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Happy November! Fall has officially fallen and we are now enjoying cooler temperatures and

wetter weather. I hope you all are excited about this upcoming season of holiday bazaars,

spending time with family and friends, “Friendsgiving”, along with other holiday traditions

and excursions.

We had a great annual meeting here in Bath County and I am so thankful to all of the Exten-

sion Homemakers who helped to make it a great success—thanks to Judy Whaley for coordinating with the cater-

er, and a special thank you goes to the Scrapbook Club for the lovely pins. Also, a wondrous thanks goes to Joy

Warren and Mary Ann Lewis for hemming all of the tablecloths! I know you worked on it for HOURS and every-

one loved the way the black allowed the decorations to POP! As always, thanks goes to Doug and Martha for

taking care of us throughout the day.

This month at the Extension Office Laykin Smith Butcher and I are teaming up to host a Holiday Cooking Se-

ries! It begins on November 4. Please come to one or all of the sessions. Call the Extension Office to sign up. We

also have another session of Cooking Around the World; last month’s session was on Italy and the food and

knowledge was AMAZING! We also have the annual Fall Bazaar hosted by the Homemakers. If you have any last

minute shopping needs, please check out what these vendors have for the day. Another program that is beginning

this month is DIY DAYS in Sharpsburg. Come out and learn something new about money and how to save money

by becoming crafty! And looking forward into December we are having a Dine-In Day Holiday Social with the

Extension Homemakers on December 3rd. Try out some new Plate It Up Kentucky Proud recipes, fellowship with

other Homemakers and Friends, and paint a holiday painting led by Debbie Highley and Kathy Adams. This is

definitely going to be a fun time! Invite friends and family,

Dues for the upcoming year are due by December 1.

JR. Homemakers

Family and Consumer Sciences Extension News!

Message From Your President!

Happy Thanksgiving. We all have so much to be thankful for in this country and this county. I am grateful for the

Homemaker clubs. I started attending when I came here as a young wife from Indiana and other parts of the country.

I knew only Dale’s family, who were wonderful, but had a new baby and no family of my own. The way I got to meet new

people was when Rita Byron, Dale’s sister, invited me to Homemakers. It was so much fun and still is today. That is what I

wish for everyone.

The Licking River Area meeting was a success! The food was excellent, and the people were lovely.

We should give a real shout out to Lois and those who helped her with the fish fry. We won a state award for the amount of

money garnered from that fundraiser. Amazing.

We have the bazaar this month. Sherry Butcher has worked hard on gathering a friendly group of venders, and we will

have the draw of the Farmers Market as well. All of the clubs put a lot of effort into their offerings as well, I know. Thank

you to all the clubs for their help with breakfast and lunch food. The county Homemakers treasury will get a shot in the

arm so we can have some extra programs or other events. Bring your things and shop.

Dues must be in by December 1st. We want to get our memberships recognized, so let’s get those new members registered.

But it isn’t too late for newcomers. I want to come to visit your clubs. I will be in touch with each club president.

I am thankful for you all. God bless you.

Judy Whaley

1068c Hillsboro Rd Hillsboro, Ky 41049 606-876-2699 or 606-748-8504 [email protected]

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est:

Dues are Due December

1!

Bath County

Cooperative Extension

Inside this issue:

KEHA News 2-5

KSU Korner 6

Daylight Saving Time 7

Youth Health Bulletin 8-9

10-

11

Have a Heart-Healthy

Holiday

12

Nicole Gwishiri

Bath CEA For Family and

Consumer Sciences Edu-

cation

Join us this holiday season to explore the topics of eat-

ing healthy during the holidays, eating on a budget,

food safety and sanitation, and what new things you

can do with leftovers, along with many others. Each

session participants will leave with a new kitchen tool

to make cooking easier at home. This is a hands-on free

cooking class that is

sure to be fun, full of

joy, and community.

When: November 4 &

21 and December 2 &

17

Where: Bath County

Ag Center

Time: 5:30 pm

Bring the entire family! Call the Extension Office to

sign up at 606-674-6121.

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Building Strong Families in Bath County KEHA News!

Happy birthday to all

of you who have birth-

days in the month of

November!

Sabrina Arnold

Mary Bach

Jeanne Brennan

Pam Guy

Sharon Keaton

Connie McFarland

Lisa Rogers

Frankie Skaggs

Please send in your birthday so that you can

be recognized!

Project Linus is a non-profit

organization that creates

blankets to give to children

in the hospital. Join this

group to provide impact for

those affected by illness.

When: November 5

Where: Bath County Ag Cen-

ter

Time: 10 am

Join us at the Bath County Memorial Library

for this new program for your little ones. We

through physical activity,

singing songs, and playing

games.

When: November 8

Where: Bath County

Memorial Library

Time: 10 am

Ever want to travel the world just to taste the

wonderful food? Want to do something differ-

ent? Our popular program is back! Thailand is

on the menu. We will explore their culture,

habits, prepare the food

they eat.

When: November 14

Where: Bath County Ag

Center

Time: 10:30 am

Want to help make a difference in our com-

munity? Our Extension Homemakers have a

“Sewing Day” program where they create

items to give away. You don’t need to have

sewing skills to participate in this day. You

can cut, organize, sort, and display items for

them. Do you have unfinished sewing pro-

jects and you want com-

pany? Bring those as

well!

When: November 11

Where: Bath County Ag

Center

Time: 10 am

Looking for a fun way to learn something new? Want to save

money by recycling or finding ways to

make money? Join us for the DIY Days at

the Sharpsburg Community Center.

When: November 20, December 18, Janu-

ary 15, February 19, March 18, & April 15

Where: Sharpsburg Community Center

Time: 1 pm

Please call the Extension Office to sign up at 674-6121.

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Sharpsburg

Country (10:30a)

Corazon Calvert

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3 4 Holiday Cooking

Series (5:30p) Ex.

Off.

5 Project Linus

(10a) Ex. Off.

6 Scrapbook Club

(10a) Ex. Off.

7 Bethel Nite (6p)

Bethel Church

8 Stories, Songs, &

Stretches (10a)

Bath Co. Memori-

al Library

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10 11 Sewing Day

(10a) Ex. Off.

12 13 14 Cooking Around

the World (10:30a)

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Salt Lick (1p) Ex.

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4-H Banquet

(6:30p) Ex. Off.

15 16

17 18 Jr. Homemaker

(5p) Ex. Off.

Beekeepers (6:30p)

Ex. Off.

19 Hill-N-Dale (6p)

Ex. Off.

20 DIY Days (1p)

Sharpsburg Co.

Center

21 Holiday Cooking

Series (5:30p) Ex.

Off.

22 23 Holi-

day Ba-

zaar (9a)

Ex. Off.

24 25 26 Cattleman’s

Board Meeting

(6:30p) Ex. Off.

27 28 29 Office Closed! 30

NOVEMBER 2019


Over 100 people attended this year’s Lick-

ing River Area Homemaker Meeting held

here in Bath County. Warren Beeler was an

EXCELLENT speaker!

Students from Owingsville Elementary, Crossroads

Elementary, and Gateway Head Start made yogurt

parfaits this month while reading Smelly Ghost.

Participants made homemade pasta during our

Cooking Around the World program while learn-

ing about Italy.

On Sunday, November 3, 2019, most North Americans will mark the end of Daylight Saving Time (DST) by moving their clocks back an hour. This simple action will not only add an extra 60 minutes to their weekend, but also shift daylight back into the morning hours, making it a little less painful to wake up for school and work during the shorter winter days.

Manipulating the clocks was first suggested by Benjamin Franklin in 1784. However, the famous polymath, who proposed it as a way to save candles in a letter to the editor of the Journal of Paris, was not serious about making the change. But New Zealand entomologist George Hudson was earnest when he recommended moving the clocks back two hours in 1895 to get extra daylight time to study insects. Unfortunately, neither he nor British resident William Willett, who suggested it in 1907 as a way to save electricity costs, got their wish.

It was the German Empire that began the clock tinkering tradition on April 30, 1916, to conserve fuel needed to produce weapons and bombs for World War I. Though a few others, including the US and Britain, adopted the tradition shortly after, all the countries reverted to Standard Time

once the war ended, only to reinstate DST during World War II. Once the battle ended in 1945, the US government repealed DST nationally but allowed states and districts to continue the tradition and even allowed them to establish their own start and stop dates.

This caused what Time Magazine referred to as a “chaos of clocks.” By 1965, Iowa boasted 23 different pairs of DST start and end dates. St. Paul, MN, began daylight saving two weeks earlier than its twin city Minneapolis, MN, just 9 miles away. Meanwhile, passengers on a 35-mile bus ride from Steubenville, Ohio, to Moundsville, West Virginia, passed through seven time changes!

The US Congress ended the confusion in 1966 with the Uniform Time Act, which mandated the same “Spring Forward” and “Fall Back” dates for the entire nation. However, since the law was not mandatory, Hawaii, most of Arizona, and the US territories — Puerto Rico, Guam, the North-ern Mariana Islands, and the US Virgin Islands — decided not to adopt DST.

The DST dates, initially set for the last Sundays in April and October, have been changed several times. In 1986, US president Ronald Reagan moved the DST start date to the first Sunday in April. A few decades later, President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005,

which, among other things, revised the DST start date to the second Sunday in March and extended the "Fall Back" date to the first Sunday in November.

Though the disruption in sleep patterns caused by the time change is just a source of irritation for most people, it can have a more severe impact on the elderly or those with serious illnesses. Studies conducted by Michigan and Swedish scientists noticed a small increase in heart attacks on the “Spring Forward” Sunday when we “lose” an hour. Other researchers have found that the time change increases driving and workplace accidents.

However, though there have been numerous attempts to convince lawmakers to abolish DST, both in the US and Europe, they have thus far been unsuccessful. Hence, unless you reside in Hawaii, Arizona, or the US territories, you have little choice but to “Fall Back” and enjoy

the bonus hour this weekend! Health experts suggest the best way to adjust is going to bed at your regular time, even if the day is an hour longer. They also recommend exercising, so be sure to use Sunday's bonus time for a fun outdoor activity, like biking, running, or hiking.

Building Strong Families in Bath County

Remember that even though a lot of people enjoy the

holiday season, some do not like this time of year be-

cause of the loss of loved ones. Please check on your

friends and family and keep them in mind when you

are celebrating life’s occurrences this season. If there is

anything the Extension Office can do to assist you,

please feel free to let us know.

Have a wonderful November and I hope to see you soon.

Sincerely,

Nicole Gwishiri

Bath County Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences

Education

Bath County Cooperative

Extension

2914 E. HWY 60

Owingsville, KY 40360

Phone: 606-674-6121

Fax: 606-674-6687

Email: [email protected]

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