Todd County

P.O. Box 97

Elkton, KY 42220-0097

(270) 265-5659

Fax: (270) 265-3534

www.ca.uky.edu/ces

lmccuist@uky.edu

November 2018 The 4-H Poinsettia Sales are in full swing during the month of

November. All 4-H school club members should have received

poinsettia order forms in October. If you need another order

form, stop by the 4-H office to pick one up. Great prizes are avail-

able this year...any youth selling 5 or more will receive a pair of

4-H sunglasses. Any youth selling 10 or more poinsettias will re-

ceive a 4-H back sack. Any youth selling 20 or more will receive a

4-H t-shirt as well as the 4-H back sack and shades. The top 3

sellers in the county will receive cash prizes of $75, $50 and $25

for 1st, 2nd, 3rd place. Please do your best at selling these holi-

day flowers to your teachers, family, friends, local churches and

businesses as the profits go toward sending you to 4-H camp,

buying awards and trophies for your hard work, funding teen

leadership trips, supplying educational materials for club work

and much more. Plan to pick up poinsettias to deliver to your buy-

ers on Thursday, November 15th from the Courthouse/Extension

meeting room in Elkton anytime after 10 a.m. All forms and fees

are due by Friday, November 9th to the FRYSC in your school or

to the 4-H Extension Office located in the Courthouse.

If you are interested in

showing beef steers this

spring, the Clarksville Ar-

ea 4-H Better Beef Steer

Show and Sale is a great

opportunity. The manda-

tory weigh-in for the show

will be held on Saturday,

December 1, 2018 at

the KY/TN Market in

Guthrie from 8 a.m. - 12

p.m. Each 4-H’er may

enter a total of two

calves, (3 steers can be

weighed). The minimum

weight for show is 1000

lbs. Applications are

available from the 4-H

office. Call the 4-H office

for more information.

You must provide your

own transportation and

cattle to participate in

this program.

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

4-H Ski Trip

4-H Craft Clubs

4-H Hiking Adventure

4-H Cooking Club

4-H Horse Club

Teen News

4 - H S t e e r S h o w

C l a r k s v i l l e , T N A r e a S h o w

Poinsettia Sale Guidelines...

All youth enrolled in Todd

County 4-H should try to sell at

least 5 poinsettias.

Money should be collected

when the sale is made.

Get your money and forms in to

the 4-H office by Friday, Nov.

9th . (or your Family/Youth Re-

source Center)

Poinsettias sell for $10.00 each

Poinsettias must be picked up

from the 4-H office on Thursday,

Nov. 15th and delivered.

4-H Teens between 8th

through 12th grades are

invited to get involved in

the 4-H Teen events this

season. **********

The Teen Council will meet

on Friday, November 9th

at the Extension of-

fice/room from 1:45 - 2:30

p.m. This meeting is one

of the last qualifying meet-

ings for the leadership

“ski” trip. The 4-H Lead-

ership “Ski” retreat is

set for Jan. 31st—Feb.

2nd, 2019. Don’t forget,

if you want to go on the

trip, you must sell at

least 5 poinsettias, at-

tend a 4-H Teen Council

meeting and be involved

in one other 4-H club or

activity. The

first down

payment of

$65.00 will

be due on

Dec. 9th.

The remain-

der of the

fees

($40.00) will

be due by

Jan. 11th.

The 4-H Horse Club is meeting at the Milliken Communi-

ty House in Elkton on Thursday, November 29th from 5-7

p.m. for a pizza party, 4-H Horse Quiz Bowl games and

our monthly meeting. New members are welcome to

attend!

club member will get their very

own walking stick. Adults are

needed to transport kids to

and from this location. Parent

pick up time will be 5:15 p.m.

back at the Courthouse after

the hiking expedition, New

members are welcome to come

along!

The American Heritage Club

will meet again this month on

Friday, November 9th at 3

p.m. Club members will meet

at the Courthouse/Extension

meeting room at 3 p.m. and

travel out to Cliff Hill just 3

miles from Sharon Grove for

an afternoon of hiking. Each

4 - H T e e n N e w s

4 - H H o r s e C l u b

P a g e 2

4 - H A m e r i c a n H e r i t a g e C l u b

With the holiday season fast approaching, the

towns of Todd County are gearing up for their

parades. Here’s the list of parades for Elkton,

Trenton and Guthrie….

Dec. 1—Guthrie @ 10 a.m.

Dec. 1—Trenton @ 3 p.m.

Dec. 8—Elkton @ 6 p.m.

Come on our and support Todd County!

Club members

attended a team rop-

ing demonstration for

the October meeting!

songs to sing as a group at the

nursing home in December. Mem-

bers should also submit “old” coun-

try song ideas for our 2019 set list.

2:00 p.m. Parent pick

up is 4 p.m. Club

members are

learning basic

cooking skills and

information about

MY Plate and prop-

er nutrition. Teens

are welcome to come

to help in the kitchen.

The 4-H Cooking Club is

set for Friday,

Nov. 16th at the

high school FCS

room. The club

still has room, so

if you want to at-

tend, please e-

mail or call to sign up. The

club meeting will begin at

Check out the Todd County 4-H Website at

www.ca.uky.edu/agcollege/4h.Click on the

Kentucky Extension Offices link and go to the

Todd County news link. Plus—Todd County 4-H

is on Facebook so check us out and “Like” us!

Lee Ann McCuiston Lee Ann McCuiston

County Extension Agent

for 4-H Youth Development

T h e 4 - H P e r f o r m i n g A r t s C l u b

4 - H C o o k i n g C l u b

P a g e 3 N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 8

The Todd County 4-H Performing

Arts Club met last Friday to hold

tryouts for this year’s club. This

club is for middle and high school

youth only. The next meeting for

the Todd County Troupe 4-H Per-

forming Arts Club is set for Friday,

November 16th at the high school

auditorium from 1:30– 3:15 p.m.

The club will be working on the

Star Spangled Banner for the Vet-

erans Day on Nov. 9th. They will

also work on some Christmas

4 - H C R A F T C l u b

The North & South Todd craft clubs will meet

this month on Wednesday, Nov. 28th. Both

meetings are right after school until 4:15 p.m.

Club members will be decorating tree orna-

ments

this

month.

Parent

and teen

volun-

teers are

always

welcome!

The 4-H Troupe traveled to the

Kentucky State Fair to perform their

Disney Medley on the stage at

Cloverville!

Important 4-H Dates to Remember

Nov. 2 4-H Teen Club @ High School

Nov. 2-4 State 4-H Performing Arts Troupe—Garth

State Teen Boards Weekend at Jabez

Nov. 5-6 4-H Stuck In the Middle Camp (WK 4-H Camp)

Nov. 6 Election Day (no school)

Nov. 9 Veterans Day (4-H Troupe performs National Anthem) 9 a.m.

Nov. 9 4-H Poinsettia forms and money due!

Nov. 9 4-H Teen Council Meeting - 1:45-2:30 p.m.

Nov. 9 4-H American Heritage Club -hiking trip 3-5 p.m.

Nov. 15 4-H Poinsettias Delivered to Courthouse - pick up 1-5 p.m.

Nov. 16 4-H Cooking Club - 2-4 p.m. High School FCS room

Nov. 16 4-H Performing Arts Troupe—1:30 - 3:!5 p.m.

Nov. 21 - 23 Thanksgiving Holiday

Nov. 28 South Todd & North Todd 4-H Craft Clubs—4:15 p.m. pick up

Nov. 29 4-H Horse Club - 5-7 p.m. Milliken Community House in Elkton

No Elementary School clubs will take place in December!