keep Calm and Candle On”, in reference to the can-dling portion of the contest where a bright light source shows details

through the shell to assess the quality of edible eggs, won the judge’s choice award.

Team members pictured from left to right - Riley Weaver (ECMS), Gerald Flaugher (ECMS), Cheron Flaugher (East Carter High School), William Middleton (West Carter Middle School), and Elizabeth Middle-ton (WCMS), all earned blue ribbons in the poultry judging contest. Weaver and W. Middleton received red ribbons in the Avian Bowl while C. Flaugher, G. Flaugher, and E. Middleton received white.

Livestock Exhibitors

Market Lamb Show

Seven Carter County 4-H members participated in the market lamb show on August 23rd & 24th. Placings listed below are from their respective classes.

Destiny Davis (PES) 3rd & 8th

Carter Wiseman (PES) 3rd, 7th, 10th

Hannah Felty (PES) 4th

Josh Brammell (PES) 4th

Jack Brammell (ECMS) 5th

Kendall Brammell (PES) 4th

Blaine Brammell (PES) 7th Josh & Kendall Brammell

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Market Goat Show

Eight Carter County students participated in the novice, 4-H, and FFA goat shows at the Kentucky State Fair. Placings listed below are from their respective classes.

Mackenzie Bush - 6th, 7th, 10th

Lynnsey Bush - 7th, 12th

Shyann Wilburn - 4th in Novice

Wesley Wilburn - 15th and 14th; 9th and 12th in the Commercial Doe classes

Landon Wilburn - 2nd in Novice

Emily Wilburn - 4th

Brandi Wilburn - 4th

Brayden Pennington - 7th

Poultry Shows

Alice, Gracey, and Stephen Copeland earned multiple ribbons and awards during the State Fair Poultry show.

Alice Copeland (ECHS): Cochin- 3rd & 4th in class; Black rooster- 1st in class; Ancona- 3rd in class; Austrolop Hen- 3rd in class; Duck-1st in class Gracey Copeland (ECMS): Cochin-1st in class, best in breed and variety & 2nd in class, reserve breed, reserve variety; Drake- best in class, best in breed, best drake, champion,best overall and reserve best in class ; Buff rooster- 1st in class, reserve in breed, reserve in variety; Leghorn-reserve Mediterranean champion, 1st in class,best overall and reserve best in class ; Ancona- 1st in class Stephen Copeland (Heritage Elementary): Sussex-2nd in class reserve in breed and reserve in variety, 3rd in class, & 1st in class, best in breed, best in variety; Austrolop- 1st in class, best in breed, best in variety; Anco-na- 4th in class; Ancona- 2nd in class

Science, Engineering, & Technology Contests

Gerald Flaugher (ECMS) participated in the State Fair 4-H junior lawn mower and tractor driving contests. He earned a blue ribbon in the lawn mower contest and a white ribbon in the tractor contest.

Members of the 4-H LEGO Wizards participated in the 4-H Ro-botics Challenge on August 26th. During the challenges 4-H mem-bers had to use computer programming to control the robots they built. The junk drawer robotics portion of the challenge re-quired students to build a lever style robotic arm that was able to move objects.

Front Row – Adam Burnett (ECMS), Makyla Waggoner (ECMS)

Back Row – Caden McHenry (SES), Ethan Pope (ECMS), Landen Waggoner (PES), Gabe Leitch, Ashton Moore (PES), Brady Sam-mons (CCA), Brant Harris (ECMS), Riley Weaver (ECMS)

The club leader is Gerria Waugh.

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Kentucky State Fair 4-H Projects

Cloverville is an annual attraction of every Kentucky State Fair. Cloverville offers an opportunity for 4-H’ers to showcase their abilities and compete for statewide ribbons and awards. Regardless of whether they win, the young people who have exhibits at Cloverville are already winners, as they won their county compe-tition to advance to the state fair. Cloverville gives fellow Kentuckians good examples of 4-H projects and our young people’s work ethic. Some of these projects took weeks, months and sometimes an entire year to complete. The 8,000 projects display skills in areas as diverse as science, the home, and arts and crafts. Twenty-seven students from Carter County entered 49 projects in this year’s fair, including four class champi-ons.

Elizabeth Middleton (WCMS) – Embroidery class champion & Needlework Division Grand Champion

Jacob Greenhill (WCHS) – Woodworking class champion & Division Reserve Champion

Brady Sammons (CCA) – Electric DC Motor Class Champion

Ashley Wilson (WCHS) – Honey Class Champion

Other Carter County 4-H Results are listed below:

McCaslinn Brand (Homeschool) Photography 3 Blue

Riley Weaver (ECMS) Crafts 3 Blue

Amber Lowe (CCA) Photography Blue

Callie Oney (Tygart Creek Elementary) Photography Blue

Gracey Copeland (ECMS) Foods Blue

Jaspreet Kaur (ECMS) Watercolor Painting Blue

Macey Duvall (Olive Hill Elementary) Photography Blue

Riley Weaver (ECMS) Photography Blue

Taylor Bayes (ECHS) Crafts Blue

McCaslinn Brand (HS) Crafts Blue & Red

Ashley Wilson (WCHS) Horticulture Blue, 3 Red

Gracey Copeland (ECMS) Photography Blue, 4 White

Rickayln Rayburn (WCMS) Crafts Blue, Red, White

Amelia Henderson (WCMS) Foods Red

Danielle Underwood (WCHS) Photography Red

David Blanton (ECMS) Drawing Red

Ella Campbell (PES) Foods Red

Ethan Allen (ECMS) Foods Red

Gerald Flaugher (ECMS) Photography Red

Katherine Romans (Virtual Academy) Photography Red

Riley Weaver (ECMS) Terrariums Red

Shane Rose (ECMS) Woodworking Red

Stephen Copeland (HES) Woodworking Red

Sybal Hanshaw (WCMS) Painting Red

William Middleton (WCMS) Woodworking Red

Daneyl Tackett (WCHS) Crafts White

Kenzie Owens (CCA) Dog Project Posters White

Landon Phillips (CCA) Drawing White

Ashley Wilson (WCHS) Food Preservation Exhibits White, Green

Daneyl Tackett (WCHS) Foods Green

Jacob

Greenhill

Thanks to the Grayson Gal-

lery & Art Cen-ter for display-ing State Fair

projects.

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4-H Style Engineer Day Camp

Seven students gathered at the Extension Office in July for the two day Style Engi-neer Camp. The group learned a few of scientific principles behind designing clothes. During the camp, participants made whacky armor and gremlin pins; took a polar walk; and used what they had learned about fabrics to create their owns designs. Thanks to Hughes Net for spon-soring Tech Takeover activities in KY 4-H.

Congratulations to Riley Weaver for

being selected as NRESci Scholar.

Reality Store

Volunteers are needed to help work the 4-H Reality Store on

Tuesday, September 27th at East

Carter Middle School. If you could

help out please contact the Exten-

sion Office. The Reality Store is an

active, hands-on, real-life simula-

tion which gives 8th graders the

opportunity to explore career op-

portunities and make lifestyle and budget choices similar to

those adults face on a daily basis. Students from ECMS and

WCMS will be visiting the Reality Store on this day.

September 1, 2016 December 4, 2016

The Extension Office has a drop box for items for the Carter County Backpack pro-gram. If you would like to help out, please drop off nonperishable food item the next time you visit the office.

4-H LEGO Wizards

Sundays from 1:30-3:30

Extension Education Building

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Showmanship Champions

Chickens

Junior: Alice Copeland

Senior: Breanna Buckner

Rabbits

Junior: Kaylee Mabry

Senor: Breanna Buckner

Swine

Junior: Destiny Davis

Senior: Shelby Oakley

Goats

Juniors: Mackenzie Bush

Seniors: Brandi Wilburn

Lambs

Junior: Isaac Harris (Elliott County)

Senior: Sydney Logan

Beef

Junior: Makenna Rose (Elliott Co.)

Senior: Jayla Rose (Elliott County)

Grand Champion Market Chickens – Alice Copeland

Reserve Champion Market Chickens – Gracey Copeland

Grand Champion Market Rabbits – Kaylee Mabry

Reserve Champion Market Rabbits – Trinity Prichard

Grand Champion Market Swine – Joel Brammell

Reserve Champion Market Swine – Lindsay Jessie

Grand Champion Market Goat – Brandi Wilburn

Reserve Champion Market Goat – Brayden Pennington

Grand Champion Commercial Doe—Wesley Wilburn

Reserve Champion Commercial Doe—Kylie Kouns

Grand Champion Breeding Buck—Breanna Buckner

Grand Champion Market Steer—Makayla Rose (Elliott County)

Reserve Champion Market Steer—Jayla Rose (Elliott County)

Grand Champion Feeder Calf – Bobby Flaugher

Reserve Champion Feeder Calf – Patrick Flaugher

Grand Champion Market Lamb – Jayla Rose (Elliott County)

Reserve Champion Market Lamb – Shelby Ballard (Greenup Co.)

Carter County Grand Champion Market Lamb – Destiny Davis

Carter County Reserve Champion Market Lamb – Josh Brammell

Thanks to all of the buyers at the 2016 Carter County Fair 4-H/FFA Youth Livestock Auction: TRL Manage-

ment; Covenant Cable LLC; Rocks Auto Sales; Josh McGuire; Tres Hermanos Nunez; Rupert Wilhoit; Racer’s

Food Marts; Commercial Bank; S&S Farms; Bob Miller Law Office; Strickland Mobile Home Park; Circuit Judge

Rebecca Phillips; Globe Farm Store; Franks Farm LLC; Bluegrass Animal Clinic; 3 Peeps Chicken Farm; Buck’s

Limousin Farm; Strickland Son Chipping INC.; Bush Auction; Patrick Flannery; Representative Jill York; John &

Sheila Pennington Farms; Dan & Mandy Click; Maggie M. Duncan; Grayson Funeral Home & Cremation Ser-

vices; Willard American Legion 342; All Creatures Veterinary Care; Barry Shaffer; Grayson Rural Electric; Dixie

Lanes & ZZ’s Bar & Grill; Garrison Meat Processing; Bridgeport Equipment; Globe Funeral Chapel; Smithfield

Foods; Rural King Store 82 – Ashland; 4-U Fitness; Barrett’s Creek Condominiums; Farm Credit Services;

Carter’s Auto Parts; Wilhoit Law Office; Hinton’s Mills; Carter County Farm Bureau Federation; Kee’s Farm

Service; Bluegrass Stockyards East; Eugene Barber & Sons; Berry’s Construction; Flaugher Brothers Farm; Bob

Flaugher; Horton Brothers & Brown Pharmacy; Guns, Gold & Cash; Barker’s Equipment; Wolfe’s Wrecker Ser-

vice; Action Tire & Service Center; and Carter County Farm Bureau Insurance – Todd Pratt Agent. Sponsors

of the show included Tractor Supply Company, James Family Outfitters, Globe Feed Store, Stitching Oasis,

Potter Plumbing & Hardware, Grayson Health Park, Kee’s Farm Service, All Creatures Veterinary Care, Mullins

Pallets, and John Dean CPA.

Exhibit Hall—Best 4-H Exhibit—Elizabeth Middleton—Embroidery

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